Damien Léonard

Subsurface Director@Perenco | Subsurface company representative@PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation | Founder and CEO - Oil and Gas Artificial Lift Instructor@Increase Well Production Limited
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Subsurface Manager / Senior Reservoir/Petroleum Engineer / Instructor / Artificial Lift Expert / Gas Lift SME. Seasoned Reservoir & Petroleum engineer specialized in oil well artificial lift, particularly in gas lift and ESP with relevant experience in production operations and well intervention. Oil and gas is more than a work for me, it’s a passion which lead me to build technical expertise in a broad number of topics. Surface debottlenecking projects, to power generation, improving operation efficienty for cost effective jobs, well production optimization... are all parts of the area I can offer a new vision. Having build international experience with leadership and management responsibilities, organizing and making tasks more efficiently is one of my specialties. For that I rely on the following method : 1) Identifying strengths of the people and adapting their task accordingly 2) Developing or giving access to tools to improve work efficiency 3) Training for higher flexibilty, efficiency and motivation. As an entrepreneur who believes that knowledge sharing is a critical step to improve the performance of an organization, I expressed this vision by founding the company Increase Well Production. IWP is a company dedicated to providing high-quality online training giving you keys to increase the production of your oil and gas field. IWP offers comprehensive courses on gas lift, ESP and Well Performance catering to professionals seeking to enhance their technical skills and knowledge. Through IncreaseWellProduction.com, I have leveraged my industry insights to develop training solutions that are both flexible and cost-effective, ensuring accessibility for companies and individuals alike. Our courses are designed to address the evolving challenges of the oil and gas sector, integrating the latest technological advancements and best practices.

Work experience

  • Subsurface Director

    Perenco
    2025.09-Current(a year)
  • Subsurface company representative

    PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation
    2025.09-Current(a year)
  • Founder and CEO - Oil and Gas Artificial Lift Instructor

    Increase Well Production Limited
    2016.11-Current(10 years)
  • Subsurface Manager

    Perenco
    2023.09-2025.09(2 years)
  • Asset Manager

    Perenco
    2019.08-2023.08(4 years)
  • Chief Reservoir & Petroleum Engineer

    Perenco
    2018.01-2019.07(2 years)
  • Well Intervention & Petroleum Engineering Manager

    Perenco
    2016.12-2018.01(a year)
  • Rigless Well Intervention & Well Performance Manager

    Perenco
    2016.01-2016.12(a year)
  • Well Performance Manager

    Perenco
    2014.02-2016.01(2 years)
  • Field Production Engineer

    Perenco
    2011.10-2014.02(2 years)
  • Strategy and Marketing advisor

    AREVA NP
    2009.11-2011.09(2 years)
  • Consultant

    Capgemini Consulting
    2009.03-2009.09(7 months)
  • Winner of an innovation project organized by Accenture consulting (“la chaine de l’innovation”)

    Accenture
    2008.10-2009.02(5 months)
  • Major project: Optimization of logistics solutions

    Groupe Casino
    2008.01-2009.01(a year)
  • Project manager of continuous improvement

    Richemont
    2007.07-2008.08(a year)
  • Major project

    PSA Peugeot Citroën
    2007.10-2008.06(9 months)
  • Researcher intern

    Institut Navier/Equipe Géotechnique CERMES
    2006.05-2006.07(3 months)
  • Worker internship

    ELIS
    2005.09-2005.09

Educational experience

  • Ecole nationale des Ponts et Chaussées

    Civil engineer, Energy and industry
    2005.01-2009.01(4 years)
  • 3 intensive years of science courses (so called “classes préparatoires”)

    Prépa PTSI/PT* at Martinière Monplaisir high school in Lyon, Mathematics, physics and industrial sciences
    2002.01-2005.01(3 years)
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