Matt Dean

Matt joined UEORS in the Spring of 2019, assuming the role of Vice President and Chief Reservoir Engineer. Matt previously worked in the UK on an active polymer flood as Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery Advisor for Chevron North Sea Ltd. Prior to that position, Matt was with Chevron ETC, where he helped design, deploy, troubleshoot, and interpret IOR/EOR field trials and inter-well tracer tests around the globe in both conventional and unconventional assets. Matt specializes in tracers, polymer injectivity, and field deployment.

  • Stephanie is a senior engineer, laboratory supervisor, and safety officer specializing in formulation design and chemical structures. She received her PhD in chemical Engineering and has over 10 years' experience working with surfactants for emulsions, foams, and microemulsions. Stephanie is mainly responsible for assisting with the development, optimization, and comparison testing of chemical formulations for a wide variety of reservoir and injection conditions.

  • Chris is a senior scientist and laboratory supervisor at UEORS. He is responsible for managing laboratory work including chemical EOR design, experimental execution and experimental capability development. He specializes in challenging EOR environments, including high temperature and high salinity.

  • Jonathan joined UEORS in 2017 and specializes in EOR polymer projects. He holds a B.S. in chemistry from Rice University, an M.S. in petroleum engineering from the University of Texas, and a Ph.D. from Rice University in bioengineering. He provides in-house expertise on polymer selection, characterization, and evaluation.

  • Mina is a reservoir engineer with more than 10 years of experience in conventional oil reservoirs and unconventional shale plays in the United States and the Middle East. She has several publications on innovative methods for reservoir characterization to greatly improve the accuracy of permeability estimates, capillary pressures and relative permeability curves.