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DRILLING MANAGER

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

Our client, a leading Oil and Gas Company, is seeking an experienced Drilling Manager to join their management staff in their beautiful Texas Hill Country Offices. 

In this key management level role you will be responsible for managing a five drilling rig program with quarterly trips to the field.  You will maintain and manage a dynamic drilling schedule and prepare daily drilling report. Troubleshoot daily drilling issues; supervise rig consultants and drilling superintendent to remedy any problems.  Responsible for evaluating and implementing new drilling practices and technologies needed to improve rig performance and safety.  Review and approve expenditures for rig activities and make recommendations to reduce costs and enhance overall efficiencies.  You will prepare the economics, pre-spud drilling package and post job wellbore diagrams and present to senior management.

The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years in the Oil and Gas industry with drilling and/or completion experience.  An in depth and strong understanding of drilling rigs and horizontal drilling best practices is required.  Horizontal experience within the Mid Continent basins highly preferred. A Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum or Mechanical Engineering required.

The selected candidate will be offered an excellent Total Compensation Package including an above market base salary, incentive plan eligibility, 401K Employer Match Plan, and a 4.5 day work week. 

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Drilling Engineer

Beautiful Texas Hill County Location!

Our client, a leader in the Oil and Gas industry is seeking to add an experienced Drilling Engineer.  This key position will be responsible for the following duties and responsibilities:

·         Manage a one to three drilling rig program with quarterly trips to the field

·         Troubleshoot daily drilling issues; work with consultants and drilling superintendent to remedy problems

·         Evaluate and implement new drilling practices and  technologies to improve rig performance and safety

·         Review and approve expenditures for rig activities and make recommendations to reduce costs and enhance efficiencies

·         Prepare economics, pre-spud drilling package and post job wellbore diagrams

·         Work with safety coordinator to improve and maintain a safe working environment on each rig

·         Maintain and active presence in industry associations such as SPE, AADE, Etc.

Experience and skills required: Minimum five years in petroleum industry with drilling and or completion experience is a MUST.  A fundamental understanding of drilling rigs and horizontal drilling with experience in the Mid Continent is a strong plus. The selected candidate will be required to immediately step in and produce results!

Education: BS in Petroleum or Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.

Benefits: The selected candidate would be eligible for employer matched 401K, incentive bonus plan, free gym membership and half day Fridays.  A top tier medical/dental program will also be offered.

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Resume CV of Candidate 99120. M.Sc. in Geophysics and Petroleum Engineering. Twenty years of experience in the oil and gas industry.  Experienced in seismic processing, structural, stratigraphic, quantitative interpretation, risk analysis, reservoir characterization, reserve estimates in different trap mechanisms, structural styles and petroleum systems.  Six years of North American experience. APEGGA member.

EDUCATION

2003-2005      M.Sc. Petroleum Engineering, University of Houston, Texas

1985-1987      M.Sc. Applied Geophysics,  Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria

1981-1984      B.Sc. Physics, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

EXPERIENCE

Senior Geophysicist

2008 Major Independent E&P, Canada

• Pioneered the Kingdom software application set up and used it to evaluate 50 km² blocks in the Lower Congo Sedimentary Basin.

Senior Seismic Interpreter

1988-2007 Major E&P, Houston

• Evaluated the Bonga North discovery seismic data and quantitative attribute analysis (SFR of 549 MMBO).
• Evaluated 10 deepwater blocks (Top 100 Prospects & Leads) in Tertiary Niger Delta.
• Carried out review in the southwest Mediterranean block for gas development with 2TCF SFR.
• Evaluated the Kamunsu Cluster Basin frontier petroleum system of 2,350 km² seismic data in Northwest Borneo.
• Carried out Alpha and Foxtrot prospects risking and volumetric (SFR of 200 MMBO).
• Operations Geologist for partner operated blocks drilling, resulting in savings of $2 million USD and divestment from unattractive blocks. 

Senior Geoscientist

1998-1999                   Technology Center, Houston

• Carried out Niger Delta regional structural, stratigraphic and quantitative interpretation (1,400 Prospects & Leads) in 22 Plays in the deep offshore (prolific HC province > 100 Billion BOE).

Senior Geophysicist

1995-1998                   Nigeria

• Carried out prospectivity of 2 partner operated blocks OPLs 211 & 316 and post drill Engule-1 (59 MMBO, 80 Bcfg), Oberan-1 (196 MMBO) wells.
• Drilled 1 well onshore Gongola basin with sub commercial gas discovery.

Seismic Processor

1994                            Netherlands

• Carried out Ahia Field onshore Nigeria 3D (100 km²) seismic processing.
• Evaluated the Geopusher 3D seismic processing productivity tool.

Team Lead 2D3D Seismic Processing

1988-1993                   Nigeria

• Processed Obote 3D (250 km²) seismic onshore Niger Delta.
• Processed 25,000 km of 2D seismic data western Niger Delta.

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

• Landmark, 123DI, Kingdom, Xstream, Petrel, Strata and AVO.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2009 Hampson Russell Quantitative Interpretation Course, Calgary

2009                 Seismic Data Inversion CSEG Course, Calgary

2009                 Schlumberger Petrel 2009 Course, Calgary

2009                 Geostats for Reservoir Characterization CSEG Course, Calgary

2009                 Naturally Fractured Reservoirs CSEG Course, Calgary

2009                 Petroleum Geoengineering – SEG/EAEG Course, Calgary

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Member with APEGGA
• Member with CSEG
• Memberwith SPE
• Member  with AAPG

REFERENCES

• Available upon request.

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Resume CV of Candidate # 12730 Petrophysicist with multi-disciplinary oil/gas experience covering upstream E&P, servicing, research, and consulting services. Good knowledge of logging tool specifics, including design and geological limitations. Extensive experience in core (Routine and Special Core Analysis) and fluid data acquisition programs including analysis and interpretation.

Extensive experience in Open and Cased hole log analysis and interpretation. Strenght  in petrophysical modeling of carbonate, clastic and thin bed formations. Extensive research experience in advanced Laboratory testing of core and fluid data. Hands-on experience with the following softwares:  Openworks, Petroworks, Geolog, Techlog, Petcom, IP, Stratworks, Z-map and various proprietary engineering application tools. Geographical areas worked include the North Sea, Gulf of Mexico, South America, Angola and Nigeria. Excellent communication, presentation and computer programming skills.

EDUCATION

• MS Petroleum Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, May 2004
• BS Physics, University of Nigeria, June 1985

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Bakersfield, California, 93311 (08/2006 –present)

Sr. Petrophysicist

• Planning & cordination of open, cased and production logging programs with service operator companies ensuring the acquisition of high quality log data.
• Proven ability to analyze open and cased hole log data including proper environmental corrections and an ability to recognize logging tool limitations in an environment of shaly sands, thin beds, steep formation dips and highly deviated wellbores.
• Strong skill in processing and analysis of cement bond logs (CBL/USIT), Pulse neutron capture logs (PNC), cased hole formation resistivity logs (CHFR) and reservoir saturation tool (RST) in both sigma and carbon oxygen modes.
• Experience in processing CHFR raw data ensuring proper field K-factor normalization, cement and perforation effects removal and correction.
• Proven ability to create petrophysical property models based on core to log data transforms and a working knowledge of incorporating petrophysical models into geological models for effective reservoir characterization.
• Calibrating log data with core and well test data for effective water saturation computation and reservoir characterization.
• Environmentally processing (SP and RT) logs of different vintages ranging from 1930 to present day using robust inverse and forward modeling techniques.
• Work with surveillance engineers and geoscientists to identify & quantify opportunities for maximizing production from developed, undeveloped reserves and by-passed oil.
• Extensive experience in the analysis and interpretation of LWD/MWD/MAD logs
• Analysis and Interpretation of wellbore images (FMI, CMI, etc).

Independent Oil and Gas Co.

Houston TX 77024 (01/2001 –July2006)

Research Petrophysicist ( Geographical Areas Worked: USA, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Nigeria)

• Perform multi-well petrophysical field studies integrating wireline log, core and seismic data attributes for effective reservoir description and exploitation.
• Quantification of petrophysical uncertainty on field or prospect volumetric estimates.
• Worked in an integrated team of geoscientists and petroleum/production engineers to deliver robust studies that defined future field development opportunities and reserves potential.
• Petrophysical research on real time differential pipe sticking identification and remediation in the deep gas wells of Unayzah using multivariate statistics, neural networks & fuzzy logic
• Design specific laboratory test measurements (Routine and Special Core analysis) with SOP’s to address clients needs.
• A key member of a multi-disciplinary team that updated the static and dynamic reservoir models of the shushufindi oil and gas field in South America, ensuring that reservoir characteristics are properly understood and communicated.
• Work with surveillance engineers and geoscientists to identify & quantify opportunities for maximizing production from developed, undeveloped reserves and by-passed oil.
• Developed new Permeability models for the Berri Field (carbonate reservoirs) using neural network, fuzzy logic methods and multivariate statistics.
• Identifying and managing key subsurface uncertainties, project management and proper documentation of all work products in conformance to client’s requirements.
• Using openworks & Z-map to help diagnose problems and manage projects, create and annotate basemaps, perform grid operations, create well display templates, correlate well logs and create lines of section.
• Import & Export various types of mapping data, Generate custom basemaps, model various petrophysical parameters including net/gross ratio, Porosity and hydrocarbon saturation using landmark Z-map.
• Map and Access hydrocarbon pore volume and Reserves (volumetrics) using Z-map/Mapview.
• Identifying and managing key subsurface uncertainties, project management and Proper documentation of all work products in conformance to client’s requirements.

Energy Service Company

Nigeria/Houston USA, 1995-1997, 1998-2000

Manager,  Special Core Analysis (Geographical Areas worked:  Nigeria & USA)

• Designed test procedures (SOP’s) and carried out advanced rock properties measurements such as steady and unsteady state relative permeability.
• Routine and Special core analysis support, new technology awareness, Client visits, Job acquisitions and presentations.
• Electrical properties measurement (2/4 electrode) with capillary pressure at  reservoir & ambient conditions (FF, RI, PC, m, n).
• Critical Velocity and Regain Permeability measurement
• Laboratory training and weekly lectures of advanced Rock Properties to Engineers and Geologists
• Budget Control & AFE approvals.

Independent Service Co

Houston. Nigeria, 1987 -1994

Manager,  Advanced Rock Properties

(Geographical Areas Worked: Nigeria, Aberdeen-Scotland, USA, Angola)

• Designed test procedures and carried out advanced rock properties measurements such as steady, unsteady state relative permeability measurements.
• Performed 2/4 electrode configuration measurement of electrical properties with capillary pressure at reservoir conditions (FF, RI, PC, m, n).
• Prediction of oil/water and gas/oil contacts using Core and Log data. Performed Wettability Measurements (USBM, Static, and Amott-Havey). Centrifuge Capillary Pressure at Ambient and Stress Conditions. Residual Gas Saturation Determinations. Imagelog and thin bed evaluation
• Coordinated numerous projects involving Core-Log data integration and permeability prediction using the Hydraulic Unit Concept. Performed brine sensitivity and Critical velocity measurements.
• Mud damage assessment (Return/regain Permeability), Pore volume compressibility and waterflood susceptibility tests.
• Responsible for technical/Personnel development, Design and evaluation of test procedure documentation, Report QC, Review and Presentation.
• New technology acquisition and presentations. Training of geologists and Engineers on basic and special core analysis.
• Job acquisition/sales, budget control and AFE approvals.

Major Service Co

Nigeria 1986 -1987

Fluids Engineer

• Fluids sample acquisition at surface and reservoir conditions.
• Conducted PVT and compositional analysis of all classes of Reservoir Fluids, Black oil, volatile (Near critical) oil, gas condensate, dry gas and formation water at ambient and reservoir conditions.
• Separator Flash Tests (single and multi-stages), retrograde liquid curves, constant volume depletion.
• Phase determination, re-evaporation and gas-injection measurements.
• Pressure–Volume relation (constant mass expansion), differential vaporization and viscosity measurement at reservoir conditions.

PUBLICATIONS

• Available upon request

MEMBER

• Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
• Society of Petrophysicists & Well log Analysts (SPWLA)

KEY PETROPHYSICAL PROJECTS COMPLETED

• Development of new permeability model for Berri Field
• Development of analytical and Neural Network Model to Compute Variable Cementation “m” and Saturation Exponent “n” using Open Hole Log data.
• Hydrocarbon Saturation Distribution and assessment of Water Mobility in Gas wells-Jauf & Unayzah Formations.
• Permeability Modeling and Saturation height functions for Qatif formations Using Conventional Open Hole logs
• Development of Regional Stress Models for Conversion of Porosity and Permeability Data to in-situ stress Conditions.
• Evaluation of Pipe Sticking Problems in the Deep Gas wells of Jauf  Using Multivariate Statistics and Neural Networks & Fuzzy logic
• Salvaging Remaining Reserves from Ventura Age-long Fresh Water Injection Field Using Appropriate Clay Inhibitor.

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