Experience

Noralis

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Owner

  • Jan 2013 - Present

  -Founded company with the commitment to break through MWD technological barriers that were previously restricting progressive growth for service companies and operators. -Invested substantially to assemble the multi-disciplined experts from various fields with a unified objective to revolutionize MWD status quo. -Drove research to the discovery of methods and algorithms allowing the introduction of accurate solid-state technology. -Developed the Noralis Directional Module (NDM) meeting required accuracy standards and complimented with robust MWD Decoding (NPD) and Logging Software (NISE). PATENTS US Patent 9,745,843 2017 Method for determining position with improved calibration US Patent 9,885,232 2017 Method for determining position with improved calibration Show less



Oil and Gas Industry

• Executive Leader, Business Owner, and Entrepreneur

  • 1974 - Present

  WELLTRONICS MWD LLC - President/Owner : Introduced FloDrift and FloSurvey through conception, patent, and development. Sold to NOV 2010 TOLTEQ LLC - Minority Partner : Sold to NOV 2016 WELLTRONICS LP - President/Owner : Introduced E-Drift through conception, patent, and development. Sold to NOV 2005 PASON SYSTEMS - Executive Consultant : Assist in matters of strategy, sales, and marketing. VARCO INTERNATIONAL - MD TOTCO - VP Business Development/Company Officer BAKER HUGHES - Director of Marketing EXLOG INC - Director of Special Projects GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS HEADQUARTERS - Research Engineer ; MI 6 Special Projects PUBLICATIONS IADC / SPE 39331 1998 New Information Systems for the Drilling Industry IADC / SPE 29365 1994 Drilling Optimization - The Driller’s Role IADC / SPE 19998 1990 Application of ADAMS IADC / SPE 17273 1988 Measurement of BHA Vibration using MWD SIGNIFICANT PATENTS : Holder of 18 Total : U.S. Patent 7,881,155 2010 Pressure Release Encoding System U.S. Patent 7,646,310 2010 System for communicating down-hole information U.S. Patent 6,944,545 2005 System for determining the inclination of a wellbore U.S. Patent 4,903,245 1990 Down-hole vibration monitoring of a drill-string Recognized and Awarded the Prestigious R&D 100 Award Show less