Michael Ellis
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Bio
Credentials
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P.E. Petroleum Engineering
State of AlaskaJul, 1995- Oct, 2024 -
Well Control - Supervisor Level Workover, Completion, Well Servicing with Coiled Tubing, Wireline & Snubing
IADCNov, 2016- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Liberty Resources LLC
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United States
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Oil and Gas
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1 - 100 Employee
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Drilling Manager
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Jan 2021 - Present
Drilling Manager for Liberty's Bakken wells in North Dakota. Unconventional horizontal wells. Completion operations to prepare wells for frac'ing, drillout and running of final completion.
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Operations Manager
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Mar 2017 - Jan 2021
Manage production operations, workovers, new facility and wellsite construction for Liberty's assets of 150 wells in Western North Dakota and the Bakken. Rod and jet pump as well as a waterflood.
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Extraction Oil & Gas
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United States
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Oil and Gas
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sr Workover & Downhole Advisor (Consultant)
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Dec 2016 - Mar 2017
Well control audit of Workover and Completion operations for conventional and ERD horizontal wells in the DJ Basin. Snubbing, Coiled tubing, Drilling an Workovers. Well control audit of Workover and Completion operations for conventional and ERD horizontal wells in the DJ Basin. Snubbing, Coiled tubing, Drilling an Workovers.
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IDM LLC
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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Drilling Completion & Workover Advisor
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Jul 2014 - Nov 2016
Corporate Drilling Advisor for Lion Energy (Perth, Australia) for their Interests in International Drilling ventures. Drilling Manager for AMNI International - preparing FID and POD for a development project offshore Nigeria. Corporate Drilling Advisor for Lion Energy (Perth, Australia) for their Interests in International Drilling ventures. Drilling Manager for AMNI International - preparing FID and POD for a development project offshore Nigeria.
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PEXCO Energy
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Oil and Gas
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Drilling & Operations Manager
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Mar 2011 - Jul 2014
Operations Manager for PEXCO, Tately, Zaratex & associated companies. Manage Drilling Operations for exploration and development Drilling in Indonesia, Malaysia & Australia with Jackup offshore and remote jungle land rigs for HPHT wells. Operations Manager for PEXCO, Tately, Zaratex & associated companies. Manage Drilling Operations for exploration and development Drilling in Indonesia, Malaysia & Australia with Jackup offshore and remote jungle land rigs for HPHT wells.
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Hess Corporation
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United States
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Oil and Gas
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700 & Above Employee
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Drilling Engineering Consultant
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Aug 2008 - Mar 2011
Preparation of Basis of Design, contracts and engineering for the Ujung Pangkah Wellhead B plafform Offshore East Java. Drilling of ERD wells with a jack up in an environmentally sensitive area. Preparation of Basis of Design, contracts and engineering for the Ujung Pangkah Wellhead B plafform Offshore East Java. Drilling of ERD wells with a jack up in an environmentally sensitive area.
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Well Interventions Team Leader
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Jan 2007 - Jul 2008
Interventions and Workovers for ACG field in the Caspian Sea Interventions and Workovers for ACG field in the Caspian Sea
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Samson
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France
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Machinery Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sr Drilling Engineer
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Jan 2005 - Jan 2007
Drilling Engineering & operations for air drilling & CBM in Arkoma Basin, HPHT Anadarko Basin, Wyoming & North Dakota Bakken Horizontal wells. Drilling Engineering & operations for air drilling & CBM in Arkoma Basin, HPHT Anadarko Basin, Wyoming & North Dakota Bakken Horizontal wells.
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Drilling Manager & Vice President of Operations
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Oct 2002 - Jan 2005
Drilling Manager for Maxus/YPF/Repsol & subsequently CNOOC interests in Indonesia and Malaysia. Drilling of 80-100 wells per year of exploration and development including horizontals & multilaterals. 400 workovers annually. Wells located offshore in the Java Sea, Sarawak Malaysia & South Sumatra onshore. VP Operations for the Indonesian asset's. Managed an offshore PSC in the Java sea with production of 100,000 BOPD from 400+ wells on 71 platforms. Storage and exported from 2 x 1 million bbl FPSO's. Operations of 3-5 jackup drilling rigs and 4-6 tender assist workover rigs. Responsible for overall financial performance of the PSC. Drilling of 50+ horizontals and ERD wells annually.
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ARCO
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Peru
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Wholesale Building Materials
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Sr Drilling Engineer, Drilling Supervisor, Drilling Superintendent & Well Interventions Supervisor
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Feb 1981 - Jan 1998
Onshore midcontinent US drilling engineering & operations including CO2 floods & HPHT. Cook Inlet And Prudhoe Bay Alaska, Offshore SE Asia (Indonesia) drilling, completions and workovers. Drilling Engineer & Drilling Supervisor in Kuparuk River Unit. Wellsite Supervisor of interventions on North Slope including coiled tubing, slickline, e-line, completions, workovers and fracturing. Drilling and completion of ERD and horizontal wells. Onshore midcontinent US drilling engineering & operations including CO2 floods & HPHT. Cook Inlet And Prudhoe Bay Alaska, Offshore SE Asia (Indonesia) drilling, completions and workovers. Drilling Engineer & Drilling Supervisor in Kuparuk River Unit. Wellsite Supervisor of interventions on North Slope including coiled tubing, slickline, e-line, completions, workovers and fracturing. Drilling and completion of ERD and horizontal wells.
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Education
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1976 - 1981
Montana Tech of the University of Montana
BS, Petroleum Engineering -
2002 - 2005
Monash University
MBA, Business Administration and Management, General
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