Shale Oil and Gas Operations: Maximize Cash Flow with Cost Reduction

Maximize Cash Flow. Reduce Cost. Improve Safety. Create Value. Take your operation to the next level and buy this book for every person at your company.

It takes 350 people to drill, complete, and produce one horizontal well in the United States. This book is designed to maximize the efficiency, enhance the intelligence, and increase the abilities of every oil and gas worker, from the office to the field.

With over 700 actions to maximize cash flow, this book attacks operational costs from every possible angle. Many cost reduction actions are introduced by the author for the first time and cannot be found anywhere else.

Matthew J. Hatami is an engineer and entrepreneur, with a degree in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from West Virginia University and an MBA from Columbia University. He is a licensed Professional Petroleum Engineer in the State of Oklahoma. Matthew started his career 24 years ago as a field engineer in the Permian Basin. He has worked in the oil and gas industry across multiple basins in the United States and overseas, primarily focusing on shale development. He has worked on the oilfield services side of the industry and the operating side, including positions working with geology, land, drilling, completions, production, reservoir, regulatory, legal, accounting, finance, and corporate strategy. Before venturing into the entrepreneurial arena, Matthew was the Vice President of Resource Development for American Energy Partners and American Energy Global Partners. He also worked as a Senior Asset Manager at Chesapeake Energy Corporation, as a Financial Analyst in Corporate Strategy and Planning at Hess Corporation, and as an Engineer at Halliburton Company.