Business Development Project Management
Resume:
BRYCE W. SIMONSON
**** ******* ******* **, *.E. Mobile: +1-505-***-****
Albuquerque, NM 87122
USA ******@*****.***
DEEP DRILLING / COMPLETIONS & WORKOVER CONSULTANT
OIL AND GAS SECTOR
PROFILE
40 plus years of experience as an independent contractor/consultant in the oil industry with general management, progressive responsible management & technical experience, a technical & consultant manager known for resourcefulness and creativity, interaction with international governmental agencies, personnel, public & private owned businesses and individuals. References available upon request from overseas and USA.
COMPETENCIES AND PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE
Cost Reduction Strategies
New Business Development
Project Management
Contract Negotiations
Operational Excellence
Quality Management
Equipment Auditing
Process Optimization
Site Development
Maintenance Management
Planning & Development
Staff Management
Plants & Facilities
P&L Responsibility
Training & Education
Strategy Planning
EQUIPMENT EXPERIENCE:
Varco Top Drives: TDS3, TDS4S, TDS9
900 – 3000 hp drilling rigs
Production Management
Medical certification
Vendor Negotiations
Defensive driving class
Zephyr Plc / Rose Petroleum
Green River, UTAH
March 2024 – Oct. 2024
Drilling and Workover/Completions consultant in charge of drilling and completion programs and operational issues on well site, drilling long reach lateral with high-pressure zones, using 22 ppg mud. Using MPD and UBD technology
Preparation of daily well reports and daily operations on well site using Well View reporting system
Cost tracking along with daily updates for materials control & stock control
Reporting to Drilling Manager & Drilling Engineer
Ensuring daily HSE requirements are met and that all field employees are qualified for positions taken
Maintained business objectives in a timely manner and within cost budget
Management and implementation of casing & cementing programs
Codeco-Vanoco North American Helium
Office: Calgary Canada & Denver CO USA
Field: Green River, UTAH
Dec. 2023 – March 2024
Drilling and Workover/Completions Night consultant in charge of drilling and completion programs and operational issues on well site, drilling 3 Helium wells to 6,500’
Supervisor on Completions of all 3 wells, using TCP ( tubing conveyed perforating )
Preparation of daily well reports and daily operations on well site using Petrosight reporting system
Cost tracking along with daily updates for materials control & stock control
Reporting to Drilling Manager & Drilling Engineer
Ensuring daily HSE requirements are met and that all field employees are qualified for positions taken
Maintained business objectives in a timely manner and within cost budget
Management and implementation of casing & cementing programs
Zephyr Plc / Rose Petroleum
Green River, UTAH
Jan. 2023 – Dec.2023
Drilling and Workover/Completions Night consultant in charge of drilling and completion programs and operational issues on well site, drilling long reach lateral with high-pressure zones, using 22 ppg mud. Using MPD and UBD technology
Preparation of daily well reports and daily operations on well site using Well View reporting system
Cost tracking along with daily updates for materials control & stock control
Reporting to Drilling Manager & Drilling Engineer
Ensuring daily HSE requirements are met and that all field employees are qualified for positions taken
Maintained business objectives in a timely manner and within cost budget
Management and implementation of casing & cementing programs
Halliburton Energy Services.
Casper WY
April 2022 – Dec. 2022
Service Operator
Rigging up of de-watering and centrifugal equipment on well sites for various operators
Ensure “dirty” fluids are returned to original state through dewaterization and chemicals
Running and maintenance of centrifugal equipment to remove sands/barite and various “cuttings” and sending back to mud tank systems/tanks as per company representatives requests.
Mixing of “cuttings” with various products to prepare to send to assigned/licensed landfills and loading of “side-dump” trailers
Implementation of Company’s HSE regulations
Phoenix Consulting
Dec. 2021 – March 2022
Newtown ND
Drilling Supervisor
Drilling night consultant in charge of drilling programs and operational issues on well site, on H2O disposal wells
Preparation of daily well reports and daily operations on well site using Well View reporting system
Cost tracking along with daily updates for materials control & stock control and cost control
Reporting to Operational Manager & Drilling Engineer
Ensuring daily HSE requirements are met and that all field employees are qualified for positions taken
Implementation of Company’s HSE regulations
Crescent - Dana Gas
KURDISTAN, IRAQ
Sept. 2018 – Nov. 2021
Senior Drilling Supervisor
Drilling night consultant in charge of drilling programs and operational issues on well site, drilling horizontal and high-pressure zones, with complete losses at various points of the well. Drilling depths of 5,000-meter wells, with high concentrates of H2S gas. Drilling using MPD and UBD technology
Preparation of daily well reports and daily operations on well site using Well View reporting system
Cost tracking along with daily updates for materials control & stock control
Reporting to Drilling Manager & Drilling Supt
Ensuring daily HSE requirements are met and that all field employees are qualified for positions taken
Implementation of Company’s HSE regulations
Maintained business objectives in a timely manner and within cost budget
Introducing new drilling technologies and innovations to the local Kurdish/Arabic personnel.
Management and implementation of casing & cementing programs
Integrated Petroleum Technologies, Inc.
May 2017 – Sept. 2018
Well Site Drilling Supervisor-Contractor
Drilling Supervisor in charge of drilling programs and operational issues on well site, drilling high pressure zones and depleted zones with total losses occurring. Drilling depths of 19,000 foot and high angle wells on 6 – 8 pad well locations and also single well locations.
Preparation of daily well reports and daily operations on well site using Well View reporting system
Cost tracking along with daily updates for materials control & stock control
Reporting to Drilling Manager & Drilling Supt
Ensuring daily HSE requirements are met and that all field employees are qualified for positions taken
Maintained business objectives in a timely manner and within cost budget
Management and implementation of casing & cementing programs
BJ Services LLC
Feb. 2017 – May 2017
Cheyenne Wyo.
Equipment Operator.
CDL driver, hauling bulk cement to well sites and unloading into silo’s
Assisted in rigging up of cementing equipment along with bulk trucks and performing duties required while on-going casing cementing jobs on drilling locations.
Calculate cementing volumes on cementing jobs for casing and plugging jobs.
Reported to Team Supervisor on each job, when on-site doing cementing jobs and also, when delivering cement, reported to transport coordinator at base site in Cheyenne WY.
Participated in all PJSM and daily safety stand downs at base each morning/evening.
Perfect driving record with no incidents/accidents or near misses reported
KOC/UPDC
Kuwait, State of Kuwait
Kuwait Oil Company
March 2015 – May 2016
Senior Drilling Supervisor
Senior Drilling Consultant in charge of drilling programs and operational issues on well site, drilling deviated HPHT wells to 20,000’ with over pressured and depleted zones, with high H2S concentrations and various downhole problems and situations.
Preparation of daily well reports and daily operations on well site using Open Wells reporting system.
Cost tracking along with daily updates for materials control & stock control
Reporting to Team Leader, Drilling Manager and Drilling Engineers of KOC
Ensuring daily HSE requirements are met and that all field employees are qualified for positions taken
Implementation of Company’s HSE regulations
Working with various personnel from global sections of the world.
Maintained business objectives in a timely manner and within cost budget
Management and implementation of casing & cementing programs
IPT
Integrated Petroleum Technologies, Inc.
August 2014 – March 2015
Drilling Supervisor- Contractor
Drilling night consultant in charge of drilling programs and operational issues on well site, drilling high pressure zones. Drilling depths of 12,000 foot and high angle wells on 6 – 8 pad well locations, Also drilling of injection wells at 10,000’ and setting of slotted liners and packers for injection.
Preparation of daily well reports and daily operations on well site using Well View reporting system
Cost tracking along with daily updates for materials control & stock control
Reporting to Drilling Manager & Drilling Supt
Ensuring daily HSE requirements are met and that all field employees are qualified for positions taken
Maintained business objectives in a timely manner and within cost budget
Management and implementation of casing & cementing programs
Repsol Kurdistan
January 2014 – July 2014
Senior Drilling Supervisor
Drilling Consultant in charge of drilling programs and operational issues on well site, drilling high pressure zones, with complete losses at various points of the well. Drilling depths of 3,000 meter wells, with high concentrates of H2S gas.
Drilling using MPD / UBD technology and air/foam drilling
Preparation of daily well reports and daily operations on well site using Well View reporting system
Cost tracking along with daily updates for materials control & stock control
Reporting to Drilling Manager & Drilling Supt
Ensuring daily HSE requirements are met and that all field employees are qualified for positions taken
Implementation of Company’s HSE regulations
Maintained business objectives in a timely manner and within cost budget
Introducing new drilling technologies and innovations to the local Kurdish/Arabic employees due to moving of rig to a new area which required the drilling contractor to hire locals from that area and dismiss the trained employee/s
Management and implementation of casing & cementing programs
DNO
KURDISTAN, IRAQ
June 2012 – Nov. 2013
Senior Drilling Supervisor
Drilling Consultant in charge of drilling programs and operational issues on well site, drilling horizontal and high-pressure zones, with complete losses at various points of the well. Drilling depths of 5,000-meter wells, with high concentrates of H2S gas. Drilling using MPD and UBD technology
Preparation of daily well reports and daily operations on well site using Well View reporting system
Cost tracking along with daily updates for materials control & stock control
Reporting to Drilling Manager & Drilling Supt
Ensuring daily HSE requirements are met and that all field employees are qualified for positions taken
Implementation of Company’s HSE regulations
Maintained business objectives in a timely manner and within cost budget
Introducing new drilling technologies and innovations to the local Kurdish/Arabic personnel.
Management and implementation of casing & cementing programs
Vintage Production/Oxy Petroleum
Bakersfield California
May 2010 – June 2012
Senior Drilling Supervisor
Drilling Consultant in charge of drilling programs and operational issues on 4,000’ – 13,000’ vertical and directional wells. Some wells drilled with losses at various stages of drilling
Preparation of daily well reports and daily operations on well site using Open Wells reporting system
Cost tracking along with daily updates for materials control & stock control
Reporting to Drilling Manager & Drilling Engineer
Ensuring daily HSE requirements are met and that all field employees are qualified for positions taken
Implementation of Company’s HSE regulations
Maintained business objectives in a timely manner and within cost budget
Management and implementation of casing & cementing programs
HUNT/HOME OIL
KURDISTAN, IRAQ
Oct. 2009 – May 2010
Senior Drilling Supervisor
Drilling Consultant in charge of drilling programs and operational issues on well site, drilling horizontal and high-pressure zones, with complete losses at various points of the well. Drilling depths of 6,500-meter wells, with high concentrates of H2S gas
Preparation of daily well reports and daily operations on well site using Well View reporting system. Cost tracking along with daily updates for materials control & stock control
Reporting to Drilling Manager & Drilling Supt.
Ensuring daily HSE requirements are met and that all field employees are qualified for positions taken
Implementation of Company’s HSE regulations
Maintained business objectives in a timely manner and within cost budget
Introducing new drilling technologies and innovations to the local Kurdish/Arabic employees due to moving of rig to a new area which required the drilling contractor to hire locals from that area and dismiss the trained employees
Management and implementation of casing & cementing program
TTOPCO OPERATING
TAQ TAQ KURDISTAN, IRAQ
June 2008-Oct. 2009
Senior Drilling Supervisor
Consultant on HTHP horizontal oil wells using 17.4ppg mud with high concentrations of H2S gas along with complete losses during various points of the well
Wells capable of producing 20,000+ bpd
Preparation of daily well reports and daily operations on well site. Cost tracking along with daily updates for materials control & stock control
Reporting to Drilling Manager & Senior Well Engineer in Ankara Turkey
Ensuring daily HSE requirements are met and that all field employees are qualified for positions taken. Interview and selection of Kurdish & Arabic employees for new positions
Maintained business objectives in a timely manner and within cost budget along with reactivation of IRI-900 Drilling/Workover Rig and associated drilling equipment for drilling shallow underbalanced wells
Introducing new drilling technologies and innovations to the local Kurdish/Arabic employees
Worked within the group of Kurdish/Arabic on all projects
EPI Consulting
Houston Texas
Oct. 2007- June-2008
Consulting on wells for ECA Holdings LP-Texas (3 wells)
Consultant on 21,500’ HTHP Shale Horizontal gas wells using 16.4ppg mud with high concentrations of H2S, using CanRig Top Drive system
Preparation of daily well reports and daily operations on well site using Dimm’s reporting system
Reporting to Chief Well Engineer in Sugarland Texas office
Ensuring daily HSE requirements are met and that all field employees are qualified for positions taken
Maintained business objectives in a timely manner and within cost budget
Extensive use of air drilling packages supplied by Contractor along with foam injection
Sino Gas & Energy Limited, Beijing China
Onshore Venture with CVX-(Chevron)
August 2006-Oct. 2007
Drilling Supt. Manager
Drilling Supt. In charge of programs and operational issues
Reporting directly to the Operations Manager
Management and supervision of field crews personnel
Perform analysis of field work & preparation of field schedules & locations
Management of all drilling & completion programs
Execution of contracts and agreements in relation of drilling & completion programs
Preparation of well reports
Prepared budgets and working within a specific cost coding
Management and implementation of casing & cementing programs
Extensive use of air drilling packages supplied by Contractor along with foam injection
Implementation of Company’s HSE regulations
Ensuring business objectives are achieved on a timely basis
Identification and assessment of operational concerns, using corrective action as necessary
Introducing new drilling technologies and innovations, resulting in faster drilling times and completion timing to enable wells to be tested and put onto production faster and more efficient
BURREN RESOURCES PETROLEUM LIMITED, Balkanabat, Turkmenistan
Onshore Production Sharing Agreement /Joint Venture Program w/Governmental Competent Body
2000-2006
Workover & Drilling Superintendent
Reporting directly to the Field Manager and Technical Director
Management and supervision of field crew and office personnel
Perform analysis of field, field work & preparation of field schedules
Management of all shallow drilling programs and rigs with small amounts of H2S
Execution of contracts and agreements in relation of workover, completion & drilling programs
Preparation of well reports
Preparation of budgets and working within a specific cost coding
Maintaining budget accounts with an assigned staff of 165 personnel (including local workers and ex-patriates)
Management and implementation of production facilities and cementing programs
Implementation of Company’s HSE regulations
Authoring and implementation of overall budget, ensuring business objectives are achieved on a timely basis
Identification and assessment of operational concerns, using corrective action as necessary
Extensive use of air drilling packages supplied by Contractor along with foam injection
Introducing new hires, technologies and innovations with increasing alliances, resulting in increased well production
TRAINING
Project Management – In-house training
Crisis Management- In-house training
Quality Management – In-house training
Financial Analysis – In-house training
Operational Excellence – In-house training
CERTIFICATIONS
Well Control Certification Supervisors Level (IADC Well-Sharp) June 2025 expires
H2S Certification Current Nov. 2024 expires
Class “A” CDL with tanker/doubles/triples/airbrakes, hazmat and combination endorsements
Current Medical Card Dec. 2024
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)
WordPerfect
Accounting software packages
All different wellsite reporting systems: Well view, Rig View, Petrosight
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