Robert Rapp Email & Phone Number

Tomball, TX, US

Columbus, Ohio, US

• Carbon Capture and Sequestration Drilling and Completions Engineer
• Develop well designs and drilling programs for CCS wells
• Manage day-to-day drilling operations
• Provide support to drilling operations and management of third-party contractors

Barangaroo, New South Wales, AU

• Drilling Superintendent for unconventional drilling operations in NT/Australia.
• Oversee drilling operations in the Northern Territory of Australia.
• Decreased drilling days from over 60 days to under 20 days
• Decreased well cost by more than 30%
• Part of a team that brought north American unconventional well practices to the development of the Beetaloo basin.
• Work with multi-discipline, multi-national team to quickly asses drilling challenges and find solutions to minimize NPT and costs.

• Helped develop drilling plan for wells, managed and supervised rig up and drilling operations.
• Developed written drilling program for geothermal wells.
• Worked on DWOP for geothermal wells.
• Supervised rig move and rig up in remote location.
• Supervised day to day operations of drill rig operations.
• Developed preliminary well designs and cost estimates for potential Geothermal wells in east Texas, Gulf Coast and South Texas

Houston, TX, US

• Managed well design and operations in Powder River, Great Divide and Uintah Basins.
• Developed estimates for multiple projects totaling $4.0 - $4.5 million per well and $25.5 million per project.
• Worked with multiple disciplines to achieve desired outcome for projects.
• Collaborated with geologists using offset data to develop casing designs, evaluation programs and drilling procedures.
• Collaborated with state and federal regulatory agencies for approval of individual wells, disposal plans and overall project approval.
• Worked with completions engineers to develop well designs optimized for completions.

Houston, TX, US

• Oversaw operations for 2-3 rigs in Permian Basin with a well cost of $3.8 - $4.5 million dollars per well.
• Manage safety and operations of 30-40 people including well site supervisors, safety supervisors and vendors.
• Work with engineering department to continue to decrease well cost and time.
• Support pad construction and completions regarding scheduling and handover.
• Maintain company and regulatory safety and environmental standards.

Houston, TX, US

• Developed new well designs and drilling programs for acquisitions of new property.
• Integrated and managed 5 engineers from acquisition and introduced them to company standards and procedures.
• Started up new rigs for both Eagleford and Permian operations.
• Worked with drilling team to reduce drilling time and cost by 20%.
• Managed increase of activity from 1 rig to 8 rigs in both basins.
• Worked closely with business unit on scheduling and reporting of time and cost.

Houston, TX, US

• Managed all operations regarding assigned rigs (2-3).
• Provide morning updates on operations and performance.
• Continually delivered wells/projects 10-15% under AFE cost.
• Developed cost estimates, well design and execution plans for Utica wells.
• Mentored college interns.
• Set world record of 7852’ in 24 hours.

New York, NY, US

• Manage horizontal drilling activities for $3.5 - $4.0 million dollar wells.
• Ensure the safety 20-30 people including company, contractor and 3rd party personnel.
• Maintained company and regulatory safety and environmental standards.
• Work with contractors to ensure prompt and on time arrival and completion of job tasks.
• Complete detailed daily reporting in Wellview.
• Support pad construction, rig placement and scheduling.

New York, NY, US

• Produced overall well design and operational plans for $20 million dollar Utica startup project.
• Supervised startup of drilling operations for the Utica project.
• Reviewed and recommended drilling rig contractor and other third-party vendors.
• Mentored new hire drilling engineers in all aspects of drilling engineering and well planning.
• Managed company’s Drilling Engineering Network.
• Review and approve invoices.

New York, NY, US

• Developed a standard drilling program for the Bakken project using a lean manufacturing model. Program allowed for the standardization of AFEs, POs, well paths and well designs for all 16-21 rigs.
• Oversaw daily operations and developed drilling programs for 3-5 drilling rigs.
• Delivered $3.2 -3.5 million-dollar wells under AFE.
• Mentored new hire drilling engineers in all aspects of drilling engineering and well planning.
• Worked with technology group to mentor and implement the DrillSmart program and MSE/parameter monitoring.

US

• Developed drilling programs for the Piceance Creek unconventional gas project.
• Mentored new hire engineers in all aspects of drilling engineering including well design and field operations.
• Developed quick learning presentations of rig equipment and presented to the team and new hires.

US

• Developed a $40 million dollar appraisal drilling program for two appraisal wells in the Arkutun-Dagi field in Russia.
• Developed rig move and boat schedules for the project.
• Developed operational procedures for drilling 2 wells from one jack-up location.
• Worked with senior drilling engineer to develop well testing and monitoring plan.
• Set up third party vendors to work in international locations.
• Worked with other disciplines within the company to acquire drilling permits, international purchase and contract agreements and scheduling of equipment arrival.

Tulsa, OK, US

• Managed construction of 70 new drilling rigs.
• Worked with engineers and suppliers to ensure procurement of designs and material needed to complete the construction of drilling rigs.
• Managed rig crews in the construction and completion of drilling rigs. Managed all fabrication and welding and ensured the rigs leave fully functional.
• Designed and implemented design revisions.
• Developed rig move and operational plans for the new build rigs.
• Safely oversaw 150 employees assembling rig components in the assembly facility.

Tulsa, OK, US

• Worked 28/28 rotation assisting foreign companies on upgrading safety, operation and engineering standards.
• Worked on pre-project planning.
• Developed a metric tracking program and tracked performance of 4 arctic rigs.
• Developed recommendations for increasing rig performance, safety and maintenance.
• Introduced “best in class” and “drill well on paper” methods.
• Prepare end of well reports.

Tulsa, OK, US

• Worked with Quality Management department to achieve ISO certification for the offshore rigs.
• Implemented the Environmental Management System for all offshore rigs.
• Provided operation and engineering support to deepwater and shelf rigs.
• Aided in operational and engineering support for rig 100 (Pompano Platform), rig 203 (Amberjack Platform) and rig 206 (Horn Mountain Spar).
• Helped prepared drilling programs for the Pompano Platform in VK 989.
• Responsible for tracking rig performance.

Tulsa, OK, US

• Worked various rigs in S. Texas and GOM learning various rig positions.

Land O​ Lakes, FL, US

• Provided operational and engineering support for geotechnical drilling projects.
• Supervised mine stabilization projects, casions, pile installations and soil pin walls.
• Constructed the first north American soil pin wall (Conway, NH).
• Planned equipment logistics
• Worked with engineering firms on design and scheduling.

Bachelor'S Degree, Petroleum Engineering

Master Of Legal Studies, Energy, Environment, And Natural Resources Law

Bachelor'S Degree, Environmental Science