Zachary Dana
About Zachary Dana
Zachary Dana is a Reservoir Engineer at Chevron in Covington, Louisiana, with a background in Petroleum Engineering from Texas Tech University.
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Zachary Dana holds the position of Reservoir Engineer at Chevron, located in Covington, Louisiana, United States.
Current Position at Chevron
As a Reservoir Engineer at Chevron, Zachary Dana contributes to various key projects, including the Big Foot project where he aids in well maturation of injectors and collaborates on valuable development plans such as the VBWO and UMP. He also optimizes Bottom Hole Locations (BHL) through MBAL/Saphir and performs Worst Case Discharge (WCD) Analysis.
Previous Internships
Zachary Dana has a history of internships at Chevron and Boaz Energy II, LLC. At Chevron, he held positions as a Reservoir Engineering Intern in Houston, Texas, and as a Production Engineering Intern in Odessa/Midland, Texas. At Boaz Energy II, LLC, he worked as a Petroleum Engineering Intern in Odessa/Midland, Texas. These internships spanned from 2016 to 2019 and provided him with hands-on experience in reservoir and production engineering.
Education and Expertise
Zachary Dana studied Petroleum Engineering at Texas Tech University, where he earned a Bachelor's degree over the course of five years from 2015 to 2020. His academic background provided a strong foundation for his technical skills in reservoir and production engineering.
Big Foot Project Contributions
In his role at Chevron, Zachary Dana has made significant contributions to the Big Foot project. His responsibilities include creating and distributing monthly forecasted production profiles, reviewing and gathering production profiles for wells, updating reserves documentation, and conducting WCD analysis. Additionally, he is involved in optimizing production by changing choke settings and ESP frequencies, ensuring equipment limitations are considered.