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Supervisor Operator

Location:
Yuma, AZ, 85367
Posted:
March 09, 2010

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Kevin J. McMillan

***** ***** **** **.

Yuma, Az 85367

And

SH12 Lake Cherokee

Henderson. Tx 75652

817-***-****

760-***-****

E-mail: abndna@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

. 25+ years of experience.

. Supervised Drilling, Completion, and Workover operations.

. Performed work for: Quicksilver, Exxon, Devon, CrownQuest,

Chesapeake, Chevron, Amoco, Forest Oil, Enron.

. Extensive experience supervising Drilling, Directional Drilling,

Underbalanced Drilling, Shale Lateral Drilling, Tapered strings

. Extensive experience supervising Completions and Workovers, Oil & Gas

High Pressure Snubbing, Geo-Thermal Completions, Coil Tubing and

Nitrogen. Running Gas lift valves and Packers.

. Experience in rig construction, refurbishment, and rig operations

management.

. Legals, Build locations, Drill and Complete (Turn Key)

. Embodiment of the highest levels of business ethics and performance

standards.

. Outstanding career safety record: zero injuries, zero incidents.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Consultant

Wellsite Supervisor

Well Work Over/Maintenance Supervisor

Service Hand

Tool Pusher, Driller, Derrick Hand, Floor Hand

Drilling Methods: directional, side track, slim hole,

Workovers and Completions :, re-completion, coil tubing consisting of

5 years onshore, High pressure snubbing consisting of 2 years

offshore, rig assist, hydraulic stand alone 340 rack back & 150 Quick

Jacks

Drill out composite plugs with Coil Tubing & 150 hydraulic snubbing

units up to 4100' laterals

Drilling/Mud Systems: OBM, WBM

Drilling Depth: up to 17,510 ft

Mud Weight: up to 17.5 ppg

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS:

US Gulf Region: Off Shore: Gulf of Mexico, Alaska Cook Inlet

Land: WY, UT, OR, MT, NV, MI, MS, LA, OK, CA

RIG TYPES:

Platform, Land, Sub Base, Mechanical, Diesel Electric, Cabot,

Doubles, Triples, Jack Knife

5-2009 to present Ormat

Well Work Over and Maintenance Supervisior - El Centro, Ca. Supervise

daily operations of geo-thermal wells in the Imperial Valley, CA. Change

out well pumps up to 32 stages. Supervise coil tubing and nitrogen. Run

packers. Run and set bridge plugs and packers. Make repairs of holes in

casing at surface. Supervising all workover and well issues as they arise.

2009. PetroHawk Resources

Site Supervisor - Shreveport, Louisiana. Provided full range of drilling

engineering services for planning and execution of wells in Louisiana.

Provide planning and twenty-four hour supervision for Horizontal

Haynesville Shale drilling program in Shreveport, LA. Provided input for

PDC selection, in both vertical and horizontal sections, directional

strategies, spending strategies and other steps necessary to reduce days

and dollars in Haynesville shale field. (16,900'+ TVD). Generate Daily

Planner for Rig Crews and Toolpusher. Discuss 24 hr operations along with

safety issues and concerns. Report to Louisiana State Regulator on a

weekly basis on hole conditions, cement, lead and tail, displacement -

casing-grades and wt. Plan and carrying out of fishing operation.

2008 McMillan Consulting

Wellsite Supervisor - Company Man - Aledo, Texas Provided full services

to QuickSilver Resources Inc. for planning and execution of completions

within the Barnett Shale. Recruited by Quicksilver Superintendent to rig-

up two 150 snubbing units and drillout up to 10 composite plugs to PBTD on

multiwell pads with twelve foot spacing between units. Supervised

procedures, for up to five wells per day, with two inch Coil tubing and/or

Pulling Units. Tested casing up to 5000 PSI - Ran in hole with TCP guns-

wireline set packers . and run Gas lift valves, Completed wells with

laterals up to 4000'. Set in on morning meetings for weekly planning.

2007 - 2008 Sierra Engineering

Wellsite Supervisor - Company Man Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Provided well

site supervision for Drilling and Completions Operators. Operator -

CrownQuest in southern Utah Underbalanced Drilling. Design of BHA's and

Bit selection. Worked through lost circulation issues. Conducted safety

meetings with zero accidents. Weekly BOP Drills with no offset well to

refer to, making onsite discussions quick and effective and keeping cost

to a minimum. Operator - Chesapeake, Texas. Wellsite Supervisor on a

Barnett Shale well. Drilled to TD, run long string casing and cement and

skid rig twelve feet to spud new well. Requested by Devon Energy to drill

and complete two wells in Kansas. Operator - Devon Energy, Kansas.

Coordinate with land owner, state and local agencies. Stake and build

location. Run water supplies to drill rig. Drilled two wells making bit

selections, designing BHA's, did research from offset wells. Worked with

Geology and Engineer to determine running DST's to TD. Supervised open

hole logs. Ran casing and cement. MIRU polling unit acidize and swab in

wells. Drilled and Completed wells to finish. Drilled Footage and Day

Rate. No lost-time accidents, significant spills or prohibited releases to

atmosphere.

2005-2007 Arrington Oil and Gas

Wellsite Supervisor - Company Man Midland, Texas Supervisor for Drilling

operations in the Barnett shale for approximately 20 Horizontal wells.

Developed new procedures for Open Hole whipstocks drilling out

capabilities from 3' to 10' to run in hole with curve assembly and build

curve to 90 degrees. Run and set DV tools for two stage cement. Laterals

up to 4000' feet working with Directional and MWD with wireline retrieval

of MWD on failures. Supervised open hole logs. Worked closely with

Geology, state and local Governments Railroad Commission. Drilled two

wells in Mississippi. Designed and built rig roads and locations. Worked

through Gumbo. Lost circulation and waterflow issues. No offset wells to

refer to. Designed BHA's and bit selections. Drilled Vertical and

Horizontal with motors up to 1.75 bit to bend. Both Roller cone and PDC.

Zero accidents. No spills or prohibited loss to atmosphere.

2002-2005 and 1989-1991 Cudd Pressure Control

Special Services Longview, Texas International Well Control and Snubbing,

Coil tubing, Freeze jobs and Nitrogen. Snubbing, tubing, blast joints and

collars up to 10,000 PSI. International Offshore Gabon - Cameroon -

Africa- Gulf of Mexico for Chevron and various operators. Supervised on

Osprey Platform in the Cook Inlet, Alaska for Forrest Oil. Planning 24

hours. Recompletion procedures on 340 Rockback unit for packers -

wireline, tubing torques. Zero accidents. No spills. Trained offshore

water survival. Helicopter under water egress. Personal basket/swing

rope. Worked for Cudd Rocky Mountain Division as Snubbing operator, Coil

tubing and nitrogen operator from 1989-1991

1994-1999 Summitt County, Utah

Patrol Deputy Officer, K-9 handler and SWAT Summitt County, Utah Self-

sponsored Cadet and graduated Utah Post (Police Officer and Standards

Training). Patrol Officer, K-9 Handler, SWAT, Radar Instructor. Trained

K-9 Search and Rescue teams. Worked SWAT. Details for FBI and DEA on

multi-juridical warrants with K-9. Awarded two silver medals at K-9

Olympics in Narcotic and Apprehension.

1999-2000 Sublette County, Wyoming

Patrol, K-9 and SWAT Sargeant Sublette County, Wyoming Field training

officers for new Deputies. Administration changed, Retired K-9, Returned

to oil and gas career.

1992-1994 Rocky Mountain Testers

Owner and Operator Big Piney Wyoming Owner and Operator Nipple up and

Testing Co. BOPs - Flanges - Manifolds with air and hydraulic torque.

Test BOP's, pipe lines, Leak off tests- Casing tests, Tested with H2O,

Glycol-Methanol pressures from 0-10,000 PSI. Manage office employees and

field work. Supervise yearly shut down operations for Exxon Shute Creek

Facility. Re-torque flanges HYD to 50,000 ft lbs. Test pipeline and

production facility for Chevron Birchcreek Facility. Rebuild and Redress

BOP's in field. Rams, hydraulic seals. Comply with state and local BLM

offices and officials. Zero accidents - Wyoming, Colorado, Oregon,

Nevada, Montana, and Utah.

1991-1992 Double Jack Testing

Nipple-up Tester Evanston Wyoming Nipple-up BOP's, pipelines, manifolds

flanges on Drilling rigs and Completions. Production facilities. Operate

hydraulic BOP lifts. Supervise annual shut down at Geo-Thermal Plant in

Dixie Valley, Nevada. Testing from 0-10,000 PSI.

1978 - 1991 Parker Drilling-Burris Drilling

Roughneck - Driller - Tool Pusher Rock Springs, Wyoming Drilling and

completions 1978-1989. In 1976 started as floor hand for Parker Drilling

Rig 56 jaw clutch compound rigs. Worked my way up to Derricks - Driller -

Toolpusher. Worked for Brinkerhoff Signal -Parker - Burris Drilling - Rio

Grande - Lofland - Penrod. Supervised both land and offshore for Shell off

Huntington Beach, CA, Geo-Thermal wells in El Centro, CA and Falon, Nevada.

Operated and pushed tools on pulling units in the Overthrust Belt on wells

producing up to 20 million a day. Zero accidents.

INDUSTRY TRAINING:

Offshore water survival, Helicopter underwater egress, Personal basket

swing rope

B.I.S.O.N Training

Fall protection

PPE

Rigpass/Pec/System 21

Back safety,

Drug awareness

Ladders

Electrical safety

Workplace Violence Prevention

Wasatch High School; Diploma Heber City, Utah

Successfully completed numerous industry schools/seminars dealing with

drilling,

completions, certified well control, well testing, and production

Computer Experience and Applications

. Experience with various petroleum software (DIMS, Rim Base, PASON and

RIG WATCH and well testing, etc.), PC software and Internet data

sources.



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