Louis Romo

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Sr. Manager, Wells Operations, BP (GoM), Houston @ bp
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About Louis Romo

Energy Industry Professional with a strong technical expertise in Wells and Well Control. A strategic leader who builds success by setting clear strategy, building relationships, fostering teamwork, executing plans and rigorously managing performance.Technically proficient in all aspects of well and well intervention planning including casing design, APB mitigation, well placement, pore pressure analysis, cement design, drilling and completion fluid program design, hydraulics, drill string design, bit design, vibration mitigation, air drilling operations, slim-hole operations, workover, reentry and sidetrack. Extensive operations experience in HP/HT (+18,000 psi, +425° F.), hard rock (+55-ksi UCS), deepwater (+28,500’ subsalt), rapid deposition and arctic environments. Critical well and well control background includes deepwater, shelf and land. Additional experience with exploration wells, managed pressure drilling and under-balanced drilling, well interventions, relief wells, snubbing and capping operations.Author and Co-author of ten professional papers. Chairman of the IADC Deepwater Well Control Taskforce (2013-2014) and experience as an Expert Witness.

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bp
Sr. Manager, Wells Operations, BP (GoM), Houston
london, england, united kingdom
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bp.com
Employees:
79805
Louis Romo Work Experience Details
  • Bp
    Sr. Manager, Wells Operations, Bp (Gom), Houston
    Bp Jan 2021 - Present
    Houston, Texas, United States
    Accountable for delivery of safe, compliant and economic Wells operations throughout the BP owned integrated facilities in the Gulf of Mexico to include Drilling, Completions and Interventions. Also accountable for broader D&C and Well Intervention activities in the GoM via riser and riserless methods. Contract Accountable Manager for Valaris, Stena Drilling, C-Innovation and Helix Energy Solutions.
  • Bp
    Rig Engineering Manager, Bp (Global Solutions), Houston
    Bp Nov 2018 - Jan 2021
    Houston, Texas, United States
    Director role accountable for oversight of the BOP Reliability, Cyber Security, Rig Engineering and Rig Verification teams supporting global operations. The teams locations ranged from Houston to London, Aberdeen and Baku while encompassing more than 40 BP employees and +100 contractors. Rig Engineering to include the engineering design, rig build and start-up of the ACE Platform Rig in the Caspian as well as the Clair South Platform Rig in the North Sea. Also accountable for developing and executing the Wells rig verification program to check how effectively drilling contractors are managing the key barriers against their major accident risks, including 'approval to operate' of MODUs and intervention vessels. Accountable for ensuring engineering reliability and operational readiness for BOP and subsea intervention systems. Responsible for maintaining Cyber Security standards on all BP owned and contracted drilling rigs and intervention vessels.
  • Bp
    Prudhoe Bay Operations Manager, Bp (Gwo Alaska), Anchorage
    Bp Nov 2017 - Nov 2018
    Anchorage, Alaska, United States
    Accountable for all BP Global Wells Organization Operations in Greater Prudhoe Bay (GPB), including rig and non-rig activities. Manage the planning, execution and evaluation of Well Construction, Well Completion, Well Intervention and Well Integrity activities supported by 15 Wells Superintendents. The non-rig activities include hydraulic fracturing activities, slick line and electric line standalone operations, coiled tubing operations, fluid hauling and disposal, special projects such as subsidence remediation and freeze-protects, wellhead and well integrity maintenance activities on over 1,700 wells in GPB.Also accountable for delivering the long-term perspective in all of the activities relevant to the Alaska Wells and Global wells organization agendas, especially the development of capability within the Wells team, to ensure we have the right skills and behaviors in the right positions.Contract Accountable Manager for Doyon Drilling, Nabors Drilling, Nordic Calista Drilling, Parker Drilling, Baker Hughes GE, CH2MHill-Jacobs, Fairweather, Little Red Services, and Weatherford.
  • Bp
    Wells Operations Manager, Bp (Gwo Alaska), Anchorage
    Bp Dec 2014 - Nov 2017
    Accountable for the execution and delivery of well construction (drilling and completion) and rig work-over activities in the Region, in compliance with local regulations and in conformance with all BP practices and procedures. Also accountable for providing leadership and management of BP oversight and for interfacing with Contractor Leadership to assure a robust Contractor self-verification program. Primary driver for operational standardization and continuous improvement through utilization of global best practices, after action reviews and conformance to the New Well Common Process for well construction activities.
  • Bp
    Segment Technical Authority, Well Control, Bp (S&Or), Houston
    Bp Nov 2011 - Dec 2014
    Accountable for the issuance of post Macondo Well Control Engineering Technical Practices for “Well Control” and “Working with Pressure / Pressure Testing” and for providing oversight to all BP Operating Regions with respect to interpretation of requirements and deviations thereto. Tasked with maintaining an independent view of Operating Risk while supporting all BP Operations in response to well control incidents. Supported the Macondo Phase II Legal Team by providing an Expert Witness Testimony and by preparing independent witnesses for the defense. Participated in industry standards committees and focus groups in order to influence, share and assimilate industry learnings. Examples include; Chairmanship of the IADC Deepwater Well Control Taskforce, voting representative for BP during the development of API Standard 53 and participation on the IADC Managed Pressure Drilling and Underbalanced Drilling committees.
  • Bp
    Restart Manager, Bp (Gwo Gom), Houston
    Bp Mar 2011 - Nov 2011
    Accountable for managing the 40 work fronts associated with the “get back to work” efforts in GoM after the Deepwater Horizon incident. Reported to the GoM Region Vice President as a member of the GoM Leadership Team and assisted with the safe and efficient Restart of five drilling rigs.
  • Chaparral Energy
    Drilling Manager, Chaparral Energy, Oklahoma City
    Chaparral Energy Apr 2010 - Mar 2011
    Program Manager accountable for the delivery of oil and gas wells in basins ranging from the Bakken Shale to Gulf Coast Oligocene and Miocene plays. Managed a high paced drilling team delivering +300 wells per year with rig lines ranging from 12 to 19 rigs, Operations Superintendents and Drilling Engineers.
  • Wild Well
    Senior Technical Advisor, Wild Well Control, Houston
    Wild Well Oct 2009 - Apr 2010
    Advisor for well control related emergency and non-emergency operations requiring specialized personnel, techniques and services. Involved with Emerging Technology related to well control such as the development of subsea equipment and procedures for the CMP dual gradient drilling joint industry project. Participants included BP, Statoil and BG.
  • New Tech Engineering
    Vice President Of Mid-Con Operations, New Tech Engineering, Oklahoma City
    New Tech Engineering Aug 2007 - Oct 2009
    Accountable for the Mid-Con Business Unit from inception through the second year of operation. Delivered a growth rate of 347% in ’08 over Q4 ’07 while Project Managing drilling rig lines in North Africa and also being accountable for engineering and operations on projects in the Lower 48. Domestic projects included wells ranging from Bakken laterals in Richland County, Montana to Granite Wash Horizontals in Western Oklahoma and High-Pressure Morrow wells in Loving County, Texas to a Well Control Intervention on a high pressure horizontal in Tyler County, Texas. International Project Management included selecting, deploying and coaching entire project specific drilling and completion teams for operations in the Western Desert in Egypt as well as HP/HT operations in Southern Tunisia.
  • Bp
    Senior Drilling Engineer, Bp (Mad Dog Deepwater Development), Houston
    Bp Jul 2005 - Aug 2007
    Accountable for the design, execution and delivery of sustainable high-rate oil wells situated the Gulf of Mexico’s Southern Green Canyon. The Mad Dog Field is situated in water depths of 4,400’ to 5,900’ along the flank of the Sigsbee Escarpment. Key drilling risks include shallow hazards, salt exit, mobile tar, wellbore instability, highly fractured shales along the graben structure, over pressured formations, depleted intervals and attaining step-outs in excess of 10,000’. Operational risks include annular pressure build-up, vortex induced vibration, riser clashing, simultaneous operations and logistics issues. Designed and implemented the first two stage production tie-back in the GoM in order to mitigate APB which in part resulted in reduced well times from +220 days to 75 days on the MD 08 well.
  • Bp
    Senior Drilling Engineer, Bp (Mid-Con Asset), Houston
    Bp Jun 2004 - Jul 2005
    Accountable for the development and execution of the Bromide Exploration Program which was driven by field revitalization efforts within a mature Asset. The revitalization program was initiated as a result of 3-D seismic interpretation and resulted in the need for “cost conscious” designer wells in what has long been known as “crooked-hole country”. The surface section of these wells is air/mist drilled to approximately 5,000’ and directional operations are then conducted in an oil-base mud system within formations ranging in unconfined strengths from 20-ksi to 55-ksi. The wells reached total depth of 13,000’ to 15,000’ with step-outs of 1,200’ to 3,500’.
  • Bp
    Senior Drilling Engineer, Bp (Tuscaloosa Asset), Houston
    Bp Nov 2002 - Jun 2004
    Accountable for the planning, execution and delivery of HP/HT gas wells in the Judge Digby and Port Hudson fields within the Tuscaloosa Trend which is located Northwest of Baton Rouge. Delivered best-in-class performance on the Georgia Pacific #8 well, successfully drilled depleted reservoirs with drilling differentials of 13,000-psi, delivered BP’s first successful reverse cemented production liner which resulted in improved gas recovery and implemented a successful wellbore breathing (ballooning) mitigation plan. Total depth for wells in these fields range from 18,000’ to 23,000’ with bottom hole temperatures in excess of 425 °F and bottom hole pressures in excess of 18,000-psi.
  • Bp
    Drilling Engineer, Bp (Gulf Coast Wells Team), Houston
    Bp Aug 2000 - Nov 2002
    Accountable for the planning and execution of several high-rate gas wells and accountable for fit-for-purpose technology implementation which resulted in the first successful on- shore rotary steerable application within BP. Implemented a cuttings re-injection program which resulted in a cuttings disposal cost savings of 70%. Implemented a down hole vibration mitigation program, redesigned the conventional casing program and attained corporate approval to drill the 18,000-psi reservoir with 10K BOP stacks.
  • Boots & Coots International Well Control
    Engineer, Boots & Coots International Well Control, Houston
    Boots & Coots International Well Control Dec 1997 - Aug 2000
    Responsible for delivering the BC/IWC Management System, Developed SOBM Kick Model, developed “The Blowout Advisor”, Developed Blowout and Emergency Response Data Base as well as “The Blowout Advisor V 2.0”. Responded to the following well control emergencies in addition to the longer-term projects. 1999, South Texas - Provided engineering support for well capping operations. Colombia - Provided engineering support for multiple well capping operations. California - Provided engineering support for relief well and kill design. 1998, Eastern Venezuela - Provided engineering support for a relief well and subsequent dynamic kill. Wyoming - Provided engineering support for a relief well. Saudi Arabia - Helped control an H2S gas well blowout and provided engineering support. Gulf of Mexico - Helped control an underground blowout. Gulf of Mexico - Provided engineering support for relief well operations. West Texas - Controlled a cratered blowout. 1997, Eastern Venezuela - Provided engineering support for a multi-well P&A project with shallow supercharging due to an adjacent underground blowout. Gulf of Mexico - Plugged and abandoned a blowout well.
  • Texas A&M University
    Research Engineer, Aggie Drilling Research, College Station
    Texas A&M University Dec 1995 - Dec 1997
    Worked with Dr. Hans Juvkam-Wold, Dr. Jerome Schubert and Dr. Jongguen Choe as a research engineer.Research projects included “Riserless Drilling JIP I”, “Deepstar Project I” and “Deepstar Project II”, as well as specific research in support of Boots and Coots.

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Petroleum Offshore Drilling Upstream Gas Oil And Gas Energy Industry Research Oilfield Onshore Energy Drilling Natural Gas Well Control Teaching Drilling Engineering Petroleum Engineering Completion

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