Drilling Engineer
Houston, Texas Area
-Experience as on-site drilling supervisor, field drilling engineer and staff engineer.-Prepared, developed and executed the drilling programs and well design for multiple rigs.-Supervised, directed and advised Wellsite Manager on daily drilling operations.-Duties entailed analyzing drilling designs, strategies and establishing cost metrics.-Strong technical knowledge of casing, directional drilling, PDC bit selection, oil based mud, and cementing operations-Establish guidelines with Engineering Tech Staff for Data Analysis and Interpretation, used for management presentations, for quarterly/yearly reviews.-Conducted optimal study of BHA Design and drilling optimization of long laterals.-Continually executed 95%+ of wells within 10% Margin of Planned AFE amounts.-Personally responsible for reducing costs optimizing current program by $50MM+-International experience providing engineering and supervision in the Montney/DuvernayShale optimizing Canadian drilling program.-Formulate recommendations for optimizing operations, reducing costs and improving well designs in EFS and Canadian Shale plays using post-well analysis to determine areas for improvement and establish collaboration with team and completions group.-Evaluate and implement current and new technological advances for drilling operations-Conducted on-going QA/QC reviews on Third-Party Providers to improve drilling performance, reduce premature failures and establish post wells reports and metrics.-Mentor interns and college grads on training and establish knowledge based reviews.-Projects: Casing Design, Directional QA/QC, Bi-Fuel Rigs, Rig Move Analysis, Salt Water Disposal, Solids Control Optimization, WellView Implementation and Support