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EDUCATION
1992 Masters in Business Administration, Louisiana State University
1986 Bachelor of Science, Petroleum Engineering, Louisiana State University
EMPLOYMENT
08/03-Present Subsea Project Manager, Addax Petroleum Nigeria Ltd./Weatherford Completion Systems, Geneva, Switzerland. Rotation assignment – 6/4 schedule.
· Working as completion equipment project manager in customer’s office on 9-well Subsea project for offshore Nigeria. Wells are multi-zone applications with Expandable Screens and Zonal Isolation using Intelligent Completion equipment.
· Providing equipment and operational expertise, generating drawings and programmes, leading risk analysis and contingency evaluation, tubing movement analysis, assisting with reservoir and torque & drag issues, and acting as Weatherford Project Manager with regards to issues involving product line support, Design Engineering projects, Manufacturing & Logistics coordination, and all other activities relating to this project.
01/02-08/03 Deep Water Project Team Leader, Weatherford Completion Systems, Senlis, France.
· Lead team of engineers in providing novel and innovative methods of approaching completions for large scale Deep Water or Subsea projects with emphasis on project cost savings and technical simplicity and reliability.
· Extensive knowledge of all Weatherford Completions products including Expandable Sand Screen, Intelligent valves, Solid Expandable products, Interventionless Valves and Tools with emphasis on Deep Water & Subsea applications. Designed and Implemented programmes using Weatherford equipment, as well as some competitor equipment when necessary, including procedure writing, downhole schematic creation, nodal analysis, tubing movement calculations, contingency preparation, risk assessment, and all planning, logistics, and project management activities.
· Supervise responses to Invitation To Tenders from Operators for Deep Water and standard platform and land projects. Plan, organize and coordinate the activities of engineering, commercial, QHSE, logistics, and administrative personnel in creating responses to these tenders.
· Frequently managing multiple projects simultaneously which can include smaller scale project bid work and company-related projects such as market strategy, commercial issues, team development, and project execution procedures.
· Familiar with special challenges of operations in Deep Water as well as standard environments and am involved in all aspects including procedure writing, downhole schematic creation, QHSE procedures, tool selection, and contingency planning.
· Work with software for Tubing Movement and minor nodal analysis. Have experience with Wellflo nodal analysis.
· Have excellent knowledge of wide range of products including sand control (tools and pumping), packers and accessories, SMART valves, flow control, Expandable screen and Expandable solid pipe, open-hole casing packers, perforating, interventionless tools, safety valves, and electronic gauges, and some knowledge of chemical injection, ESP’s, control line operations,
03/00-12/01 Market Development Manager, Weatherford Completion Systems, Houston, TX.
· Develop business opportunities through U.S. based operators for completion product lines (including Expandables) for Weatherford’s Eastern Hemisphere operations.
· Perform presentations to customer audiences on technical and commercial aspects of Weatherford product lines including Expandable Sand Screens, Flow Control, Intelligent Completions, Deep Water completions, Packer products, Inflatable packers, Sand Control, and Liner Hangers.
· Plan and organize activities of several product line representatives in responding to customer inquiries and tenders. Take lead role in producing final proposal and submit to customer.
· Assist customers with completions, workovers, and liner hanger procedures and downhole tool choices based on technical requirements, reservoir characteristics, financial considerations, and logistics in all environments from Deep Water to land.
· Provide local technical support to current customers that have ongoing operations with Weatherford completions product lines in the Eastern Hemisphere.
· Assist Western Hemisphere region with customer issues in completions product lines.
9/99-3/00 Completions Engineer, Equitable Resources/OSCA, Inc., Houston, TX.
· Provide financial and technical engineering consultation for oil & gas completion and workover projects for an independent Oil & Gas Operator client (work in client’s office). Assist with MMS Sundry and Completion AFE preparation.
· Supplied Project Management services for completions. Planned and implemented completions and organized activities of OSCA Gravel Pack Tools, Pumping, Completion Fluids, and Filtration services as well as other vendors involved in completions projects.
· Design procedures and downhole tool configurations for, and help customers with decisions regarding, completion and workover choices such as frac packing, gravel packing, open hole completions, and thru-tubing.
· Prepare economic analyses of projects to determine the feasibility for implementing specific engineering design procedures and downhole tool configurations.
1/98-8/99 Service Line Manager - Downhole Tools, OSCA, Inc., Lafayette, LA.
· Managed the Gravel Pack Tools Division for the U.S. Gulf Coast and supporting international site locations, supervising eighteen (18) offshore and office personnel.
· Maintained flat revenue and net income levels during period of industry cutbacks and contraction.
· Worked on team that developed new tools and procedures for British Borneo Deep Water project.
· Reviewed completion and workover designs to make improvement recommendations and provide solutions for customers; coordinated equipment and project personnel.
· Coordinated the gathering of historical data needed to evaluate product line quality, successes, failures, and improvement opportunities.
· Investigated and resolved field operation problems; made improvement recommendations in writing and presented same to customers.
· Formulated strategic business unit plans by evaluating costs (capital equipment, facilities, labor, etc.) and income projections.
· Coordinated department activities with inter-company sales, engineering and senior management in accomplishing product line and company business goals.
· Participated in committees with senior management empowered with shaping company policies such as quality control, performance and financial analysis.
· Prepared financial and AFE justifications for capital equipment and projects to support business operations; forecasted monthly business and presented to management.
· Prepared variance analyses of actual versus budgets and prepared explanatory reports for senior management and sales.
1994-1998 Region Engineer/Sales, Baker Oil Tools, Anchorage, AK.
· Coordinated the development and support of Baker’s re-entry into the Gravel Pack market in the Alaskan/Canadian region including sales, equipment procurement and logistics, and field implementation.
· Provided Project Management services for gravel packed completions to Arco and Unocal. Primary completion vendor project manager for an 8 well multi-zoned frac-packed completion project on North Slope for Arco.
· Assigned Unocal account for all Baker Oil Tool product lines.
· Designed procedures and downhole tool configurations for, and helped customers with decisions regarding, completion and workover choices such as frac packing, gravel packing, and open hole completions.
· Provided technical support to customers and Baker sales personnel regarding all other Baker product lines including Packers, Liner Hangers, Flow Control, Instrumentation Services, Thru Tubing, and Fishing.
Operations Coordinator Technical Support, Baker Oil Tools, Lafayette, LA.
· Managed the Completions Technical Support staff (11 employees) for the Gulf Coast Sand Control operations.
· Designed procedures and downhole tool configurations for, and helped customers with decisions regarding, completion and workover choices such as frac packing, gravel packing, and open hole completions.
· Created, developed, & presented training materials to field personnel and customers. Developed H2O Fraq field training course and co-authored two major training manuals.
· Produced post-job reports containing engineering reservoir analysis on H2O Fraq treatments using S.M.A.R.T.S., Stimplan, MicroSoft Word, & Excel.
· Reviewed completion designs, and made recommendations on improvements.
· Presented Client Performance Team training to Baker employees for on-site customer & co-worker relations (one of 8 people within Baker Hughes trained to teach class).
· Investigated & resolved gravel pack tools, perforating, & pumping problem jobs. Composed reports on findings and presented same to customers and Baker management.
· Assisted Houston Tech Services Dept. with new product development, testing, and introduction to the field at the District level. Maintained constant contact with Tech Services to insure new products were tracked and used appropriately in the field.
· Coordinated the gathering of field & office data needed by customers & other inter-company departments to evaluate product line.
· Assisted Sales & Product Line Operations Coordinators with customer calls, proposals, and technical guidance, as well as job design, preparation, execution, & follow-up.
· Developed MSOffice-based computer software for field & management use as well as supported all computer hardware & software (incl. BDAQ, SMARTS, etc.) with regards to development and problem resolution.
· Traveled to Trinidad twice (1995) for BHI to run H2O Fraq jobs & help set up pumping district.
1992-1994 Environmental Quality Specialist, Louisiana Dept. of Environmental Quality, Lake Charles, LA
· Inspected facilities that possess air pollutant emission sources to ensure the facility was complying with EPA's Federal Code & Louisiana's Air Quality Environmental Regulatory Code as well as the facility's air quality permit.
1989-1990 Completion Specialist, Vann Systems, Lafayette, LA
· Planned and supervised (3-5 personnel) Tubing Conveyed Perforating operations on oil & gas well completions in conjunction with Drill Stem Test tools. Assisted with problem solving on location & implemented any action items necessary.
· Interacted with management in deciding on and implementing procedures used in the completion of each well as well as the testing procedures used on location.
· Evaluated & reported on the quality of the well's potential to produce in conjunction with the well data.
1987-1989 Field Reservoir Engineer, Halliburton Reservoir Services, Corpus Christi, TX and Houma, LA
· Worked with and supervised production well testing and SRO wireline crews (2-6 personnel) at well locations.
· Analyzed retrieved data using computer software to forecast reservoir potential and determine parameters such as permeability, skin, p*, and radius of investigation.
· Used data to help customer representative on location with any problem resolution.
· Produced formal reports for the customer using the data & findings mentioned above.
· Used logarithmic plots, derivative type curves, and nodal analysis in reservoir forecasting process.
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