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Midland, Tx, Us

Houston, Texas, Us

Launch an Operations Engineering and Industrial Health consulting firm providing COVID-19 services to operators’ field sites after release from Apache due to COVID-19 and company restructuring. Execute complex technical projects using business acumen and deep drilling engineering expertise. Lead 1-7 seasoned operations crews of up to 24 staff across the NM Delaware Basin, Oklahoma, and Texas for 7+ operator / clients. Consult for clients in overlapping, simultaneous Directional Superintendent, Drilling Superintendent, and Company Man roles. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Hire and manage teams of first responders to diffuse 3 fires and prevent numerous mud spills. ► Save a Delaware Basin operator $2.68M/month on 5 drilling rigs by boosting Spud to TD times – including flat time – by 27% (3 casing string Bone Springs wells), 40% (4 casing string Wolfcamp wells), and 14% (Delaware). ► Solve directional drilling challenges for Kaiser-Francis by partnering with bit specialists, drilling engineers, company men, and vendors to refine directional projections and ensure optimal bits / motors pairing.► Optimize parameters with each rig, developing new bits to improve overall drilling metrics to steepen each client's learning curve 6-fold compared to what they could do on their own.► Serve in dual drilling engineering and onsite supervision (Company Man) roles for Sabinal Energy on a Midland Basin two-well re-entry project, guiding flawless slimhole horizontal re-entries. ► Save $250K under AFE as Drilling Superintendent for an operator's first 2 wells by redesigning production cement jobs due to a mission-critical production cement design flaw. ► Oversee a project with an operator, providing onsite drilling engineering support for Delaware Basin well design and directional portions of 3 wells.

Houston, Texas, Us

Recruited back to Apache due to strong directional drilling background and Schlumberger drilling engineering training after serving as Drilling Engineer III from 2010 to 2014. Hand-selected to occupy two simultaneous roles overseeing different reporting structures, risk profiles, and goals for two Delaware Basin Teams (Reeves County, TX) while managing all domestic exploration projects (i.e., construction, drilling, completions, and flowback). Retained by management through 5 major layoffs and released due to COVID and corporate restructuring. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Reduced Delaware Basin Team operating expenses by 15% on $150-400M annual budgets. ► Selected a rig in Montana, built the location, drilled a well, logged every hole section, took 500’ of whole core, and left location 3 days early (55 total days due to BLM stipulations). ► Drilled 2 different projects in Montana over 3 years, with one requiring extensive planning due to the remote location and weather (i.e., extreme cold temperatures and no oilfield services within 10 hours of the rig). ► Executed Permian and Delaware drilling projects requiring one-off casing design due to logging and coring. ► Led domestic exploration Geology, Drilling, Completion, and Production teams into 7 basins.► Saved $8-10M per project by streamlining exploration workflows to eliminate an average of 2 exploration wells.► Drilled and delivered Apache’s first 3-mile Southern Midland Basin laterals $1M under AFE.► Added $6M of NPV over 4 months and prevented 90% of interventions by analyzing 60 Delaware Basin wells. ► Reduced staff hours required to solve complex engineering problems by directing a Data Analytics team to build reporting products and Spotfire guides.

Tulsa, Ok, Us

Recruited from Apache to lead both drilling and completions projects in Central / East Texas with only 4 other engineers on staff. Overhauled disorganized infrastructure and processes for making well designs and writing drilling programs. Retained to carry the company through Chapter 11 bankruptcy and released shortly thereafter.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Ensured zero Lost Time Incidents (LTI) by building a compliant safety culture, thorough engineering procedures, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) / operations protocols from scratch. ► Managed all aspects of well construction and cost control for 3 drilling rigs in Central / East Texas.► Completed all Eagleford and Buda horizontal wells on budget and with zero safety issues. ► Designed and executed Plugging & Abandonment (P&A) operations for uneconomical assets. ► Negotiated all IADC Contracts and Master Service Agreements (MSA) throughout company bankruptcy.

Houston, Texas, Us

Recruited from Schlumberger to lead Apache’s transition from vertical to horizontal operator as the region’s Directional Drilling Expert, delivering DD and MWD / LWD services to clients for up to 7 rigs in the Northeastern US Region.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Reduced field operations issues by writing and presenting a 2-day horizontal drilling course for company men and engineers on the differences between vertical and horizontal well development. ► Drilled 45 horizontal wells/year in every productive stratum of Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle.► Mentored 6 junior engineers while guiding an Oklahoma Development team to manage 10 horizontal rigs.► Allowed Apache to remain economic despite industry downturns, saving $2.75M/well and reducing cost 42% by cutting Granite Wash drill time from 75 to 37 days for a 13,000’ TVD & 30,000 psi UCS play. ► Streamlined transitional operations following the acquisition of an offset operator with a 12-rig program.► Cut service costs up to 30% by launching a vendor management initiative leveraging multi-rig buying power.

Houston, Texas, Us

Promoted a second time to manage Directional Drilling, MWD, and LWD services for clients throughout the Northeastern US Region with only one additional support staff member – an MWD Coordinator. Managed a diverse team of 28 employees, with 10 staff on loan to the district at any time (i.e., 20% female and 40% international staff members from South/Central America, West Africa, Canada, and Mexico).▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Rebuilt the Northeastern district into a nationwide leader from 1 air job to 19 horizontal rigs. ► Eliminated 2 trips per well and reduced kick-off to TD time by 60% by partnering with operator teams to complete their Marcellus Shale Exploration Phase, applying lessons learned to a “factory drilling mode.”► Reduced risk by designing a drilling pad and survey program based on surveying and anti-collision planning. ► Championed the most successful industry field-test campaign of the first high-dogleg rotary-steerable, including training directional drillers and coordinators from several Middle Eastern and African countries.

Houston, Texas, Us

Promoted as the second youngest Directional Coordinator in all of Schlumberger. Delivered directional drilling services for clients’ multi-rig programs in conventional stacked plays across the Mid-Continent region (i.e., Oklahoma, Arkansas, and North Texas and Barnett, Fayetteville, and Arkoma-Woodford Shales). ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Educated new customers on implementing a step-change in their drilling program, regularly optimizing marginal rigs to accommodate high-performance rotary steerable (RSS) services.► Partnered with existing customers to continually improve ongoing projects, including conventional sand & carbonate reservoirs, unconventional shale plays, gas storage, and disposal projects.

Houston, Texas, Us

Recruited from Weatherford to oversee directional well planning, well design, rig sizing, torque and drag analysis, hydraulics evaluation, ECD management, bit recommendations, basic casing design, survey management, and anti-collision planning.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Prepared directional drilling programs based on offset analysis and calibrated torque & drag models, optimizing rig time and drawing a clear picture of expectations throughout drilling.► Monitored wells in real-time, recommending drilling parameters to mitigate harmful drilling mechanics and improve ROP.► Led post-well analysis by conducting post-job reviews internally and with the client.► Wrote failure reports after analyzing logs generated from downhole tools, calibrated physics-based models, and recommended improvements.► Served as the Principal Design Engineer for a Fayetteville Shale multi-year extended reach-drilling campaign for wells between 3.0 and 3.8 ERD ratio. ► Overhauled drilling engineering work processes from low to high performing.

Dublin, Ie

Promoted to investigate all tool and service delivery failures in US Land and Gulf of Mexico Markets. Partnered with operations, maintenance, and design personnel in failure analysis of mud motors, MWD, LWD, Rotary Steerable, and BHA design.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Answered management and operator’s technical questions regarding operational failures, resulting in 12 design improvements and $6M saved annually in service quality credits.► Designed all air directional drilling projects to avoid ill-prepared jobs often leading to catastrophic failures.

Dublin, Ie

Recruited to upgrade and operate MWD and LWD tools while maintaining depth tracking, surveys, gamma-ray, and resistivity logs.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Delivered End of Well Reports and conducted pre and post-job evaluations for clients.► Field-tested new MWD platform, providing feedback to design and maintain engineering components.

Montréal, Québec, Ca

Selected as a Process Engineering Intern as union rules limited the number of full-time engineers that the mill could employ. Performed daily lab tests and process efficiency reporting.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Designed and installed a novel QA/QC system to report on product quality in real-time.► Quality controlled incoming materials using a particle scattering laser, resulting in the renegotiation of a vendor contract due to product being out of specification at the microscopic level.

Overland Park, Us

Estimated time, materials, and costs for large concrete construction projects.

Warren, Michigan, Us

Selected as a Project Estimator on two large Army Corps of Engineer projects in uptown New Orleans, namely the Napoleon Avenue and Eagle Street Stormwater Canals. Assisted a Project Manager in estimating large projects and collecting payment from Army COE on change of scopes & equipment depreciation while completing the final year of a Bachelor's degree. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Estimated project materials, equipment needs, timelines, and costs for special projects. ► Updated all scope changes, partnering with the Army COE Engineer to receive his sign-off for projects. ► Processed and collected payments on idle equipment per the Army COE depreciation schedule.

Warren, Michigan, Us

Served as Assistant Project Manager on two large Army Corps of Engineer projects in uptown New Orleans, supporting the Project Manager on daily work.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Estimated project materials, scope changes, equipment needs, timelines, and costs for special projects. ► Attended all concrete pours, ensuring concrete placement per company guidelines, Army COE requirements, and industry best practices. ► Completed QC cement load tickets and performed slump tests.

Houston, Texas, Us

Selected as a Pressure Pumping Intern for Schlumberger Dowell in 2001 before being hired in a full-time Drilling Engineer role in 2006. Split time working on oil well cementing and hydraulic fracturing crews.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Built a site map for management to share with first responders detailing the site, purpose of multiple buildings, rail yard, bulk storage, fuel storage, chemical storage, overhead utilities, underground utilities, radiation sources, etc.

San Antonio, Texas, Us

Tracked, repaired, and maintained all types of tools, pressure gauges, safety equipment, etc., assigning equipment based on tasks to ensure availability of all PPE or work crews.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Ensured sign-offs for all permits, carrying all permits through several different offices for approvals and signatures. ► Tracked remaining hours allowed to charge to jobs rather than overhead.

Deer Park, Tx, Us

Operated, maintained, and repaired high-pressure equipment and vacuum trucks in chemical and energy plants. Cleaned chemical process equipment using up to 36,000 psi hydro-blasting equipment.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Operated specialty equipment to demolish a large petrochemical reactor, using high-pressure water and ruby garnet to cut through thick steel, since torches were not an option.► Served as the sole technician permitted to run the heat exchanger cleaning drill.

Irving, Texas, Us

Served as a Project Quality Engineer & QA/QC Assurance Engineer on Union Carbide's Olefins Units I & II Turn-Around & Modernization.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Added and removed items from construction punch lists and performed system walk-downs.► Ensured equipment was built as per P&IDs and engineering drawings / specifications.