Steven Barrow
Contact Information
Education
- Brigham Young University, April 2015
- Chemical Engineering, GPA: 3.43 / 4.00
Research Interests
Publications
- Currently Updating
Experience
- Operations Manager: The Brent Event Foundation – Sugar Land, TX, May 2013 – Present
- Project lead for non-profit organization expanding its fundraising event from Texas into Utah.
- Managed a remote team of individuals to launch successful advertising campaigns
- Improvement Engineer Co-op: The Dow Chemical Company – Freeport, TX, August 2013 – December 2013
- Managed a project to keep product within spec, saving the company $25,000 annually
- Managed project to improve asset utilization and reduce downtime by 50%
- Projects Engineering Intern: BP America – Houston, TX, May 2013 – August 2013
- Compared water injection treatment system options and recommended a LoSal® EOR system which may increase reservoir oil recovery by up to 10-15% while reduce the risk of scaling and souring, cost savings up to $2-5 billion over the life of the field
- Performed case study on produced water treatment systems on assets in the Gulf of Mexico and made recommendation to adjust systems to reduce the likelihood of environmental noncompliance
- Process Engineer Co-op: The Dow Chemical Company – Deer Park, TX, January 2013 - April 2013
- Identified and removed underutilized assets saving company $5,000 annually
- Initiated inhibitor reduction case study saving the company upwards to $150,000 annually
- Founder and President: Society of Petroleum Engineers BYU Student Chapter – Provo UT, August 2012 – December 2012
- Founded organization focused on developing careers in the petroleum industry for 50+ students
- Chaired council meetings to identify methods to achieve the society initiatives
- Hosted distinguished lecturers to facilitate networking between industry leaders and students
- System Programmer Intern: Global Geophysical – Houston, TX, June 2012 – August 2012
- Saved 624 man hours annually by creating software to monitor company performance
- Created software to detect problems in supercomputers, reducing resolution time by 25%
- Legal Intern, Carrizo Oil & Gas – Houston, TX, July 2011 – August 2011
- Full-time Volunteer Missionary: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Arcadia, CA, February 2008 – March 2010
- Implemented teaching model among 150 volunteers that led to an 8% increase in productivity
- Managed over 150 volunteers, leading 9 consecutive months in all mission initiatives
Interests and Awards
- Fluent in reading/writing/speaking Spanish
- Eagle Scout
- Enjoy fishing, scouting, other outdoor activities, sports (soccer, lacrosse, basketball), and music
- Experience coding in VBA, HTML, Python, Bash (Linux Script), Javascript
- Recipient of George H. Hansen Fellowship Scholarship (Geology)
- Dr. L. Douglas & Marion Smoot Scholarship (Chemical Engineering)
