Wayne Dowhaniuk

Wayne Dowhaniuk

Cavern Development
Rangelander since 2021

Wayne is a skilled leader and relationship builder able to motivate teams and bring about positive change. With his exceptional entrepreneurial approach to business, Wayne is a proven problem solver with strong knowledge of the energy industry and key performance indicators. 

He possesses a diverse technical skill set that includes exploration, production, water management and mid-stream asset management.

As a highly regarded industry expert in underground storage and specifically salt caverns, Wayne has been retained as an expert witness for multi-million dollar litigations in the US. He is an articulate and compelling public speaker and can communicate at any level required.

Wayne holds a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Alberta in Edmonton (1979).

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The people in your organization are the most important asset you have. The strength of your leadership and the relationships you have fostered over time, will ultimately determine the success of your projects.
– Wayne Dowhaniuk, Cavern Development

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Expertise

  • Underground salt cavern design, construction and evaluation
  • Industry leading drilling and completions using leading edge technology
  • Upstream oil and gas exploration and production
  • Midstream asset operations and management
  • Strategic planning and A&D activities

Publications

ESP Performance in Sand-laden Fluids in the Bellshill Lake Field.

  • Presented at the SPE Conference in Houston, Texas
  • Presented at the Petroleum Society of CIM Technical Conference in Banff, Alberta

Featured Projects

  • Waste Cavern and Hydrocarbon Storage Cavern development
  •      Conventional oil and heavy oil operations in the Lloydminster and Thompson Lake areas.
  •      Field operations consisting of 75,000 BOEPD across the four western provinces

Additional Work Experience

  • Managed production operations and drilling programs, provided storage cavern and disposal well management and development. Liaised with the environmental and regulatory groups to ensure that all government/legislative requirements were met, and that projects were in full compliance

Affiliations

  • Society of Petroleum Engineers SPE