Familiar Technologies: DRILLING FLUIDS EXPERIENCE
• Aerated Muds
• Light and heavy Completion Brines
• Lignosulfonate/Lignite
• Lime and Gypsum
• Potassium Carbonate Mud
• Potassium Chloride/SSPHPA/Glycol
• Potassium Nitrate
• Potassium Silicate
• Potassium Sulfate
• Potassium Sulfate/SSPHPA
• Polymer Systems
• Sodium Chloride
• Sodium Silicate
• WARP (Weighting Agent Reduction Particle)
• Weighted and Non-Weighted Invert Emulsion Muds
(Diesel & Synthetic Base)
Regions of the world you have worked:
• Alberta & British Columbia, Canada (Foothills of
the Rockies).
• Ecuador (Foothills of the Andes).
• Newfoundland (North Atlantic Ocean – Grand
Banks and on Terra Firma)
Resume: EDUCATION:
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada
• Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education
• Degree in Education
• Major in Physical Geography / Geology
• Major in Psychology
Memorial University (Marine Institute)
• Basic Survival Training (Offshore)
Petroleum Industry Training Service, Nisqu, Alberta
• Advanced Mud School (M-I SWACO)
• Pre-employment Floorhand Tickets
• WHMIS, GELS, H2S Alive.
Additional Training
• Centrifuge maintenance
• Cuttings Reinjection
• Environment, Drilling Fluids Disposal and Waste
Management
• Flat Time Reduction
• Fluid Dynamics, Hydraulics & Well Integrity
• Performance Culture
• Shale Shaker performance & screen optimization
• Total Fluids Management
• Work Relationships & Team Building.
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
2011 – 2004
Drilling Fluids Engineer (Consultant)
• M-I SWACO Inc.
2004-1997
Drilling Fluids Engineer (Employee/Consultant)
• Q’MAX Solutions Inc.
1997-1996
Assistant Derrickman (Offshore)
• Sedco-Forex
1995-1994
Roughneck/Mudwatcher (Offshore)
• Rowan Companies Inc.
HOLE PROFILES
• Experience drilling simple to complex, high
angle/multiply directional holes as deep as 10 222-m.
PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED AND RESOLVED/MITIGATED
• Anhydrite
• Barite sag (high angle wells)
• Borehole Instability
• Carbonate contamination
• Cement contamination
• Coal seams
• Differential sticking
• Gas kicks
• High formation pressures & high mud temperatures
• Hole cleaning
• Hydrogen sulphide gas
• Lost circulation
• Sloughing shales
• Water inflows
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
• Ability to work alone and as a team member;
effective as both leader and collaborator.
• Highly motivated, honest, compassionate, outgoing,
diligent, and dedicated to exceeding customer and
employer expectations.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
• Experienced in conducting safety and regulatory
compliance inspections.
• Experienced in providing technical support for
drilling, workover, and completion fluids.
• Familiar with hardware/software for Mud Engineers
to write or complete mud
reports, managed wellsite inventories and accessed
technical information.
• Helped with the logistical requirements of
maintaining operations for 7, 14, 21 or 28 day
periods on projects onshore and offshore.
• Highly skilled in oil drilling and production, formulating
and maintaining drilling fluids.
• Kept jobs files current & neatly organized with mud
reports, delivery tickets,
mud program, price lists, contact information &
other
significant well information.
• Kept mud recaps updated, including an accurate
reporting of mud properties &
well conditions & procedures, as well as accurate
tracking of inventories & daily & cumulative mud
costs.
• Mud analysis conducted as per API standards.
• Provided routine & non-routine mud engineering.
