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PROFILE:
30 years in worldwide international Operations, Sales and Management with leading international oilfield service companies. Operations experience in Cementing, Cementing related Casing Equipment, Stimulation, Tools and DST; Engineering experience in Cementing & Coiled Tubing. Management experience to Country Manager level (with Dowell Schlumberger).
Educated in British Private School system plus further technical courses. European Union recognized IT certificate (also requirement for British government posts).
100% trilingual in English, Spanish, Portuguese (also read & write perfectly all three), basic French & Italian.
Creativity and Initiative in seeking new markets & business opportunities.
Highly developed ability to identify clients needs & problems, and in providing solutions.
Excellent interpersonal skills, proven record as team leader & trainer.
PRINCIPAL ACHIEVEMENTS:
Reached the position of Country Manager with one of the world's largest oil well services groups (Schlumberger.
Instigated the launch & penetration of newly engineered products & services to major oil companies.
Designed modifications to improve equipment performance and had them adopted by employers for standardization.
In Colombia as Base Supervisor headed the only one of three competing well cementing companies providing services (to BP) to pass a complete year with no major operational failure. During the same period increased business by 50%.
As Station Manager in Mossoro, Brazil built & opened base to take 100% of the market from the competition; holding it until departure a year later.
As Station Manager in Talara, Peru rebuilt and reopened base destroyed by floods, built revenue from zero to US$ 500K / month after one year.
As Country Manager in Ecuador built & opened base, and took market share to raise revenue 300% over 1½ years, at same time reduced accounts outstanding by 50%.
In Syria, was credited by client (Shell) for "significant" improvements in results of primary & remedial cement jobs, by making aggressive changes to previously standard job designs.
OPERATIONAL & TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Primary/Remedial Cementing On/Offshore & Heli ops with a wide variety of equipment of different types and makes
Bulk systems, Liquid Additive Systems, Squeeze Tools etc.
Casing & Hardware, Multiple Stage Tools, Inflatable packers
Fracturing, Acidizing, Sand Control, Water Control
DST in open & cased holes on/offshore, downhole tools
Cementing & Stimulation Vessels/Barges
Assembly/Installation/Commissioning of offshore cementing packages
Working knowledge of Pipeline flushing/testing/pigging; Industrial cleaning, pickling.
Working knowledge of completions, wellheads, BOP's, CTU, N2 etc.
Working knowledge of well control (participated in combat of 3 blow-outs to date)
Laboratory testing of cement slurries / stimulation fluids etc.
Simulation software
PROFESSIONAL COURSES:
"ECDL" IT certificate. 2004.
Front Line Leadership - BJ Services 2004
Value Negotiating Skills - BJ Services 2004
Value Selling Skills BJ Services 2004
Risk Assessment - BJ Services 2004
Value Added profit BJ Services, 2004
CYCLE coiled tubing fatigue modeling software BJ Services, 2003
CIRCA coiled tubing simulation software BJ Services, 2003
Advanced Cementing Design BJ Services, 2000
Developing Skills in Management - Dowell Schlumberger, 1983
Stimulation for treaters - BJ Hughes, 1980
Drill Stem Testing / Downhole Tools / Hydraulics - Dowell Schlumberger, 1976
Stimulation - Dowell Schlumberger, 1976
Cementing - Dowell Schlumberger, 1976
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY:
2000 to end 2004 BJ SERVICES Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, India as Project Engineer providing technical support for cementing, acidizing, sand control & coil tubing operations. Last assignment Senior Project Engineer in Aberdeen UK since April 2002 providing Engineering support & Project Management to major client with up to 5 active N.Sea rigs.
1997 to 2000 CPVEN (Venezuelan pumping company) as Technical Advisor, later District Manager for Eastern Venezuela.
1994 to 1997 NOWSCO Well Services, (later taken over by BJ Services) Syria as Country Technical Engineer.
1992 to 1994 BJ SERVICES (formerly BJ HUGHES). Colombia as Base Supervisor & India as Stimulation Vessel Supervisor.
1988-1992 DOWELL SCHLUMBERGER. Bangladesh, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Thailand, Yemen, UAE, Ecuador. as General Service Supervisor & Sales Engineer.
1986-1988 ULTRATEC PETROLEO. Brazilian well services company as Area Manager.
1980-1986 DOWELL SCHLUMBERGER. In Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil as Sales/Service Engineer, Drill Stem Tester & Trainer, Cementing course Instructor, Service/Operations Manager, Station Manager and finally Country Manager. At one particular time ran all the company's operations in both Colombia & Ecuador simultaneously.
1979-1980 BJ HUGHES. Peru, Colombia & U.S.A. as Treater (Frac Boss/Stimulation Supervisor).
Up to 1979 DOWELL SCHLUMBERGER. Brazil & Peru as Trainee, Service Engineer, Sales/Service Engineer.
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