RONALD BICKHAM

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Houston, TX **082

acxfcp@r.postjobfree.com

713-***-****

Career Summary:

As a Petroleum Engineer, I was fortunate to join the oil industry as a LWD field engineer where I worked both in the Gulf of Mexico and on land rig locations in data acquisition and real time drilling optimization. I then joined a drilling software development group where I applied my expertise in oil and gas well design, drilling operations, BHA design, and data analysis, to improve software development by writing test cases that enabled the proper functional and non-functional testing of drilling applications and then manage and coordinate the field testing phase.

My education and vast experience with drilling operations, application analysis and drilling data analysis has been employed in my work as an optimization engineer supporting drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico. The work involves pre well drilling analysis dealing with understanding offset formations characteristics, drilling parameters, Torque, Drag & Buckle, Bit & Underreamer Hydraulic, and finally understanding the BHA utilized during section drilling. These analyses help supports the proper cutting structure selection for both the bit and underreamer and also aids in setting the drilling parameters to be utilized during section drilling. Post drilling data analysis is also performed by me to aid the Drilling Engineers and other interested parties understanding of section performance and lesson learned.

EDUCATION:

oAugust 2000-May 2003: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.

B.Sc Petroleum Engineering

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

June 2013 – June 2016: National Oilwell Varco, Houston, TX.

Senior Drilling Solutions\Optimization Engineer (Gulf of Mexico Operations)

oI improved the number of well sections awarded to my accounts by first taking the initiative and talking with prospective clients who have never worked with our group and requesting access to all data available. After an extensive analysis of key performance indicators using client and internal data, the client was then presented with solutions to improve performance and save significant cost in section drilling. This has led to wells not just certain sections being awarded to my accounts.

o Once the Drilling Engineer’s invitation to contribute to the well planning project is received, my experience and knowledge in offset formation characteristics analysis is utilized to make appropriate bit and underreamer cutting structure selection for all sections of the well. This has led to mostly excellent dull conditions for the cutting structures and section completion in a single run saving the client millions in trip cost that would have been the result of poor bit and underreamer selection.

oI worked closely with the directional drilling contractor on the BHA designs for each section of approved wellbore; analysis dealing with torque, drag & buckle, drilling Jar placement, Bit hydraulic, Swab & Surge, and drill string vibrations are then completed by me for each BHA. The results of these analyses are used to develop a driller road map with favorable drilling parameters to optimize ROP and minimize vibrations for the run. When the road map is fully implemented, excellent drilling results were achieved and client satisfaction has always been positive.

oMonitoring of ongoing drilling operations is an essential aspect of client and product support. This involves daily communication with the Drilling Engineer and field service supervisor to ensure any concerns are resolved and the drilling goals are being achieved. This approach led to an increase in client confidence regarding our product and services which has contributed to an upsurge in business for the company when compared to the previous years before I joined the account.

oTo Improve post run drilling data analysis, I introduced Dplot application to aid in this process to the offshore drilling group. Once funding for the expenditure was approved for the group, I developed multiple plot templates with explanations to cover all scenarios of drilling data analysis. The templates not only led to a much quicker turned out on data analysis for the group, it also improved the standards of our post run section analysis. Post run drilling data analysis is performed for each run to ensure lessons learned are developed and mistakes are identified to make certain future runs and future field development are successful.

oDaily discussions with Drilling Engineers is an important part of my duties because it helps with the understanding of issues that are the most important to the client. Through these discussions, I was able to bring together our bit design group and the optimization group of the client to work on improving salt bit performance. The result of this collaboration resulted in a new 6 blade 19 mm cutter bit that improved salt drilling instantaneous ROP from 250 ft/hr. to 425 ft/hr.

oAs a senior engineer in the group, I took seriously the responsibility to help train junior engineers in pre and post drilling data analysis utilizing in-house software applications to support clients drilling operations.

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

August 2010 – June 2013: Schlumberger Oil Field Services (Smith International Services), Houston, TX.

Global Drilling Operation Support/Technical Training Engineer

oDue to my experience working on drilling software development and knowledge of oil well drilling operations. I was able to utilize in-house application (Runner) to support upcoming drilling projects with the following analysis of the approved BHA: Torque, Drag & Buckle, Swab & Surge, BHA Stress, String Vibrations, Bit and Underreamer hydraulics. The results were then communicated to field engineers for execution.

oThrough hard work and dedication, I gained experience with both fishing and drilling jars. This experience was use to evaluate approved BHA to determine optimum placement and communicate the results and procedures to field engineers for implementation.

oIn cases were the jars does not perform as designed, I led several failure analysis to ensure that the root cause is identified and lessons are learned.

oI developed training materials for in-house software application (Runner) that was used to instruct newly hired field engineers on Torque, Drag, & Buckle, Swab & Surge, Bit & Underreamer Hydraulics, and Jar Placements analyses. These training required extensive global travel on my part to field offices to meet with field engineers and their managers. Finally, these training allowed the engineers to support ongoing drilling operations in their local areas or districts.

oI developed training materials on drilling parameters and offset formation analysis that was used to instruct newly hired field engineers. These training empowered the engineers in proper bit and underreamer cutting structure selection, and parameters to be used to optimize section drilling. These training allowed the engineers to support ongoing drilling operations in their local areas or districts.

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

January 2007 – August 2010: Schlumberger Oil Field Services (SIS division), Houston, TX.

Quality Assurance Engineer for Drilling Software Applications

oWorked as a quality assurance engineer on Drilling Office application. Drilling office is comprised of six different drilling related applications. These applications are: Well Planning, Hydraulics analysis, Torque, Drag, & Buckle, Anti-Collision analysis, BHA Builder, Well-Bore Geometry and Directional Drillers Toolbox. Drilling Office is one of the main applications utilized by Schlumberger drilling engineers to support drilling operations in the company.

oRegarding the testing of drilling office, I developed ideas for each application based on my knowledge and experiences in the oil and gas industry. I was personally responsible for writing 913 test cases that was used by the testing group for the functional and non-functional testing of each application in the software.

oWork done while testing each application in Drilling Office resulted in several meetings with the software development engineers that resulted in redefining and enhancing the user friendly workflow scenarios and interface for each applications in Drilling Office.

oCoordinated field testing of Drilling Office to comprehend how the applications performs outside of the development environment and communicate results to the software development engineers to ensure lesson learned are implemented.

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

May 2005- January 2007: Weatherford International Oil Field Services, Houston, TX.

LWD Field Engineer

oUpon joining the company, I was exposed to and learned the latest Weatherford MWD/LWD logging tools ranging from directional, gamma ray, neutron porosity, density, annulus pressure and resistivity. I immediately started working as the second engineer on location responsible for the nighttime data acquisition and drilling optimization. Within three months as the second engineer on location, I became lead and started training other new engineers.

oAs part of the onsite drilling optimization, I utilizing real time data logs to identify severe string vibration or hole issues and immediately offered solutions to mitigate the problems preventing drill string and other failures. This pre-emptive measures led to improvement in drilling performance.

oLog data acquisition and delivery is the most important aspect of the service provided by the field engineer. I accomplished this important task by setting a standard of excellence regarding the accuracy of the logs presented to the client. Due to the quality of my work and seniority, I began to help QC the work of other engineers.

oThe nature of this work sometimes required my presence on drilling locations either offshore or onshore for up to 12 weeks at a time. I utilized this time to expand my knowledge of drilling operations and other aspects of the oil and gas industry.

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

May 2003-August 2003: Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Houston, TX.

Reservoir Engineering Intern

oAnalyzed well logs and production history in the company’s Dowdy Ranch development field for re-completion opportunities and was able to submitted recommendations for 3 re-completions. I then wrote and presented AFE’s (Approved for Expenditure) for the 3 re-completion wells which were approved.

oStudied the different well fracturing techniques used in the Dowdy Ranch Field (about 136 wells) and proposed a specific well stimulation method that showed the most promising results regarding the possibility of increasing the productivity of each well where the method was used.

oI studied the reservoir analysis program Petra and was able to utilize the application to develop several reserves estimates on wells in the East Texas Bossier Reservoir Development Projects.

oAnalyzed the result of an ongoing well once production section logs were received from the field; then determined the reserves and economic associated with attempting a completion. I then presented the results to the senior reservoir engineer for approval before calling the rig and recommending a course of action to the team responsible for completing the well.

oAs part of my internship, I was fortunate enough to be present on location for 17 different well fracturing; this opportunity enabled me to study the different fracturing techniques that were used in the field.

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