CHOA's Volunteers - CHOA eJournal 2023 06 01

CHOA’s Volunteers

CHOA VOLUNTEER SPONSOR, GLJ Ltd., values the talented professionals forming the core of our association: the CHOA Volunteers!

BRITTANY HALE

Brittany Hale is a Project Coordinator at GLJ Ltd., a Calgary-based global energy consulting company that has been helping clients navigate the evolving energy landscape for over 50 years. Working with a team of engineers, geologists, and business professionals, she helps bring the pieces together for a variety of projects that range from reserves and resources evaluations, strategic planning, reservoir modelling, energy transition advisory, and more

A Calgarian through and through, Brittany was born and raised in Calgary and completed a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Calgary

Brittany Hale

Project Coordinator at GLJ Ltd

Prior to joining GLJ, she spent several years in the fitness industry where she was involved with program development, instructor coordinating, marketing campaigns, inventory management, and leading live fitness classes. She also had the opportunity to participate in multiple workout videos, both behind the scenes and on screen

A few years into her tenure at GLJ, Brittany became involved with the CHOA Project Updates publication where she helps curate content alongside Bruce Carey and fellow GLJer, John Martinez. Together they seek to provide value to CHOA members by summarizing information from a variety of sources that are relevant to all things heavy oil Through these efforts, Brittany has learned a ton about the industry and enjoys continuing to expand her knowledge base.

Outside of work, Brittany is actively re-living her former gymnastics days through her involvement with the CAPTivate Adult Gymnastics Club. When she’s not jumping and flipping, she enjoys travelling and spending time with friends and family.

JOHN MARTINEZ

John Martinez is a Reservoir and Evaluations Engineer at GLJ Ltd., a Calgary-based global energy consulting company that has been helping clients navigate the evolving energy landscape for over 50 years He has conducted detailed reserves, resources and economic evaluations of oil and gas properties in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin and international oil and gas fields used in client corporate evaluations and for regulatory purposes, bank financing and transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions

He was born and raised in Colombia, where he completed bachelor’s degrees in both Petroleum and Chemical Engineering In 2017, he decided to go abroad and moved to Canada where he completed a master’s degree in chemical engineering at the University of Calgary Prior to his current role, he worked as a researcher in heavy oil properties and processing and bitumen extraction from oilsands.

John Martinez

Reservoir and Evaluations Engineer at GLJ Ltd.

A few months after starting his position at GLJ, John became involved with the CHOA Project Updates publication alongside Bruce Carey and fellow GLJer, Brittany Hale. Together they seek to provide value to CHOA members by summarizing information from a variety of sources that are relevant to all things heavy oil Through these efforts, John has kept himself up to date in heavy oil research findings and industry trends into the future.

Outside of work, John is an active and avid fencer, and is also always enthusiastic and keen on trying new sports. He enjoys hiking, swimming, travelling year-round to new and unknown places, playing videogames and spending time with friends and family.

DR. BRUCE CAREY

Dr. Bruce Carey is the Sr. Technical Advisor for Peters & Co, an investment institution specializing in the Canadian energy sector In this role, he provides technical analyses and assessments of resources, projects and technologies to support investment decisions across the upstream and downstream, with particular focus on the in situ thermal sector

Dr. Bruce Carey

Sr. Technical Advisor for Peters & Co

He is a Chemical Engineer by training, with degrees from Stanford University and the University of Minnesota. Prior to his current role, he spent his career working for Exxon and Imperial for 32 years in a variety of upstream technical and management assignments.

Before moving to Canada in 1988, he worked for 10 years in Exxon Production Research Company’s Chemical EOR section, initially as a laboratory researcher, progressing to the manager role. His career with Imperial included assignments as Reservoir Manager for Cold Lake and all western Canadian conventional O&G properties, Research Manager for heavy oil recovery processes, such as LASER, Cyclic Solvent Process and SA-SAGD and Technical Manager for Drilling, Completions and Formation Evaluation.

He has made two presentations at Slugging It Out conferences on The Impact of SAGD Shut-Ins and The Status and Outlook for Solvent Processes.

He enjoys his volunteerism for CHOA on the Editorial Committee and has been a peer technical reviewer for the SPE for several years. He was the original sponsor and designer of the CHOA Project Updates, developed in the belief that CHOA members would find value in such a monthly “one-stop-shop” of news and information. Positive feedback from members has supported that belief and made it a worthwhile and satisfying endeavor for him.

In his personal life, he enjoys skiing in the winter, wake surfing at his lake home in Montana in the summer, travelling year-round and being with his family and friends.

We are fortunate to have Brittany, John and Bruce in our team. We appreciate their dedication and their hard work on the monthly Project Updates that all our members enjoy.

CHOA eJournal 2023 06 01