Directional Drilling Supervisor
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Education: 2
Experience: 15 years
Relocation: Yes - Internationally
Career Objective
As DD Supervisor my experience is divided between conventional motor work and RSS (ATK and GeoPilot): J & S profiles, 2 & 3D horizontal wells and ERD, OHST, gyro kickoffs and whipstocks. I am experienced in Anti-collision, Hydraulics and TaD.
Professional Experience
Ocidental.Ar Consulting – May, 09 – present
Directional Driller (Consultant)
I have most recently been drilling S-wells from multi-well drilling islands for BHI in Kazakhstan – lean profile (16” liner-17 ½” hole) build sections, 12 ¼” tangent and drop, finish drop into target w/ 8 ½” rotary drilling assy.
BHI - Saudi / 6/2005 - 5/2009
Directional Driller-V
My experience here was divided between RSS and conventional motor work including: 3D ERD long-radius horizontal wells. S & J profiles. I have drilled with ATK Xtreme; M1X, M1XL, ADM and Xtreme motors, hole sizes from 34”surface hole to 3 3/8” horizontal, tool sizes: 12 3/4” down to 2 3/8”. Have landed and steered horizontal wells in unpredictable, non-consolidated sands, limestone highly inter-bedded formations, mud cap drilling with total losses. Gyro kickoffs and sidetracks, as well as blind sidetracks. Platform drilling offshore: kicking off from vertical (22” hole) w/ horizontal landings per Aramco GOC (6 1/8” hole) with numerous and frequent target changes; OHST, setting and kicking off whipstock, as well as cement plugs, and MLT. I am experienced with BHA design, bit selection, calculating hydraulics, as well as, Torque & Drag and Anti-collision. Courses with BHI include: Directional Drilling, Torque & Drag, Hydraulics, Rotary Steerable Systems, AutoTrak, OnTrak, Drilling Dynamics & Well Architect. I have good understanding of the downhole environment, and am experienced dealing with vibration problems. I have worked on top drive, kelly and hydraulic-power-swivel rotary drive rigs. I am fluent with Well Architect, Director, Winserve, and WinSURV-2 survey programs, and Advantage Hydraulics, TaD, I can drill on Winserve, basic Excel spreadsheets or a HP 50g calculator.
Sperry Sun - Saudi / Russia 3/2002 - 6/2005
Consultant - (DD/M/LWD)
Experience includes horizontal ERD wells with mud motor.
Ryan - Houston 7/2001-2/2002
MWD Field Supervisor
1-man jobs, dir-gamma, downhole pressure, postive pulse and EM systems.
Compaq - Cypress, TX 5/2000 -7/2001
Consultant
NIT - Redmond, WA 2-5/2000
Network Technician
Schlumberger - Houston 1996-99
Field Engineer - Experience here includes positive pulse, and continuous wave. LWD including CDN, CDR, Arc-5, ImPulse, and RAB.
Oceaneering - Houston 1994-96
Hydraulic Tech - Deepwater drilling rig support
Eductation
Edin Education (Neuquen, Argentina) - IADC WellCAP¨- Drilling, Completions, Workover Supervisor level course
Certificate number: E67248.
Baker Hughes Inteq - Saudi Arabia
-Directional Drilling
-AutoTrak Rotary Steerable Systems
-CoPilot Drilling Dynamics System
-Torque & Drag
-Hydraulics
-Well Architect
-RCLS (Rotary Closed Loop Systems - Rotary Steerable Systems)
Sperry Sun Drilling Services - Houston, TX 2002-2003
Radiation Safety, Formation Evaluation, Directional Surveying.
SMU (School of Engineering and Applied Science) - Bellaire, TX 1999
Curriculum: Networking Technologies.
Anadrill Schlumberger - Houston, TX 1996/1998
Spec-1: Operation of the entire MWD service line.
Spec-2: Resistivity and nuclear measurements and logging.
Divers Institute of Technology - Seattle, WA 1991-1992
Diving/ROV operation in support of the offshore oil industry.
Penn State - Schuylkill Haven, PA 1989 - 1991
DUS Completed 51 credits - GPA - 2.99
Certification
IADC WellCAP - Drilling, Completions & Workover - Supervisor Level
Certificate no - E67248 (valid until 17-Sept-2011)
OPITO approved Cold-water BOSIET certifiaction (including HUET)
-Microsoft - Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (Windows NT 4.0)
-Novell - Certified NetWare Administrator (Intranetware 4.11)
-Comptia - A+ Hardware/Software Service Technician
Additional Information
-Conventional mud motor Directional Drilling (34' surface hole to 3 3/8' horizontal landings)
-Rotary Steerable Systems (AutoTraik and GeoPilot 7600 / 9600)
-J & S profiles, 2D & 3D horizontal, MLT and fishbone profiles
-Anti-collision drilling from multi well offshore platforms
I have current valid US passort, Cold-water BOSIET certifiaction (including HUET), Offshore medical, H2S and IADC Supervisor level certification (Drilling, Workover & Completion). I speak fluent English and Spanish, and am conversant in Portuguese.
My strongest skills are as follows:
-Hydraulics, Torque and Drag calculation and analysis
-Expereince dealing with Drilling vibration problems (Axial, Lateral, SSLIP & Whirl)
-OHST, gyro, whipstock, and cement plug kickoffs
-Short, IR, long radius, and ERD
-Well Architect, Director, Compass, Drillquest, PLUTO, Easydrill, and WinServe survey programs
-Perforamance drilling
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