Seismic Technical Auditor
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Education: 2
Experience: 20 years
Relocation: Yes - Internationally
Career Objective
To obtain steady employment in geophysical industry
Professional Experience
William Gordon McLarnon Technical Audit Engineer
DATE OF BIRTH : 11th February 1966
NATIONALITY : Canadian
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE : Canada
STATUS : Married
QUALIFICATIONS : Devry Institute of Technology, Calgary, Canada. July 1986 – June 1988
LANGUAGES : English, French
KEY EXPERIENCE
Worldwide experience in Land Seismic since 1982. Since 2007 as Verif-i Senior Technical Auditor.
SPECIALIST AREAS
Land Seismic : Vibroseis Operations including Slip-Sweep and HFVS
Auditing of large multi-line high production field crews.
Recent projects : Mauritania 3D Vibroseis and Dynamite
Canada 3D DSU Vibroseis and Dynamite
Peru 3D Jungle Heli portable
US 3D HFVS Vibroseis
Uzbekistan 2D Desert Vibroseis
Kurdistan 3D Vibroseis and Dynamite
WORLD-WIDE EXPERIENCE
Africa : Algeria, Nigeria, Libya, Uganda, Sudan, and Mauritania
Europe : Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Slovakia
Middle East : Oman, Syria, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kuwait, Kurdistan
Asia : Bangladesh, China, and India
Americas : West Texas, Mexico, Bolivia, Canada, Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, Peru, and Trinidad
TECHNICAL TRAINING AND SAFETY/MEDICAL RECORD
Technical Courses Attended: Sercel 388, 408 & VE 432 Vib Electronics
I/O System II
Pelton Adv. II and VibPro
I/O SSS-301
MDS-18X and ancillaries HRC 31000
Medical certification : Valid UKOOA medical
2007 – present day ; Verif-i Limited
Senior Technical Auditor conducting land and transisition zone technical audits for Verif-i worldwide. Satisfied clients include REPSOL, ConocoPhillips, Total, BG, BP, KOGAS and BakerHughes.
Eductation
Feb 2006 -July 2007 : Global Geophysical Services
Field Service Supervisor starting Sercel 408 survey projects, managing worldwide inventory and training observers
Mar 2000 - Feb 2006 : PGS Onshore
Field Recording Supervisor responsible for all crew start-ups worldwide, including technical audits as well as Observer training. Responsible for all aspects of acquisition on 8000 channel 3-D, Sercel 408 crew working in Saudi Arabia and start-up of two crews working on the North Slope of Alaska. Implemented and set-up PGS HSE programs. Chief Observer on TZ crew in Gulf of Mexico and OBC crew working in Nigeria.
Feb 1999 - Mar 2000 Norcana Resource Services
Instrument Supervisor responsible for all technical matters related to three crews utilising I/O System II instruments in Canada.
Certification
Aug 1998 - Feb 1999 Veritas DGC
Recording Crew Manager. Lead Observer on world’s first Slip-Sweep production crew and responsible for budgeting, planning and acquisiton within recording department.
Jan 1996 - July 1998 Western Geophysical
Chief Observer on very profitable I/O System II crew working in Kuwait and large 3-D crew working in Syria. Purchased systems and ran acceptance testing on Sercel equipment.
1982 – Dec 1995 Grant, Halliburton Geophysical and Geco-Prakla
Junior Observer in Canada, Senior Observer in Oman and Chief Instrument Technician in Canada for six I/O System crews.
Additional Information
Has experience with the following:
Land Instrumentation : DFS-V, MDS-16, MDS-18A, Sercel SN-388, 408UL, 408 XL, 428 Input/Output System One, Input/Output System Two, Input/Output System Four, Input/Output Firefly, ARAM-24, ARAM-Aries.
Shooting Systems : Input/Output SSS-200, Input/Output SSS-301, Pelton Shot Pro and SSS BoomBox
Vibrator Instrumentation : Geosource-SHV 210, 310A, VCS-V, Pelton Advance I, Advance II, VibPro, Sercel VE-416,VE-432,VE-464Seismic Source Force 2.
Terrain Experience : Land – arctic, desert, scrub, sand dunes, swamp, jungle, mountains, forest, urban and suburban including lake and river crossings.
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