Directional Driller/Business Development Resume Example
I've worked extensively in the Oil & Gas industry mainly involved with Directional Service providers in the drilling of oil and gas wells. My experiences have been onshore + offshore both international and domestic. My current focus is in the domestic states mainly Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico but have recently drilled horizontals in Wyoming and California as well. I would prefer a DD coordinating position but would start in the field as DD to prove my skills.
Computer Skills-
Contract Negotiation-
Coordinating Operations
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- Part of R&D team to introduce Datadril MWD system to domestic market and expand to international market in early 80's to mid 90's.
- Part of development teams introducing Rotary Steerable tools to O&G industry with Halliburton, Noble and Scientific Drilling from mid 90's to 2010.
- Recently helping smaller directional company to grow in market share and brand recognition.
May 2013 to CurrentHigh Gravity Adventures Zipline & Aerial Park － Blowing Rock , NC
- Directional drill wells for Newfield Exploration in Uinta Basin, Utah, Hathaway Oil + Vaquero Energy in Bakersfield, CA., Anadarko Petroleum's Monell Unit + Salt Creek fields in Wyoming.
- Initiated new brand of DD sevices in Southern US to operators in TX, OK, NM, LA + KS markets for Payzone.
- Contacted over 400 oil companies and 1400 drilling engineers, managers, VP's and owners to introduce Payzone Directional Services.
September 2004 to April 2013Saic － Saint Inigoes , MD
- Directional Drill slant, S-type + horizontal wells in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, California, Colorado + New Mexico for Chevron, Forest Oil, Linc Energy, EOG Resources, Peak Energy, BP + other independents.
- Assist Engineering in development of SRX Rotary Steerable System in California + Colorado with AERA, Chevron, OXY + Williams Production.
February 2004 to September 2004Patterson Uti Energy Inc － Victoria , TX
- Field test 'Well Director' rotary steerable tool in Texas, Oklahoma and Canada for Devon + ExxonMobil.
- Co-write technical documentation and R&M maintenance procedures on 'Well Director' rotary steerable tool for field and shop use.
January 1999 to February 2004Pathfinder Energy Services － City , STATE
- Sales of Oil Well Logging and Directional services.
- Responsibilities include Issuing Bids, Renewing Contracts, Establishing Relationships with major oil companies including ExxonMobil, BP Amoco, Kerr McGee, Phillips Alaska, ChevronTexaco, Whitmar Exploration.
- Perform presentations at customer facilities for Lunch & Learns.
- Responsible for sales, service and operation of 2DRS Rotary Steerable product line.
- DD for ExxonMobil Secate wells on Heritage Platform offshore California.
January 1998 to January 1999Mitco Industries, Inc － City , STATE
- Sales and Service of Oil Well Survey Instrumentation.
- Responsibilities include Inventory Control, Purchasing, Shipping, Receiving, Safety, Quality Control, Technical Brochures, Payroll, Invoicing, Machine Shop Operations, Electronic Lab Operations.
- Manage 2 master + 1 junior technicians.
January 1997 to January 1998Smith Tool － City , STATE
- Coordinate field/lab testing on new percussion drilling tools.
- DD on test trials for directional air hammer and fluid mud hammer development in Texas + West Virginia for DOE and in Oman for Shell Oil.
- Update data acquisition system for portable and intuitive operation.
- Document tool runs for reporting to partners and DOE.
March 1994 to January 1997Halliburton － City , STATE
- Provided global technical support for TRACS product line.
- Authored first Field Operations Manual and posted on intranet.
- Introduced TRACS to Middle East for Maersk, Trinidad for Amoco and Prudhoe Bay for ARCO.
- Operated MWD in Mexico for Pemex and Malaysia for Shell Oil.
- Cross train as DD in international markets.
October 1991 to March 1994Smith International Canada － City , STATE
- Expanded MWD capability from 1-8 job capacity.
- Set-up R&M facility and train 3 technicians to maintain all equipment.
- Trained and supervised 17 field engineers to service Canadian district.
- Attend pre-spud and post well meetings with oil companies to assure customer satisfaction.
- Document and inform engineering departments on equipment failures and suggest solutions to correct the problem.
- Filled in as directional driller as work loads demanded.
November 1981 to October 1991Smith International － City , STATE
- Instrumental in roll-out of Datadril MWD positive mud-pulse system.
- Assisted in introduction, training and troubleshooting of system in Lafayette, Bakersfield, OKC and internationally in Macae, Brazil, + Aberdeen, Scotland.
- Survey wells drilled in Alaska for ARCO, California for THUMS, New Mexico, Texas for Clayton Williams + Wyoming for XOM.
- MWD/DD in Angola, Africa for Elf Aquitaine/Sonagol offshore Alligator platform, 8 wells in 9 months.
Machinist Apprentice - trained in operation of saws, lathes, mills, drills, shapers and grinders. Made tensiles, macros + sharpie test samples for metallurgical qualification of received goods. Manufactured various components for Steam Turbine division.
Petroleum Technology - GPA: 4.0
- Studied drilling techniques developed in US from cable tools to directional drilling, bit selection/grading, drilling rig types + components.
- Studied oil field production, pumping units, submersible pumps, LACT units, tank farms, wellheads
AADE, IADD, SPE
Skiing, motorcycles, exercise, computers.
Brochures, business development, contracts, customer satisfaction, data acquisition, graphics, grinders, inventory control, invoicing, lathes, machining, manufacturing processes, meetings, Access, Excel, Microsoft Office, Outlook, PowerPoint, Windows XP, Word, Oil, Payroll, presentations, purchasing, quality control, receiving, reporting, safety, sales, shipping, technical support, technical documentation, troubleshooting.
- Interests: Skiing, motorcycles, exercise, computers.
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Resume Overview
School Attended
- General Electric Co
- Coastline Community College
Job Titles Held:
- Directional Driller/Business Development
- Directional Driller - Rotary Steerable Development
- Rotary Steerable Operator
- Technical Sales + Operations
- General Manager
- Technical Services Supervisor
- Technical Services Engineer/ International MWD Field Engineer
- MWD Coordinator
- MWD Engineer R&D Lab Supervisor
Degrees
- High School Diploma : Machining , 1 1973
Associate of Science : Petroleum Technology , 1 1985
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