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EXPERTISE PROFILE
Senior Drilling Operations Engineer with 25 years experience in exploratory and development wells, including green, development, brown, fractured salt dome, heterogeneous reservoirs. Experience in Rig Maintenance Programs for onshore and offshore drilling rigs. Expertise includes:
* Mud Engineer in Shallow and Deep Wells as Spud Mud, Polymers, Lignite and Lignosulphonate, PAC, Lime Mud, C.M.C mud, Filtrate Loss Control, Glycerin mud, Inverse mud, GOE, Inverted mud, applied in onshore/ offshore operations, HPHT well.
* Evaluation and implementation of new technologies, including: under balanced drilling, drilling in unconsolidated sands, shallow NCWs, Gas and Condensate Wells.
* High Risk Wells. Directional, Horizontal and Multilateral drilling. Highly deviated wells.
* Exploitation and drilling of new locations, exploratory wells, advanced, development, matured, fractured salt dome and heterogeneous reservoirs.
* Rig maintenance and support services. Coordination of groups of different disciplines for rig projects in the operational areas: tasks assignment and control, personnel control, and corporate office administrative services.
* Drilling, re-entering and work over opportunity identification.
* Increasing of drilling rate by optimizing/minimizing ROB, torque and drag.
* Coiled Tubing Operations especially in Control, Putting, Washing, Squeeze, Drilling.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
OILFIELD DEVELOPMENT SPECIALISTS (2008- Present)
Senior Drilling Advisor
Pertamina – Jakarta, Indonesia (Aug 2008–Sep 2009)
* Provided technical and operational support in mud design and control of all of Pertamina's exploratory wells.
* Advised drilling personnel on the substitution of drilling mud compounds or tool bits to improve drilling conditions.
* Performed Rig and Mud Systems inspections in 20+ development wells. Supported and reviewed all phases of Drilling and Well Completions Plans.
* Advised the VP-Drilling on the progress of all of the drilling activities and potential problems of 26 rigs.
CABIGAS (2008)
Senior Oil Field Advisor (Maracaibo)
Engineering and Best Practices running Polypig. Inspection and repair of pipeline with Sulfated Reduced Bacteria (SRB), diagnosis and addition of extra loop to increase rate and pressure.
ECOPETROL (2006 –2008)
Senior Drilling Engineer (Colombia)
Was brought on board to the Drilling Engineering Department to resolve difficult conditions in Santander Department, near to Cucuta City.
* Re-designed of mud program (gypsum to lime) and drilling parameters to prevent hole collapse (final conversion to inverted oil mud). Reduction of balling of shallow (6,000') gumbo shale.
PETROBRAS (2003 – 2006)
Maintenance Superintendent (Brazil and Argentina)
* Managed all of the drilling and workover operations for a number of rigs.
* Elaborated and directed schedule preventive and corrective maintenance for all equipments of all assigned rigs.
* Responsible for the maintenance cost and the life-cycle for all equipment of all assigned rigs.
PDVSA Oil & Gas (1989-2003)
Operations Superintendent - Production
* Responsible to conduct the operations within the budget parameters and develop capital projects that will improve the overall production.
* Reviewed and developed subordinate managers and address training as needed.
* Presented capital proposals including incorporating the latest technical innovations as well as address daily operational problems and solutions. Among the projects presented was the pipe corrosion control methodology.
PDVSA Oil &Gas (1975-1988)
Drilling and Workover Supervisor
* Develop cost estimates, permits, and well drilling plans for management approval, specifying factors including drilling time, casing design, mud selection, bit selection, hydraulics, cementing, directional drilling, stimulation, testing, and material requirements.
* Monitored the sampling and testing of the drilling mud and for prescribing mud treatments to maintain particular properties and chemistry within recommended limits.
* Performed Daily Mud Reports with updated mud costs.
* Responsibled for offshore and onshore drilling and workover activities.
* Coordinated production, drilling, pump installations, and walkovers. Develop and/or research new techniques and approaches related to drilling, completion and recovery.
* Provide technical consultation during drilling operations to resolve problems such as bore directional change; unsatisfactory drilling rate or invasion of subsurface water in well bore.
* Advise substitution of drilling mud compounds or tool bits to improve drilling conditions and inspect well to determine that final casing and tubing installations are completed.
* Completion Activities: Completion activity and work over operation, Well Testing (Oil), Well Testing (Gas), Gravel Pack, Gas Lift, Submersible Pumps, Dual Completion.
EDUCATION
BSc in Chemical Engineering, Zulia University- Venezuela – 1979
MSc in Gas Engineering, Zulia University – Venezuela -1989
Courses Seminars
Cyclops Mainframe Software Program, Maraven, S.A., 1994.
Gas Corrosion System Seminar, Maraven, S.A. Maracaibo, 1991.
H2 S Control and Prevention, Maraven, S.A. Lagunillas, 1991.
Installations and Maintenance Rms Centrifugal, Anaco, 1988.
Hydra Fluid Projects Hf -100, Intevep – Los Teques, 1988.
Oil Spill Recovery Systems, Oil Mop Inc, Maraven, S.A., 1988.
Treatment of Oil Field Water Injection Systems, Houston, 1988.
Ultrafine Filtration, Pall Well Technology, New York, 1987.
Basic Training (Filtration), Pall Well Technology, New York, 1986.
Matricial and Fracturing Acid Training, Dowell, Tamare, 1986.
Fracturing and Stimulation, Halliburton Service Lagunillas, 1985.
Drilling Fluid Seminary, Dresser Industries, Houston, 1984.
Drilling Advanced, Lagoven, 1982.
Casing and Tubing Head Problems: Buckling, Rupture and Leaks, Lagoven, 1982.
Well Controls for Mud Technologist, Imco Services, Anaco, 1980.
Drilling and Workover, Lagoven, Tía Juana, 1978.
Computer Applications
HYSYS, PRO II, Drilling Mud Simulator, Measurement While Drilling Software, Cyclops, Microsoft Project and Primavera, Microsoft Office, PIPEPHASE, ASPEN PLUS.
Languages (1-5)
Spanish 5, English 4 (bilingual), Portuguese 4.
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