William Weidner, P.E., Chief Executive Officer
William Weidner is the CEO of Weidner Consulting and a petroleum engineer licensed in Louisiana (PE #37752), with experience across drilling, completions, workovers, P&A, and production.
He spent ten years at Crescent Drilling & Production, becoming VP of Engineering and Partner, where he designed and supervised wells for clients across Louisiana and the Gulf South and mentored young engineers. He later served as Senior Project Engineer at Upstream Exploration / Southern Oil of Louisiana. Since 2016 he has also owned and operated producing fields, which gives him an operator’s view of cost, risk, and regulatory work.
William earned his B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from LSU in 2008. He has served on the national board of the American Association of Drilling Engineers, including as National Vice President in 2020, and is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
Track record
Since 2008, William has designed, drilled, completed and worked over wells for operators across Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Ohio and the Gulf of Mexico, from inland barges and state waters to the offshore shelf.
75+ wells and workovers · $275MM+ in capital programs · 19 operators
Selected projects
Designed and drilled a 17,325' HPHT well in Breton Sound, the fastest well drilled in the field
Designed and drilled a 19,400' HPHT wildcat in West Baton Rouge, also the fastest in the field
Designed and drilled a 16,200' HPHT well in the Vermilion Block 16 area
Horizontal wells with 1,000'–5,000' of lateral displacement in West Baton Rouge
Horizontal drilling with open-hole gravel packs in Breton Sound, delivering ~1,500 BOPD completions
Detailed plans and AFEs for two sub-salt wells to ~25,000' and ~30,000'
Managed a 20-well field workover program in Grand Bay
HPHT workover that restored production to ~1,500 BOPD and ~15 MMCFPD
Returned a well shut in for 3+ years to 100+ BOPD with a through-tubing plug back from a liftboat
Used hydraulic workover units to revive a well shut in for 10+ years and to convert a well to SWD, keeping the Breton Sound field online
Land rig on barges to sidetrack and drill a well in Lake Fausse Pointe
Estimated P&A liability and drilling AFE for a large offshore platform to support its sale to a large independent
Deep-well management with Managed Pressure Drilling equipment
Industry leadership
AADE National Board Vice President (2020) and Secretary (2018–2019)
AADE New Orleans Chapter President (2015)
Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers and National Society of Professional Engineers
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