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As of the past 31 years being employed by some Of the larger contractors & smaller oil companies in the world I have worked my way through the ranks of a rig hand, to a position of Drilling Supervisor through hard work and dedication of the positions held. I'm eager to broaden my scope of knowledge through employment opportunities in Canada & other parts of the world, am a hard working individual that does things the right way the first time, believe in safe efficient practices to enhance cost savings where ever possible and to be a team leader in HSE following program and policy & AFE. Having experience in HTHP well bores, directional, multi leg laterals, short radius to open hole side tracks to 5000 m, vertical motor & rotary steerable tools used.MWD/LWD to satellite steering tools, vertitrack tools. Sour to critical sour to 20% oil & gas targets. Weighted to under balanced systems to inverts, synthetics, polymers, silicates, water based fluids, to saturated systems. Loss circulation to folded & faulted formations hard rock to sand formation drilling, Log & lithology reading. Whip stocks, gyro setting tools, formation coring, DST hand field tech 1 yr Baker Oil Tools Canada, 17 yrs rig experience 12 yrs as driller on 700 well bores, 13 yrs senior drilling supervisor on 250 well bores with AC/DC, mechanical rigs f/7000 m -600 m rigs to super singles to coil tubing rigs to work over rigs. Fishing experience in cased and open hole w/without tool hands. Cementations f/ Plug abandonments, kick off plugs, casing cementations to hydraulic/pressure set liner hanging. Have completion experience in dual string & single string, perforating, packer setting open & cased hole, flow testing, oil production facility building, Well control experience in many situations of all kinds, and a onsite leader in training in well control, emergency response, H2S drills to man down drills, to fire drills, evacuations drills, true believer in environmental awareness practices. Have experience in computer programs f/ Well View, Dims, Well Man, Excel, Word doc, annulus hydraulics, bit hydraulics, torque/drag, stuck pipe, critical rpm, kill sheets, hole fill, slip/cut, jar placement, motor programs, Dir dev programs, casing & pipe data, etc.
Education: Graduate Morrin High School June 1977
Correspondence: Mechanics course Diploma 1977
Current Certifications:
Second Line Well Control Expiry: 07-09-2010
H2S Alive Expiry: 10-27-2010
TDG Expiry: 04-09-2010
First Aid Expiry: 11-04-2011
WHIMIS Expiry 04-09-2010
Regulatory Awareness Expiry: 04-11-2009
Well site Safety Training Expiry: 04-11-2009
Spill Responder Expiry: On Going
Boilers Expiry: On Going
Awards
Numerous COADC Safety Awards
Summary of Experience
13 years Drilling Supervision
2 year Open hole drill stem testing
12 years Drilling experience
3 years Derrick experience
1.5 years Motor man experience
.50 years Roughneck
Computer Skills: Dims, Well View, Excel, Word, Wellman. Word Doc.
Have drilling supervision experience in Multi leg wells, underblanced wells, Horizontal drilling, S curves, Re-entry drilling, Window cutting, Gyro tool setting, High pressure & faulted wells, Air hammer drilling, Coil tubing drilling, Multi leg lateral wells, conventional to electrical rigs f/300 m -6000 m. All fluid types of drilling, High impact area drilling, Sour & Critical sour oil & gas well drilling, Log reading, Drilling w/gamma tools, Satellite steering systems, Wet connect steering tools, Open hole side tracking. MWD & LWD wells. HPHT wells. Fluids used inverts, synthetics, silicate, polymer, water based. Top drive units. All drilling supervising positions are in a senior role.
Supervised Formations Experienced:
Horseshoe Canyon, Belly River, Hatton, Red River, Mannville, Bluesky,Gething,Midale Doig,Halfway,Nikanassin,Cardium,Debolt,Notikiwan,Fernie,Nordegg,Montney,Exshaw,
Besa River, Fort Simpson, Muskwa, Baldonell, Dunlevey, Cadomin, Mississippian, Jean Marie, Slave Point, Viking, Granite Wash, Charlie Lake, Glauconitic, Doe Creek, Elkton, Pekisko, Shunda, Belloy, Dunvegan, Ostracod, Sparky Sand, Leduc, Second White Specks, Basal Quartz
Have supervised personnel from, Africa, Australia, Canada, Czechoslovakia, China, England, France, Germany, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, Scotland, Tanzania, USA..
Work Experience
Dec 14-Jan 16 2009
Drilling supervision 3400 m vertical Tri cone/mtr drilled vertical gas target,
Grande Prairie foothills for Midnight Oil Exploration.
Nov 24-Dec 11 2008
Drilling supervision drilling 3500 m vertical PDC drilled gas target,
For Fortress Energy Ltd Edson AB Canada.
Aug 27-Sept 10 2008
Completions supervision for Canoro Resources in Assam Jorhat India, rebuilding and setting of Eskimo production packers on perforated depth by wire line log depth correlations across perforations. Swabbing with slick line and flow testing of production zone. Job complete.
Nov 12-Feb 29 2008
Supervision of onsite building of a oil production gathering facility for pipeline production delivery. Retrieving Halliburton VTA RBP, VTA Pkr, BP, Running BJ permanent Comp-II Compression packer, w /mule shoe and seal bore assembly extension, Otis nipples, sliding sleeve & Blast jts, Running upper zone retrievable pkr, Pop Loc Locator, molded production seals, Indexing mule shoe. Blast jts in zone position. Correlating CCL log tools on depth, wireline plug retrieving and flow testing of zones, with surface separator and flow equipment. Onsite supervision of 75 men and equipment to perform work over completions w/a 550 hp telescopic drilling rig in Warri Nigeria Africa. Drilling suspended do to partner affairs.
Aug 15-Aug 22 2007
Drilling supervision drilled 2- 800 m directional gas wells and 1- 800 m coil conveyed well in Onion lake Saskatchewan for Pearl Energy Corporation
July 24-Aug 2 2007
Drilling supervision drilled 800 m under balanced Sweet gas well for Seven Energy Ltd Penhold Alberta using nitrogen foam, rotating head under balanced surface equipment.
Dec 18- May 24, 2007
Drilling supervision through PetroGlobe Canada drilled 1-3200 m deviated oil well in Assam India & 1-1400 m vertical well in Assam India,1-1812 m vertical oil well in Assam India, Rig 4000 m 1500 hp diesel electric for Canoro Resources Ltd.
Sept-Dec 18 2006
Drilling supervision drilled 3 - 3500 m S curve gas targets in northern foothills Canada for EOG Resources Ltd using a 4000 m diesel electric rig.
Aug – Sept 2006
Holidays.
June – Jul 2006
Drilling supervision finished 3000 m sour re-entry well for Petrolatina Guatemala using a 3600 m conventional scissor sub 1000 hp rig from Sudan Africa.
April – May 2006
Return to Guatemala working in Petrolatina Corporation office preparing rental & tools required to drill 3000 m sour re-entry well bore. Visited & View different contract rigs in Mexico & Guatemala.
Feb –march 2006
Relief work drilling supervision drilling a 2800 m vertical well for Cyries Energy Ltd Canada Kakwa area of Alberta Canada.
Jan - 2006
Drilling supervision through drilled 1000 m vertical gas well w/coil tubing rig Choice Resources Viking Alberta area.
Jan -2006
Supervision through Codeco Consulting drilled 1000 m gas well for Cyries Energy Ltd, Rainbow lake Alberta.
Dec-2006
Supervision through Codeco Consulting drilled 3800 m high pressure 20.5 % critical sour well with telescoping double service rig for Blaze Energy Resources rig was released after numerous government infractions.
Nov 2006
Relief supervision on out rotation from Guatemala through Codeco Consulting for Paramount Resources, drilling 2300 m gas well in the Berlin River Alberta area.
Nov 2006
Relief supervision through Codeco Consulting drilled 2300 m gas well in the Kakwa area of Alberta for Paramount Resources
Sept –Oct 2005
Supervision through Codeco Consulting return to Guatemala to finish drilling 3200 m high loss circulation oilwell and start work over completions with drilling rig.
Aug-Sept 2005
Supervision through Codeco Consulting drilled 1800 m sweet gas well for in Arsenal Energy, pace setter well.
Jun-Aug 2005
Supervision through Codeco Consulting finish rigging up 3600 m sling shot triple in Guatemala and spud first exploratory well drilled for Petrolatina Corporation in Central America. High loss circulation and faulted & reverse faulted, fractured formations.
May 2005
Supervision through Codeco Consulting drilled 3000 m vertical sweet gas well for Tandem Energy in the Sylvan lake Alberta area.
April 2005
Supervision through Codeco Consulting drilled 350 m shallow gas well in Bow Island Alberta area for Choice Resources.
Dec-Feb 2005
Supervision through Codeco Consulting drilled 51of 102 shallow gas program for Blizzard Energy in Assumption Sitting 2 coil tubing rigs. Overseeing 2 green drilling supervisors operations and maintaining Tubulars & Accessories, Cementing equipment, Mud product deliveries, Power tongs, Drill bits, Water trucks, Vacuum Trucks, Rig moving trucks.
Drilled 9-700 m vertical sweet gas wells in Unity Saskatchewan Canada for Atlas Energy Ltd.
Nov-Dec 2004Supervision through Codeco Consulting drilled 1000 m shallow gas well at the base of Limestone Mountain for RSX Energy Ltd, 6.0 m3/min artisan flowing well @ 340 m weighted system to 26 lbs/ppg to kill flow.
Nov 2004
Supervision through Codeco Consulting drilled 230 m shallow coal bed methane well for CDX Canada.
Sept-Nov 2004
Drilled 3500 m critical sour well for Burlington Resources in Tumbler Ridge British Columbia.
April- Sept 2004
Hired by GNPOC of Sudan Africa through Petroglobe Canada Ltd. Overseeing company rig transported from Port Sudan to infield work project, rig up new Chinese 4000 m diesel electric & camp, remodify equipment to company specs and load test rig. Inspect rig with International inspector, Inventory & check certifications on equip. supervise all drilling operations with 65-85 onsite personnel.
Feb-Mar 2004
Relief work for Burlington Resources drilling 1-4700 m gas wells in the Tumbler Ridge area and Burlin River areas.
Nov –Feb 2004
Drilling 3700 m under river gas passage with Halliburton satellite steering tools and 6000 m diesel electric. First well ever drilled in Canada of its kind connecting two well bores to create a gas passage for Anadarko Canada Corporation
Sept-Oct 2003
Drilled 1700m directional well for Anadarko Canada Corporation in Bucking Horse British Columbia.
Aug-Sept 2003
Drilled 5000 m vertical well in Bear Valley British Columbia, barged 6000 m diesel electric rig 6 miles across Hudson Hope Dam for Anadarko Canada Corporation
June-July 2003
Relief supervision for Duvernay Oil Corp. drilled 2400 m gas well in the Gift lake area of Alberta. & also a 2600 m well in Dawson Creek B.C.
April-June 2003
Drilled 2 -1700 m directional sour gas wells in Northeast British Colombia using Vertitrax steering System and performed barefoot completion w/drilling rig for Anadarko Canada Corporation
Jan-March 200
Drilled 6-1800 m directional wells 3 % sour for Anadarko Canada Corp. in Blue Berry British Columbia.
May 1998-March 2002
Drilling Supervision for Union Pacific Resources drilling 5-2400 m Hz w/Nowsco Coil Tubing Rig using N2 diesel misting, 2700 m re-entry sour well, Equip. used, wireline set packers, gyro surveying, mechanical set whipstock, casing mills, overseeing 25 onsite personnel, perform barefoot completions on both wells. Drilled 2400 m Vertical well in Chinchaga Alberta, 42 shallow oil wells in Elk Point Alberta, Drilled 41 shallow gas wells in Richmond Sask, drilled 3 HZ 2700 m wells in Fort Nelson British Columbia,5-2400 m vertical well in Rocky Mountain House Alberta
Nov 1995- May 1998
Drilling Supervision for Norcen Energy Resources drilling of 8-4500 m under balanced horizontal N2 & diesel mist gas wells, performing open hole side track, multiple leg wells, coil tubing tool deployed severing tools, drill string perforations, underbalance equip. pressure vessel, rotating head, wet connect steering tools, MWD steering tools, performed barefoot completions on all wells drilled. Pink Mountain British Columbia Canada.
Nov 1995-May 1998
Drilling Supervision for Canore Energy Ltd, 12- 1500 m vertical gas wells in Red Earth Alberta.
Drilling Supervision for Elk Point Resources 14-1800 m vertical gas wells in Wanum Alberta area
Drilling Supervision for Renaissance Energy Ltd 22- 800 m in Wabaskaw, Flatbush, Martin Hills, South Mitsu, and Slave lake Alberta.
Apr 1992- Nov 1995
Driller for Akita drilling on a 3000 m jackknife double drilling wells from 1800-2700 m Vertical & directional wells for Chevron Canada & Renaissance Energy Ltd from Tilly to High Level Alberta.
June 1990- March 1992
Open hole drill stem tester for Baker Oil Tools in Brooks Alberta, performed open hole drill stem tests from all areas of Alberta to central Sask.
Feb 1989- March 1989
Driller for Artisan drilling on a 3000 m diesel electric rig working in the Red Deer area for Blue Range Pet.
May 1988-Feb 1989
Driller for Red Arrow Drilling, drilling 1500-1800 m gas wells for BP in the Cluny Alberta area.
Oct 1987 – Jan 1987
Driller & derrickman for Shelby drilling on 2000 m telescopic double drilling 1600 m sour oil wells for Dome Petroleum in the Alix Alberta area.
Nov 1982- Nov 1987
Driller & derrick man for Atco drilling on 2000 m jackknife double drilled 460- 1400 m shallow gas wells for POCO Petroleum in the Drumheller AB and Big valley areas.
Jun 1982- Nov 1982
Driller for OMNI drilling on a 3000 m jackknife triple for Pan Canadian in the Waterton Area of Alberta.
July 1977- Sept 1981
Driller,derrickman,motorman,roughneck on 2800 m jackknife Triple for Precision Drilling Ltd in the Rocky Mountain area of Alberta for Dome Petroleum.
Interests & Activities
Spending time @ home with my wife, horse back riding, fishing, and golfing, Cattle ranching.
Rebuilding motors, volunteering in the local community, drilling wells.
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