Eric Lunsford Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

Bogotá, Co

Dublin, Ie

Well Advisor and Project Management

Houston, Texas, Us

• Provide technical support to sales and operations across all product lines (cement heads, centralizer subs, float equipment, SSR plug sets).

Houston, Texas, Us

• Lead engineer on a 29,000’, HPHT sub-salt Wilcox MPD exploratory well. • Perform concept well design AFE time and cost, well program and APD.• Assisted in developing Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) guidelines for first COP MPD well in Gulf of Mexico.• Developed relief well best practices utilizing new technology and methods (casing magnetization, acoustic ranging tools). • SME on WellCat software; assist well engineers on APB modeling, mitigation and survival load design.

London, England, Gb

• Lead wells engineer in multiple development and appraisal wells utilizing dual activity drill ships• Drilled and completed 7 top quartile horizontal wells and 3 deepwater HPHT pre-salt appraisal wells. • Championed the Well Delivery Process and ensured that all wells are properly risk assessed and peer reviewed, both in the design and during the operations phase of the project.• Provided technical guidance to the drilling engineering staff.• Assisted in developing and applying drilling standards, policies and processes.• Confirmed drilling engineering designs and programs meet both internal and external codes, standards, and regulations.• Support drilling in Shell’s stage gated Well Delivery Process for project decision‐making.• Represented Shell at meetings with service providers, joint venture partners, industry forums, government bodies and other Shell company affiliates.• Remained abreast of and, as appropriate, implemented new technology to reduce cost or risk, improve performance and/or increase value.• Participated in cross‐divisional and cross‐discipline peer reviews, communities of practice, and information exchange forums.• Reviewed cost estimates, particularly probabilistic cost estimates.• Focal point for Shell NOV (non-operated ventures) in deepwater Brazil projects (Petrobras as operator). Shell Wells representative on Libra pre-salt mega project.

Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Br

• Prepared Cascade 5 (28,000’ pre-salt HPHT Wilcox) ultra deepwater drilling permit for authorization to drill offshore satisfying all BOEMRE requirements. • Created and revised drilling program for Cascade 5 ultra deepwater development well. Includes drilling fluid and hydraulics, directional plan, formation evaluation, casing design, and cement job procedures.• Prepared the AFE planning and execution, monitor operational spending and help reduce nonproductive time and cost. • Prepared end of well reports and presentation to management. Tracked and reported rig performance based on various rig metrics to drilling superintendent and operations manager. • Ultra Deepwater Gulf of Mexico (8000’+ water depth): Offshore engineering and supervision for drilling & completion operations on Cascade & Chinook projects. All 3 wells (~28,000’ subsalt HPHT) successfully drilled and completed include Cascade 4 (Ocean Endeavor), Chinook 4 (Discoverer Deep Seas) and Cascade 5 (Ensco DS-5). • Wrote detailed plan of action procedures and weekly operational forecasts.Drilling Supervisor, Offshore Brazil • Deepwater Brazil Marlin Sul field (3000’-4000’ water depth): WSE/DSV on Pride Carlos Walter.• Provided drilling and work-over operations engineering and supervision in several deepwater development and exploratory wells.Rig Engineer, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico & Offshore Colombia (dual activity drillships) • Deepwater Colombia (4500’ water depth): Oversee the drilling of one of the first deepwater wells in offshore Colombia.• Deepwater (2500’ water depth) and shallow (500’ water depth) Gulf of Mexico wells: Oversee drilling and completion operations of two exploratory HPHT wells and assisted in implementing HSE practices in Petrobras offshore operations in Gulf of Mexico.

Houston, Texas, Us

• Provided drilling operations support with a focus on directional drilling and LWD services.