Todd Harwell

Owner/Business Development

Colorado School of Mines

Experience:

40+ years in the upstream/midstream energy industry with proven expertise in oil & gas worldwide exploration and production operations. 25 years with Shell Oil as Sr. Petroleum Engineer in charge of drilling ultra deepwater operations.
Executive management in building large land blocks, business development, mergers & acquisitions, asset engineering, economics and optimization; venture capital and private equity evaluations. Drilled and completed long reach laterals in the Eagleford and Permian shale basins for Xstrata Land & Exploration company which was founded in 2010.

Expertise:

• Global Energy Market and asset optimization strategies
• Oil & Gas asset evaluations
• Unconventional drilling and completion operations
• Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)
• Production Operations
• Oilfield chemicals, completions and drilling operations.

Owner/Technical Director

Montana State University – Center for Biofilm Engineering

Graduate degree in Environmental Microbiology and Environmental Engineering.  

Experience:

20+ years Oil and Gas Industry experience as a petroleum microbiologist and chemical consultant.  Have consulted in all major oil production regions globally as well as most of the major production and pipeline companies worldwide.  With over 30+ publications, member/chair of several technical committees, NACE Lead Instructor, and technical journal peer reviewer, a wealth of knowledge and experience is ready to help solve complex problems.

Expertise:

• Microbial Influenced Corrosion
• Internal Corrosion
• Failure Analysis
• Chemical Treatment/Optimziation
• Field Chemical and Corrosion Surveillance
• Chemical Performance Optimization
• Recommending Chemical testing, Optimized Monitoring, Mitigation, and Decision Tree Programs
• H2S Scavnger (Refinery Approved)
• Preservation Biocides