Engineer Management

Travis Klein

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Senior Drilling Engineer

Highly competent and safety-conscious Drilling Engineer offering 15+ years of experience in managing the planning and execution of all aspects of offshore and onshore drilling and completions projects. Proven track record in determining processes, training and technology improvements delivering measureable results in cost control, efficient team working, risk mitigation and well production. Demonstrated strategic and problem solving skills in providing hands on guidance and clear directives for safe planning and running of operations. Possess excellent leadership and communication skills, technical maturity and flexibility to adjust to change. Technical proficiency in Landmark Drilling Suite, including Drilling reporting, Stress Check casing design, Well Plan, and Compass. Technical proficiency in Single and Multi-Well cost estimating software.

Areas of Expertise & Technical Skills

Project Planning & Execution

Detailed Engineering Design

Training & Development

Budgeting & Cost Control

Well Planning & Operations

Inspection & Troubleshooting

Drilling & Completion Design

Health & Safety Compliance

Contract Management

Resource Management

Process Re-Engineering

Microsoft Office Suite

Professional Experience

AZTECH WELL CONSTRUCTION PTY LTD, Sydney, Australia 2013 – Nov 2016

Drilling and Completions Manager / Senior Drilling Engineer Strike Energy

Directed all activities and functions related to full life cycle project management for all facets of exploration including drilling, frac, completion, workover, and abandonment operations. Regulated hiring process of new staff as well as spearheaded all office and field centred personnel. Competently implemented and improved endorsement of all the required changes and updates to the company D&C policies, procedures, and management systems.

Selected Contributions:

Actively controlled activities associated with the regulatory compliance and approvals along with 3rd party contractor selection and contracts management.

Steered efforts towards D&C program approvals while ensuring Health and Safety of all personnel engaged in operations with minimal environmental impact.

Employed methods and techniques to achieve significant reduction of 25% in well costs.

Senior Drilling Engineer / Superintendent New South Wales (NSW) Government

Demonstrated competent performance in contracting, well planning, and operations management for carbon sequestration exploration wells drilling and wireline retrievable coring/ evaluation program.

Senior Drilling Engineer Bridgeport Energy

Furnished active functional management of contracting and well planning for the exploration and development drilling programs.

ORIGIN ENERGY, Australia/New Zealand 2011 – 2013

Principal Drilling Engineer

Succeeded in managing the D&C planning of wells for Origin Energy upstream and in evaluating and establishing new projects for pertinence in Origin Energy’s portfolio. Apportioned appropriate and required resources to the planning of wells encompassing interviewing and hiring. Ensured well planning followed all of Origin Energy’s D&C, HSE policies and procedures, and relevant regulations.

Selected Contributions:

Delivered services of tendering and appraisal for rigs, location construction, and 3rd party services.

Developed and supervised a team planning 20,000ft MD/6,500ft TVD ERD gas wells from onshore to offshore as well as coiled tubing workover planning from offshore platform.

Professional Experience Continued…

Senior Drilling Engineer, Australia 2008 – 2011

Held accountable for all aspects of well design and operation with location construction, well planning, risk weighted cost valuation, selection and hiring of rig supervisors and logistics support personnel, contractor tendering, formulation of contract work scopes, pre-spud meetings, cost management, and well programming.

Selected Contributions:

Accomplished operations engineer and drilling superintendent tasks, including and post analysis of operations to integrate lessons learned. Focused on directional oil and gas wells, normally pressured with 310deg F bottomhole temperature and up to 14,000ft depth.

BP, US Land - Southeastern Oklahoma 2006 – 2008

Drilling Engineer

Headed and performed all aspects of well design and execution consisting detailed well planning, risk weighted cost estimation, contractor selection, pre-spud meetings, cost management, well programming, safety leadership, peer review, technical limit implementation, and post examination of operations.

Selected Contributions:

Organised and facilitataed the delivery of a new H&P Flex Rig to the asset incident and injury free, under AFE time and 10% under cost and also drilled first well with no rig associated NPT.

Planned and drilled directional unconventional tight gas wells to the depths of 15,000ft MD and horizontal wells with 3,500ft laterals at 13,500ft TVD.

oDrilled surface sections under-balanced w/air and hammer bits and production sections w/OBM

oDrilled high compressive strength formations with turbines and diamond impregnated bits.

oRan multi-stage liners as completion in horizontal wells in preparation for frac stimulation

oEstablished record for lowest cost horizontal well in the field.

Professionally trained and mentored junior engineers with Landmark well design software suite and probabilistic cost estimating software. Collaborated field trials with offshore technology group.

BP, Offshore Caspian Sea – Baku, Azerbaijan 2004 – 2006

Drilling Engineer

Provided functional support of well design and operations which incorporated planning, risk weighted cost calculation, vendor selection, cost management, programming, logistics support, organization of peer review, technical limit implementation and post analysis of operations.

Selected Contributions:

Supported drilling of HPHT directional gas/condensate wells (Shah Deniz) from a semi-submersible drilling rig. Confronted major challenges of handling a narrow pore pressure/ fracture gradient window (<1.0 ppg), logistics and organisation for long lead items along with cultural and language barriers.

Additional Experience

BP, – US – Gulf of Mexico Deep Water/Shelf 2001 - 2004

Drilling Engineer Jack-up rigs GOM Shelf 2004

Well Site Drilling Engineer/Supervisor Jack-up rigs GOM Shelf 2003-2004

Planning and Well Site Drilling Engineer Deep Water HPHT Mad Dog Development 2001-2003

WESTERN GEOPHYSICAL, Offshore – US/ Mexico/ South America 1997-1999

Seismic Team Leader

Education

Master in Petroleum Engineering University of Texas – Austin, Texas 1999 - 2001

Bachelor in Marine Sciences Texas A&M University – Galveston, Texas 1993 - 1996

Training & Development

Horizontal Drilling, Directional Drilling, Drilling Fluids, Primary and Remedial Cementing, Drillstring Design, Casing Design, Probabilistic Cost Estimating, Well Logging, Reservoir Geology, Petrophysics, HSE Leadership Training, Drilling Project Management, IWCF Subsea Supervisor, BOSIET offshore survival

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