Robert W. Cathcart, Jr.
Ph# 479-***-**** acp950@r.postjobfree.com
Objective; Provide a safe, dependable and professional supervision in drilling, work over and
completion operations.
Implement daily operations and ensure they are completed as per schedule so as
to optimize performance and overall production.
Ensure that the operational program is being executed as per established budget,
reviewing cost and vendor performance with organizational peers regularly.
Provide input on selection of key vendors, and in some cases select vendors to
optimize daily cost, performance and services.
Implement and manage adherence to organization’s HSE policies in all daily
operations.
Work Experience;
March 2012 to January 2015
Oklahoma.
Apache Corporation. Drilling superintendent: manage daily horizontal drilling
Elk City, Ok. office operations for Granite wash, Cleveland, Tonkawa, Canyon lime,
North Texas Cottage grove, Upper Sweetwater formations.
operations. Ensure that the daily operational program is being executed as
pertaining to the established set budget.
Implement and manage adherence to organization’s HSE policies.
Jan 2012 – March 2012
Texas.
Petrohawk energy corp. Drilling superintendent: oversee new rig fabrications, H&P rig up
BHPBilliton. yard Houston Texas for the Flex 5 version under contract.
Houston and Cuero, Tx Supervise the startup of multi well single pad horizontal drilling
Office. operations in the Eagle ford and Blackhawk fields in South
Texas.
Manage daily operations and ensure they are completed as per
schedule to optimize performance and overall production.
Implement and manage adherence to organization’s HSE policies.
Feb 2011 – Jan 2012
Louisiana. Drilling superintendent: manage daily horizontal Haynesville
Petrohawk energy corp. shale drilling operations with managed pressure system.
BHP Billiton Ensure that the daily operational program is being executed as
Haughton, La. office. per established budget.
Haynesville shale Implement and manage adherence to organization’s HSE
operations. policies.
Oct 2010–Feb 2011
Louisiana.
Petrohawk energy corp. Drilling superintendent: re completion and work over operations
BHPBilliton with well service unit, tubing and packer recovery, casing back
Haughton, La. office. off’s and repairs, snubbing operations, well kills and tube up’s.
Haynesville shale Electric wire line plug pump downs, perforating, setting packers
operations.and bridge plugs, tubular and casing back off’s.
Coil tubing CFP drill outs, lateral and through
tubing clean outs, well completions.
Frac operations Haynesville single well 11 stage along with
21 stage dual well zipper fracs.
June 2008 - Oct 2010
Arkansas / Louisiana
Petrohawk energy corp. In house Engineering assistance & Drilling Supt. for
Tulsa, Ok. Fayetteville Shale horizontal wells.
Haughton, La. office. Engineering & Drilling superintendent for Haynesville Shale horizontal wells.
Design well programs and oversee daily drilling of horizontal
well operations for Arkansas and Louisiana.
Nov. 2007 - June 2008
Arkansas
Petrohawk energy corp. Drilling Superintendent:
Clinton, Ar. Office Manage daily drilling operations Fayetteville Shale horizontal
wells.
Manage daily operations and ensure they are completed as per
schedule to optimize performance and overall production.
Implement, manage adherence to organization’s HSE policies.
June 2003 – Nov. 2007
Louisiana Drilling consultant:
Petrohawk energy corp. Company site representative for Petrohawk Energy
Haughton, La. Office. Drilled deep HTHP and Haynesville horizontal wells.
Assisted with use of pressure management system.
Carry out and oversee daily drilling operations and
preparation of required equipment and service assistance.
Implement and carry out company HSE policies.
March 2002 – June 2003
Pride International
Sr. Drilling Foremen Oversee new fabrication of 1800Hp telescopic mobile rigs.
Kuwait : Drilling/work over & completions on deep HTHP and horizontal wells.
Carry out and oversee daily drilling operations and preparation
of required equipment to perform all on going job task.
Implement and carry out company HSE policies.
June 1986 – March 2002
Santa Fe Drilling Company
Sr. Drilling Foremen
Venezuela:
SF-176 working for Arco/BP/Amoco: Working on HTHP drilling/workover, and completion operations; Drilled single pad multi well, extended reach wells.
Rig achieved three years no LTA days record at 1,385 LTA days.
Part of drilling team that drilled record well BOQ-18, 19, 20, 21 reducing AFE days by 400 and AFE dollars by 12 million dollars.
Oman: Drilled/Completed HTHP holes in hard rock drilling environment; (Metric system)
Set Outstanding Safety Record (5 years with no LTA)
Drilled/Completed/Work over HTHP wells over 22,000 feet.
Kuwait : Team supervisor on firefighting support team, Heavy equipment operations and metal fabrications.
Drilled wover & recompleted many of the torched wells after
Irac invasion of Kuwait.
1982 – 1986 Various Drilling Contractors
Rough Neck.
Driller.
Evanston, WY: Loffland Brothers Drilling Co.
Oklahoma: Unit Drilling co.
Texas: Santa Fe Drilling co.
Arkansas: Grace Drilling co.
Training
Foreign Language Center - Houston (studying Spanish), current.
Safe land medical & CPR training-Apache Corp. Nov 2013
Stuck Pipe-GSM/Apache Corp March 2014
Well Control IADC – September 2014
K&M technology – June 2013
Stuck Pipe - Randy Smith Drilling Schools, Nov 2011
Leadership - Randy Smith Drilling Schools, Nov 2011
H2S – Petrohawk/BHP Nov 2011
Gas Testing – Petrohawk/BHP Aug 2011
Health Safety Environmental – Petrohawk/BHP Nov2011
Emergency Simulated Medical – Petrohawk/BHP Nov 2011
Simulated Well Control – February 2012
Varco Top drive School - Varco Houston, September 2011
STOP Safety Analysis – September 2011
Material Management School – October 2011
Safety Auditing, December 2011
Confined space entry analysis / Hot work / Gas testing December 2011
Personal Information
Born March 11, 1963; Iowa Falls, Iowa
Computer literate: Familiar with Well view, Perc, Diems and Open wells reporting systems.
Graduated 1981: Pairs High School; Pairs, AR
Arkansas Technical University- August 1981 to December 1982