Ron Barber

Email: abox6a@r.postjobfree.com

Address: ***** ********** *****

City: Shreveport

State: LA

Zip: 71106

Country: USA

Phone: 318-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: 130

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Ron Barber

10104 Trailridge Drive Shreveport, Louisiana 71106

318-***-**** cell 318-***-**** fax 318-***-****

email - abox6a@r.postjobfree.com

Cased Hole Consulting - Operations - Well Site Supervision

Independent oil & gas professional with 30 years of production, completion and workover experience in daily production operations and cased hole disciplines, as it pertains to safely and efficiently managing the well-site coordination of iron, information, people and budget. Flexible and able to adjust to change in priorities and change in conditions.

Work Experience

* Support for drilling operations, supervision of running casing, testing & wellhead/surface equipment installation.

* Completion supervision of vertical and horizontal oil and gas wells. Depths to 12,000`. Experience running wire-line for logging & TCP perforating, pump down plug/perforating in horizontal wells, wire-line installation of packers, CIBP`s, running tubing, slick-line, coil tubing and snubbing.

* Flow back experience with adjustable/positive chokes, manifolds and separators while accurately monitoring and recording test information.

* Cementing production strings, correlating cased hole to open hole logs. Working with packers in multiple zones, including sour gas wells.

* Work has also included isolating holes in casing with RBP/packer(s) to repair leaks in casing to seal off intrusive water and -squeezing- to repair casing leaks.

* Remedial work that has included secondary recovery equipment installation both on the well site and down hole. Pumping units, insert pumps, tubing pumps, rods, tubing, tubing anchor catchers (TAC), pump off control monitors, unidraulic surface equipment and the down hole -jetting- assembly, ESP`s and plunger lift applications.

* Experienced in well stimulation, swabbing and chemical applications as it pertains to corrosion/paraffin. Saltwater disposal (SWD) permitting, system installation and plug & abandonment.

* Technical expertise in the design, safe installation and supervision of work over programs, insuring a cost effective AFE.

* Sales, sales management, business development and operations.

Companies and Positions

Bear Creek Services, LLC - Shreveport, LA August 2011 to present

Well-site Supervisor/Completion Consultant

Supervised completion and workover operations of vertical/horizontal oil & gas wells for Penn Virginia, O`Benco, Bonanza Creek, ASM Oil & Gas, AIX Energy, O`Ryan Oil & Gas, Samson Resources, Wieser-Brown Operating nx Zadeck Energy, all in Louisiana, East & Central Texas, South Arkansas and Central/South Mississippi.

VersaTech Automation Services, LLC Feb. 2011 to August 2011 Business Development Mgr. - Ark-La-Tex & Mississippi

Prospected for new sales in the E & I business.

Total Instrumentation & Controls (formerly Automation USA) October 2010 to Feb. 2011 New Business Development-Sales - Ark-La-Tex and Mississippi

Prospected for new sales through area contacts to bring new electrical & instrumentation work to the company, focusing on oil & gas well production and gas processing sites.

Bengal Production Company, Inc. - Shreveport, LA March 2007 to October 2010 Production Operations/Production Consulting

Specialized in day rate and turnkey work, in oil & gas well re-entry, property acquisition, leasing, workover, completion and operating for the working interest. Client list included Petrohawk Energy Corp., Zadeck Energy Group, Beach Pipe Testing, Louisiana Energy Consultants, Diversified Energy Partners and Zumbro Operating.

Zadeck Energy Group, Inc. - Shreveport, LA January 2003 to March 2007 Operations Manager

Oversee the daily oil and gas operations of the company. Coordinate and communicate the directives to maintain a cost efficient and safe work environment. Managed 5 company employees and 3 contract pumpers. Responsible for workover programs, procedures and safety issues. Worked both in the office and at the well sites of more than 45 wells over the four years with the company. Left to pursue independent work.

Apache-Lufkin Jt. Venture - Egypt April 2002 to January 2003 Well Site Supervisor

Supervised a 6 man field crew and workover rig in the retrieval of ESP`s from -9,000`, then installing all down hole equipment as/per procedure, including setting of 640 and 920 Lufkin pumping units, generators for powerpack and the down hole pump off control systems. Work rotation was 28 on and off. Worked in coordination reporting to Khalda Petroleum`s and Apache`s Production Superintendents in Houston and Cairo.

Independent Oil & Gas Consultant - Ark-La-Tex January 1994 to January 2003

Coordinated and performed the aspects of completions, re-entries for some area oil & gas operators ranging from JIB`s, conservation and EPA spill prevention plans, documents mandated by state and federal law and handled work over logistics for some of the operators. Maintained a consulting contract with Louisiana Energy Consultants in Shreveport, LA while work for such operators as PAN-OAK & Vista Resources of Lafayette, LA.

New York Life Insurance & Securities - Shreveport, LA June 1988 to January 1994 Field sales representative - Sales Mgr.

Named top new agent of 1988. Remained in sales from 1988 to 1992. Promoted to Sales Mgr. In 1992 ranked as one of the top 50 sales managers in 1991 and 1992.

Additional Experience

Worked as an independent oil & gas construction contractor in the Ark-La-Tex from 1982 to 1988. Daily regimen included maintenance of 250 shallow oil & gas wells in the area for operators such as Cities Service, (Oxy), Texaco and Caruthers Producing. Operated small pulling unit, backhoe, dozer and forklift.

Worked as an independent landscape contractor from 1977 to 1982 in the Baton Rouge, LA area.

Community Service

-GREAT- - Great Results Equine Assisted Therapy. Greenwood, LA. Horse walker and caretaker aiding the mentally and physically challenged with their rehabilitation.

Certifications

IADC/API well control certification. ID #0573. Hydrogen Sulfide, (H2S) - ANSI/ASSE Z390.1 - 2006.

Education

B.S. in Education - LSU - 1977. Lettered in football 1974, `75 & `76. All-SEC honorable mention 1975. All-SEC Academic `76.

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