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Mark Malone
Senior Operations Advisor
mrmalone777@yahoo.com
405-420-8475
Current:
Consultant with over 30 years oil & gas production and operations management experience.
Work History:
Senior Vice President of Operations – Gulfport Energy Corporation
Vice President of Operations – Gulfport Energy Corporation
Engineering Manager – Sierra-Hamilton
Senior Asset Manager – Chesapeake Energy Corporation
Managing Partner – New Tech Engineering
Vice-President of Stimulation and Production – New Tech Engineering
Regional Technical Manager – BJ Services Company
Alliance Coordinator - BJ Services Company
Account Manager - BJ Services Company
District Engineer - BJ Services Company
Field Engineer - BJ Services Company
Education:
BS Agricultural Engineering, May 1987
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas
Accreditations and Associated Group:
- 2019 – Present, Energy Explorers of Oklahoma, Board Member
- 2019 - Member Ohio Oil & Gas Association, Technical Committee
- 2016 Southwestern Petroleum Short Course, Seminar Co-Instructor, Horizontal drilling and completion Fundamentals
- 2014 Recipient of the Duane A. Crawford Service Award. Annual award which honors those individuals that have made a great impact on the Southwestern Petroleum Short Course through support & service
- 2014 Southwestern Petroleum Short Course, Seminar Co-Instructor, Fundamentals of Acidizing for the Oil & Gas Industry
- 2010 to 2013 Member Marcellus Shale coalition, Technical Committee
- Co-Inventor, U.S. Patent 7,210,528, “Methods of Treating Subterranean Formations using Mixed Density Proppants or Sequential Proppant Stages” Patent Issued May 1, 2007
- 2006 Southwestern Petroleum Short Course, Seminar Instructor, Practical Squeeze Cementing
- Spring Semesters 2002 – 2005, Voluntarily coordinated and assisted with Laboratory instruction for Petr. Engr 3407, “Mud Lab,” for Dr. Lloyd Heinze, Petroleum Engineering Department, Texas Tech University. Topics: Cements & Cementing, 3D Fracture Modeling - Applications and Usage, Fracture Stimulation Fluids – Overview
- 2003 Southwestern Petroleum Short Course, Seminar Instructor, Practical Hydraulic Fracturing – Making a Difference
- 2002 Southwestern Petroleum Short Course, Seminar Instructor, Acidizing in the Petroleum Industry from Why to How
- 2001 – Present, Southwestern Petroleum Short Course, Board of Directors
- 2000 Southwestern Petroleum Short Course, General Chairman
- 1999 Southwestern Petroleum Short Course, Program Chairman
- 1997 SPE Midland Oil & Gas Recovery Conference, Stimulation Co-Chair
- 1989 to Present, Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers
Technical Papers and Publications:
Modern Fracturing, Enhancing Natural Gas Production, Text Copy right 2007, Published by Energy Tribune, Houston, Texas. Co-author of Chapter 9, "Treatment Execution," text sponsored by BJ Services Company and edited by Michael J. Economides. Initial distribution at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Anaheim, California, November 2007
“Stimulation of Gas Shales, They’re all the same…Right?” SPE paper 106070, Co-author, SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, College Station, TX., January, 2007
“Lightweight proppants in slick water frac boost flush output, cut post-frac decline” Co-author, World Oil, Published September issue 2006
“Extensive Investigation of Whip stock Cement Plug Designs at 299°F Yield Critical Developments,” AADE-05-NTCE-135, Co-author, AADE 2005 National Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX., April 2005
“Maximizing Fracture Conductivity with Proppant Partial Monolayers: Theoretical Curiosity or Highly Productive Reality?” SPE paper 90698, Co-author, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX, September 2004
“Lightweight Proppant a New Innovation in Hydraulic Fracturing,” Co-author, Southwestern Petroleum Short Course, Lubbock, TX., April 2004
“Fracture Stimulation of the Morrow Formation with Crosslinked Methanol: A Case History,” SPE paper 86482, Primary Author, SPE International Symposium and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control, Lafayette, LA., February 2004
“Development, Laboratory Testing, and First Field Applications of New Relative Permeability Modifier to Reduce Water Production,” Co-author, Offshore Mediterranean Conference and Exhibition, Ravenna, Italy, March 2003
“Fracture Pre-Treatment: A Patented Process has been Developed to Intensify Breaker Activity, Minimize Polymer Damage and Maximize Post Fracture Permeability,” Co-author, Southwestern Petroleum Short Course, Lubbock, TX., April 2001
“Fracturing with Cross-linked Methanol in Water Sensitive Formations,” Author, SPE paper 70009, SPE Permian Basin Oil & Gas Recovery Conference, Midland, TX., May 2001
“Organoborates Combined with Guar-Specific Enzyme Breakers Increase Production and Outperform Competitive Fluid Systems in the Grayburg-Jackson Field, Southeast New Mexico,” Primary Author, Southwestern Petroleum Short Course, Lubbock, TX., April 2000
“Enzyme Breaker Technology Increases Production, Grayburg-Jackson Field, Southeast New Mexico: A Case History,” Primary Author, Journal of Petroleum Technology, Published October 2000
“Enzyme Breaker Technology Increases Production, Grayburg-Jackson Field, Southeast New Mexico: A Case History,” SPE paper 59709, Primary Author, SPE Permian Basin Oil & Gas Recovery Conference, Midland, TX., March 2000
“Successful Fracture Stimulation in Tight Gas Sands of Southeast New Mexico with Binary Foam,” Co-author, Southwestern Petroleum Short Course, Lubbock, TX., April 1998
