CHRIS GARVIN

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Skills Profile

10years of experience in the Oil and Natural Gas Industry, with comprehensive Directional Drilling experience and additional 3 years of MWD knowledge gained working with large Oil Companies in Oklahoma, Kansas, and West Texas.

Experience in directional well planning and directional drilling services coordination in various formations.

Coordination, execution, and evaluation of directional drilling projects with MWD and Directional Drilling including pad jobs where anti-collision was necessary, kicked off cement plugs, whip stocks, and open hole sidetracks.

Experienced in BHA (Bottom Hole Assembly), straight hole wells, slant wells, build and hold wells, horizontal wells, S wells and multi-lateral wells.

Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, Power Point proficient.

Excel within highly competitive environments where leadership skills are the keys to success.

Employment

History Contract Directional Driller, February 2015 –Present

Chris Garvin LLC Directional Drilling, Shawnee, OK

Contracted with various drilling companies for directional drilling services.

Administer all directional operations and analyze performance of all drilling procedures and assist all client representatives to resolve all issues and monitor job progress and maintain all records of all data and prepare required documentation.

Successfully performed Directional Drilling processes’ including projection of well path to pre-determined target coordinates for Horizontal wells.

Directional Driller / Lead Directional Driller, July 2009 – February 2015

Calmena, OKC, OK

Promoted to Lead Directional Driller in September 2011.

Accurately applied calculations using drilling surveys and Geologist feedback to drill and land build sections per customer expectations.

Successfully drilled lateral sections in zone applying build rates and markers provided by geologist.

Utilized Directional Drilling computer software to provide survey calculations and well path projections to the client representative.

Assisted in the completion of daily Directional Drilling reports, BHA performance reports, service tickets and relevant paperwork.

Collaborated with the Measurement While Drilling engineer to ensure BHA compatibility and correct tool face references.

Applied principles of BHA selection and aspects of Directional Drilling performance to ensure BHA’s were assembled safely and as planned including correct make-up torque, doping and handling.

Prepared BHA performance reports containing detailed, accurate dimensions; as well as expected versus actual performance, conclusions, and recommendations for each BHA run.

Inspected, measured,and documented all directional related company equipment delivered to the work site; maintained records including dimensional data and condition.

Senior Lead MWD, October 2007 –July 2009

Calmena (Pan American), OKC, OK

Supervise MWD operations on the rig site.

Ensure that all equipment in drilling are readily available at the site where the drilling will occur.

Have a proper communication with the directional driller and foreman to ensure that the requirements of the MWD are set and are ready to use.

Setting the required hardware that will be used in the MWD at the site.

Showing knowledge on how to manipulate MWD system. Assisting in interpreting the data of MWD.

MWD, October 2006 –October 2007

Weatherford,OKC, OK

Maintain the drilling process so that the desired directional well path and target objectives are achieved.

Maintain a complete listing of all MWD tools and survey equipment on location, and days on location.

Assist and advise directional drillers to location.

Maintain thorough knowledge of Drilling Systems products and services.

Generate concise reports on a daily/weekly basis.

Promoted to Lead Hand after 2 jobs as trainee, and 1 job as a night hand.

Floor Hand, August 2005 - October 2006

Bronco Drilling,Edmond, OK

Learning, following & promoting workplace safety practices.

Assist in rigging up and down, transporting of drilling rig equipment.

Making connections while drilling and performing other duties while tripping pipe.

Operating forklift to handle, sort and move drill tools, pipe, and other materials on location.

Education

Seminole State College, 2000

Associate of Arts, General Studies

University of Central Oklahoma, 2004-2006

Pursuit of Bachelors

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