CARLOS JOSE RONDON
**** *********** ******* **, ****, TX 77493 • 346-***-**** • ******.**********@*****.*** DEDICATED DEEP DRILLING SPECIALIST
Oil & Gas Consultant • Senior Drilling Engineer • Technical Advisor • Senior Drilling Specialist Offshore Drilling Operations • Project Management • Bid Evaluation • Deep Well Drilling Strategies Increased Production • Minimized Risk • Enhanced Operations • Refined Drilling Techniques CIV:31231 Certification • Haradh Incremental III Award • Ghawar Performance Recognition WORK EXPERIENCE
Amazon Sort Center; Houston, TX 2020 - present
Associate (Part-Time)
Kuwait Oil Company; Kuwait 2016 - 2018
KOC Senior Deep Drilling Engineer / Drilling Specialist
● Drilled and completed 10+ HPHT deep wells with depths of 20,000+ feet.
● Oversaw operations of 4 rigs as a Drilling Supervisor and acting Drilling & Compl. Specialist.
● Prepared AFEs, wrote drilling/completion programs, and followed up on daily drilling activities.
● Built team capacity and competence by training, mentoring, and supervising junior engineers. Various Clients; Houston, TX 2014 - 2016
Independent Oil & Gas Consultant
North American Gas; Houston, TX 2012 - 2014
BP Drilling Engineer
● Monitored all aspects of daily drilling activities in Wyoming.
● Minimized incidents by analyzing well control barriers and safety standards in drilling operations.
● Enhanced BP’s overall performance by evaluating Operated by Other (OBO) partners for the Wyoming area and recommending areas for improvement.
● Prepared AFEs, wrote drilling programs, and followed up on daily drilling activities. Saudi Aramco; Saudi Arabia 2008 - 2012
Senior Drilling Engineer
● Participated in Haradh incremental III project, increasing the production of the field to 300,000 BPD in a single year while completing 20 multilateral swells.
● Planned dual laterals horizontal/open hole sidetracks ( 5,000’ vertical sections targeting Khuff-C Carbonates (Limestone and/or Dolomites) reservoirs for Haradh Khuff gas development.
● Navigated technical and engineering planning for vertical Deep Gas Delineation Pre-Khuff wells targeting Sara sandstone formations with PP between 90 and 94 pcf EMW.
● Planned and prepared H2S Emergency Response Plan (ERP) for all critical wells with H2S Rupture Expose Radius (RER) between 30 ppm and 100 ppm.
● Planned and monitored daily operational execution of critical and high risk deep gas wells across Ghawar and satellite fields (development/delineation wells). REPSOL-YPF Madrid 2007 - 2008
DG Upstream Drilling Engineering Leader
● Evaluated and analyzed applications of new technology for drilling and completion operations.
● Provided comprehensive technical engineering support for all onshore and land operations spread across the Europe, Asia, and Africa region.
● Engaged with the Well Construction Management (WCM) team tasked with peer review and approval of the budget and execution of drilling projects for the region, including HPHT wells. Prior Experiences: Saudi Aramco, Senior Drilling Engineer; REPSOL-YPF U.N., Drilling, Completion and Workover Superintendent; Baker Hughes, Project Manager E&P Solutions; PDVSA, Drilling & Completion Project Leader
EDUCATION
Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica (UNEXPO) Antonio José de Sucre, Caracas, Venezuela
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering
TECHNOLOGIES, PROFESSIONAL DEV’T, CERTIFICATIONS, LANGUAGES, & AWARDS Technologies:
Microsoft Office • Stage Frac System • WCS • BP/Chevron DTA Center • WCS • IWDC/KOC Professional Development:
Manager Training, Baker Hughes Program
Contract administration & Legal Specifications, Baker Hughes Economy for Engineers, PDVSA
Gas Fields development, PDVSA
Certifications:
CIV:31231
SPE # 2042122
Languages:
English • Spanish
Awards:
Haradh Incremental III Award
Ghawar Performance Recognition