Daniel Villa Email & Phone Number

Kuwait

Ahmadi, Kuwait

• Member of the Drilling Standards & Excellence Team under KOC Drilling Engineering Group.• Analyze drilling data to identify trends, inefficiencies, and areas for improvement.• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), non-productive time (NPT), flat time, crew and drilling rig contractor efficiency.• Use data to evaluate performance against benchmarks and recommend adjustments to improve operational efficiency.• Collaborate with drilling engineers, rig crews, and service companies to optimize drilling parameters.• Work with digital systems to monitor real-time drilling data and make data-driven decisions.• Monitor and control operational costs while ensuring that safety and quality standards are upheld.• Implement strategies to reduce drilling time and minimize equipment failure or downtime.• Prepare detailed reports on drilling performance, highlighting successes and areas for improvement.• Communicate findings to senior management and provide recommendations for continuous improvement.• Facilitate meetings with field personnel, engineers, and contractors to discuss performance data and improvement initiatives.• Create and implement dashboards for drilling efficiency measurement and data completeness.• Implement and standardize processes and procedures for the effective utilization of the Real-Time Drilling Decision Center (RTDDC) by various operational teams.• Coordinated RTDDC software training sessions for Drilling & Workover Engineers, including PerformView and Drilling OptimizationTraining.• Conduct technical evaluations of various real-time software/platforms to assess feasibility for implementation in the RTDDC.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Provide technical sales support, understanding, and communicating the value of technology to our clients.• Ensure that Well Plans, Designs, and Drilling Programs comply with internal policies, procedures, and customer/local regulations.• Participate in performance reviews and conduct audits to ensure that Company policies and standards are understood and implemented.• Ensure that all well plans are fit for purpose and provide the most cost-effective solutions to meet the drilling target considerations.• Identify areas where new and cost-effective techniques can be applied.• Evaluate all aspects of drilling performance and maintain a database to capture and share lessons learned.• Provide real-time monitoring and decision support to the drilling team to improve drilling performance.• Document and report all deviations from the drilling program and QHSE policies.• Collect and collate information to monitor performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the quality and cost-effectiveness of drilling performance.• Responsible for the effective design and implementation of well plans and BHAs.

Anaco, Anzoategui, Venezuela

• Acted as Stuck Pipe Champion, analyzing all previous stuck pipe events, determining root causes, creating action plans, and documenting lessons learned to prevent future stuck pipe situations.• Performed technical analysis of tool failures, determining root causes.• Provided real-time monitoring and decision support to the drilling team to improve drilling performance.• Responsible for the effective design and implementation of well plans for various clients in East Venezuela.

Anaco, Anzoategui, Venezuela

• Dual Services Engineer in Charge of field operations for various clients, managing activities on up to 12 rigs in East Venezuela.• Acting as FSM in charge of East Venezuela field operations with a field population of over 40 personnel.• Responsible for ensuring timely tool requests to cover daily and upcoming operations.• Optimized tool usage in the field and improved turnaround times for tools returning to the shop for proper servicing, with a focus on minimizing transportation costs.• Monitored the proper use of tools on-site, ensuring they are not left unused at the rig for extended periods.

Bogota, Cundinamarca, Colombia

• Real-time monitoring of all variables involved in the drilling process to prevent non-productive time and ensure the quick detection of undesired symptoms and behaviors, preventing any drilling surprises.• Utilize subsurface and engineering data acquired while drilling to optimize the drilling process and mitigate risks.• Analyze and distill data into a format that can be easily communicated to the drilling team.• Provide real-time decision support to the drilling team, conducting risk assessments of the drilling process with recommended solutions to significantly reduce non-productive time (NPT).

Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico

• Dual Services Engineer in Charge of field operations for various clients, managing activities on up to 11 rigs in Southern Mexico.• Acted as FSM on multiple occasions, overseeing field operations and managing a field population of over 40 personnel.• Responsible for ensuring timely tool requests to cover daily and upcoming operations.• Optimized tool usage in the field and improved turnaround times for tools returning to the shop for proper servicing, with a focus on minimizing transportation costs.• Monitored the proper use of tools on-site, ensuring they are not left unused at the rig for extended periods.

Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico

• Remote Operations Engineer, taking full control and being fully accountable for rig operations for Mesozoic and Alliance projects.• First globally to fully control field operations from within the client's office using Remote Acquisition Link (RAL) for data acquisition and DrillLink to send downlink commands to PowerDrive.

Mexico City, Mexico

• Real-time monitoring of drilling parameters from a centralized OSC located in Mexico City, overseeing operations for the Mesozoic and Alliance projects in Villahermosa.• The primary objective of the OSC was to prevent non-productive time through the quick detection of undesired symptoms and behaviors, preventing any drilling surprises and optimizing operations.• Trained IPM OSC Engineers in D&M basic acquisition systems, InterACT, and Perform Tool Kit software.

Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico

• Real-time monitoring of drilling parameters from a centralized OSC located in Mexico City, overseeing operations for the Mesozoic and Alliance projects in Villahermosa.• The primary objective of the OSC was to prevent non-productive time through the quick detection of undesired symptoms and behaviors, preventing any drilling surprises and optimizing operations.• Trained IPM OSC Engineers in D&M basic acquisition systems, InterACT, and Perform Tool Kit software.

Ciudad Del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico

• Operation Support Engineer, working as a help desk from the office, providing technical advice and support to less experienced field personnel at the rig.• Real-time monitoring of drilling parameters with the primary objective of preventing non-productive time through the quick detection of undesired symptoms and behaviors, preventing any drilling surprises.

Ciudad Del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico

• MWD & LWD Field Engineer II, serving as lead hand for Directional & Inclination (D&I), resistivity, and neutron-porosity jobs with PowerPulse/ARC/ADN on offshore operations for various PEMEX assets, including UONE, UOSO, and KUMAZA, executing S-type, J-type, and horizontal well profile jobs.• Real-time monitoring of annular pressure and equivalent circulating density for development and exploratory wells.• Radiation Safety Officer, ensuring full compliance with radiation standards and all applicable local regulations.

Poza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico

• MWD & LWD Field Engineer I, serving as lead hand for Directional & Inclination (D&I), resistivity, and neutron-porosity jobs with PowerPulse/ARC/ADN on offshore operations at the Lankahuasa Project, executing S-type and J-type well profile jobs.• Real-time monitoring of annular pressure and equivalent circulating density for development and exploratory wells.

Poza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico

• MWD & LWD Field Trainee Engineer, serving as second hand for Directional & Inclination (D&I) jobs with SlimPulse on land operations at the Chicontepec Project, and resistivity jobs with PowerPulse/ARC on offshore operations at the Lankahuasa Project, executing S-type and J-type well profile jobs.