Operations-Technical Manager Drilling Fluids

Engineer with broad working background, covering most technical operational, commercial and managerial aspects of in drilling fluids and total fluids management sectors

1985 – 2008 BAKER HUGHES - Global oil conglomerate
2007 – 2008 Operations Manager, Caspian Area (Kazakhstan) and West Africa
Started as operations coordinator to successfully introduction of new technology in
Caspian area and move to operations management position to ensure deployment of
HPWBM
Management of Deepwater project in Mauritania by using SBM
2004 – 2006 Technical Manager, Latin American Region, based in Houston
Supporting the business units in tenders, problem solving, new technology
Introduction. Supporting business development strategies,
2002 – 2003 Technical Advisor Houston, TFM Coordinator for BP GoM
Assisting to deployment of raiser less technology GoM, supporting Latin America
Region, assigned to Deepwater project GoM
2001 – 2002 Fluids Coordinator, North Sea, Shell UK
Coordinator for two platforms of Shell in the North Sea, Ocean Guardian and Ocean
Nomad.
2000 – 2001 Total Fluids Management Coordinator for BP, Bolivia
Successfully Implementation of Total Fluids management strategy for the BP
Operations in Bolivia
1996 – 1999 Fluids Coordinators for BP, Colombia, Cusiana field
Coordinator of two rigs drilling deep foothills wells in the challenging Cusiana field.
1985 – 1995 Drilling fluids Engineer, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, USA

1980 – 1984 MAGCOBAR, – Colombian Mud Company
1983 – 1984 Drilling Fluids Consultant

1994 – 1996, Andes University, Colombia
Ms-Graduate Diploma in Environmental Engineering. “Breakeven Cost Analysis for Dewatering Process Application in Close’ Loop Systems-Foothills of Colombia”.

1974 – 1980, National University of Colombia
B.S. In Chemical Engineering

2007 Financial Course - BOT, Houston.
2006 Presmod – High Temp software
2004 Advantage Reporting and Engineering – Houston
2004 High Performance Water Base Mud - Houston.
1997 Management Training Institure – Houston
1996 Well Productivity Awareness – BP
1992 Stuck Pipe
1981 Solids control– SWACO
1980 Oil Base Mud– MAGCOBAR

Publications
2004 “The Use of Abrasion Reducer in Successful Field Trial of Hematite Weighting Agent in West
Venezuela” – AADE, DF-HO-20
2004 “Field Application of Integrated Fluids Management” AADE, DF-HO-40
2004 “Replacing Potassium with Aluminum Complex Overcomes Well Bore Instability in Kaolinitic
Shales in South America”. AADE, DF-HO-17
2005 “Successful Application of Synthetic Graphite to Overcome Severe Lost Circulation Problem in
The Troublesome Foothill of Colombia”. AADE, DF-NTCE-30.
2005 “Amine Compound Replaces Potassium Chloride to Stabilize Kaolinite in the Magellan
Strait. AADE, NTCE-04
2005 “Aluminum-Based HPWBM Successfully Replaces Oil Base Mud to Drill Exploratory Wells in
An Environmental Sensitive Area”. SPE 94437
2005 “A Review of Continuous Application of Aluminum Chemistry in Drilling Fluids”. IAPG
Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2006 “Basis for Drilling Fluids Design While Drilling Wells in the Troublesome Andean Mountains
of South America”. SPE Annual and Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, TX
2006 “Optimized drilling fluids benefit tough Andean wells”. OIL&GAS Journal, Dec 4, 2006
2007 “Aluminum-Based HPWBM Successfully Replaces Oil-Based Mud to Drill Exploratory Well in
the Magellan Strait, Argentina”. SPE 108213, SPE/IADC Conference El Cairo, Egypt.