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22-07 - Present Consulting Petroleum EngineerEl Tigre Chemicals, LLC• Develop a business plan to convert combustoleo (refinery residual) to gasoline and diesel additives and asphalt.• Develop an emulsion breaker system and corrosion inhibitor for Caradan Chemicals International for ADNOC. Annual sales increased by $35 million.• Develop a sodium dithiocarbamate water clarifier for Dos Bocas (Pemex). Annual contract is for $55 million USD.• Investigate the use of carbon disulfide for well treatment.• Synthesis formulation testing; plant manufacture; scaleup of chemicals for treatment of corrosion, scale, dehydration and desalting; improvement of injecting, paraffin, bacteria and stimulation• Design of protocol and obtained ISO 9001 certification for manufacturing plant and laboratory.• Develop new water soluble polymeric diamines and market with application of H2S scavengers.• Technical service liaison to Argentina, Venezuela, Russia, Canada for production and refinery chemical applications.• Designed and tested high temperature corrosion system for Geothermal energy or oil/gas drilling applications.• Source Butadiene-1 for Pemex Logística.• Source diethanolamine for Pemex Logística.• Source HCl for Pemex Logística.• Source natural gas odorants for Pemex Logística.• Source acidizing chemicals for Pemex.• Source TEG for Pemex.

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Ciudad Del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico

Develop a complete line of stimulation chemicals, develop a stimulation chemical lab, and develop coiled tubing operation procedures

Usa, Russia, Hawaii, Phillipines, India, Guatemala

• Developed complete line of UBD chemicals including, conventional foamers, oil based foamers, recyclable water and oil based foamers, corrosion inhibitors, shale inhibitors and water-soluble polymers. Profitability of product line increased by 30%.• UBD and MPD drilling engineering design for oil & gas projects in USA, Russia, Egypt, Abu Dhabi, and Mexico (an average of 18 wells per year).• Geothermal drilling engineering for projects in Chile, Hawaii, Philippines, Indonesia, Iceland, Costa Rica, and Guatemala (an average of 6 wells per year).

Toluca, México, Mexico

• Develop full line of refinery process chemicals. Profitability on annual sales of $55 million increased by 35%• Developed complete line of production and acidizing/stimulation chemicals. Profitability on annual sales production chemicals of $150 million increased by 25%, and annual sales of stimulation chemicals increased by $10 million.• Introduced EOR on land for heavy crude oil.• Member of engineering team for Pemex/CNH Ronda 1, Ronda 2, and Ronda 2.3, and Ronda 2.4. Reserve calculations for: Burgos, Panuco, San Ramon, Soledad, Tampico – Misantla, Veracruz, and Cuencas del Sureste.• Direct all facets of multi-million-dollar projects for international companies, included but not limited to: Pemex, Schlumberger, Halliburton, and the Comissión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH)

Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico

• Design Drill-In-Fluid (DIF) and cleanup system for horizontal gravel packed wells (using Halliburton gravel pack tools). Annual sales increased by $25 million.

Saudi Arabia

• Under balanced coiled tubing drilling engineering, field engineering/operations, and business development. One of only 20 UBD/CTD engineers approved by Aramco at the time for office-based CTD engineering design

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Under balanced coiled tubing drilling engineering, field engineering/operations, and business development. One of only 20 UBD/CTD engineers approved by Aramco at the time for office-based CTD engineering design

Poza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico

• Performed coiled tubing drilling engineering, supervised field operations, and assisted with business development.• Performed engineering design for mechanical radial drilling for 6 wells for onshore Pemex in Poza Rica and 2 wells for Pemex offshore in the Ku Maloob Zapp Field.• Performed engineering design for 3 wells in Egypt for Petrobel.

Hassi Messaoud District, Ouargla, Algeria

• Well control engineer for a Sonatrach MPD project in Algeria.• Workover design engineer for HWO land operations (12 HWO units).

Poza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico

• Supervision of 4 drilling rigs in the Pemex ATG-V (Chicontepec) project. Each rig generated $13.5 million of annual revenue and was awarded the highest safety award by Pemex.

Oklahoma, United States

• Drilling engineering & well site supervision for projects in the Anadarko Basin

Buzuluk, Orenburg, Russia

• UBD engineering design & well site supervision for 14 wells in Russia with conventional and hybrid CT rigs.

Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico

• Administrator for Pemex Contract 414105921, which included engineering design and field operations of 65 wells. Artificial lift systems including capillary coiled tubing, plunger lift, and coiled tubing cleanouts. Annual sales increased by $13 million.• Streamlined operations by developing and implementing improved contract management processes associated with fraud in the contract

Houston, Texas, United States

• Production engineering for completion, workover, and stimulation – conventional & deep water (3,500 ft.).• Engineering design for high pressure coiled tubing & HWO unit workovers. (added 18.9 BCFE).• Gas lift design for 19 oil wells.• Designed P&A program for 35 wells

Novosibirsk, Russia

• Engineering design for water shutoff (conformance)• Coordinated an $85 MM leveraged buy-out of a specialty chemicals business.• Engineering design for CTD operations on 15 wells.

Russia, India, Mexico

• Business development for production & stimulation chemicals, with an emphasis on UBD chemicals and water shutoff (conformance). Annual sales increased by $14 million.

Novosibirsk, Russia

• Set up international technical chemicals sales/logistics. Annual sales increased by $25 million.• Clients: Halliburton, Schlumberger, & BJ Services.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Engineering & field support for UBD wells & 35 foam units. Annual sales increased by $35 million.• Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Coast, California, Rocky Mountains, Mid Continent, Appalachia, Latin America, North Sea, Russia, Middle East/North Africa, Far East, India, & Canada

Houston, Texas, United States

• Technical sales of guar gum, PACs, HEC, & TOFA for drilling and stimulation fluids. Annual sales increased by $10 million

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin, Russia

• Drilling engineering, field operations, and service company selection. Drilled 5 wells, completed 2 wells, and worked over 11 wells that increased daily production by 7,500 BOPD.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Performed business development and technical sales/engineering support of LVT 2000, a solvent.• Business development/technical support of Hydroxy Acetic Acid in sized salt drill-in fluids. NPV on the Heidrun Platform was $127 million.• Business development for Composite Coiled Tubing & Casing Conveyed Perforating. Annual sales increased by $50 million.• Responsible for technical sales and field support of Water-Soluble Drag Reducers. Negotiated technology licensing agreements between Conoco and 5 agents.

Novosibirsk, Russia

• Member of a 5-man team that conducted a two-year engineering feasibility study to develop 2 super giant oil fields in Western Siberia. $3 billion for each field.• Detailed drilling, completion, and production programs• Developed engineering/safety training programs for Russian drilling and production supervisors.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Drilled & completed: 52 wells in Dubai and 3 wells in Qatar• Workover: 42 wells using coiled tubing• Staff: 1,200 company and 1,000 contract personnel• P&L: annual O&O budget of $100 million and saved $50 million by optimizing inventory in the land-based port facility.• Engineering design and field operations: 562 gas lift wells

Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States

• Supervised production, completion, and workover operations• O&O budget of $10 million for the Grand Chenier Separation Station and 7 platforms• Completed 6 wells, Worked over 1 well• Production: 350 MMCFD, 3,500 BOPD

Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States

M.S., Statistics & Econometrics

Activities and Societies: teaching assistant in Department of Finance & Statistics

Master Of Science, Economics, 3.34

Master Of Science - Ms, Statistics

Bachelor'S Degree, Econometrics, 3.5

Ba, Economics & Spanish, 3.54

Bachelor'S Degree, Spanish, 3.4

B.S., Economics & Spanish

Activities and Societies: 4 year for tuition, fees, & booksminor in mathematics