JAY WILSON

GEOLOGY SERVICES FIELD SUPERVISOR

Mr. Wilson has more than 20 years’ experience in the underground storage well industry including drilling, mining, conversion, storage compliance, and plug and abandonment. Associated with the Aliso Canyon rule update committee for California, and has given two technical papers at the Solution Mining Research Institute’s (SMRI) annual meeting. Mr. Wilson started out in the industry as a wireline operator and was given the opportunity in 2011 to become a consultant. After becoming a consultant, Jay has traveled to multiple countries around the world to diagnose and make suggestions to correct underground mining and storage well complications. His main focus is on the underground storage well side of the industry and has performed multiple workovers and testing of water disposal and supply wells, along with some reservoir storage experience as well.

Education

  • Computer Programming, Lee College, Baytown, TX

Industry Experience

  • Oil and Gas - Reservoir Storage, Depleted Reservoir Storage

  • Underground Storage Wells

  • Water Disposal and Supply Wells

  • Reservoir Storage

  • Natural Gas

  • LNG

  • Propane

  • Y Grade

  • Crude Oil

  • Ethane

  • Oilfield Drill Cuttings

Certifications, Affiliations & Recognition

  • Well Control IADC WellSharp, Well Control, Supervisor Level

  • American Veterans (AmVets) Post #13 (2001-present)

  • Ronald McDonald House

  • Solution Mining Research Committee’s (SMRI)

  • Basic Plus Safety

  • CDL - Class A

  • Forklift Operator

  • PHMSA Presentation - See page 9

Technical Experience

  • Perform mechanical integrity testing to satisfy current state and local oversight in the testing and submittal of requirements per code

  • Downhole Specialist

  • Drilling Permits

  • Compliance Testing

  • Unknown Orphan Wells Recognition

  • Well Drilling

  • Well Workovers

  • Plug & Abandonment

  • Pressure Fall-Off Tests - Nitrogen/Brine, Liquid/Liquid, Product/Brine, Mass Balance, Packer, Borehole, Casing, Cement, Fall Off, Multi Borehole With Single Cavern Tests

  • Analyzed Data From The Aliso Canyon Incident For Rule Making For PHMSA

  • Logging, Pressure Tests Convert Brine Mining Cavern To Storage Cavern

  • Mechanical Integrity Tests (MITs) & Reporting

  • Design, Supervise, Interpret & Present Storage Well MIT Results

  • Wellsite MIT Data collection, Analysis

  • Analysis of 3rd Party MIT Results

  • MIT Completion Submittals in Multiple States

  • MIT Logging To Determine Volume, Capacity, Temperature, Roof Configurations

  • MITs In Domal & Bedded Salt Formations

  • Inland Waters Barge MIT

  • Analyze Pressure Data For Leaks In Cased Hole &/Or Resolution For Abnormal MIT Results

  • Logging

  • Well Drilling

  • Well Intervention

  • Well Cleanouts

  • Cycle Reclamation

  • Density Interfaces

  • Domal & Bedded Salts Drilling

  • Reservoir & Cavern Storage

  • Reservoir & Cavern Brine Mining

  • Storage Well Conversion

  • Storage Well Compliance

  • Storage Well Mining

  • Aliso Canyon Rule

  • Well Condition Analysis, Drilling, Repair & Replace

  • Wireline Operator

  • Diagnose & Correct Underground Mining & Storage Well Complications

  • Oversight Of Drilling, Completion & Well Workovers

  • SONARS

  • GYROS

  • Lead Training For Logging Systems & Critical Equipment