Derek Nissen

Derek Nissen is a highly experienced Production Engineer with a focus on well surveillance, optimization, and integrity management across multiple prominent U.S. shale plays including Eagle Ford, Austin Chalk, Permian Basin, and Haynesville Shale. Currently serving as a Production Engineer at Trinity Operating since September 2020, Derek previously held a similar role at BHP from August 2015 to March 2019, where key contributions included the development of gas lift optimization programs and well integrity management systems, as well as directing operations support for over 120 wells. Beginning with a foundational role as an Operations Engineering Intern at Statoil in 2014, Derek has built a strong background in production forecasting, optimization, and workover candidate identification, complemented by a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.