Engineering Staff

Jim Lyon, P.E. Petroleum Engineer
jlyon@newtecheng.com Jim Lyon, P.E. is a graduate of Texas A&M University ('65) with a degree in Petroleum Engineering. He joined New Tech Engineering in January of 2001 with 35 years of engineering and management experience. Owned and operated Lyon Energy for more than 15 years. Handled vertical and horizontal Well Planning, AFEs, Production Operations and Wellsite Supervision in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, serving independent companies and investors. Extensive experience in most of the Basins of the Mid Continent, West Texas and Texas Gulf Coast, as well as the Horizontal Chalk plays in South and East Texas. Helped develop a high angle drill program in the deep Wilcox formation of South Texas. Registered Engineer in the State of Texas.
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Dusty Kinchen Petroleum Engineer
dkinchen@newtecheng.com Dusty Kinchen is a 1981 graduate of Texas Tech University, with a degree in Petroleum Engineering. He joined New Tech Engineering in 2002. 20 years in the oil and gas industry, working for Enserch Exploration, Oryx Energy and Kerr-McGee. Responsible for the design and implementation of drilling programs for more than 400 wells ranging in depths from 3,000 feet to 22,400 feet in most domestic U.S. Basins (Rocky Mountains, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi) as well as inland bays and the Gulf of Mexico shelf and deepwater. Experience ranging from rig site supervision to project management to the supervision of an engineering staff. Currently working on several horizontal projects in the Barnett Shale in North Texas, the Austin Chalk in East Texas and the Arbuckle in Oklahoma.
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Daniel S. Carroll Petroleum Engineer
dcarroll@newtecheng.com Daniel S. Carroll is a 1970 graduate of the Colorado School of Mines, with a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering. Dan has over 35 years of drilling and completion experience in the Rocky Mountains and Mid Continent. Mr. Carroll joined New Tech Engineering in 2006. Served as a well-site supervisor, field engineer, operations manager, production superintendent and senior engineer for various oil and gas companies throughout the U.S.
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Norman Smith Petroleum Engineer
nsmith@newtecheng.com Graduate of University of Southwestern Louisiana (1973), B.S. in Petroleum Engineering.  He joined New Tech Engineering in 2006 bringing 34 years of experience in engineering, operations and management in drilling and production. Extensive experience in Texas, South Louisiana, Rocky Mountains and GOM. International experience in Saudi Arabia, Peru, Mexico, Indonesia and Trinidad HPHT, MPD and horizontal projects Registered Professional Engineer in Louisiana
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Bruce Patterson Petroleum Engineer
bpatterson@newtecheng.com Bruce M Patterson is a graduate of Wyoming University (‘75) with a degree in Petroleum Engineering. He joined New Tech Engineering in May of 2007 with 32 years of engineering and operation management, planning, preparing all documents to executing any project to a cost effective end, netting 80 % & greater success of most oil & gas investments supervised. Responsible for the design and implementation of drilling programs for more than 3,200 wells ranging in depths from 1000 ft. to 26,700 ft. in 14 States & Federal leases, Alaska Offshore – Cook inlet Operation, and 3 Provinces of Western Canada in the past 32 years. He has worked for Shell Oil Company, Juniper Petroleum Corp., Petrogulf Corp, Whiting Corp., and various other companies as a Consultant & Director. Experience ranges from roustabout to Vice President of Operations & Engineering of companies in the top 50 in the Fortune 400 Company listing of most profitable organizations in the past 32 years.
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