Kelvin Wuttke

Principal Engineer

Brisbane

Kelvin Wuttke — Principal Engineer                                          

As a Founder and Director at inGauge Energy, Kelvin is a Drilling and Completions Engineer with over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, encompassing onshore, offshore, and conventional and coal seam gas (CSG) operations. With a wealth of leadership roles with Egis, Chevron, Santos and inGauge his expertise spans drilling and completions design, well integrity, stimulation, workovers, artificial lift, and pipeline operations.

Kelvin has successfully managed complex projects including international offshore operations, conventional onshore projects in the Cooper Basin, and unconventional CSG and shale developments in Queensland and the NT, including combined drilling, completion, and stimulation activities, fracture stimulation, remediation workovers, underbalanced drilling, and abandonments. His ability to integrate technical knowledge with project execution ensures cost-effective and efficient delivery and affirms his status as a trusted advisor to our clients.  As a  Chartered Professional Engineer, Kelvin holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) and a Master of Business Administration.

Qualifications

  • Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ), Mechanical & Petroleum
  • Chartered Professional Engineer (MIE Aust CP Eng), Mechanical
  • Masters of Business Administration, Queensland University of Technology, 2003
  • Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical, University of South Australia, 1992

Work Summary

  • inGauge Energy since 2016
  • Three years with Santos Offshore International, Indonesia
  • Six years with Santos CSG group, Queensland Australia
  • Seven years with Santos (onshore conventional), Cooper Basin, Australia
  • Two years with Chevron, Australia