Selected Experience
These examples illustrate the experience and technical judgment behind Skysooner’s approach. Results shown are from the founder’s prior professional career and are not Skysooner Energy Intelligence client engagements or current project outcomes.
Pulling Expense Reduction
CHALLENGE: A mature producing operation was experiencing excessive rod and tubing failures, chemical-treatment problems, inconsistent equipment practices, and high pulling expense.
APPROACH: Reviewed failure patterns, rod and tubular practices, chemical programs, inventory controls, and operating procedures, then redesigned the related operating processes.
RESULT: Pulling expense declined approximately 60% within six months.
60%
SERVICE: Operational Excellence & Cost Optimization
Recurring Annual Electricity Savings
CHALLENGE: West Texas operating assets were carrying very large electricity costs following deregulation, while existing rate structures and procurement practices were delivering little benefit.
APPROACH: Consolidated electrical accounts for rate purposes, competitively evaluated supply arrangements, then developed an ERCOT demand-response strategy for high-consumption ESP operations.
RESULT: Approximately $1.25 million in annual procurement savings plus $1M in demand-response, $2.25M combined.
$2.25M
SERVICE: Operational Excellence & Cost Optimization
Offshore Production Uplift
CHALLENGE: Offshore wells were competing for constrained compression capacity, limiting production.
APPROACH: Evaluated well performance and compressor allocation to determine where available capacity would create the greatest production response.
RESULT: Approximately 7% production uplift without additional operating expense.
7%
SERVICE: Asset Performance & Opportunity Analysis
RESERVE VALUE AND Borrowing Capacity
CHALLENGE: A small independent producer needed additional capital to pursue bolt-on acquisitions, but lending value depended on recognized reserve categories.
APPROACH: Expanded and reviewed a reserve inventory and identified approximately $12M of bank-eligible PUD and PDNP value.
RESULT: Additional recognized reserve value supported roughly $7 million of incremental borrowing capacity for acquisitions.
~$7M
SERVICE: Reserves, Workover & Recompletion Review
Ownership Recovery FROM LEGACY RECORDS
CHALLENGE: A booked PDNP opportunity appeared technically valid, but historical ownership documentation did not support the company’s expected rights.
APPROACH: Reviewed legacy records and traced the ownership history, identifying a missing transfer associated with the opportunity.
RESULT: Historical ownership discrepancy was documented and resolved with the seller.
~$550K
SERVICE: Legacy Well File & Ownership Intelligence
Strategic Basin Screening & Acquisition Diligence
CHALLENGE: Encana was heavily weighted toward natural gas and needed to identify scalable oil opportunities capable of changing the company’s portfolio.
APPROACH: Participated in a cross-border team evaluating oil-growth opportunities. Led technical validation for the 2014 Freeport-McMoRan Eagle Ford acquisition.
RESULT: Technical and economic analysis supported senior strategic decision-making during the transition toward greater oil exposure.
~$3.1B Acquisition Evaluation
SERVICE: A&D, Asset Evaluation & Due Diligence