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CAREER HISTORY:
Oct 08 - present: PETRO-CANADA COMPANIES IN LIBYA – Tripoli, Libya
Senior Completions/Workovers Engineer
* Contract 28/28 rotational position posted in Tripoli office.
* Design Completions/Workovers, Frac/Acid stimulations, CT completions/ cleanouts, and all cased hole activity (Rig and non-Rig ops) on wells to 14,000ft
* Team with Well Site Supervisors/Engineers to achieve Petro Canada's TLM (Total Loss Management) and Zero Harm policies, goals, and objectives
* Communicate, support, and advise operations team on a daily basis to ensure smooth, cost effective, and safe operations are maintained
* Commercial and technical evaluations and bid tender selection.
* Well review and workover candidate selection.
* TCP, CHDST, CT acid wash/stim, ESP, SRP installation, zonal isolation, multi zone completions and P&A finalization
* Provide ongoing engineering/operational support during on-site execution of well completion/workover programs
Nov 06 – Sept 08: FALCON OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION – Budapest, Hungary
Senior Completions Engineer/Supervisor/Team Manager
* "Ultra HPHT" world status category BCGA project Mako Trough, Hungary (BHP-+17Kpsi, BHT-250º C), unconventional tight gas project. Wells to depths 6085m in Southern Hungary. Deep, hot, low perm/porosity, high rate, high pressure treatment tight gas fracturing. 4000-6000m vertical well depths
* Design assist, manage, Completions/Workovers, HP Frac stimulations, CT completions/ cleanouts, and all cased hole activity (Rig and non-Rig ops)
* Supervise Well Site Supervisors and manage operational team to achieve TXM's goals, objectives, and targets
* Communicate, support, and advise operations team on a daily basis to ensure smooth, cost effective, and safe operations are maintained
* Provide ongoing engineering/operational support during execution of well completion programs
* Plan, prepare high quality completion programs designed to maximize well productivity in addition, ensure safe operating practices
* Completion planning and production design for deepest, hottest well on record in Hungary (6085m, 250ºC)
Dec 04 – Sept 06: TRANSMERIDIAN EXPLORATION, INC - Aktobe, Kazakhstan
Chief Completions Manager/Operations Supt.
* Design, manage, supervise, Completions/Workovers, Fracs, CT cleanouts, acid stimulations, all cased hole activity (Rig and non-Rig), involving onshore H2S carbonate wells to depths 4000m in South Alibekmola Field. Monitor incremental production.
* Plan, schedule Rig activity, equipment design/installation Completions/Workovers
* Provide well candidate recommendations for optimizing production quotas
* Review, recommend service contractors products and materials providers
* Report directly to VP Operations/Board of Directors – Head Office, Houston, Texas
* Supervise, mentor field staff of 95 locals and contractors
* Provide onsite training for company production/facilities staff
Sept 03-Dec. 04: CAIRN ENERGY INDIA LTD - Chennai, India
Rajasthan Onshore Operations
Senior Completions Engineer/Service Rig Superintendent
* World-class heavy oil discovery. Sandstone onshore reservoirs to 1500m
* Select candidates, design, monitor, Completion/Workover programs onshore oil wells
* Workover Rig/Field operations management. 1st "HP low perm" Frac conducted in India
* Cased hole operations, stimulations, Completions/Workovers, wireline, slickline, CHDST planning and supervision. 1st SLB "Max-R" Gun perforating system ran in India
* Plan, schedule Rig activity/Rig selection, budgets, completion equipment status
* Plan; submit tenders/bids completion equipment for all onshore Rig activity
* Recruit; mentor/supervise Indian staff engineers. Upgrade training
* Position nationalized, contract obligations completed
June-Sept 03: TRANSWELD INTERNATIONAL (Aberdeen)
Petronas-Medoc) Madura Island, Indonesia (Onshore)
Completion-DST/Observation Engineer
* Observation Engineer on DST/ Completion operations. Short-term contract callout
* Partner representative to oversee Completion/DST on-site activity
* Ensure safety, budget and accurate reporting guidelines followed during activity
* Report to Board of Directors of JV partner on data result/confirmation
Spring 03: LUNDIN SUDAN, BV (OPC Contract)
Republic of Sudan (Block 5, South Sudan)
Senior Completions Manager/Engineer
* Corporation re-entering country after forced absence due to civil unrest
* Completion/Test programming, well design
* PCP sizing, tubular design, downhole tool, completion fluids selection for Testing/Completion/Production
* Well review, procedure recommendations from production history
* Completion/Test reporting, data control
* Well prognosis, production analysis
* Critical wells for field reserves evaluation
* Well Completion/PCP installation/multi-zone testing supervision
* Contract cancelled, immediate evacuation due to ceasefire violations after 4 month truce
Winter 2003: PAJAK ENGINEERING (Calgary, Canada)
EnCana Corporation (Coal Bed Methane Group)
Senior Supervisor -Completions/Workovers
* Complete/Workover $2MM CBM producer North Eastern British Columbia (Tumbler Ridge-Horn River Basin)
* Multi-zone perforations, water base fracture stimulation
* Zonal isolation, water injectivity testing
* Testing, recording well parameters
* Remote Northern Canada location
* EnCana is North Americas' largest gas producer and landholder
2002-2003: TENGIZCHEVROIL Tengiz, Kazakhstan
Senior Completions Engineer (Seconded to Chevron)
* Weatherford employee (staff position)
* Tengizchevroil Drilling Support Services
* Desk and trouble shooting Supervision Completions/Workovers/Re-completions
* Depths 1500-4500m, 4%-24% H2S carbonate reservoirs
* High production, 30,000BOPD, Big Bore Completions, CRA tubular for 10K and 15K HP completions
* Plan, schedule rig activity, costs and completion equipment status
* Track, record/chart, submit recommendations for non-productive Rig/Well ops
2001- 2002: PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN PDO (SHELL)
Sultanate of Oman
Senior Supervisor – Completions/Workovers (Oman South)
* Supervise/Manage Omani staff, Workover Operations, Re-Completions
* Specialty cased hole operations, fishing, wireline, isolation packers, etc.
* Completions, stimulations, BH artificial lift
* Operate, supervise all artificial lift system installations, pumping operations
* Liaison with Service Companies and Contractors
* 1 year 28/28 rotational contract
2000-2001: SALYAN OIL LIMITED (Baku, Azerbaijan)
Superintendent/Manager – Completions and Workovers
* (50% SOCAR, 30% Frontera Resources, 20 % Hess International)
* Design, program onshore Workovers/Re-completions Wells to 4000m
* Supervise, Manage Workovers Department, 5 staff Engineers
* Order support Services, Downhole tools for +200 Well /Field rehabilitation project (1500-4000m)
* Design, supervise remedial cement squeezes, casing repairs, monitor cased hole operations
* Supervise, schedule all operations for 2 (Turkish)Workover Rigs 24/7 ops
* Monitor, maintain cost control, budget guidelines
* Submit daily/weekly/monthly Rig activity/engineering reports
* Reduced Workovers operating costs 33% in 3 months
1998-2000: HURRICANE HYDROCARBONS (PetroKaz 2005) - Kumkol, Kazakhstan
Superintendent - Completions/Workovers/Drilling
* Publically traded Canadian Company
* Schedule, maintain fleet of 8 Workover, 2 Swab, 2 Drill Rigs
* Design Completion/Workover Programs for flowing, pumping wells to depths 1500m
* Design, prepare, supervise acid stimulation programs
* Evaluation, economic assessment of Field/Rig activity
* Supervise, rotate/schedule 120 national and expat personnel
* PCP, ESP, pumping well selection, programming, installation
* Submit daily, weekly Field/Rig/Engineering activity reports
* Supervise, maintain cost control through department budgets
* Operational production increase from 30,000 BOPD to +100,000 BOPD.
1996-1998: VALENS GROUP OF COMPANIES – KYRGOIL (Kyrgyzstan)
Operations Manager - Asian Operations - (Rotational)
* Original start-up team leader, "in-country" Project Organizer
* Order, transport, receive $6 million USD in Western manufactured oilfield equipment to fulfill Kyrgyz contract
* In-country KyrgOil representative, contact for all phases of project; i.e., local labor negotiations, government contracts, support services for incoming crews and personnel
* Reported directly to KyrgOil President/CEO with daily/monthly expenditure, progress reports for Valens, International Well Services, KyrgOil (KPC) (Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, FSU)
* Office/field operations daily reporting
* Program, supervise, manage 20 well Workover/Fracturing operation
* Monitor, record existing and objective incremental production
* Liaison between KyrgOil (KPC) and Kyrgyz State Petroleum Officials
* Project completed after fulfilling 1-1/2-year contract stipulations. Education leaves.
* BSc. Mechanical Engineering (Distinction) completed, degree conferred 1997.
1994-1996: D & G PETROLEUM SERVICES LIBYA- AGIP (North Africa) Two year consulting contract supervising Completions/Workovers
* Well depths - 11,000-16,500 (3350m - 5200m). High porosity sandstone
* Arab/Italian JOC. Rotational 35/35
* Re-Completions to enhance production 2200 - 7000BOPD
* HPHT wells. (60Mpa, 80C)
* Coiled Tubing acid treatments for conversion to water injection
* Design; supervise acid stimulations Rig and non-Rig (50 - 450m3 volumes)
1980-83, 1990-94: R. H. WHALLEY PETROLEUM SERVICES LTD.
Canada, Montana, Nebraska, Texas
Independent Consultant
* Design, supervision, Workovers/Completions Western Canada, USA
* Operations Manager for multi-well developments. (In-field proven reserves)
* In-house Engineering, project coordination
* Equipment bid analysis, reward contracts
* Continued interim educational sabbatical leaves during career
* Project Management, monitor daily reporting
* Field/office correspondence, troubleshooting
1978-1992: DRILLING/COMPLETIONS/WORKOVERS (CANADA)
* Frontier Engineering Canada – Field and office engineering
* Amoco Canada - Foreman
* Pangaea Petroleum - Field Sup – Completions/Workovers/production-Canada, Texas
* McDonald Engineering and Associates – Staff Field Sup
* On-site Supervision of Service Rigs for Completions/Workovers, HP snubbing operations, well stimulations, fracturing, nitrified acid work, etc
* Continued interim educational sabbatical leaves during career
* Supervise Service Rigs for re-entry, production operations: (i.e., air drilling cleanouts, milling, fishing, plug removal for deeper zone Completions/Abandonments)
* Multi well/field abandonment project management and land reclamation.
1973-1974: DRILLING RIGS (Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin)
Roughneck to Driller (Rig position advancement)
EDUCATION:
1989-1997: (Sabbaticals) BSc. Mechanical Engineering (Distinction)
Almeda University Boise, Idaho, USA
1976-1978: Petroleum Engineering Technology: Major: Production
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT Polytechnic)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
MEMBERSHIPS/SOCIETIES:
Member Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE #) - 3206113
Oilfield Technical Society (OTS) Calgary, Canada
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
1978-2006: Industry Seminars, Applied Courses, and Field Tickets:
Petroleum Industry Training Courses:
* Emergency First Aid and Fire Awareness Training (Petro Canada Tripoli) 2009
* Defensive Driving (Petro Canada Tripoli) May 2009
* HPHT Completion Design (Petroleum Institute for Continuing Education) Houston, Texas Nov. 2006.
* Well Service Blowout Prevention WS–132260-803029 (Exp.07/06/11) (ENFORM Canada)
* H2S Awareness and Escape (PDO Shell-Oman)
* H2S Alert, Awareness, SCABA (ChevronTexaco-Kazakhstan)
* Transportation of Dangerous Goods (Canada)
* Defensive Driving (PDO Shell-Oman)
* Defensive Driving (ChevronTexaco-Kazakhstan)
* Oilwell Cementing Techniques (Amoco Canada)
* Enhanced Site Supervision Coaching Workshop (PDO Shell -Oman)
* Solids Control (Amoco Tulsa, Oklahoma)
* Quality Control Completions (Amoco Canada)
* Workovers and Completions (Amoco Canada)
* Beam Pumping Operating (Amoco Casper, Wyoming)
* First Aid, St. John's Ambulance (Canada)
* Emergency First Aid and CPR (Canada)
* Emergency Firefighting (Safety Boss Canada)
* Workplace Hazardous Material Information Systems (WHMIS)
* Drug Abuse Supervisors Training (Canada)
* Windows, Word, Excel, MS Office,WellEz
* WIMS/DIMS (PDO Shell-Oman 2000)
* Workover Office Pro (personal software)
* The Well Evaluation Model (WEM)
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