Nicholas Fraiche, P.E. Email & Phone Number

New Orleans, La, Us

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Greater New Orleans Area

Lead Engineer for Oregano OR4 Horizontal Gulf of Mexico well. (+$100MM Project Cost)Charged with designing, cost estimating and planning Oregano OR4 well.Lead Engineer charged with West Boreas WB01 feasibility study- Analyzed and evaluated information relating to the West Boreas WB01 production problem.Focal person in charge of carrying out detailed, complex and complete engineering sidetrack and workover options and cost estimations for WB01. Presented feasibility study findings to engineering and management groups. The WB01 low-margin sidetrack / workover options included a combination of concepts including: managed pressure drilling systems, swellable packers, drillable liners, etc.Lead Drilling Engineer (Operational and Planning) for West Boreas WB2 ($163MM Project)- Accountable for West Boreas WB002 AFE, encompassing 130 days and $163MM. West Boreas WB02 21,400’ subsalt low-margin complex development well included complex new GOM features including RFID reamer technology, C-Flex casing cement tool, and micronized barite mud while exiting salt. - Completed cost estimation, budgeting and authorization for expenditures (AFE), and equipment ordering. - Delivered detailed technical plans for operations and equipment installation and utilization. Tracked rig key performance indicators (KPIs). Reviewed well designs, programs and plans related to drilling operations.- Delivered daylong DWOP seminar to over 100 operational personnel (including managers and engineers) detailing West Boreas WB02 deepwater well installation.- Monitored and planned daily well operations for West Boreas WB02 well, ensuring proper execution of drilling programs, and reporting of technical and cost data.- Managed and produced written documentation and verbal interactions required for application for permit to modify (APM) for WB02 to the regulatory agencies.- Supervised and mentored junior engineers during the operational and planning phases.

Deepwater Gulf Of Mexico

Independent (night time) supervisor (company man) directing operations and managing over a 120 crew members. Management duties included but not limited to: ensuring personnel safety, preparing daily operational plans, ensuring proper execution of operational programs, operational calculation verifications and reporting of technical and cost data. Prepared daily go-forward plans, morning reports, cement volume calculations, casing tallies, and well control data sheets.Routinely performed and supervised inspections of site, environment and equipment in relation to safety and antipollution devices and controls, potential hazards and violations of internal (Shell) and external (Governmental) policies on board drillship and Semisubmersible vessels.Executed detailed well procedures safely and under budget for numerous deepwater drilling projects.Supervised the utilization of new technology, including: reamer RFID technology, micronized barite synthetic- based drilling fluid, Archer Cflex, etc.Led multi-disciplinary team to analyze, evaluate and interpret detailed work scope of Gulf of Mexico Between-Well-BOP-Maintenance. Carried out detailed complex and completed engineering project work scope. Presented work scope in MS Project graph formate for upper management approval.Routinely and independently prepared incident investigations involving oil and gas

New Orleans, La

Operational drilling engineer working the Europa A7 and A8 projects

Covington, La

Assumed combined role as lead asset development engineer, reservoir engineer and economist for the West Flank of Bay Marchand (BM) Field (Gulf of Mexico Shelf)Identified, designed, cost evaluated, justified and executed numerous GOM shelf work-over, sidetracks, and new drilling projects for the West Flank of BM field.Lead Asset Development/Reservoir Engineer on well dump-flood project. Successfully matured this complex project through the Chevron Well Delivery Process. Justified project through detailed presentations to management and engineers which involved the application of mathematical, physical and engineering sciences to the petroleum engineering fieldIndependently perform economic modeling utilizing PEEP software for projects. Presented to management and engineers project decision analysis and feasibility utilizing @Risk/ Precision Tree software.Performed production forecasting and reservoir evaluations utilizing Volumetric and Analog Benchmarking, Decline Curve Analysis (DCA)/ type cures, and Analytical Reservoir Evaluations (MBal software).Developed resource volumes and reserves estimation and ensured booking and reporting compliance for the West Flank of Bay Marchand field. Generated type curves using DCA to support reserves forecasting and reporting.

Gulf Of Mexico Shelf

Supervised HR operations onboard the global Orion dive saturation vessel (14 days on / off schedule).Directed and maintained daily operations for offshore (Gulf of Mexico), ensuring personnel safety, proper execution of drilling programs, and reporting of technical and cost data.Supervised the utilization of numerous technologies to safely plug and abandon Hurricane damaged wells (e.g. subsea hot taps, rail mills, pollution domes, and diamond-wire-saws).Routinely performed and supervised inspections of the dive saturation vessel, environment and equipment in relation to safety and antipollution devices and controls, potential hazards and violations of internal and external policies on board the Global Orion dive saturation vessel.Routinely and independently prepared incident investigations involving oil and gas operations.

Gulf Of Mexico Shelf

Chevrons in-house compliance inspector. Liaised with Drilling and Compliance team to ensure all safety standards were met.Performed impromptu onsite inspections on Chevron GOM shelf operated vessels. Performed inspection of rig site, environment and equipment in relation to safety and antipollution devices and controls, potential hazards and violations of internal and external policies.

Gulf Of Mexico Shelf

Managed GOM Shelf drilling operations on Petronius platform, Ensco 82 jackup drilling rig, and Hercules 120 jackup drilling rig – 14 days on / off schedule.Directed and maintained operations for offshore (Gulf of Mexico), ensuring personnel safety, proper execution of drilling programs, and reporting of technical and cost data.Routinely performed and supervised inspections of rig site, environment and equipment in relation to safety and antipollution devices and controls, potential hazards and violations of internal and external policies on board jack-up drilling rigs.- Championed implementation of HSE improvement programs, such as behavior based safety management system (BBSM) and STOP cards, including incident investigations related to operations- Worked closely with multi-disciplinary team of subsurface and engineering procedures to monitor drilling operations and to optimize performance of the well drilling execution.

Broussard, La

Independently Supervised field crews in servicing over 80 open-hole logging operations (land and barge). Identified as the person in charge (PIC) of all radioactive and explosive logging instruments on location.Supervised and mentored junior engineers during field logging operations focusing on understanding scientific and technical log responses, engineering geoscience principles and practical field operations.Promoted to senior field engineer based on oral presentations, written interpretations, and field performance.Participated in Baker Atlas’s open-hole wireline logging engineer program, consisting of 19 weeks of formal classroom studies and four months of practical field exposure.Earned proficiency in logging and interpreting Baker Atlas Open-Hole Logging Instruments, including: XMAC- F1; 3DEX; HDIL; ZDL; CN