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OBJECTIVE
Seeking a Challenging Position in Oilfield Services.
PROFILE
* More than 18 years of experience in various capacities in Well Intervention Services, Well Construction Services and Drilling Discipline
* Member of Professional Engineers Ontario, Canada and holding Engineering Internship Training status. Also member of Society of Petroleum Engineers(SPE) and International Coiled Tubing Association(ICOTA)
* Strong technical and supervisory skills and superior organizational and problem solving skill
* Held various positions for QHSE and member of Workover Safety Steering Team, Loss Prevention Team and Service Quality Team for Gulf Coast
* Hard working, honest, dependable, able to work independently and as part of a team
WORK EXPERIENCE
Cell Leader/Engineer-Well Construction Services (Cementing) Jan 2008 to Jan 2009
Schlumberger, Houston, TX
* As Cell Leader of Cementing Services, coordinated the need of various clients by recommending, initiating, and executing various cementing programs as well as logistic support for Shelf and deep water operations in Gulf of Mexico.
* Worked with product champion for Well Construction Services, technical expert and laboratory to provide quality services to the clients.
* Analysed, recommended and introduced related new product and technologies to maximize clients well intervention efforts
* Prepared and arranged seminars to educate clients
* Provided guidance and technical support to personnel for any problems occuring at well site
* Coaching & Mentoring Field Engineers and Field Specialists for their career progression
* Member of Loss Prevention Team & Service Quality Team
Technical Sales Engineer-Well Services Jan 2007 to Dec 2008
Schlumberger, Houston, TX
* As an oilfield service consultant, coordinated the need of various clients by recommending, initiating, and executing various programs for well interventions.
* Worked as a product champion for Well Intervention Services and products and working in liaison with other company product lines to ensure quality service to the clients
* Analysed, recommended and introduced related new product and technologies to maximize clients well intervention efforts
* Prepared and arranged seminars to educate clients
* Devised sales strategies necessary to achieve specific market and sales objectives relating to clients in Gulf Coast areas
* Coordinated two multiple well projects for Coiled Tubing Interventions in Gulf of Mexico for major clients(Conoco Phillips & TOTAL). Both the projects were completed without any QHSE issue
* Provided guidance and technical support to personnel for any problems occuring at well site
* Coaching & Mentoring Field Engineers for their career progression
Field Engineer/Engineer-in-Charge -Coiled Tubing July 2001-Dec 2006
Locations: Gulf of Mexico (Oct 2002 to Dec 2006) & Alberta (Canada-July 2001-Oct 2002)
Schlumberger
* Provided Technical Support to Well Service operations, designing, execution and evaluation of jobs, post job analysis, mentoring and leading engineering team,
* Worked on Low as well High Pressure well, High Temp and H2S wells with various well depths between 2,000 ft to 22,000 ft
* Worked on land, barges, fixed platforms,TLPs, SPAR, ROV boats and semi submersible rigs for the water depth from 15 ft to 6,000 ft. Leading platforms included BP Thunderhorse pipeline intervention with ROV boat, Chevron Genesis SPAR, Shell Cognac, Auger TLP, Conoco Magnolia TLP, Rig Jim Thomson
* As a Field Engineer, attended and executed Coiled Tubing operations such as Matrix Acidizing, N2 lift, Sand Cleanout, CT Logging, CT Fishing, Scale removal jobs, Through Tubing Gravel Pack Screen, Specialized under-sea pipeline flushing and vacuuming job using CT and ROV Boat, CT Milling, etc.
* Job designing, execution and evaluation Using various software like CoilCADE™, CCAT, Jet Advisor, etc
* PIPE Management-Updating and maintaining the CT data base of various strings after jobs
* Lead Loss Prevention Team for Coiled Tubing and worked out closely with Quality, Health, Safety & Environment group
* Member of Exxon Workover Safety Steering Team and participated in sub-committee to work out on specific problems/issues in oilfield
* Attended technical schools to get proficiency in the jobs
Various Drilling Positions (Breakdown given below) Feb 88-Dec 2000
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. India
Asset Monitoring Group Coordinator –Drilling April 1998-Dec 2000
* Monitored Drilling Activities(10 on-land drilling rigs) and Provided technical feedback to the Project Manager
* Coordinated to convert operational location into Asset Based Structure and worked out Service Level Agreement between E&P group with other service group such as Drilling, Workover and Logistics.
* Maintained and updated records and data in computer and Prepared and presented reports during performance review meeting
Drilling Engineer April 1995-April 1998
* Prepared AFE (Authorization For Expenditure) reports of Development as well as Exploratory drilling wells of depths between 7500 feet to 15000 feet
* Provided technical data of various drilling parameters in GTOs (Geo Technical Order) of Development as well as Exploratory wells
* Designed Casings of various sizes for Development as well as Exploratory wells
Field Engineer (Rig Builder) July 1992-April 1995
* Operation, planning, maintenance and fabrication of various Drilling rigs and equipment which included hydraulically operated Canadian made mobile drilling rigs, American and Rumanian made electrical rigs, Indian made electrical, mobile and special desert rigs and specialized in planning, transportation and movement of these drilling rigs from one
* As a rig building personnel carried out Rig building and transportation of various types of Drilling Rigs viz. Canadian make mobile rigs, Rumanian and American make electrical rigs, Russian make mechanical, and Indian make electrical, mechanical and Special Desert Fox rigs
Driller Feb 1988-July 1992
* As a shift in charge of a deep drilling rig carried out/supervised drilling and related operations of development directional well of depth around 15000 feet
QHSE
* Current member of Loss Prevention Team as well as Service Quality team for Gulf of Mexico operations
* Lead Well Intervention group as an LPT Leader for the year 2005. Remained member of LPT from 2004 to 2006
* As a Quest Manager(Schlumberger QHSE website) monitored QHSE activities for Gulf of Mexico
* Lead and organized Safety & Operations Improvement Meetings for four years for Gulf of Mexico
* Active member of Quality Improvement Team to analyse and implement suggestions for quality improvement
* As a member of Exxon Workover Safety Steering Team, actively participated in quarterly meeting for contractors for three years(2004-2006) and was a member of several sub-committees to work on safety issues
SAFETY COURSES
H2S, HUET Offshore Survival, Rigging and Crane Safety, Safe Driving Practices, Commentary Driving, Injury Prevention Program, First Aid and CPR, Petroleum Safety Training, Fire Fighting, Spill Responder, Safegulf training, etc
BEST PRACTICES/LESSON LEARNED
* Worked on minimizing rig building time for land drilling rigs
* Re-designed derrickman emergency escape device to minimize rigging up and rigging down this device
* Participated in rig dragging operation to move a drilling rig without lowering derrick
* Participated in new technology implementation and suggested R&D projects and received Well Services President's appreciation award
* Designed Pressure and Fluid Management System(PFMS) in collaboration with MI-SWACO for effectively removing solids and debris out of fluid system used for recycling gelled fluid during wellbore cleanout operations
* Participated in field testing of various softwares used for Coiled Tubing operations such as CoilCADE™, CCAT™ and Jet Advisor™
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
* Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Honors, South Gujarat University, India 1986
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
* Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers since 2001
* Member of Professional Engineers Ontario, Canada since 2001 (E.I.T. Status)
* Member of International Coiled Tubing Association(ICoTA)
PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS
* Technical Sales School, Mexico City, Mexico June 2006
* Matrix Acidizing course, UK Oct-Nov 2005
* Financial Management, Houston, 2005
* Problem Solving Course, Lafayette, LA, April 2004
* People Skill Course, Houston, March 2004
* Basic Management Course, Houston, April 2003
* Oilfield Technical School, Tulsa, OK in March-April 2002 and UK, Mar-Apr 2003
REFERENCES UPON REQUEST
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