DON C. CLEGHORN
Houston, TX 77066
Home Phone: 832-***-****
*******@*****.***
SUMMARY
A dedicated, highly motivated individual with a diverse background in the oil and gas industry, including data base management, accounting principles, (including cost tracking, AFE generation, accruals), and management.
SKILLS
Accounting
MS Office Suite
Visual Basic
SharePoint
SCADA
ArcGIS
Financial Reporting
WellView9
Cygnet
Mgt of Change
WellSite
DSM
Petra
SAP
TIBCO (Spotfire)
OVS 3.2 (PLOTVIS)
OpenWells
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Progressive Recruitment/Statoil Services LLC 2014-August 2015
Drilling & Well Tech
Supporting Drilling and Completions through daily QA/QC of operational time and cost coding, non-operated offset historical performance analysis, supporting through means of data gathering and analysis, and regulatory and procurement support for all Exploration and Development well work.
Actively participated in morning D&W operational meetings and Cross-Functional Team meetings.
Monitored daily morning report and facilitates data error corrections to time and cost coding as well as Non-Productive Time capture.
Conducted daily cost surveillance QA/QC as well as post-mortem cost reconciliation for Drilling and Completion activities.
Participated with D&W engineers in pulling data necessary for analysis related to contractor performance, internal/external benchmarking, performance trends, and End-of-Well Reports as well as contractor EHS data including OSHA Recordable and Incident Rates.
Active role in Non-operated offset well analysis, for performance trends, technology applications, lessons learned, and key drivers that give unique advantage opportunities.
Assisted in Procurement with timely acquisition of material, equipment, and personnel. Reviews and approves relevant invoices for accuracy.
Actively participated in HSE Management System.
Actively participated in Statoil Networks and/or Competence Groups as well as industry societies/focus groups (SPE, etc.)
ConocoPhillips 2013-2014 Production Engineering Tech
Collaborated with team members for data acquisition including production volumes, well schematics, WellView queries, SharePoint Updates, and Plunger Lift Optimization, SAP reports; report/presentations preparation and analysis of data for various engineering projects.
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Designed and updated spreadsheets with production numbers populating Plots.
After remedial wellwork performed, verifying well schematics are correct.
Load; manipulate/extract data using Excel, SAP, WellView OVS, and other software programs for improved data analysis and efficiencies.
EHS Volunteering Duties
ConocoPhillips L48 Gulf Coast Incident Command Team Liaison Officer.
Hess Corporation-Bakken 2008-2013
Senior Engineering Tech
Collaborated with the team with data acquisition including production volumes, well schematics, and completion reports; report/presentations preparation and analysis of data for various engineering projects. Developed and managed routine transfer process for data between field operations in North Dakota, the NDIC website in North Dakota, and engineering team in Houston for efficiency and analysis.
Designed and updated frac (multi-stage using packers and sleeves as well as plug and perf), floback, and other information in spreadsheets and data bases including WellView, Pinpoint Well Trajectory files, and Petra which allowed optimum packer/sleeve placement and a repository with accurate historical reference.
Loaded, manipulated/extracted data using Excel, Petra, SAP, WellView and other software programs for improved data analysis and efficiencies.
EHS Volunteering Duties
Reviewed EHS Safety Procedures and Plans, ND RAG Documents, ND Synergi Reports, Near Miss Reports, and Root Cause Analysis Reports.
Hess Gulf of Mexico EMT as a ROTA 1 Liaison Officer.
Dr. Sergio Rybka-Urologist 2007-2008 Project Manager
Electronic transformation of patient files from hard copy which increased accuracy and improved patient care.
Production Consultant-Permian 2005-2006
Oil and gas well surveillance, maintenance of production and injection facilities and associated equipment including plunger lift, heater treaters, scrubbers, and compressors which increased production, reduced waste, and increased production accountability.
Bureau of Land Management 2003-2005
Certified Petroleum Engineering Technician
Inspected oil and gas drilling operations and facilities in order to assure operator’s equipment and operations were in compliance with approved plans, federal regulations, Orders, Notices to Lessees, and related standards and procedures and addressed deficiencies with Incidents of Noncompliance and Written Orders.
Inspected complex production facilities, comparing site security diagrams for accuracy with onsite production equipment and performed periodic lease inspections of producing wells and drilling rigs for witnessing casing tests and wells abandonment’s which increased revenues and decreased well-failures and environmental problems.
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Witnessed periodic calibration testing of automatic metering equipment, oil and gas well production and formation testing and performed complex calculations necessary to verify oil and gas volumes as well as determining drilling and abandonment fluid volumes and procedures are correct and in accordance with guidelines.
Conducted inspections of drilling operations to minimize adverse effects on the environment through investigation of oil and produced water spills and recommended remedial actions.
Chevron U.S.A. 1988-2001
Field Technician-Permian
Conducted oil well surveillance and maintenance of 40 production and injection wells including supervision of up to 10 contract employees and new employees in training. Communicated well data including daily gas and/or liquid volumes, well pressures, oil sales, LACT proving, and chemical usage to managers, engineers, the BLM and NMOCD.
Planned and scheduled rig work for well failures and project work which increased production, reduced downtime, and improved efficiencies.
Identified opportunities for improvements successfully completing efforts to reduce downhole failures by 50%.
Managed contractor maintenance program reducing contractor costs by 10% of previous year.
Partnered in the development and implementation of continual improvement plans and processes based on gaps, Chevron E&P EHS requirements and new or existing regulations which reduced costs and improved EHS overall results.
Collaborated in design of an Emergency Response Plan and provided training for my particular production area which reduced response times and increased awareness of avoidable hazards.
Planned and coordinated safety meetings providing technical and expert motivational presentations.
CERTIFICATIONS/TRAINING
Fire Fighting
Risk Assessment
Electrical Safety
Norm Awareness
Confined Space
ICS-402 LOFR
SCADA
Lockout/Tagout
Drum/Small Cont
Contractor Safety
Back/Lifting
Portable H2S/O2/Lel
Hoisting/Rigging
Hazard com/mat
Hazwopper III
CPR/First Aid
Emergency Resp
H2S Cert/Resp Prot
Waste Mgt
P.P.E.
Member of SPE
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science Degree, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84321
Majors: Personnel and Industrial Relations, Business Management
Completions Engineering Technician