Benjamin James Spisak **** Grace Ave. 513-***-**** Cincinnati OH 45227 acs8en@r.postjobfree.com

Career Summary

Highly motivated Engineer with a strong track record of technical delivery in project management, engineering, and operations support. Interested in challenging opportunities to deepen my skills as an engineer and add value to a dynamic team. Recently employed by BP for 5 years.

Skills

Project Management and Coordination through stage gate process

Well engineering through world-class design in deepwater HPHT exploration and appraisal wells.

Critical thinking and technical delivery in high pressure and high demand environment

Executive Leadership Level Presentation Skills

Leading offshore personnel in pre-spud meetings and application well control training

Effective communication within team producing solutions to complex problems

Regulatory representation during permitting and execution activities with BSEE

Technical Competencies

Drilling Engineering - BHA design, casing design, mud program, drilling program, financial estimating and management of deepwater AFE, well design, permit to drill

Petroleum Engineering Research – Implementing nanoparticles in drilling fluids

Chemical Engineering – Operations Support, Unit troubleshooting and monitoring through Material and Energy Balance, Hydrotreater and Catalyst R&D, controls system implementation, project management

Experience

Chevron Gulf of Mexico DWEP – Exploration and Appraisal 3/15-12/15

Houston TX

Drilling Engineer (Gila Project)

Selected based on unique experience in HP, low drilling margin environment.

Managed transition of Operatorship for Paleogene well project as a Chevron Secondee.

Responsible for design and planning of Paleogene appraisal well (Gila Project)

Delivered well plan for complex appraisal well, including all engineering in compliance with government and internal regulations and policies.

BP North America Gulf of Mexico - Exploration and Appraisal 8/12-3/15

Houston TX

Drilling Engineer (Gila Project) 6/12-1/14

Responsible for execution of HP exploration well (with pressures exceeding 25 kpsi)

Managed planning of deep Paleogene exploration well with depths over 30,000 ft.

Responsible for delivery of drilling engineering design for Paleogene well including casing design using StressCheck and WellCAT software.

Responsible for Bit/BHA design and optimization during well planning of exploration well.

Delivered APD documentation, engineering calculations and fluids/cement program for exploration well.

Drilling Engineer (Kaskida Project) 11/11-6/12

Offshore Gulf of Mexico

On site Drilling Engineer for Appraisal Well (First Post-Moratorium Well, Gulf of Mexico Offshore)

Provided oversight in Well Control and Tubular Running Activities.

Accountable for coordination of Cementing Operations.

University of Texas 9/09-8/12

Austin TX

Graduate Assistant for Drs. Sharma and Chenevert, and delivered project using nanoparticles for foam stabilization and wellbore stability.

Undergraduate Drilling Teaching Assistant

Baker Hughes: Baker Oil Tools

Petroleum Engineer Intern

Lafayette, LA 5/10-8/10

Worked in Safety Systems, performed a hydraulic fluid compatibility study.

Marathon Petroleum

Chemical/Process Engineer Co-op

Findlay, OH; Catlettsburg, KY, Canton, OH 3/06-9/08

Worked in corporate office in Engineering and Analytical Services

Worked in Research and Development in the Pilot Plant and for Technical Services during ‘Lube Plant’ turn-around.

Worked in Tech Service as South Area Co-op troubleshooting, repairing, and optimizing different units.

Worked in Controls group implementing and designing new controls logic and alarm systems.

Education and Training

Masters of Science, Petroleum Engineering, August 2011 G.P.A: 3.6/4.0

University of Texas, Austin Texas

Bachelors of Science, Chemical Engineering, June 2009 G.P.A.: 3.3/4.0

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Ohio

Awards

BP and Yates Memorial Fellowships

2nd Place at National AADE Drilling Fluids Conference in the Student Research Competition.

Career Training

Graduated early from BP challenger training program

Supervisory Level Advanced Well Control

HPHT Well Design and Operations

HUET offshore helicopter water survival

References

Available upon request

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