John M. Spurgeon

P.O. BOX *** - *** W. Main

Whitesboro, TX. 76273

Home 903-***-****

Cell 903-***-****

SUMMARY:

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Experience in the Texas Barnett Shale, South East Texas, James Lime Horizontals, Cotton Valley, Haynesville Shale, and Drilling Deep wells, Eastern Okla. Weatherford shale Cleveland sands, Mississippi lime stone, West Texas, and Mississippi lime North West Okla.

Short Radius S Curve, Horizontal & Triple Lateral Wells in 1 well bore

Experience in air drilling operations. Drilling under balanced with brine, calcium chloride &KCL water. Gas & Oil Wells.

Experience & knowledge of drilling wildcat wells.

Experience in dealing with lost circulation.

Knowledge in water based & oil based mud systems, solids control equip. Bit selection & mud motor application.

Land experience from both driller & tool pusher perspective.

Geographical domestic experience: Texas, Okla., South east Kansas, & South west New Mexico

Computer literate in writing reports, drilling logs & well documentation. Software: Rim Base, Well E., Excel. Well View, and numerous others.

Experience in dealing with and handling contractors & subcontractors to work on locations, rig maintenance, various environments, supervision of rig building and personnel.

Well Control Certified. Exp. date 10/2015

H2S Certified

Valid Passport

EXPERIENCE:

5/13-11/14 Midstates Petroleum Drilling Consultant

Day well sight supervisor drilling in North West Okla. 10-

15,000’ lateral’s in the Mississippi Lime well’s taking

15 to 21 days from spud to rig release Well program is Rim base

6/12- 5/13 SM Energy Drilling Consultant

Well sight supervisor drilling in South East New Mexico,

West Texas deep lateral wells with up to 8000’ laterals

In sand, shale & lime stone Drilling with fresh & brine

Water as well as oil based mud. Drilling with Nabors

M rig using Rig Watch & Well View Programs

10/11- 5/12 Nadel & Gussman Drilling Consultant

Supervise all aspects drilling operation in the first lateral in

Kansas & in the Mississippi Lime drilling for oil & gas.

Drilled shallow horizontals well in North East Okla. also.

8/11-10/11 W & T Offshore Drilling Consultant E – Texas

One well contract, Supervise drilling operations of James Lime Horizontal, under balanced wells

6/10-8/11 S.M. Energy Day Drilling Consultant E - Texas

Supervise drilling operations & night consultant on all

Aspects of drilling Haynesville shale wells. All these wells

Have a kick off point of 12,500’ then drill curve &

Lateral out to 20,000’. The wells are drilled with water

Based mud to kick off then oil based mud to T.D.

9/08-6/10 Chaparral Energy Consultant – Okla. Supervised drilling operations on vertical wells in the Viola and Bromide shell formations. Drilled for oil & gas from 6000’ to 18,000’. Cost management analyst on each well. It was my job to keep drilling cost to bear minimum and bring in wells at or below projected cost.

5/08-8/08 Texas American Resources Consultant – East Texas Overseen drilling operations in the James Lime and Cotton Valley formations, wells were drilled in reclaimed coal beds depths 8000’ to 10,500’. Cost management analyst on each well. Wells were being drilled for Texas America. It was my job to keep drilling cost to bear minimum and bring in wells at or below projected cost.

2/07-3/08 Goodrich Petroleum Consultant – East TX.

Drilling locations in Cotton Valley formations were in recovered coal mining beds. Vertical wells to depths of 11,000’. James Lime Formation wells were under-balanced wells drilling with calcium chloride water to depths up to 18,000’ with horizontals out to 9000’. Casing used in these wells were Packers Plus Assembly. Burned flairs up to 150 feet, these wells all were natural gas. Wells created gas kicks up to 10,000 units as per Pason Systems.

7/06-1/07 Chesapeake Operating Consultant - Barnet Shale

Drilled many wells all in Barnet Shale Formations. North Central Texas all laterals & S curves up to 17,000’. Conventional rigs double and triple box, Top Drives 250 ton Tesco Top drives. Draco slingshots with 500 ton Varco Top drive. Closed loop systems.

5-06 -7/06 Bronco Drilling - Tool Pusher -Working with co. man drilling multi-lateral well package, ordering all materials for rig & cost management analyst, hiring of all hands drilling for oil & gas straight & horizontal wells from 8000-15000’. Started as company man.

2-06 – 5-06 Helmerich & Payne International Drilling - Driller / Tool Pusher – oversaw building of new rig & brought rig out of yard. Flex 4, Tesco Top Drive.

4-05 - 1-06 Felderhoff Drilling - Lead Tool Pusher- Working with co. man drilling multi- lateral wells ordering all materials for rig, cost management analyst, hiring of all hands, drilling S curve & horizontal wells for Devon Energy from 8000’ to 18,000’ . On some wells we used Air Drilling Systems.

11-02 - 4-05 Felderhoff Drilling - Driller / Tool pusher - Evening Tower Driller took care rig hands, kept rig clean & running at top performance drilled vertical wells from 8000- 17000’ Took pushing job at co. mans recommendation

1993 - 2002 Verizon Telephone - Construction Lineman / Foreman supervised the maintenance of trucks, equipment & run 3-4 men crews hung multi pair lines in the air

1987 - 1993 Exedra Drilling -Driller /Tool pusher took care of day to day operations running of rig, over seen hands, call in morning reports. Drilling for oil & gas from 8000-20000’. Took Drilling Supervisor job last two years over 4 rigs helped pushers keep rigs in top performance. Drilled in Northern Okla. for oil & gas, staked new locations & contracted subs to build location. Supervise all rig moves. No longer in business

1980 - 1987 Splicer’s Plus Owner (Self Employed) CATV Aerial & Underground Construction, Supervised 10 crews of 3 men per crew. Hang CATV cable & fiber optics in the air & placing under ground splicing all equipment in lines working with 8 sub contractors at a time to complete jobs on time

1979 - 1980 L.E. Jones Drilling - Daylight Driller & Tool pusher - Drilled from 8000’up to 25000’, some wells drilled for H2S & oil 10-500 parts per million. As pusher called D/S with morning reports hired & fired rig hands kept rig running at top performance at all times. No Longer in business

1977 – 1979 E.W. Moran Drilling– Evening tower Driller, drilled wells from 6000-25000’ drilling for oil & gas. Helped build rigs in yard. Company is no longer in business.

1975 – 1977 Harper Turner Drilling - Broke out in oilfield started in worms corner & was drilling morning tower within 1 year.

1972 – 1975 USMC, Vietnam Vet. E 5 when my enlistment was up.

Education:

2 years Cooke County College – Drafting

Wild Well Control Certification

OSHA Safety Cert.

Chemical License

CPR & First Aid, Heat Stress

Stuck Pipe

Preventative Maintenance

True Training

Confined Space

Riggers Training

Hazardous Communications (HAZCOM)

Electrical Safety (LO/TO Procedures)

Personal hoisting Procedure & Fall Protection

Spill Prevention & Control (SPCC Plan)

Team Building

Iron Roughneck Training in Hawk Jaw & ST80 & Scorpion VT2000

Top Drive Training on Varco, Tesco & Can Rig

H2S school & Certification

K & M School

Leader ship training

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