Resume
Dennis Falterman
P. O. Box ****
Scott, Louisiana 70583
U. S. A.
Phone: 337-***-****
Cellular: 337-***-****
E-mail: **********@***.***
Personal Data
Birth place and date Houma, Louisiana - May 7, 1946
Height and weight 5'11" - 230#
Married No children
Education
College 1964 to 1967 Nicholls State College
Thibodeaux, Louisiana
Geology Major
Position qualified to fill
Workover Foreman
Well Services Supervisor
Experience
Forty-one years experience in the oilfield industry throughout the
Continental United States, Alaska, and the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, Syria,
and Oman).
Of these forty-one years:
1. Twenty-eight years running completions and thirteen years well testing
in conjunction with wireline supervising.
2. Seven years operating and thirty-four years supervising.
3. Approximately 20% of the time was spent on hydrogen sulfide & CO2
wells.
4. Approximately fifteen years offshore and twenty-six years on land.
5. Experienced in horizontal completions and high-pressure wells with high
H2S & CO2 concentrations.
6. Experienced in gas lift troubleshooting and design.
7. Experienced in spacing out pumping units and ESP completions.
8. Supervised workover rigs, completions, high pressure wireline units,
high pressure snubbing units, high pressure fracs (Marcellus, Haynesville,
Mesa Verde), stimulations, high pressure coiled tubing units, high pressure
electric line units, high pressure well test packages, p & a's, plugbacks &
thru tubing gravel packs.
Dennis Falterman
Griffin Oil & Gas Workover Foreman / Well Site
Manager
Parachute, Colorado March 2006 to Present
Workover Foreman for Williams Exploration. Supervised wellhead testing,
logging, perforating, fraccing, well testing, and fishing operations with
CTU & workover rig. Supervised workovers & completions on workover rig.
Griffin Oil & Gas Workover Foreman
Wamsutter, Wyoming May 2005 to March 2006
Workover Foreman for BP. Supervised workovers & completions on workover
rig.
Chalmers, Collins, & Alwell Workover Foreman
Lafayette, Louisiana June 2003 to May 2005
Workover Foreman for Shell, Anadarko, Unocal, Westport Resources, &
Continental Resources. Supervised workover rig, snubbing unit, P & A's,
high pressure CTU's, high pressure eline, high pressure slickline, wellhead
changeouts, plugbacks, stimulations & thru tubing gravel packs. Enter data
in DIMS.
GMOS Well Services Supervisor
Syria June 2002 to June 2003
Consultant for Shell Oil Co. (Syria). Supervised wireline units, fracs and
stimulations, high pressure coiled tubing units, electric line units and
high pressure well test packages.
Chalmers, Collins, & Alwell Workover Foreman
Lafayette, Louisiana May 1999 to June 2002
Workover Foreman for Unocal, Kerr McGee, & Burlington. Supervised Pulling
Unit, snubbing unit, P & A's, high pressure CTU's, high pressure eline,
high pressure slickline, wellhead changeouts, plugbacks, stimulations &
thru tubing gravel packs. Enter data in DIMS.
OHI Well Services Supervisor
Oman January 1997 to April 1999
Consultant for Shell Oil Co. (Oman). Supervised wireline units, fracs and
stimulations, high pressure coiled tubing units, electric line units and
high pressure well test packages.
Pios Well
Services Supervisor
Syria
January 1990 to January 1997
Consultant for Shell Oil Co. (Syria). Supervised the running of
completions, slickline and electric line, well stimulations, coil tubing
and nitrogen operations, well testing spacing out pumping units and related
production work as required. Also, supervised wireline and completion
workshop. Involved in inventory control and putting well file data on the
computer and performance indicators.
Alaska Petroleum Contractors Well Services
Supervisor
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska October 1986 to
December 1989
Consultant for Standard Alaska Production Co. Supervised the running of
completions, perforating, CBL's, temperature logs, PBU's, flowmeters, coil
tubing cement squeeze and acid stimulations, hot oil units, gas lift
troubleshooting, all slickline operations, snubbing unit, and pump trucks.
Pingo Corporation Well Services
Supervisor
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska October 1985 to
October 1986
Consultant for Standard Alaska Production Co. Supervised the running of
completions, perforating, CBL's, temperature logs, PBU's, flowmeters, coil
tubing cement squeeze and acid stimulations, hot oil units, gas lift
troubleshooting, all slickline operations, snubbing unit, and pump trucks.
Dennis Falterman
ADMA-OPCO Senior Wireline
Supervisor
Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. October 1983 to
July 1985
Wireline consultant for Abu Dhabi Marine Op. Co. In charge of all offshore
wireline operations for both production and drilling.
Baker Production Services Field Operations
Supervisor
Gillette, Wyoming November 1982
to October 1983
Supervised all wireline jobs for the Rocky Mountain District. This also
included testing and completions on hydrogen sulfide high pressure wells.
Sohio Alaska Pet. Co. Wireline
Coordinator
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska May 1979 to
October 1982
Hired as Associate Petroleum Engineer supervising completions. February
1980, promoted to Wireline Coordinator. In charge of all wireline
operations for both production and drilling. Also, supervised snubbing
units, coil tubing units, pump trucks, hot oil units, electric line and
related production work as required.
I also co-authored "Justification for Snubbing Units at Prudhoe Bay". This
involved safety aspects, mobilization problems and procedures, costs, uses
involving current technology, writing sample programs for the different
remedial operations we would be capable of performing.
Macco-Schlumberger March 1976 to May
1979
Houston, Texas
New Orleans, Louisiana
Kenai, Alaska
Started as Sales and Service Representative in Houston. Ran gas lift
completions. Helped start up Gas Lift Analysis and Design program and was
transferred into this department. In this particular program, I was in
charge of teaching fellow employees throughout the U.S. how to test wells
and run Amerada and Hewlett Puckered equipment and with the gathering of
this information, how to assess it for maximum production at minimum cost.
After 11 months in Houston, I was transferred to New Orleans doing the same
job as above. After 14 months there, I was transferred to Kenai as Wireline
Supervisor. After a short time, I was promoted to Office Manager and stayed
in that position until I went to work for Sohio.
Baker Production Service Wireline Operator
Houma, Louisiana November 1975
to March 1976
Special Wireline Services Wireline
Operator and Owner
Carlsbad, New Mexico January 1975 to
November 1975
C. A. White Wireline
Operator
Soldotna, Alaska July 1972
to December 1974
Cardinal Wireline Wireline
Operator
Houma, Louisiana July 1971 to
July 1972
Baker Production Service Wireline Operator
Harvey, Louisiana January 1971
to July 1971
JABSCO Wireline Wireline
Operator
Houma, Louisiana December 1969
to January 1971
Otis Engineering Snubbing
Helper, Snubbing Operator, Wireline Operator
Houma, Louisiana June 1967 to
November 1969
Work
Related Schools
Otis Wireline School 1968 Dallas, Texas
Amerada School, G.R.I. 1975 Tulsa, Oklahoma
Echometer School 1975 Wichita Falls, Texas
Macco Gas Lift School 1976 Houston, Texas
Macco Gas Lift School 1977 Houston, Texas
Macco Gas Lift School 1978 Houston, Texas
Macco Gas Lift School 1979 Houston, Texas
H2S Certification 1979 Anchorage, Alaska
H2S Certification 1980 Anchorage, Alaska
Halliburton Completion School 1980 Duncan, Oklahoma
H2S Certification 1981 Anchorage, Alaska
H2S Certification 1982 Anchorage, Alaska
Eastman Whipstock School 1982 Anchorage, Alaska
Schlumberger "CBL" School 1982 Anchorage, Alaska
Merla Gas Lift School 1982 Anchorage, Alaska
McMurry-Hughes Gas Lift School 1982 Anchorage, Alaska
H2S Certification 1985 Anchorage, Alaska
H2S Certification 1986 Anchorage, Alaska
H2S Certification 1987 Anchorage, Alaska
H2S Certification 1988 Anchorage, Alaska
Otis Snubbing School 1988 Anchorage, Alaska
T-2 Certification 1990 Thibodaux, Louisiana
H2S Certification 1991 Syria
H2S Certification 1997 Oman
IWCF 1998 Lafayette, Louisiana
MMS Well Control Certification 2000 Lafayette, Louisiana
PEC 2000 Lafayette, Louisiana
H2S Certification 2002 Syria
MMS Well Control Supervisor 2002 Lafayette, Louisiana
Level
IWCF Well Control Supervisor 2004 Lafayette, Louisiana
Level
IADC Well Control Supervisor 2004 Lafayette, Louisiana
Level
IADC Well Control Supervisor 2006 Memphis, Texas
Level
H2S Certification 2006 Memphis, Texas
IADC Well Control Supervisor 2008 Memphis, Texas
Level
H2S Certification 2008 Memphis, Texas