Elio Dean

Biography

Elio joined SURTEK at the beginning of 2011 and quickly became a valuable asset to the company. His experience in reservoir engineering and simulation not only provides SURTEK with the expertise to identify EOR potential, but also allows him to bring the classroom to our clients with our portable CEOR seminars. Elio’s focus is to assist clients with the engineering fundamentals of CEOR in order to screen candidate projects and translate laboratory evaluations to economically successful field implementation. Prior to his tenure at Surtek, Elio was a Senior Reservoir Engineer for the ExxonMobil Development Company working on new project development and start-up of off-shore waterflood projects in Angola and Russia. Elio speaks Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese. Elio holds a B.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering and a M.Sc. in Mineral & Energy Economics from the Colorado School of Mines.

Research Interest

petrochemical Chemical Technology Chemical process engineering chemical safety and management reservoir engineering