Manager Engineer

Donald G. Whitten

Senior Petroleum Engineer

**** ****** ****

Houston, TX. 77090

Telephone 281-***-**** Mobil 281-***-**** Fax 281-***-****

OBJCTIVE: To serve in the capacity of Drilling Engineer, Rig Manager,

Drilling Superintendent, Drilling Manager and/or Project Manager. Under

some conditions would consider the position of Operations Manager or

General Manager. A graduate Petroleum Engineer with BS degree from

University of Oklahoma.

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFIACATIONS

. Over 40 years of experience in the Oil Industry

. Participated in the drilling, completion or work-over of over 3000

wells

. Very organized, dependable individual; a self-starter with good

personal habits.

. Have Training Certificates in Well Control School, IADC & UBD

. Employment History: Really good experience with regular shallow, deep

high

. Temp and high pressure, slant holes, directional holes; cut holes in

intermediate pipe and drill slant holes/directional holes 15,000 to

23000' I'v used big rigs (as supervisor) for deep high press and high

temp. Very much directional and horizontal drilling. Workover and

recompletion of land based and water based work in GOM, igeria, and

Congo. Drilled deep slant hole wells in Texa and Oklahoma in early

years through tough sloughing shales

2008/9/10 Drilling and Production Engineering work: Design and write

well plans

for new wells and work-over of inland and shallow water

locations- foreign

clients. Design complete water injection program for

shallow well pro-

ject. Performed work-over of injection wells and

producers. Perform integrity

tests of both producers and injectors; design and install

tank batteries. Review

drilling and production well plans.

2007 Writing well plans and graphs for Dune Energy; Assisting

Operations

Manager; provided casing and tubing designs and well

completions.

2007. Hamilton Engineering- various duties involving drilling and

producing

Operations.

2007 Continuing to serve as Senior supervisor for Apache Corp. in

the GOM .

Performed duties from rigs on platforms; Lift barges,

200 and 300 classes

And drill ships-in some difficult cases operating from,

back of work boats

2006 Continue to serve as Company Man/Senior Supervisor for

Apache Corp. for

plug and abandon operations in the Gulf of Mexico.

Writing and reviewing

well plans for on shore and off shore for drilling,

completion, work over and

plug and abandonment with MMS and Texas specifications

2005-2006 Serving as well site manager to drill a directional well to

12600' in Texas

2004. June of 2004 to September 2005 working for Apache Corp plugging

wells

2005. Offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. Plugging from Work boats, and

using class 200 and 300 Lift Boats also for plugging and

abandoning platforms.

2004. Serving as Drilling Foreman for directional and horizontal wells

into upper

portion of limestone formations in Illinois.

2003 Base Manager-Port Harcourt Nigeria-Offshore working with-Brass

Expel..

2003. Serving as Senior Company Man for PPI Tech as rig manager,

drilling and

2004. Completing,testing land based wells for Jack Stanley and

Associates--

23,000' wells in Brazoria County Texas-high temperature &

high pressured

2002. Serving as an alternate well site engineer/rig manager for

Meridian Resource Corp. on a well in South La., going to 19,000'

in depth-high pressure and high temperature.

2002. South La., performed a work-over to remove stuck wire line tools

and install

Gas lift valves in a well located in the East Lake Arthur field

using a barge rig. This was a difficult operation and resulted in

restoration of 500 barrels per day of flowing production

2002 South Texas-Provided relief for well site engineer for

Santos USA

2002. Argentina: Moved in large snubbing unit and served as Under-

balanced Drilling Supervisor for Chevron Argentina on a high

pressure well in Patagonia.

Served as senior company representative on Parker 25J

offshore from Grand

Isle, La. We drilled to 14,000', set liner, completed

well, installed 82" casing

For production platform for Remington Oil & Gas-Dallas,

TX

Served as senior company representative for Meridian Oil on

Marine 15 jack-up rig 76 miles off the Louisiana town of

Intracoastal City. The

wells are located in 153 feet of water and average around

15,000 ft in depth. It is

an over pressured area with a gradient of 0.83-0.84 psi per

foot.

2001 Drilling and completing deep gas wells in the Rio GrandeValley of

Texas for

Kerr McGhee and Whiting Petroleum Corporation.

Drilling for Exxon Mobil in the King/Kennedy Ranch areas of

Texas - deep

High-pressure gas wells.

Managing coiled tubing rigs and Nitrogen units for sand

washout, etc on water.

Managing E-line work for plug backs and perforating from

barges for GoldKing.

2000 Served as manager for a small company to plan and re-enter an old

plugged salt

dome producer to test all zones behind the pipe and complete,

for Signa

Engineering

Drilling vertical wells for Eminent Energy in Lavaca County,

Texas.

Drilling, testing, and completing shallow wells in North

Texas.

Served as Senior Drilling Engineer for a well established

Drilling Engineering

Consulting Firm to write well plan outlines, prepare cost

estimates for 21,000 ft

wells in the Gulf of Mexico. We estimated costs for two wells

to be drilled with

Semi-submersible and then drill 16 wells using a Platform

Rig.

Provided relief for a Drilling Engineer/Well site manager for

a deep gas well in

The Rio Grande Valley

1999 Served as manager for an individual to set up a rig along state

hi-way 23 south of

New Orleans, drill a 3000 foot lateral under the Mississippi

river and then drop

the hole at a 29-degree angel to total depth of 9700 ft.

Served as Drilling Manager/Shore Base Manager for offshore

drilling in the

Former French Colony- Republic of the Congo. This was for CMS

Nomeco in

Southwest Africa. Duties consisted of supervising all

drilling supervisors/

engineers, rig personnel, completion engineers, drilling

department accountant,

warehouseman, purchasing, helicopter and boat scheduling.

This was platform

drilling using a barge/boat tender. Drilled several long

laterals with horizontal

completion sections of 4000 to 6000 feet; deep verticals with

long horizontal

completions; did interim work-overs for re-completions and

centrifugal pump

changes. Performed several work-overs that required cutting

and pulling 9-5/8"

casing, milling out a section of 13-3/8" casing and drilling

a new directional

with a horizontal section for completion. Other duties

included daily engineer-

ing for Production department and assisting the banking

department. This was a

hostile environment with a civil war occurring in this state

as well as neighbor-

ing states.

1998. Served as Assistant Drilling Manager in order to help write well

plans for a very comprehensive drilling campaign in Southwest

Africa. We prepared individual well plans with directional

programs, which were all approved by management. I then went to

the Congo and set up a system to execute these plans. Accepted

the rig and anchoring boats from AGIP and helped to start the

program. Wrote contracts for all local and international service

companies working on this project. Prepared AFE's for all

projects.

Served as contract Assistant Drilling Manager for Kerr McGee in order

to prepare drilling time curves and AFE's for both shallow and deep

water areas. This work involved over 30 blocks in an analysis for an

upcoming lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico.

1997. Worked in the Republic of the Congo as Drilling Staff, Test

Engineer, Rig

Manager and Drilling Manager to perform a work over and

then drill deeper

in the Maseko area offshore from the Congo. We used the

Robert F. Bower

Drill Ship. During the last part of this work I was the

lone expat for all of this work.

1993-1997 General Manager and Base Manager for indigenous and independent

oil

companies in Nigeria. Served one year as Base Manager for Pan Ocean Oil

Company. Had a home and base in Warri and an office and flat in Lagos.

In charge of all oil and gas operations with 180 Nigerian employees, five

Expatriate drilling engineers, and one expat mechanical engineer. Used

two Rigs owned by Deutag, one for drilling deep wells and one for work-

overs. We kept both rigs working constantly for one full year. Performed

numerous work-overs for dual wells and five singles. Drilled five new

deep wells, (150**-*****'). Increased production from 600 bopd to over

14,000 bopd. Built roads in to virgin forests in several states in Africa-

dense jungle.

Served as General Manager for Dubri Oil Company for three years. Had a

Home and office in Benin City and an office and guest house in Lagos.

Was responsible for smooth operation of all exploration and production

Operations. Had to barge the oil out of the jungle up the Ossi River to

Chevron/s Escravos facility on the coast. Increased production from 240

to over 3,000 bopd. These were low capacity wells. There were no other ex-

patriates in this company. We had 125 Nigerian employees.

1987-1992 Professional Petroleum Engineer-

Accepted a one year assignment as CEO of Baxter Drilling & Exploration

Co. of California. My duties were to hire department heads and run the

Company while carrying out the duties as CEO. We drilled 42 wells in the

Wilcox trend in north Louisiana, and participated in 7 deep wells in South

Louisiana. Hired the employees and turned over the company to owners.

1978-1987-Professional Petroleum Engineer- Provided professional services

to: Wright Energy of California, W-J Oil Company, Reserve Energy/Western

Crude of Ft. Worth; Barclays Bank of England, and Yates Petroleum

Corporation of Houston, Tx. This work involved detailed engineering

relative to drilling, re-completions, work-overs, water flooding,

acquisitions and running companies for banks pending foreclosures in

bankruptcy. Also included a one-year tenure as CEO of Baxter Drilling and

Exploration of California while hiring a complete staff for the company.

1973-1978-Mitchell Energy Corporation- Senior Vice President - Oil & Gas

Operations. Responsible for day to day running of a large Independent E&P

company. This senior post was also responsible for coordinating all banking

and reserve back-up for loans and in charge of Purchasing Department. I was

senior officer in charge of the two drilling companies- Butler Drilling in

Houston and MND Drilling in Bridgeport, Tx. The two companies had a

combined total of 18 rigs ranging in depth capabilities from 3,000 ft to

over 18,000 ft. MND also had 11 work-over rigs. Both companies had their

own trucks, trailers and shops. I was also in charge of Southwestern Gas

Pipeline Co., in Mineral Wells Texas. I was charged with the responsibility

of planning and executing the drilling of many wells offshore Gulf of

Mexico and also land drilling in more than twenty states. There were over

900 employees in the above companies.

1971-1974-American Petrofina Company of Texas

Manager of Production and Exploration in USA Responsible for all

exploration and production in U.S. including engineering and evaluations

for acquisitions. This company had over 300 employees and 3000 wells.

During my tenure we acquired over $150 million in new properties and

drilled hundreds of new wells, both on shore and off shore. My experience

was enhanced by being company coordinator for both accounting and

purchasing departments as well as being our representative to a group of

companies who along with Stanford Research were investigating the economics

of shale oil production in Colorado.

1958-1971 American Petrofina Company of Texas

Division Manager - Company's largest division. We had 62.5% of the

production department's income.While running this division I participated

in many acquisitions. Most of the acquisitions were in this division with

Cosden and Grayridge being about 125 million dollars. We drilled several

hundred wells over a thirteen year period ranging in depth from 1300' to

over 16,000' in the Devonian and Silurian trend.

Graduated from Oklahoma University with a BS in Petroleum Engineering I

worked from 5:00 PM to 2:00Am in the Oklahoma City Field as a night

troubleshooter while going to Engineering School I graduated with honors

having been President of the National Honorary Petroleum Engineering

Society. I went to work immediately as a drilling and production

engineer. I participated in the drilling of several slant holes to the

deep bromides in Southern Oklahoma. We also drilled eight new duals in

West Bay field in the swamps below New Orleans. We used both jackups and

swamp or Posted barges. This was for British American Oil Producing

Company. Prior to attending uiversity, I worked in roustabout gang,

became a pumper, ass't Production foreman, relief material clerk and

relief district clerk

EDUCATION AND TRAININNG

Bachelor of Science in P.E.

The University if Oklahoma

*President of Pi Epsilon Tau - National Honorary Petroleum Engineering

Society

. Deans Honor Roll List

. Chairman of Petroleum Engineers Club.

Personal: Married with three children- none at home

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