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Trevor Nichols, P.E.

#120335
3110 Orchard Valley Ct. Houston, TX 77084 trevor.nichols10@gmail.com (281) 543-0603

SUMMARY A dynamic Professional Engineer equipped with skills and knowledge collected from upstream oil and gas
operations ranging from drilling to completions and hands on experience with mechanical equipment in a
refinery setting. I have gathered over 7 years of engineering experience with a drive to identify and problem
solve issues to target optimal efficiency while maintaining safety standards.

Source Petroleum Engineering, LLC, Houston, TX Aug 2016 Present


WORK
Engineering Consultant/Co-Founder
EXPERIENCE Collaborate with operating companies to provide professional services with regulatory and compliance
forms, forms needing P.E. approval, reservoir engineering, or on-site supervision for drilling, completions,
workovers, production or P&A operations. Currently working on a project in Duval County.
Dewbre Petroleum Corporation, Corpus Christi, Texas Jan 2013 Sept 2015
Independent company operating and managing over 350 land based wells in Texas and New Mexico with a
production rate of over 1,000 BOPD and 20MMCFD while drilling 10-20 wells per year.
Drilling Engineer
Maintained a 90% success rate of achieving 10% of formulated AFE budgets
Analyze, interpret and design drilling programs, such as casing, drilling fluids, cement, bits, and
directional for cost savings while optimizing operations
Fill out and submit regulatory forms before and after drilling such as Drilling Permits (W1), Water
Board Letter, Surface Casing Exception, Inclination Reports (W-12), and Cementing Reports (W-15)
Maintain a daily drilling report capturing the previous days activities and costs
Work closely with the geologist, drilling contractor and service companies throughout operations to
control drilling strategy and schedule
Team with geologists to analyze and correlate logs, formation test and coring to give recommendation
24 hr onsite supervisor for 26 drilling operations ranging from 2,500 to 11,500 stretching across sands
such as Cole, Frio, Vicksburg, Jackson, Yegua, and Wilcox
Completion Engineer
Develop procedures based on well history, production, and reports from the field
Manage all necessary vendors, equipment, and tools for operations
On-site supervisor for workover operations ranging from initial completion, recompletion, setting
plugs, P&A, and maintenance on pumping units (rod/tubing inspections)
Gather all needed paperwork to assure environmental and regulatory compliance such as Completion
Report (G-1/W-2), Notice to Plug (W-3A), Plugging Record (W-3), and Cementing Reports (W-15)
Production Engineer
Monitor, interpret, and optimize the performance of a 33 well lease in Webb County using waterflood
Collaborate with field supervisors to assist field production and maintenance concerns
Work with vendors to implement artificial lift designs (rod pump, gas lift, progressive cavity)
Air Liquide, Houston, Texas Nov 2010 Jan 2013
Air Liquide Leading Excellence (ALLEX) Engineer
A selected member of a rotational program that is designed to train and develop qualified college graduates
Air Separation Operations
Worked with the Plant Engineer and Project Manager to manage the construction of a 350 t/d Nitrogen
Liquefier in Cleburne, TX by sizing equipment based off plant needs
Observe and support construction of an Air Separation Unit in Pesquera, Mexico
H2/Syngas Operations
Specified a new Continuous Emissions Monitoring System, a new gas coalescer and a thermal
conductivity gas chromatograph in Rodeo, CA. Project totaling $525,000
Managed replacement of reformer tubes for an emergency turn around in a Steam Methane Reformer
EDUCATION
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Graduated Dec 2010
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
SKILLS Registered Professional Engineer Texas PE #120335
Drilling Info Halliburton Mud School
Limited Working Proficiency Spanish Halliburton Cementing School
Basic Conversational French Baker Hughes Drill Bits School

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