Oilfield Operations, Drilling, and Well Control Expert Witness

Tyson S. Foutz, PE
Durango, Colorado 81301


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Services
Tyson S. Foutz, PE provides oilfield consulting focusing on operations and project execution in both office and field environments and expert witness services in litigation.
Focus Areas Include:
Petroleum engineering
Oilfield operations
Well construction
Well control and well intervention
Well performance optimization
Drilling operations
Rig supervision
Solutions for difficult wells
Oil and gas well workover & stimulation
Plugging and abandonment
Environmental reclamation/restoration
Emergency response
Chemical program optimization
Directional drilling
Field development
Upstream oil and gas industry
Production engineering
Hydraulic fracturing
Reservoir management
Artificial lift design and installation
Training programs for operations personnel
Areas of Expertise
- Accident Investigation
- Directional Drilling
- Engineering
- Environmental
- Fire
- Oil Analysis
- Oilfield Operations
- Personal Injury
- Petroleum Engineering
- Process Safety
- Reservoir Engineering
- Rig Supervision
- Wrongful Death
Additional Expertise:
Well Control, Upstream Oil & Gas Industry, Drilling, Artificial Lift Design, HTHP, Hydraulic Fracturing, Chemical Production Optimization.
Areas Served
All States
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Professional Experience
Successful projects have included:
- Exploration drilling of HTHP sour prospects
- Drilling of underbalanced infill wells in highly depleted reservoirs
- Completion design and execution
- Extended workover and well rehabilitation campaigns
- P&A management
- Well control
- Production optimization including artificial lift, chemical optimization, compression and gathering design
- Environmental mitigation
- Rigless intervention (Coiled tubing, snubbing, wireline)
- Reserves evaluation (special projects only)
- Training and program design for SOP's, safety programs, and technical manuals
Affiliations
Society of Petroleum Engineers
American Petroleum Institute
American Society of Safety Professionals – Member Four Corners Chapter
American Association of Drilling Engineers – Co-founded first student chapter at Colorado School of Mines
Qualifications
Licensed Professional Engineer – State of Texas #115649
IWCF Supervisor (Level 4) Well Control Certification - DL4SS-00021071-SA-TYC1
Publications
Hydraulic snubbing unit works over, recovers well after blowout, World Oil, January 2004
Innovative Use of the Well Freeze Technique for Repairs on Steam Injection Wells in a Thermal Recovery Project, SPE/Petroleum Society of CIM/CHOA 78977, 2002
Education
Colorado School of Mines Golden, Colorado
B.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering, May 2000