CONTACT INFORMATION:
DRILLING SUPERVISOR
~ 23 Years of Experience ~ 10 Years Supervising ~
Hardworking and responsible IWCF certified drilling professional with over 23 years experience in the industry, committed to providing a high-quality service. Proven ability to be a team-player with excellent interpersonal skills, able to communicate with people who have diverse personalities and backgrounds to ensure that management and clients are satisfied upon a project's completion. Organized individual with strong time management and cost control skills. Proven track record of troubleshooting, quick thinking and problem solving. Responsible professional who is focused on the safety of all team members.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Well Types Vertical, Directional "S" Type, Extended Reach Multilateral, Low Radius Horizontal, High Pressure/High Temperature, Disposal Injection, Plug & Abandons, Build & Hold, Open Hold Side Tracks, High Level H2S
Circulating Systems Oil Based Mud, Polymer Mud, KCL Mud, Produced Water, Flocking, Air (Dust & Foam Injection), NaCl Completion Fluid
Bits Milled Tooth, Insert, Bi-Center, PDC
Down Hole Tools & Equipment Pumps, Top Drives, Jacking Systems, Hole Openers, Mud Motors, Air Motors, Air Hammers, Whipstocks, Retrievable Packers, Casing Patches, Fishing Tools
Completions & Testing Dual Completions, Liners, Coil Tubing Nitrogen Lift, Cameron / FMC Well heads, DST's, Drill Pipe Conveyed Perforating Guns, Wire Line Perforating Guns, Open Hole Packers, Case Hole Packers, Acid Stimulation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
DRILLING CONSULTANT 7/2005 – Current
Fort Energy, Penn West Petroleum, Trident Exploration, EOG Resources Canada
Drill multilateral horizontal wells for the coal bed methane (CBM). Drill, case & cement 311mm HZ build sections (13-1400m). Run Command Fishing Retrievable Whipstocks (one trip system) and Weatherford Quick Cut Retrievable Whipstocks, mill window and drill 159mm HZ Production zones from 2500-3000m, usually four legs per well. Drill horizontal wells for the production of heavy oil. Drill 159mm single leg horizontal oil zone (3000m). Drill case and cement +/- 1200m vertical gas wells.
* Reduced costs significantly on drilled wells by streamlining operations and increasing productivity; suggested pumping high viscosity sweeps every 200m which resulted in less well bore problems.
* Used multi lateral horizontal drilling techniques as part of the only proven economical producing CBM Gas Project in Canada.
* Received numerous safety achievement awards for promoting safe & efficient work in a team environment.
ASSISTANT RIG MANAGER 9/2004 – 6/2005
Noble Drilling
Served as an Assistant Rig Manager on a Baker Marine Jack Up, with an operating depth of 250'. Drilled approximately 11,000' exploration HZ wells for Bunduq Petroleum using Polymer Mud System with a cuttings injection well. Performed NaCl stimulations.
* Used excellent interpersonal communication skills while working with inexperienced workers in the Middle East to organize the team to successfully drill exploration wells.
* Effectively used good decision making skills to successfully drill a 1 meter thick extended reach oil sand.
NIGHT DRILLING FOREMAN / TOOLPUSHER 2000 – 2004
Global Santa Fe International
Employed as a Toolpusher on Baker Marine Jack Up Parameswara, with an operating depth of 300'. Drilled 14,000 – 15,000' HZ Oil wells in the delta off the Borneo Coast near Balikpapan using Polymer Mud Systems. As a night foreman, drilled 10,000 -13,000' Directional Oil wells for British Petroleum Contract West of Maracaibo along the Columbian Border using Oil Base Mud Systems. Additionally, as a Night Drilling Foreman, drilled HZ Heavy oil wells with a mother bore and multiple open hole side track legs off of that, running a slotted liner down the mother bore using a Oil Base Mud System.
* Helped company achieve a 10 year safety milestone.
* To combat the challenge of working in different countries with numerous foreign languages, used perseverance and determination to learn key words and phrases to successfully complete operations.
* Used strong time management skills to complete contracts on time while toolpusing on offshore jackups whare there were strict time constraints due to expensive day rates.
ASSISTANT DRILLER / DRILLER 1989 - 1999
Oil Drilling & Exploration Pty Ltd, Santa Fe International
Worked on numerous rigs gaining experience with Polymer, KCL, Flocking, and Air Drilling Systems.
FLOORMAN 1987 - 1989
Loffland Brothers Drilling Co.
Served as a Floorman on Rig 89 in Waterton Gas Fields in Alberta, Canada.
CERTIFICATION
IWCF Supervisor, Surface, Expiry - May 2011, Enform Second Line Supervisor Well Control (Canada),
Derrick Rescue Certification (High Angle), First Aid, Dangerous Good Training Certification, H2S Alive
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Randy Smith Team Building Certification, Safety Management & Regulator Awareness - Wellsite Supervision,
Fall Protection – Rig Workers, Materials Management Course, F.O.C.U.S. 1 and 2 Training,
International Safety Management, Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
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