John Smith Email & Phone Number

United States

Supervising fitters and welders

United States

United States

Oklahoma

Providing front line leadership to fast paced drilling operations in the STACK & SCOOP Play of Oklahoma. Supporting Rig based team on drilling procedures, logistics, planning and critical well operations.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Independent consultant working in Oklahoma.

Odessa/Midland, Texas Area

Worked as Senior Drilling Supervisor in West Texas Drilling horizontal wells.

Zitong, Jinqia And Fushun Fields In Sichuan Province Prc

Managing day to day drilling operations in Sichuan Province PRC.

Santai County, Mianyang, Chengdu, P.R.C.

Helping to develop the Sichuan Province under-balance drilling program and training personnel on MPD/UBD procedures. Prior to China assignment, worked in North La. drilling underbalanced horizontal wells in the Haynesville Shale. Working with Drilling Engineers and Superintendents to optimize drilling performance and develop cost saving ideas.

Haynesville Shale

worked in North La. drilling underbalanced horizontal wells in the Haynesville Shale. Working with Drilling Engineers and Superintendents to optimize drilling performance and develop cost saving ideas

Worked in Gulf of Mexico supervising Marine Engineers, Wells Engineers, Divers and other contract companies performing platform recovery or removal utilizing Lift Boats, DP (Dyanamic Positioning) Vessels and 900 Ton Derrick Barge. Responsibility including developing well intervention procedures & selecting proper equipment & personnel for various projects. Projects include evaluating wells, killing wells, cementing wells as per regulatory requirements for down platforms due to hurricanes and removal of down platforms and rigs. Also have performed "Hot Tap & Freezing" operations

Worked in the Mediterranean Sea on a 4th Generation Semi-Submersible in 2000’ – 3000’ water, drilling HTHP wells in an H2S environment. Trained National (Egyptian) Engineers on well control and drilling procedures.

Wamsutter, Wyoming

worked on pad rig drilling up to 8 directional wells (extended reach) per pad. These were fast paced 7 – 14 day wells, problems including high gas and loss circulation in tight gas field. Responsibilities included filling in for Superintendent when needed, troubleshooting on other rigs to improve efficiency. Also tasked with training new Drilling Foreman, managed up to 8 new hires and overseen their development based on company needs and requirements.

Tuscaloosa Trend, South Louisiana

worked for BP in South Louisiana in the HTHP Tuscaloosa Trend and Bayou Sale, working with rotary steerable directional equipment on extended reach wells. These were deep wells 20,000’ – 23,500’ with bottom hole temperatures from 350 to 450 degrees. Bottom hole pressure was as high as 20,000 psi with concerns given to depleted formations above production zones.

Gulf Coast Region

Worked for BP/Amoco in Matagorda Island offshore Texas & Tuscaloosa Trend on land in South Louisiana on HTHP wells. Also worked for various other companies (Mobil, Texaco, Murphy, BP/Amoco, Chesapeake and Samedan), worked with OBM, WBM, Synthetic & Completion fluids. Deepwater, Jack-up and land operations

Louisiana

Started out as roustabout on an offshore rig and continued to work on land or offshore during this slow down in rig activity.

South Caroline/North Carolina

Assigned to Security Force attachment and then stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C. in a weapons company.3/6 & 2/2