Drilling Supervisor / Company Man / Drilling Consultant

To have a challenging career in the oilfield.

Oct 2007—Present Southwestern Energy SEECO Division
Well Site Drilling Supervisor
Currently working in central Arkansas USA drilling natural gas horizontal wells in the Fayatteville Shale formation. A typical well would be kicked off at 3,000 ft., built to 90°, and drilled to 7,000-8,000 ft. Total depth. Completions operations are through perforated 5½” casing, with a Frac-Job following.

Aug 2007—Oct 2007 Maverick Directional Drilling
Directional Drilling Consultant
Worked in North Dakota drilling extended reach horizontal wells in the Bakken Limestone. The wells have deep kick-offs at ±10,000 feet, with ±9,300 feet of lateral hole section.
Clients worked for : Hess Corporation & Marathon Oil

Oct 2006 – July 2007 Calvalley Petroleum (Cyprus) Ltd.
Well Site Drilling Supervisor
Worked in Yemen (Block 9) supervising drilling/completion operations of horizontal, directional, & vertical wells on land rigs rated to 20,000 ft.

May 1997 – Oct 2006 Sperry-Sun Drilling Services
Senior Directional Drilling Supervisor
Countries worked in: Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, & Yemen.
Clients worked for: Occidental Oman, Shell Oman, Dubai Petroleum Corp., Abu Dhabi Oil Corp., Qatar General Petroleum Corp., Occidental Qatar, Maersk Oil Qatar, Kuwait Oil Co., Kuwait Oil / Saudi Arabian Texaco joint venture, Saudi Aramco, & Calvalley Petroleum (Cyprus) Ltd.
Type of rigs: Jack-ups & Land Rigs.
Type of wells: Batch drilling on multi well offshore platforms from 22¨ nudges to 3¾¨ horizontals, Experienced with 8½" & 12¼" Geo-Pilot Rotary Steerable System to drill builds/turns, land wells, & lateral sections. Drilled extended reach horizontals, Drilled medium radius wells up to 55°/100 ft, Experienced with performance drilling, re-entries, sidetracks, multi-lateral wells, ´S´ type wells, build & hold profiles, 3-D profiles, Proficient with well planning & Anti-collision.

Oct 1995 – May 1997 Mesa Drilling International
Driller
Countries worked in: Japan.
Type of Rigs: Land Rigs.
Type of wells: Geothermal wells that were 6,000-8,000 feet.

Jan 1993 – Oct 1995 ENSCO Drilling International
Roughneck, & Asst. Derrickman
Countries worked in: U.S.A. Gulf of Mexico
Type of Rigs: Jack-ups

Jun 1989 – Aug 1989 Huthnance Drilling Company
Roustabout

May 1989 Many High School Diploma Many, Louisiana

Aug 1989 – Dec 1992 Northwestern State University Natchitoches, Louisiana
Studied Business Administration with an emphasis on agriculture.

Jun 1993 – Jun 1995 McNeese State University Diploma Lake Charles, Louisiana
Earned an Associate Degree in Petroleum Technology.

Supervisor Level Well Control with Drilling, Workover/Completion, Surface & Sub-Sea BOP; H2S; First Aid; Firefighting.

Born in El Dorado, Arkansas, I am married with four children and have been living in Many, Louisiana for the last 24 years. I have 17 years experience in the oilfield in various job capacities of the industry. I am proficient with the software of several different drilling and directional drilling types.