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Hassi Messaoud, Algeria

• Assessed clients well control readiness, procedures, and equipment for the largest producing area in Algeria.
• Re-developed the Well Abandonment Manual rewriting SONATRACH DP’s operational procedures and practices to meet NORSOK D-010. The work introduced new evaluation and abandonment methodology compatible with very mature.
• Developed a mature and aged asset condition-based monitoring program to prevent catastrophic well control events.
• Generated and implemented a wellhead manual for the Algerian fields. The document included full maintenance procedures as well as technical references for new engineers.
• Created a valve repair and testing procedure to optimize limited resources while maintaining full well integrity.
• Outlined a management system for valve tracking and repair.

Bogota, Colombia

• Business development for especial and unique architectural projects.
• General CNC machining services focused on architectural fixtures.
• General contracting focused on commercial property renovation and design.
• Project management and turnkey project for general civil contracting especially commercial properties.
• Unique furniture using sustainable techniques married with digital manufacturing processes.

Hassi Messaoud, Algeria

• Started a new project with three ENAFOR / ENTP / SINOPEC rigs in a development field in Berkine Basin. Set up an operations management system to benchmark and improve upon current operations across all project baselines.
• Evaluated current well design and engineering to propose changes and establish procedures in order to improve operational efficiency and integrity standards. Procedures were vetted through simulation using the Landmark.
• Wrote procedures for all phases of well construction adopting the local operational practices and regulations.
• Elaborated periodic and final reports taking into account Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) regarding operational results in a highly dynamic environment.
• Design, drill, and evaluate wells to a highly abrasive and compressive sandstone reservoir drilling through fractured carbonates, mobile salts, and massive loss zones. Wells were drilled to 3,000 m within a challenging.

Bogota, D.C., Capital District, Colombia

• Instructor for IADC / IWCF certification for well control, stuck pipe, and pressure management.
• Advised on current well control, operational and engineering issues from design to execution phases as required by clients, especially wellbore stability issues, swelling shale management, ballooning, high pressure low.
• Offered independent third party opinions on technical issues and disputes related to drilling matters including certifications and proper rig-up of surface pressure equipment, blooey lines, rotating control heads.
• Provided independent third party opinions on drilling programs, response plans and operational issues. Full engineering assessment was performed using StressCheck, hydraulic matching and historical data when available.

Ciudad Del Carmen, Mexico / Kuwait

• Supported client with well design, drilling issues and general drilling optimization recommendations for offshore wells located in a highly fractured carbonate reservoir to 8,000mts with heavy losses, H2S and stuck.
• Recommended, designed and implemented massive drilling fluid losses control strategies in brownfield environment with very low formation pressures in sour offshore fields with poor logistics support improving fluid.
• Optimized solutions for hole cleaning and stability issues in a procedure-light environment. The recommendations were based on multi-iteration hydraulic and broom-stick torque and drag models calibrating with.
• Overall cost and non-productive time reduction strategies in support of a sustainable reservoir management program through continuous operational benchmarking to identify NPT and invisible lost time. Identifying.
• Help PEMEX / KOC evaluate and implement new drilling techniques and technologies to increase reservoir efficiency through the creation of a procedure centered culture.
• Provided solutions to complex drilling challenges through data analysis, modeling, front-end engineering and coordinated efforts to successfully achieve operational goals and streamlining drilling campaigns by the.

Bogota, Colombia

• Drilling and completions design for gas and oil wells including HTHP (BHT 200degF / 16-18ppg) wells in highly stressed areas in the Colombian foothills. Drilling trajectories were highly deviated (65deg inclination.
• Prepared drilling programs, submitting government forms and permits, coordinating logistics, and general project costing. General well CAPEX and drilling costs averaged USD$80million.
• Involved in the development of the strategy for oil / gas well exploration drilling.
• Development and tracking of AFEs, new technology validation, bid evaluation for a five well exploratory campaign that was extended for two extra wells.
• Coordinate and lead development of engineering design and drilling strategy for heavy oil wells in Colombian foothills and gas wells in young formations with high pressure - low volume gas pockets within unstable.
• Developed multiple models using various software and operational resources helping optimize the drilling process with the available data. With the data developed a proactive approach to drilling and operational issues.

Bogota, Colombia

• Well planning and design using industry’s best practices and recommended LWD and directional tools to reduce overall cost-by-foot drilled for each well.
• Continuous optimization of client’s drilling operations through data monitoring and benchmark analysis in order to predict and reduce stuck pipe issues (reduced stuck pipe incidents by 10-15%).
• Support at the client’s office on directional drilling and drilling optimization issues including casing design in order to reduce drilling time through problematic formations due to stability, geological uncertainty.

Bogota, Colombia

• Provided downhole tool operation support for field personnel including LWD and Rotary steerable tool operation and directional plan compliance.
• Supported directional drilling operations and advised on best practices with both downhole motors and rotary steerable (Both push and point the bit) tools.
• Remote drilling optimization to improve field operations through real time data analysis specially using LWD data, drilling mechanics, Torque-and-Drag analysis, and hydraulic benchmarking.

Bogota, Colombia

• Conducted well planning, execution and evaluation of real-time data to optimize drilling performance and manage risk at the well site including real-time geomechanics and pore pressure prediction.
• Optimization of drilling programs through drilling engineering and data analysis taking into account offset data to assess potential drilling risks, contingencies, key performance indicators, and best practices.
• Continuous evaluation of drilling risks through real-time data, trends in drilling parameters, and consolidation of information collected at the well site to implement and develop best practices thus reducing well.
• Involved in planning and construction of hydrocarbon wells by controlling directional profiles as a directional driller using mud motors and rotary steerable systems.
• Reduced overall well drilling time for early development wells by 30% through the course of four wells by using real time drilling data, and recommending tools, techniques and drilling parameters using real-time data.

Bogota, Colombia

• Run measurement and logging while drilling services for a variety of clients and drilling environments.
• Plan, execute, and deliver quality information products for clients.
• Recommend solutions in the field regarding logging / measurement while drilling services.
• Field tested new tools (SCOPE tool family) incorporating new technologies and services.

Colombia

• Supervised work-over rig operations in Las Ciras Infantas field in Barrancabermeja (Sanding issues, corrosion, scale, very mature field) and Apiay in Villavicencio (Heavy oil, scale, ESP completions).
• Coordinate operations, maintenance for a work-over rig, and established tool availability.
• Devised an early detection system failure protocol through rig mechanics daily reports that reduced rig downtime by 12-15% in very mature assets.
• Increased turnaround of drilling tubular maintenance, repair, and inspection by 1 week.

Houston Y Alrededores, Texas, Estados Unidos

• Modeled two-phase and foam underbalanced drilling programs for hydrocarbon wells.
• Assisted in the design and implementation of underbalanced drilling programs.
• Operated and maintained underbalanced drilling equipment during field operations.