Reynaldo “Ray” Cantu

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Mission, TX 78574 ac4dbp@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: A Well Operations Engineer to design and add value through Field & Well Production Optimization, Workovers, Completion & Drilling Projects &/or as a Wellsite Field Engineer in a team environment.

EDUCATION: ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY 9/12 – December 2013

M.Sc. in Drilling and Well Engineering (Aberdeen, U.K.)

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY December 2005

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering

EXPERIENCE:

Alief High School – Teacher (Concepts of Eng, Eng. Design & Architecture Design) – Houston, TX 11/16-5/17

In-Transition: Laid-off due to company cut backs in lieu of oil crash; applying for opportunities 8/15-8/16

Hunt Oil – Drilling Engineer (Wellsite Drilling/Completions Field Engineer) Kurdistan - Iraq 6/14-5/15

Monitor Drilling Operational parameters: ROP, Trip and Connection Times, Trip Tanks, Flow Rates, Bottom Hole Pressure (BHP), Flowing Temperatures, Pump Pressures, Kicks, Mud Logging Returns

Assist Day Drilling Supervisor in Field Ops and coordinate planning, coordination of logistics & operations on well site, Daily Wellsite & Cost Reporting, Weekly Team Operations Reports, Lessons Learned, Supervision of Well Testing Operations for Rig Up, Data Gathering and Rig Down

Night Duties: Assist Night Supervisor with Operations, Fill-In & Perform Night Drilling Supervisor Duties

Drilling Eng Calculations: Cementing Volumes, Hydrostatic & Downhole Calculations, Liner & Csg w/ Cementing Procedures, SID’s (standing instructions to driller – short procedures)

AFE Cost Tracking & Forecasting, AFE Supplemental Justification, Verify Field Tickets & Contracts

Down & Trouble Time Cost Analysis, Failure Tool & Ops Investigations, Well & BOP Schematic Updates

Exploratory Drilling, HPHT Drilling & Completion Operations, Under-Reaming, Casing & Liner Installations, Cementing Operations, Open-Casing Hole Logging, Acid/N2 Stimulations, ESP/non-ESP Well Testing, TCP & E-line Perforating, Vertical Directional Drilling, Workovers, Completions, Casimg/Cementing Remedial Jobs, Fishing Operations, Coil Tubing Operations, Monitor LWD & MWD Operations & Reports

ConocoPhillips – Production Engineer (Artificial Lift–Workovers–Re-Completions-Ops) E. Texas 6/10-8/12

Manage: Field Production, Projects, Budgets & Operations for a gas field: 22.5 mmcfpd & 160 bopd

Design, Implement and Production Optimization of Projects by for $1.87 MM Capex, $355 M Opex Budget

Production Surveillance of wells, data evaluation, IPR well & well modeling, decline curve analysis

Projects: Re-Completions, Workovers, Coil Tbg, Casing Repair, Wireline & E-line Operations, Plunger Lift,

Gas Lift, Pumping Units, Velocity String, Capillary String, Plug & Abandonment Operations, Well Integrity

$1.9 MM SWD Drilling Project Management: Drilling Cost Estimate, Pad Site Planning, Casing & Cement Design Input, Regulatory & Lease Obligations, Dual Drilling & SWD Operations Planning, Completion Design

Coordinated Operations & Wrote Procedure, AFE Estimates & P&A of Haynesville Shale & DFIT &

P&A of Bossier Shale, Frac & Completion of Cotton Valley. Expected 1mmcpfd IP & 900mmcf EUR

Well Integrity Project: researched regulatory & testing procedures for annular gas pressure liabilities

2011 Results: 44 Projects Resulting: 4.1 mmcfpd 8.2 bopd in UpLift & Loss Avoidance

2010 Results: 28 Projects Resulting: 3.7 mmcfpd 7.4 bopd in UpLift & Loss Avoidance (half year)

ConocoPhillips – Production Engineer (Artificial Lift–Workovers–Re-Completions-Ops) E. Texas 3/08-5/10

Manage Field Gas Production, Operation Projects & Support for a gas field: 8.5 mmcfpd & 60 bopd

Design, Implement, and Optimize Gas Lift and Pumping Units Projects: $2MM Capex, $500M Opex

Production Surveillance of wells, data evaluation, IPR well & well modeling, decline curve analysis

2010 Asset Sale, projects suspended; 2009 Results: 21 Projects Resulting: 2.25 mmcfpd & 16 bopd

in UpLift & Loss Avoidance with stopped operations from 2009 Recession & low Gas prices.

2008 Results: 29 Projects Resulting: 1.4 mmcfpd & 16 bopd in UpLift & Loss Avoidance

Saved $2MM Capex funds for an Uneconomic, high risk and Liability of SWD Well or Pipeline Project

ConocoPhillips – Petroleum Developmental Projects Engineer

Reservoir Projects 12/07-2/08

Evaluate and Recommend a Fracture Stimulation Program. Identify and Reservoir Add Pay Zones.

Production & Completions Projects 9/07-11/07

P&A’s, Production Surveillance, Plungers, Workovers, Completion & Fracture Stimulation Design

Drilling Projects 5/07-8/07

LRP Planning on the Chittim Infield Drilling Project, Audit Historical Performance and Cost Evaluations.

15-20% Reduced LRP Drilling Cost Estimate by identifying & leveraging Drilling & Completion Processes.

Proposed Coil Tubing Drilling as Technology Step Change in Drilling process compared to a traditional Kelly drilling rig reducing drilling time from 6-7 days to 2-3 days.

Identified horizontal drilling & reservoir drainage opportunities by confirming other operators drilling trends

in the area. As Result Developmental Team decided to pilot test horizontal production wells in 2008.

Cost reductions & Coil Tbg Drilling resulted in ROR of 20% for infield development.

$450M Identified in Potential Savings from Fixed and Time Costs comparing OBO & COP drill operations

Facilities Projects 1/07-4/07

Facilities Upgraded Design & Equipment for Water Handling System, Water Injection Station & Tank Battery

100 BOPD from Gravity Separation, Operations Efficiency, Mitigated HSE Risk to Reportable Spills

Production Projects 6/06-11/06

Production Surveillance, Project Identification, Wrote Artificial Lift & Work-Overs AFE & Procedures.

Optimization Studies: Field Pump Failures & Completion Performance Reviews & Recommendations.

TOOLS & SKILLS:

Microsoft Office Applications; Economics Software: Schlumberger Merak Peep; Wellview; SAP

Wellsite Field Engineering for Drilling, Production, Workover & Recompletion Operations

Production Optimization, Gas Well Dewatering & Deliquification, Artificial Lift;

Well Modeling & Nodal Analysis Programs:

oIPM – Prosper – GAP – MBAL; Weatherford’s WellFlo Well Modeling & Design; SNAP Nodal Package

Sucker Rod/Pumping Unit Software: Theta XSPOC & RODSTAR; Lufkin SROD & Controller; QROD

Landmark: StressCheck, Casing Seat, WellCat (novice)

Echometer’s Total Well Management - Fluid Level Shot Analyzer of Oil & Gas Wells

INDUSTRY COURSES:

Petroleum Experts Prosper, MBAL, GAP: 1/11

PetroSkills: Basic Reservoir: 6/10

Smith International: Production & Completions Seminar: 2/10

Echometer Plunger Lift & Gas Well Analysis using Digital Echometer Analyzer: 10/09

ConocoPhillips: Gas Lift Technology Seminar: 8/09

PetroSkills: Performance Analysis, Prediction, Optimization with Nodal Analysis: 5/08

Weatherford: Gas Lift Analysis & Design Seminars: 3/08

Weatherford: Artificial Lift Training School: 1/08

Texas A&M Frac School: 10/07

Meyer & Associates: Hydraulic Fracturing: 10/07

PetroSkills: Oilfield Water Production, Handling, & Injection: 3/07

Midland College: Intro to Log, Petrophysics & Inj Intrepretation: 10/06

Petroskills: Completions & WorkOvers: 8/06

Rike Service Training: Downhole Completions & Workover Operations: 8/06

Colorado School of Mines: Petroleum SuperSchool: 7/06

CERTIFICATIONS:

IWCF Level 4 Drilling Well Control Programme- urface and Subsea BOP Stack 10/14 - 10/16

IADC WELLCAP Supervisor's Drilling/Completion/Workovers-Surface/Subsea BOP Stack Qualification 8/14 - 8/16

LANGUAGES:

English (Native) Spanish (Fluent, Advanced) Portuguese (Proficient, Intermediate)

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