Ella Hx Tan
About Ella Hx Tan
Ella Hx Tan is a Drilling Performance and Project Engineer at Chevron in Houston, Texas, with extensive experience in various engineering roles within the company.
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Ella Hx Tan is currently a Drilling Performance and Project Engineer at Chevron in Houston, Texas, United States.
Career at Chevron
Ella Hx Tan has held various roles at Chevron, beginning as a Trainee Petroleum Engineer in 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. From 2013 to 2016, she worked as a Drilling Supervisor in the Gulf of Thailand. She then became a Drilling Performance Engineer from 2016 to 2017 in Bangkok. Her roles continued to evolve in Houston, Texas, where she served as Operational Excellence Assurance and Human & Organizational Performance Specialist for 9 months, followed by Real-Time Drilling & Completions Operations Engineer for 1 year. She is currently employed as a Drilling Performance and Project Engineer.
Education and Expertise
Ella Hx Tan earned a Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, where she studied from 2009 to 2013. Her academic background laid a solid foundation for her career in the oil and gas industry, particularly in drilling performance and project engineering.
Early Career Experience
Before joining Chevron, Ella Hx Tan worked for FMC Technologies as a Trainee Subsea Control Engineer in Malaysia and Weatherford as a Trainee Completions Engineer in Bangkok, Thailand. These early roles provided her with valuable industry insight and practical engineering experience.
Operational Contributions
Throughout her career, Ella Hx Tan has supported drilling and workover operations in locations such as Kazakhstan and Angola. She coordinated Permian Basin drilling operations with a remote drilling center, championed process safety with a focus on well control, and has been instrumental in delivering engineering analyses using tools like WellPlan and K&M ERA. Her work has also involved identifying performance improvement opportunities and leading special projects to deploy digital solutions for enhanced drilling operations.