Experience

Inpex Oil & Gas Australia Pty Ltd.

• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Well Test Supervisor - Inpex Australia

  • Nov 2022 - Present



Freelance (Self employed)

• Writing and Editing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Available and open to new opportunities · Contract

  • Sep 2022 - Present



Gorgon -2 Well Test

• Well Test Supervisor

  • May 2021 - Present

  Contracted as Well Test Supervisor to Shell Colombia for the Gorgon- 2 well test onboard the Transocean Deepwater Thalassa Contracted as Well Test Supervisor to Shell Colombia for the Gorgon- 2 well test onboard the Transocean Deepwater Thalassa



TDC DRILLING PTY LTD

• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Rig Superintendent

  • Aug 2020 - Mar 2021

  Contracted as Rig Superintendent for a 5 well abandonment program near Dongara, Western Australia. Utilising a carrier mounted 160Klb rated Irontech SR242 rig. Responsibilities included working with the onsite operations team to co-ordinate, support and optimise field operations Planning and managing efficient and timely support services and supplies to the rig operation. Interviewing and hiring crew. Contracted as Rig Superintendent for a 5 well abandonment program near Dongara, Western Australia. Utilising a carrier mounted 160Klb rated Irontech SR242 rig. Responsibilities included working with the onsite operations team to co-ordinate, support and optimise field operations Planning and managing efficient and timely support services and supplies to the rig operation. Interviewing and hiring crew.



Available and open to new opportunities

• Well Test / Completion Supervisor

  • Apr 2020 - Aug 2020



Shell Brazil

• Well Test / Completion Supervisor

  • Jan 2019 - Apr 2020



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• Well Test / Completion Supervisor - Looking for new opportunities

  • Jun 2018 - Dec 2018



Woodside Energy

• Australia
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Completion Supervisor

  • Jan 2018 - May 2018

  Delivery of Woodside’s Phase Activity Assurance Plan, part of their well lifecycle process. It comprises a set of specific documents (e.g. offset well review, time and cost analysis, LWIV schedule of operations and procedures, HAZID construction), that, when completed, provide a solid basis for the execution of the operations. Delivery of Woodside’s Phase Activity Assurance Plan, part of their well lifecycle process. It comprises a set of specific documents (e.g. offset well review, time and cost analysis, LWIV schedule of operations and procedures, HAZID construction), that, when completed, provide a solid basis for the execution of the operations.



Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Completion / Well Test Supervisor

  • Apr 2014 - Sep 2017

  While assigned to The Woodlands, TX, USA, Head office. Primary duties were the planning of a well test and completion wells in Cote d’Ivoire. This involved tendering for well testing services and completion services, evaluation and awarding of contracts. Detailed planning and installation of two deepwater (2,193m & 2,497m) observations wells and one deepwater (2,342m) well test. In country Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. Logistical planning for the mobilization and preparation of well test and completion kit into CI prior to offshore mobilization and execution of the job on the Bolette Dolphin (6th Gen Drillship). Other duties in Houston office - part of a team involved in planning well abandonments in the GoM.



Anadarko Petroleum

• Completion / Well Test Supervisor

  • Jan 2013 - Mar 2014

  Assigned to the Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea. Working with the drilling team, overseeing the delivery of five x 6th generation drill ships being built that were to be on long term contract to Anadarko. Primary responsibilities were finding improvements or problems concerning well testing and completion work aboard the five vessels. Additional tasks were accommodation planning and personnel tracking and scheduling of Lloyds and ABS-C inspectors working on behalf of Anadarko in the shipyard.



Anadarko Petroleum - Mozambique

• Completion / Well Test Supervisor

  • May 2011 - Dec 2012

  Contracted as a Lead Completion/ Well Test Supervisor (Days) in the Mozambique Channel, Mozambique and pre-planning for the project in Cape Town, South Africa and Houston, TX, USA. Involved as part of the team planning and installing multi zone observation wells with acoustic gauges and interference testing of high rate dry gas wells. Contracted as a Lead Completion/ Well Test Supervisor (Days) in the Mozambique Channel, Mozambique and pre-planning for the project in Cape Town, South Africa and Houston, TX, USA. Involved as part of the team planning and installing multi zone observation wells with acoustic gauges and interference testing of high rate dry gas wells.



Shell Brazil

• Completion / Well Test Foreman

  • May 2010 - May 2011

  Contracted as Completion Foreman on the BJ-R well, an infill well on the Bijupira & Salema field. Involved in the onshore planning and then offshore supervision of the deepwater subsea open water completion. Shells first ever open water completion. Involved in supervision of gravel pack, middle completion and open water upper completion. Other duties involved well test planning for a deep water well test of the Gato do Mato field on the Noble Clyde Boudreaux and the recovery and rerun of Caison ESPs on BC-10 field.



Tullow Oil Ghana

• Completion / Well Test Supervisor

  • Oct 2009 - Apr 2010

  Contracted as a DST/ Completion Supervisor on the Jubilee field offshore Ghana. Involved in the supervision of deepwater subsea completions, frac packs and completion flow backs. Contracted as a DST/ Completion Supervisor on the Jubilee field offshore Ghana. Involved in the supervision of deepwater subsea completions, frac packs and completion flow backs.



Shell Brazil

• Completion Foreman

  • Jul 2007 - Sep 2009

  Contracted as Completion Foreman on the BC-10 (1,900m) and SA-G (650m) well completions. Involved in the planning from the office and onsite inspection of vendor’s equipment prior to mobilization. Line supervision offshore of Halliburton completions, Baker Hughes Centrilift, Well Dynamics, BJ Tubulars, FMC, MI Swaco fluids on the Transocean rig Arctic- 1. Involved in the installation of MOBO-ESP installation on ALM-1 manifold. Used Openwells reporting system for daily completion reports. Involved in the installation of 1000m gravel pack on BC-10 Ostra P4H well and the upper completion of SA-G infill well and post well tracking and mothballing of asset equipment. Involved in compiling end of well files and reporting.



Shell Nigeria - SNEPCO

• Well Testing / Completion Foreman

  • Mar 2007 - Apr 2008

  Contracted as Well Testing / Completion Foreman. Responsible for the planning and execution of well tests in deepwater (up to 1,900m) offshore Nigeria. Halliburton DST tools, Schlumberger ocean floor package and surface equipment. Responsible for the QAQC inspection of the vendor companies including indigenous vendor companies. Contracted as Well Testing / Completion Foreman. Responsible for the planning and execution of well tests in deepwater (up to 1,900m) offshore Nigeria. Halliburton DST tools, Schlumberger ocean floor package and surface equipment. Responsible for the QAQC inspection of the vendor companies including indigenous vendor companies.



Shell Brazil

• Completion/ Testing Foreman

  • Oct 2005 - Feb 2007

  Contracted as Completion/ Testing Foreman on the BS-4 extended well test, a deepwater (1,530m) heavy oil (13.6 API) well test involving a Centrilift 1000Hp ESP, a 600m horizontal gravel pack (Halliburton) 7” DST tools (Halliburton, Nova) and SSTT, Retainer and Lubricator (Power Well Services) and heavy oil surface well test package (Expro). All from a DP drill ship with oil being pumped via a floating production hose to a DP tanker. Involved in SITs of ESP and surface production package. Lead commissioning role in shipyard rig up of Expro well test equipment. Offshore supervision of the running and testing of the well. Other Duties included offshore supervision of 3 abandonment wells in the Bijupira and Salema field.



Woodside Mauritania

• Completion Supervisor

  • Jan 2005 - Sep 2005

  Contracted as Well Services Supervisor on the Chinguetti Development. The project situated 70 km offshore Mauritania, in 850metres of water. A 12 well development 6 producers, 5 water injectors and 1 gas injection. On the West Navigator, a twin derrick DP drill ship. Duties were the supervision and reporting of the installation of frac packs, high rate water packs, chrome screens, tubulars and the 2JNB deep set suspension system and open water tree completions. Contracted as Well Services Supervisor on the Chinguetti Development. The project situated 70 km offshore Mauritania, in 850metres of water. A 12 well development 6 producers, 5 water injectors and 1 gas injection. On the West Navigator, a twin derrick DP drill ship. Duties were the supervision and reporting of the installation of frac packs, high rate water packs, chrome screens, tubulars and the 2JNB deep set suspension system and open water tree completions.



Apache Energy / Advanced Well Technologies (AWT)

• Workover Supervisor / Completion Supervisor

  • Feb 2004 - Dec 2004

  Contracted as Workover Supervisor / Completion Supervisor on the Stag platform and completions from a jack-up over the platform, off the Northwest Shelf of Western Australia. Duties were to supervise the pulling and re-running of several of the platform’s wells. Daily reporting to the Apache office in Perth and liaising with Apache Production staff. Supervision of two completion supervisors and trainee engineers, ISS Hydraulic Workover Unit, Reda ESP, PCS Tubing, Cameron wellheads and Expro slickline (including Kinley caliper surveys and Expro downhole camera) service companies. Also, responsible for the logistics planning of equipment and personnel demobilisation. Also supervised a DST well test in Bass Strait for an Apache exploration well.



Enterprise / Shell Brazil

• Completion Foreman

  • Aug 2002 - Sep 2003

  Contracted to Shell Brazil as a Completion / Well Services Supervisor on the Bijupira and Salema project. Duties included the onshore /offshore supervision of the installation of 6 gravel packed production wells, 4 frac packed injector well completions (Bijupira) and 2 producers and 2 injectors wells (Salema) in 770 metres of water. Line supervision of BJ Tubulars running completions, Schlumberger Completion assemblies, Baker Atlas electric line setting sump packers for frac-packs, Halliburton frac-packs, Weatherford N2 Membrane generation system, Schlumberger Coil Tubing (including milling operations of ball valves), Dril –Quip tubing hangers, xmas trees and riser package in conjunction with Schlumberger well testing. Onshore focal point for commissioning issues. Compilation of data for end of well reports in digital format.



Shell Philippines

• Well Services Controller - Completion / Well Test Supervisor

  • Sep 2000 - Jun 2002

  Contracted as a Well Services Controller on the Malampaya Gas to Power development for Shell Philippines Exploration. Involved in the onshore pre-planning of 5 sub sea completions (Cameron Horizontal Trees). These duties included logistical planning, load-out supervision, compilation of completion tubulars and compiling completion tallies, gathering and compilation of Risk Assessments and JHAs. Offshore duties included supervision of 5 x 7” Chrome completions in 830 metres of water. Line supervision of Franks Casing, running chrome completion using fluid grip tongs and CLS handling system. Baker Oil Tools completion assemblies. Baker Atlas electric line correlation, memory logging tools and TCP perforating. BJ coil tubing, nitrogen services, acid stimulation and coil conveyed perforating. Expro 7” sub sea landing string interfacing to Cameron THRT and Expro well testing utilising Mega flow separator, clean-up rates and flowing rates of up to 130mmscf/d and 8,500 BOPD. Involved in compiling end of well reports into digital format (CD) for the gas project. Acting offshore relief when required as Company Supervisor / Rep on MA-10 EWT. Onshore responsibility at end of testing phase included compilation of end of well report into digital format (CD) and end of project wrap up.



Consultant

• Welltest Supervisor / Engineer

  • Jul 1999 - Aug 2000

  Worked on a consultant basis as a Welltest Engineer. Test supervision and planning for Apache Energy (Australia), Harrods Energy (Thailand), SOCO (Thailand), Coastal Energy (Australia) and Inpex Browse (Australia). Involved in the commissioning and early production of the Heytesbury Gas Facility (SANTOS) in Victoria. Worked on a consultant basis as a Welltest Engineer. Test supervision and planning for Apache Energy (Australia), Harrods Energy (Thailand), SOCO (Thailand), Coastal Energy (Australia) and Inpex Browse (Australia). Involved in the commissioning and early production of the Heytesbury Gas Facility (SANTOS) in Victoria.



Fekete Australia

• Field Test Engineer/On-site Well Test Analyst

  • Feb 1998 - Jun 1999

  Employed as Field Test Engineer/On-site Well Test Analyst. Responsible for test design, co-ordination, supervision, on-site/office gauge analysis of both onshore and offshore welltests using Fekete FAST software. Clients included Shell Development Australia, Apache Energy Australia and Santos Australia. Employed as Field Test Engineer/On-site Well Test Analyst. Responsible for test design, co-ordination, supervision, on-site/office gauge analysis of both onshore and offshore welltests using Fekete FAST software. Clients included Shell Development Australia, Apache Energy Australia and Santos Australia.



Gearhart Australia Pty Limited

• Trainee Cased Hole Engineer

  • Aug 1987 - May 1998

  Employed as Trainee Cased Hole Engineer involved with the running, calibration and maintenance of tubing calipers, through tubing bridge plugs, downhole gauges, perforating equipment and pulling and re-running of downhole safety valves with slick-line. Also maintenance of electric-line and slick-line equipment. Employed as Trainee Cased Hole Engineer involved with the running, calibration and maintenance of tubing calipers, through tubing bridge plugs, downhole gauges, perforating equipment and pulling and re-running of downhole safety valves with slick-line. Also maintenance of electric-line and slick-line equipment.



Expro Gulf Limited

• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Well Test Supervisor/Offshore Co-Ordinator

  • Apr 1996 - Jan 1998

  Employed as Supervisor/Offshore Co-coordinator on DSTs and completion operations in Australia, Asia / Pacific and other regions (as required i.e. North Sea). Clients included Woodside Australia and BHP Petroleum. Employed as Supervisor/Offshore Co-coordinator on DSTs and completion operations in Australia, Asia / Pacific and other regions (as required i.e. North Sea). Clients included Woodside Australia and BHP Petroleum.



Consultant

• Well Test Supervisor

  • Jul 1995 - Apr 1996

  Contracted to Halliburton in China as Well Test Supervisor, supervising 3rd Party Well Test crews of Chinese nationals. Contracted to Schlumberger as Night Supervisor on DST Operations in Western Australia. Contracted to Expro Gulf Limited as Night Supervisor on DST Operations in ZOCA Australia. Contracted to Halliburton in China as Well Test Supervisor, supervising 3rd Party Well Test crews of Chinese nationals. Contracted to Schlumberger as Night Supervisor on DST Operations in Western Australia. Contracted to Expro Gulf Limited as Night Supervisor on DST Operations in ZOCA Australia.



Expro Gulf

• Well Test Package Supervisor / Night Supervisor

  • Mar 1994 - Jul 1995

  Employed as Package Supervisor / Night Supervisor on completion and DST operations on BHP (Dai Hung Project). Worked flexible 35/35 rotation in Vietnam. Employed as Package Supervisor / Night Supervisor on completion and DST operations on BHP (Dai Hung Project). Worked flexible 35/35 rotation in Vietnam.



Consultant

• Well Test Supervisor

  • Aug 1993 - Mar 1994

  Contracted to Halliburton in New Zealand and Australia as Package Supervisor / Night Supervisor on completions and DST Operations. Contracted to Expro in Vietnam and New Guinea as Night Supervisor. Contracted to Halliburton in New Zealand and Australia as Package Supervisor / Night Supervisor on completions and DST Operations. Contracted to Expro in Vietnam and New Guinea as Night Supervisor.



OTIS Engineering / Halliburton Reservoir Services Australia/ Middle East

• Well Test Operator / Crew Chief

  • May 1988 - Aug 1993

  Employed as Well Test Operator / Crew Chief rotating to Darwin from Victoria. August 1988 transferred to Darwin and was involved with the initial setting up of Darwin base. Offshore duties supervising DSTs, running OTIS/HRS subsea equipment and completion flow-backs primarily for BHP Petroleum. Other well testing work carried out for Shell Todd (NZ), Apache (Australia), Marathon Energy (Australia), Chevron (New Guinea), Unocal (Thailand) and Petrocorp (New Zealand). Transferred to International Division. Worked 35/35 rotation in Oman, living in New Zealand. Worked as Shift Supervisor on a Well Test package on free flowing, beam pump and screw pump wells.



Petrocorp New Zealand

• Well Tester

  • Mar 1983 - Aug 1985