Norberto Cerutti Email & Phone Number

Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Mexico

Geneva, Switzerland

Madrid, Community Of Madrid, Spain

Consultant for technical and commercial project management of all well construction efforts.● Lead all technical and contractual aspects for the successful delivery into production of 20 wells within the first two quarters achieving the commitments within the "Plan Gas AR" and contractual obligations.● Manage and lead the full end-to-end project life cycle, work streams, project plans, project schedules, KPIs, waterfall methodology, identification of dependencies, interdependencies… Show more Consultant for technical and commercial project management of all well construction efforts.● Lead all technical and contractual aspects for the successful delivery into production of 20 wells within the first two quarters achieving the commitments within the "Plan Gas AR" and contractual obligations.● Manage and lead the full end-to-end project life cycle, work streams, project plans, project schedules, KPIs, waterfall methodology, identification of dependencies, interdependencies, risk management & issues. ● Responsible for project delivery and commercial success with full control of cost control procedures and budgetary changes, preparation of financial forecasts and maximizing opportunities.● Review and plan all daily operations, define and implement best practices and internal policies and SOPs, which modernize all operations and improve project controls and the visibility of project schedules.● Manage project budgets, ensure project cost controls are in place, track and reconcile monthly costs against forecasts, prepare project costs, reconciliation against project actuals.● Provide technical support for the planning, execution, and evaluation phases of the current drilling campaign in shale assets that started in the second quarter and focused on drilling operations optimization.Key Achievements★ Responsible for the delivery of Gas production ramp-up from 9 to 11 MM m3/day.★ Manage project cost base through industry supply chain problems, oversee staff recruitment and training to support scale-up and growth, facilities restructuring.★ Developed RFQs for suppliers to procure services for work in a resource-scarce environment.★ Supported the business development team on proposals for drilling projects, including developing project and engineering plans and cost estimates, drafting execution and construction plans. Show less

Neuquén Province, Argentina

Supported a $152MM project to bring 30 wells to production, including project management, budget management, financial planning and general operations management with additional oversight of all site HSE compliance.● Delivered engineering and project management support, including day-to-day operations engineering, front-end engineering & design, pre-operations planning, equipment specification, project management, continual improvement of engineering design and troubleshooting of well… Show more Supported a $152MM project to bring 30 wells to production, including project management, budget management, financial planning and general operations management with additional oversight of all site HSE compliance.● Delivered engineering and project management support, including day-to-day operations engineering, front-end engineering & design, pre-operations planning, equipment specification, project management, continual improvement of engineering design and troubleshooting of well related engineering issues.● Coordinated cross-functional teams and critical project workstreams across multiple locations in a dynamic environment and to tight deadlines, managed competing priorities and worked toward project plans.● Responsibility for the cost-effective procurement of goods and services via competitive bidding and negotiation with suppliers reviewed supplier performance and approved disqualification where necessary.● Coached personnel to achieve the necessary level of competence and capability to identify and manage HSE risks and achieve continuous improvement performance.● Developed and managed the project risk register to identify risks, financially quantify them and mitigate those rated as high-level impact, and worked closely with various stakeholders to establish site-based strategies.● Responsible for contract management for 100+ contracts for materials and services, lead on tendering and held a leading role in contract negotiations and renegotiations, conflict resolution, troubleshooting.Key Achievements★ Achieved a gas output ramp up from 6 to 9 MM m3/day by delivering 19 wells to production in 2021 alone.★ Manage 12 direct reports and 13 indirect reports across 4 functional departments: engineering, drilling, completions & flow back well testing.★ Managed the P&L cost base for projects through the COVID-19 led industry downturn, facilities restructuring and restructuring of project timelines, supply chains, procurement and contracts. Show less

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Project managed well construction efforts, led well planning & execution: location design, environmental permits, selecting & securing a drilling rig, to designing technical & commercial specifications for service contracts.● Lead the full end-to-end project life cycle, workstreams, project plans, project milestones, KPIs, governance, identification of dependencies, interdependencies, risk identification, risk management. ● Managed and developed internal stakeholder and external… Show more Project managed well construction efforts, led well planning & execution: location design, environmental permits, selecting & securing a drilling rig, to designing technical & commercial specifications for service contracts.● Lead the full end-to-end project life cycle, workstreams, project plans, project milestones, KPIs, governance, identification of dependencies, interdependencies, risk identification, risk management. ● Managed and developed internal stakeholder and external relationships with vendors to ensure project deliverables were achieved while managing difficult construction environments and critical project periods.● Managed external supplier relationships to successfully solve complex technical issues resulting in minimal business impact among internal stakeholders.● Held financial management of project budgets, forecasting and determined areas of potential cost reduction.● Planned site and all execution activities according to legislation and internal Health & Safety standards.● Monitoring performance of projects, progress, safety, and delivered improvements to maintain schedules and budgets to agreed KPIs across all locations and sites.Key Achievements★ Increased resources three-fold in the company's main field by safely drilling, completing and testing Pampa's first two horizontal shale gas wells in the Vaca Muerta formation. ★ Oversaw drilling and completions' logistics for people, materials and equipment. -16.500 meters of steel casing, 108.000 m3 of frac water and 15.000 tons of frac sand for the initial 2 wells Show less

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Led a team of 4 engineers providing directional drilling services across Argentina and Latin America, mentored young field engineers and coached drilling engineers on technical proficiency to develop their career progression.● Oversaw delivery of multiple concurrent projects and initiatives, strategic business projects, digital transformations, and new software system rollouts while adapting to various business need changes.● Worked with project delivery teams, responsible for the… Show more Led a team of 4 engineers providing directional drilling services across Argentina and Latin America, mentored young field engineers and coached drilling engineers on technical proficiency to develop their career progression.● Oversaw delivery of multiple concurrent projects and initiatives, strategic business projects, digital transformations, and new software system rollouts while adapting to various business need changes.● Worked with project delivery teams, responsible for the planning phase then implementation and ensured operational plans were fit for purpose, supportable and to best practice standards.● Managed and enhanced project governance and ensured that standard project management processes, documents and tools were embedded in ways of working across the business.● Implemented and conducted workforce planning and people needs, acted as mentor, led recruitment.● Acted as a customer focal point and maintained customer contacts to ensure 1st class quality standards.● Coordinated technical client engagement and provided technical sales and business development support. ● Attended project coordination and contractor/engineering meetings and managed stakeholder relations.● Ensured adherence to all operating standards, procedures, business codes, regulations and controls● Maintained and led best practice safety and EH&S standards.Key Achievements★ Retained biggest international customer by reducing horizontal wells production section construction time from 19 days to 11 days while increasing lateral length by 60% (1500 – 2500 meters), addressing technical issues with previous campaigns' wellbore design, drilling tools and rig's limitations.★ Identified the opportunity and introduced into the Argentinean market high torque motor technology. Field deployed it and provided technical support.★ Mentored and trained new and existing engineers on safe working practices and service quality according to the company's management system. Show less

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Held responsibility for all aspects of the planning, execution and evaluation phases, interacting with different groups within the client's office and other service companies, including onsite support. Executed platform ERD drilling (3:1 ratio) in ultra-harsh weather/sea conditions, delivering 2 successful wells on time and below budget, including onsite anti-collision monitoring while kicking off conductor pipes.● Organized multilingual and multicultural teams working in both on site… Show more Held responsibility for all aspects of the planning, execution and evaluation phases, interacting with different groups within the client's office and other service companies, including onsite support. Executed platform ERD drilling (3:1 ratio) in ultra-harsh weather/sea conditions, delivering 2 successful wells on time and below budget, including onsite anti-collision monitoring while kicking off conductor pipes.● Organized multilingual and multicultural teams working in both on site and within the client’s office.● Attended project coordination and contractor/engineering meetings and managed stakeholder relations.● Liaised internally across the organization, particularly with operator’s engineering structure, Country Managers, and Procurement and Logistics teams.● Prepared drilling programs and procedures. Key Achievements★ Saved customer 30+ rig days and $20MMUSD in an offshore operation by redesigning wellbore geometry and deploying appropriate drilling technology in a geomechanically complex environment.★ Increased project's revenue by 500kUSD in performance incentives by achieving record-breaking shoe-to-shoe runs with zero non-productive time.★ Transformed the approach to managing and communicating with the workforce by creating clearly defined responsibilities and procedures; resulted in more efficient operations, improved safety & increased morale. Show less

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Assigned to IOCs to help them set foot in the Vaca Muerta shale. Helping operators move from exploration to development wells. As a result, 100+ horizontal wells were drilled in the Vaca Muerta shale.● Performed risk maps and event capturing to calibrate geomechanics model for fields in Argentina and Bolivia, led all operation engineering, resolved technical rig issues and provided fit-for-purpose solutions.● Continuously highlighted deviations of drilling operations from PreDrill Road… Show more Assigned to IOCs to help them set foot in the Vaca Muerta shale. Helping operators move from exploration to development wells. As a result, 100+ horizontal wells were drilled in the Vaca Muerta shale.● Performed risk maps and event capturing to calibrate geomechanics model for fields in Argentina and Bolivia, led all operation engineering, resolved technical rig issues and provided fit-for-purpose solutions.● Continuously highlighted deviations of drilling operations from PreDrill Road Map Models and recommended remedial actions and drilling program improvements based on results.● Risk analysis, field operations planning and supervision of key tasks. Ensured local regulations and international standards and practices were always met or exceeded.Key Achievements★ Saved the customer 1MMUSD during the drilling campaign while increasing revenue by tripling the daily rate, persuading them to switch to a High Build up Rate Rotary Steerable Technology after several tool reliability issues and low build-up rates endangered their business continuity. ★ Reduced to zero tool-related non-productive time and client's tool damage charges by using seal-less rotary steerable technology drilling long laterals in the harsh environment in a low aniline point diesel-based fluid.★ Increased revenue on production sections by 25% by combining two drilling technologies, doubling on bottom ROP and thus reducing drilling time and cost for the client while drilling long lateral sections in a high mud weight environment. Show less

Neuquén Province, Argentina

Field engineer, responsible for directional drilling, data acquisition and MWD/LWD systems integration with drilling equipment. Client facing field representative and cell manager for directional drilling service.● Lead Engineer for a range of projects, wells and clients across South America. ● Led the optimization, surveillance and recommendations for operations in Argentina, Bolivia, Venezuela.● Optimized drilling parameters such as Hydraulics, Swab / Surge calculations, torque… Show more Field engineer, responsible for directional drilling, data acquisition and MWD/LWD systems integration with drilling equipment. Client facing field representative and cell manager for directional drilling service.● Lead Engineer for a range of projects, wells and clients across South America. ● Led the optimization, surveillance and recommendations for operations in Argentina, Bolivia, Venezuela.● Optimized drilling parameters such as Hydraulics, Swab / Surge calculations, torque, and drag analyses for bottom hole assemblies (BHA).● Recommended changes and deviations in drilling trends and monitored Equivalent Circulating Density (ECD) to maintain constant Bottom Hole Pressure during Drilling and Pipe Connections while applying Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) System.● Provided technical support by planning and recommending torque and drag analysis for Bottom Hole Assemblies (BHA) and casings with attention to String Buckling Limitations.Relevant projects:★ Spent four months on loan at Chevron (Petroboscan), Venezuela (2012)★ Lead engineer in solution mining project, Mendoza (2010).★ Lead engineer in a relief well ranging job, Salta (2009). Show less

Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Determination of costs and subsidies. • Determination of schedules, costs, and future stages.• Light train projects bidding.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Laboratory management during the soil testing process.• Team leader controlling soil sample extractions. • Troubleshooting of geotechnical soil related issues for foundation and pavement design (flexible and rigid designs). Soil cement.

Master'S Degree, Renewable Energy

Thesis: A new approach to the application of renewable energy in a housing community in Las Rozas, Madrid.

Master In Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: IAE Alumni Thesis: Business model for the installation and operation of a polyolefin mechanical recycling plant.

Graduate Studies: Specialization In Well Completions For Unconventional Reservoirs (Tight & Shale), Petroleum Engineering

Thesis: Postmortem Analysis of multifractured horizontal well – Neuquen Basin.

Extended Reach Drilling Course

Instructor: Kevin Gray

Civil Engineer, Transportation And Highway Engineering

High School Degree