Logistics Specialist / Project Manager
Hanover Compressor Company (Apache Oil/British Petroleum)
New Iberia, Louisiana
I assisted in all the logistics necessary to maintain the compressors, generators and engines that ran them on all offshore production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) for Apache Oil. Shortly before deciding to move abroad, I was promoted and began doing similar duties for British Petroleum platforms in the GOM. These duties included: inventory control, cost quotations for all products and services, purchasing equipment not in inventory, coordinating transportation for equipment and… Show more I assisted in all the logistics necessary to maintain the compressors, generators and engines that ran them on all offshore production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) for Apache Oil. Shortly before deciding to move abroad, I was promoted and began doing similar duties for British Petroleum platforms in the GOM. These duties included: inventory control, cost quotations for all products and services, purchasing equipment not in inventory, coordinating transportation for equipment and personnel, supervising the shipping and receiving of required parts and tools, trending the results of oil sample analyses, analyzing temperature and pressure readings on a daily basis to ensure equipment was running properly and producing oil company's desired targets, keeping Maintenance Foreman from oil company regularly updated, assisting my boss in the administrative duties for our offshore mechanics and clerks and also assisting in the management of our facility.[Note: Hanover and Universal Compression merged in 2007 to form Exterran. Operations we did as a service center for Apache and BP are currently done by Blue-Stream Services.] Show less