Manager Engineer

Sid Ruiz Petroleum Engineer Candidate

832-***-**** acxn0m@r.postjobfree.com Missouri City, TX 77459

A highly regarded, well qualified, and seasoned professional with more than 30 years of management experience focused on technical and operational management troubleshooting. Integral player on multiple teams, including being part of the team that increased ROI in marine operation from 9% to 25%, in completion operation from 2% to 28%, and in the testing operation from -10% to 45% ROI. Managed a 15 year-old producing field that that was able to maintain 45% ROI; managed a consulting firm that increased ROI from -5% to 23% in two years. Advanced expertise in the training and development of personnel. Recognized for the ability to perform in high-stress situations on the job and in the office. Well adept at bridging the communication gap between operational technical personnel. Known for effectively working and communicating with all organization personnel. Able to explain complex technical concepts in simple terms.

Experience & Notable Contributions

STOKES & SPIEHLER Houston 3/2005 - Present

Senior Consulting Engineer, 3/2015 - Present

Managed all types of situations regarding drilling, completion, production, or management of troubleshooting operations.

Senior Production Engineer, 3/2014 – 3/2015

Consultant for Halcon Resources in Houston tasked with managing horizontal well completion, production engineering, and well intervention operations in Woodbine Sand, Eagle Ford Shale, and Austin Chalk in the Bryan Giddings area of Texas. Used selective choke sizing, and increased production of chalk (despite being a mature field), to optimize production in the Eagle Ford.

Senior Production Engineer, 3/2012 – 3/2014

Consultant for BHP Billiton in Houston handling horizontal well completion, production engineering, and well intervention operations in the Wolfcamp Shale in the Permian Basin area of Texas. Developed innovative completion techniques in Wolfcamp and supervised a vertical test program in the North Reeves area.

Senior Production Engineer, 1/2010 – 3/2012

Consultant for Petrohawk in Tulsa, Oklahoma handling horizontal well completion, production engineering, and well intervention operations in the Haynesville Shale in Haynesville, Louisiana. Maintained production and developed new completion programs that saved over $1M per well.

Completion Engineer, 9/2009 – 12/2009

Conducted completion/workover engineering consultancy for Stokes & Spiehler in Lafayette, Louisiana handling multiple completion and workover projects in South Louisiana Land, Offshore GOM, and South Texas Land.

Completion Engineer, 4/2009 – 8/2009

Completion Engineering Consultancy for Tullow in Offshore Ghana West Africa handling deep-water completions on the deep-water MODU Eiric Raude. Completion was the first of its kind and was completed under budget/ahead of schedule.

Completion Engineer, 1/2009 – 3/2009

Completion/workover engineering consultancy in Lafayette, Louisiana handling various completion and workover projects in South Louisiana Land, Offshore GOM, and South Texas Land.

Drilling Consultant, 6/2007 – 12/2008

Successfully drilled 16 Lobo, Vicksburg, and Wilcox wells in Central and South Texas as a Well Site Drilling Manager.

Drilling and Completion Consultant, 3/2005 – 5/2007

Successfully drilled multiple deep high-pressure gas wells on land in South Louisiana and tested high pressure 22,000’ H2S well in Mobile Bay, AL.

MCRU DEVELOPMENT LLC Houston 7/2003 – 3/2005

Managing Partner

Provided technical/business development of existing oil and gas properties using under-balanced drilling technology. Held total responsibility for the development of drilling and completion programs in addition to the development of project reservoir and production engineering.

MI/SWACO Houston 10/1996 – 7/2003

Engineering Manager

Provided and managed the engineering and manufacturing staff of 20+ tasked with pressure control, solids control, data acquisition, and waste management. Developed a special automated drilling choke and related equipment for under-balanced operations.

Additional professional experience as a Drilling Engineering Manager for Trans Texas Gas; Regional Manager with Subsurface Engineering; Reservoir Engineering Manager with Halliburton Reservoir Services; Operations Manager

with Halliburton Services.

Education & Certification s

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY BATO ROUGE

30+ hours of short-course technical and business seminars in project management, personnel management, quality control management, business management, drilling engineering, production engineering, completion operations, reservoir engineering, well control, well design, reservoir analysis, casing design, pressure transient analysis.

Introduction to OSH Training, 6 hrs, 2015 Introduction to OSH Management, 6 hrs, 2015 Effective Accident Investigation, 6 hrs, 2015 Accident Prevention Signs and Tags Manual Lifting Techniques-Back Safety Bloodborne Pathogens Confined Space Entry (OSHA 29 CFR 1910.146 (g) Awareness Level Drug and Alcohol Awareness (DOT 46 CFR 16.401 & 391.119) Electrical Safety (OSHA 29 CFR 1910.332) Awareness Level Fall Protection Fire Prevention and Extinguishers Hand Safety Hazardous Communication (OSHA 29 CFR 19010.1200 (h)) Hazwoper First Responder Awareness Hearing Conservation (OSHA 29 CFR 1910.95) Incident Reporting & Investigation Training Job Safety Analysis Training Lockout/Tagout (OSHA 29 CFR 1910.147 (c) (7) Permitting Personal Protective Equipment (OSHA 29 CFR 1910.132(f) Stop Work Authority (BBS) Walking Working Surfaces

Professional Affiliations

Society of Petroleum Engineers (Member for 36 years, Board of Directors of local chapter when living in New Orleans, Co-author of two SPE Technical Papers, currently on SPE Technical Review Committee for Drilling and Completion Technical Papers)

American Petroleum Institute (Member of Special Committee for Pressure Control [16C] and Member of Coiled Tubing Well Intervention Task Force)

International Association of Drilling Contractors (Committee Chairman on special Managed Pressure Drilling Committee, Co-author of guidelines documents)

American Association of Drilling Engineers (Member)

National Registry of Environmental Professionals (Registered Environmental Manager)

Board of Industry Advisors for Louisiana State University School of Petroleum Engineering

Strothmore’s Who’s Who in Business and Technology

Board of Directors for Campinile Charities Foundation (associated with Louisiana State University)

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