Engineer Mechanical
Resume:
Valdemar José Argüello Ruz - Petroleum Engineer
Last Name: Argüello / First name: Valdemar Citizenship: Venezuelan / Gender: Male
Date of birth: June 07th, 1980 Address: 2910 E. 97th Court #614. Tulsa, Ok. 74137
Mobile: +1 918 - 7120584 E-mail: **************@*******.*** SKYPE: valdemarjose
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/valdemar-josé-argüello-ruz-6ab06658
RESUME: Petroleum Engineer of Universidad del Zulia - Venezuela with more than 16 years of Experience and Knowledge in Exploration and Production Oil & Gas industry. Job Positions: Production Coordinator, Production Technology Engineer, Production Engineer, Well Productivity Engineer, and Project Engineer. Strong knowledge in design, evaluation, and optimization of wells in natural flow and artificial lift systems, such as: Electrical Submersible Pumps (ESP), Gas lift, Rod Pumps (SRP), Hydraulic Pump, and Progressive Cavity Pumps (PCP). Wells intervention experiences: Workover, Slickline, Brand Line, Electric Line - Logging, and Well completion design. Well Performance using well affluence analysis. Monitor of reservoir and production parameters to identify, evaluate, and execute opportunities for increasing oil & gas production and/or reduce operation costs. Production Technology advisor in Exploitation Plans Team for selecting the best scenery oil & gas production plans. Knowledges in thermal techniques process for Enhanced Oil Recovery. Monitor Oil & Gas, Gas, and water injection wells performance. Apply new technologies in light and heavy oil fields. Integral Knowledges in Reservoir and productión Engineering.
MOTIVATION: Enthusiastic, adaptive, and fast-learning person with a broad interest in developing new skills and solving new challenges around the oil and gas industry.
EDUCATION: UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA, ZULIA - Venezuela / PETROLEUM ENGINEER 1997 – 2003
JOB EXPERIENCES:
PRODUCTION ENGINEER COORDINATOR / OMEGA ENERGY COLOMBIA - BOGOTÁ COLOMBIA
MARCH 2016 – PRESENT
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
●Coordinator and Manager of Contracts (Operation & Maintenance) for Oil and Gas operation Fields to main companies in Colombia.
●Define and estimated the maximum production potential wells between Reservoir and Production staff.
●Coordinate actions to Improve and Optimize production conditions of the assessment Fields.
●Daily interaction with field production supervisors to determine current and upcoming needs.
●Coordinate operations to the oil and gas hauling service providers.
●To Apply quality and operational efficiency standards to communicate with operation Oil & Gas fields
●Responsible to elaborate operating budgets of the different fields of the Company.
●Responsible of the production database of the company, production files, forecasts, etc.
●Carrying out the production statistics, lessons learned, and more relevant indicators that allow improvement of all processes and in the production department.
●To draft all operating procedure manuals and make training sessions to production operations
●Interaction with all departments to develop exploitation plans and execute it.
●Identifying opportunity to reducing operational expenditure (OPEX) and evaluate investments (CAPEX), necessary to do more efficiency all operations
●Coordinate reactivation of inactive oil and gas fields
●Responsible of the correct measurement and production control to different Oil and Gas fields
●Responsible to apply root cause analysis of fails equipment (downhole and surface), to informing management of corrective suggestions and improvements.
●Elaborate the annual budget plan for production operations department.
●Follow-up of Production Operating Costs and search alternatives to reduce them.
●To elaborate reports Production Monthly to the CEO, President and partners.
●Design, monitor and optimización of all artificial lift system (Oil and Gas)
ACHIEVEMENTS:
●Production optimization of five Oil and gas production fields
●Reduction operating costs of 05 fields in Colombia by more than 50%.
●Reactivation of an inactive oil and gas field without facilities and located in remote area
●Performance evaluations in Operation and Maintenance contract with excellent qualifications to recognized companies in the Sector.
●Implementation of Artificial Lift Systems to recover and maintenance production.
●Excellent management and relationship with government entities in Oil and Gas Sector.
●Excellent control and production management of 05 Oil & Gas producing fields.
PRODUCTION ENGINEER - WELL PRODUCTIVITY ENGINEERING / OMEGA ENERGY COLOMBIA - BOGOTÁ COLOMBIA
FEBRUARY 2015 – MARCH 2016
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
●Integration with reservoir engineers and collect required data to study lifting plans / requirement
●Monitor Oil/Gas producing and water injection wells performance OMEGA ENERGY FIELDS.
●Identify and diagnoses well problems and proposes action.
●Responsible for producing daily production reports for management and partners
●Recommend workover for specific wells giving prognosis of each well – OMEGA ENERGY FIELDS.
●Making reports, documents and correspondence related to the fulfillment of the company's contracts, including periodic reports, forms of production, etc.
●Maintain comprehensive database on well history, oil/gas production, water production / injection and statistics – OMEGA ENERGY FIELDS.
●Participate in technical studies concerning water/gas injection and Artificial Lift Projects, Oil and Gas operations, facilities optimization or modification, as assigned.
●Participate in the preparation of design concepts for wells and facilities and developing scenarios for operating the field over the life cycle of the development.
●Well Productivity Analysis, Nodal & Affluence Analysis, ALS Simulation / Design / Optimization. – OMEGA ENERGY WELLS.
●Implement artificial lift systems to recover and maintain production.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
●Creation of Database of the production information of the Fields that the company operates.
●Perform wells by affluence analysis (Producer and Injector wells).
●Making and execution optimization plans to increase the production.
●Reduction OPEX, more than 30%.
●Maintenance and increase the production of 05 oil & gas fields.
●Interaction with government entities showing excellent technical management of Oil & Gas Operations.
●Reactive inactives fields - Making the proposal for all facilities and Artificial Lift Systems and project execution..
●Economic technical evaluations of new prospects (Fields, Blocks and new wells) together with the technical team Reservoir - Production, managing to identify opportunities and correct decision-making for the benefit of the company.
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY - PROJECT ENGINEER - METHODS PRODUCTION / PETRÓLEOS DE VENEZUELA, S.A., VENEZUELA
MARCH 2009 – JANUARY 2015
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
●Well performance using nodal analysis.
●Artificial lift systems analysis, diagnosis, design, identify, and recommend solutions in order to increase the production in oil wells in West PDVSA.
●Integration with the Exploitation Plans Team in order to selection, and design the best production artificial lift for heavy and light oil wells of PDVSA WEST.
●Works with artificial lift specialists to select the most appropriate lifting technique considering the reservoir properties, mechanical well structure, and surface facilities.
●To participate in techno-economic feasibility studies to screen available techniques and field development production plans.
●Evaluation and Application of New Technologies from light to heavy oil applying Project Management methodology to increase oil & gas production or reduce operation cost, such as: Rod Pumping Controller, ESP Dual and Gas handler, PCP by Thermal Process, Down Hole Heather application, Steam Bypass PUMP in SRP wells with Cyclic Steam Stimulation, Unit Linear lift system (mechanical or hydraulic) for beam pumping, and others.
●Applying thermal techniques for Enhanced Oil Recovery using Cyclic or Continuous Steam stimulation.
●Implementation of ALS in deep wells belongs to onshore and shallow water fields (12000 to 17000 feet).
●Interaction with Artificial Lift System specialists to identify and suggest improvements in production wells.
●Executing root cause analysis to fails in artificial lift systems, and attend teardowns, to apply or suggest improvement according to results.
●Assisting as technical support to production groups to share knowledge and improve current ALS applications.
●Work closely with operations, engineering, well engineering, well services and other Service Providers and Contractors to optimize production from existing assets (reservoir, wells and surface facilities)
ACHIEVEMENTS:
●Experience installing ALS in deep wells (12000 - 18000 ) producers of oil and gas (heavy, light and medium oil), applications with satisfactory results.
●Evaluation and application of new technologies for light, medium and heavy crudes applying Project Management methodology to increase production and / or reduce costs.
●Implementation of speed controllers for wells with mechanical pumping (Rod Pumping Controller).
●Evaluation and Application of Dual ESPs and implementation of equipment for the management of gas in ESP.
●PCP implementation for thermal processes or high oil gas ratio.
●Resistive bottom heating applications to reduce viscosities and prevent precipitation of paraffins.
●Implementation of subsoil pumps for steam injection, sand, gas and high viscosity handling, in wells with Mechanical Pumping.
●Evaluations of mechanical and hydraulic surface units for wells with mechanical pumping.
●Implementation of permanent magnet motor heads for the reduction of energy consumption.
●Advice and training to the personnel of the Production Operations of more than 20 PDVSA Occidente fields.
●Preparation of technical documents for the optimization of wells and the implementation of new technologies.
●Technical support for all PDVSA Occidente operations on issues related to the optimization of production and applications of new technologies.
PRODUCTION ENGINEER / PETRÓLEOS DE VENEZUELA, S.A., VENEZUELA
DECEMBER 2004 – MARCH 2009
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
●Responsible of Production maintenance, recovery and generation of the production wells (ESP, Gas Lift, and SRP) in the Field “Barua-Motatan (Tomoporo)” at PDVSA West.
●Analysis and execution of petroleum exploitation plans and schedules according to the PDVSA Corporation business plan.
●Monitoring daily production and injection performance.
●Carry out detailed design of Artificial Lift systems, particularly of ESP and Gas-lift and optimize their performance.
●Elaboration of well operational proposals in order to generate and/or recover deferred production in the short term.
●Participation in Work Over and Pulling operations in wells with ESP, Gas Lift, and SRP.
●Responsible to design, evaluation, and optimization of wells with Electrical Submersible Pumps, Rod Pumps, Gas Lift and Progressive Cavity Pumps.
●Work closely and share daily production and facilities with REPSOL (Petroquiriquire - Menegrande Field)
●Since March 2006 to December 2007 I was responsible for performing designs, simulations and proposed alternative Gas lift methods (CHANGE ALS) in “Tomoporo District” (Lake Ceuta, Lagotreco, Barua-Motatán, and Moporo) of PDVSA West.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
●Acquisition of knowledge on design, evaluation and optimization of wells with Artificial Lifting Systems ESP, SRP and Gas Lift, monitoring more than 60 producing wells
●During the period from March 2006 to December 2007 I was responsible for the analysis of the current behavior, simulations, designs and development of proposals for alternative lift systems to the Gas Lift (Change of Methods) of the wells belonging to the Tomoporo 04 Campos District: Ceuta-Lago, LagoTreco, Barua-Motatán and Moporo of PDVSA Occidente (226 wells). Training in deepening knowledge about artificial lifting systems, getting to know and manage the best known simulators in the oil field, design and implement the recommendations made.
●Deployment of deep mechanical pumping wells at 12,000 - 13,000 feet, with excellent results.
●Implementation of methodology for remote monitoring of water cut in flow stations and tank yards
●Evaluation of new technologies in hydrocarbon producing wells, increasing their life time.
THESIS STUDENT AT PDVSA / PETROLEOS DE VENEZUELA, S.A., VENEZUELA
AUGUST 2002 – FEBRUARY 2003
●Trainee and degree work in the Reservoir Production Department of the “Barua – Motatan Field - PDVSA West.
●Responsible for the development of the study, "Risk Analysis in Determining Monitoring Parameters in Paují-Misoa Reservoir - Motatán Field of PDVSA West". - Succeeded in identifying the variables with greater uncertainty, making frequency distributions, probability of occurrences, including statistic studies for estimating POES, Geological Tops, Reservoir Decline, and Initial Rates of Production Wells.
●Training to the Staff of Reservoir and other areas in order to perform statistical analysis of the processes using software “Crystal Ball”.
SKILLS:
●Strong information technology synthesizing and writing abilities
●Strong communication / presentation abilities
●Practical Knowledge of Software and Applications for oil wells, such as: Pipesim, Wellflo, Subpump, Rodstar, and PCPUMP.
●Well Productivity Analysis, Nodal & Affluence Analysis, ALS Simulation / Design / Optimization.
●Deep knowledge, courses certificates and excellent use of software for design or monitoring oil wells with artificial lift as they are it: Rod Pump (Rodstar), Electrical submersible pump (Subpump), Gas Lift (Pipesim -Wellflo) and Progressive Cavity Pumps (PCP PUMP C-FER).
●Knowledge in production operations and facilities design.
●Extensive knowledge of standard office software, MS-Office package and operating systems Windows new and previous versions.
●Training personnel in areas of various artificial lift systems abilities.
●Projects Evaluation in order to reduce cost and increase production.
●Languages: Spanish (mother language), English (good knowledge) (speaking, reading & writing).
TRAINING AND COURSES
●Rod Pumping: Design, optimization, and Simulation "RodStar" Theta Enterprises Suite.
●Electrical submersible Pump "Subpump" Simulation, Design, and diagnostic well.
●Multiphase Flow Simulator Pipesim and Wellflo. Basic and Advance Level.
●Progressive Cavity Pump 'C-Fer" Design and diagnostic well.
●Simulation with PCP advanced with Wellflow 2014.
●Project Management and Risk Analysis.
●Gas Lift training using simulator Pipesim and Wellflo.
●Training in production operation fields.
●Curses and training in Artificial lift system with PDVSA INTEVEP. Gas lift, PCP, SRP, and ESP.
●Recovery with Thermal process in heavy oil crude.
●Training, sharing knowledge, and curses such as: OFM, PERFORM, ALS Simulator, and Database Software company.
●Participate in the “I SPE Oil and Gas Congress”, Maracaibo - Venezuela.
●Digital Oil Field Workshop - Schlumberger.
●Rig Pass
ARTICLES
●II SPE Oil and Gas Congress, Margarita 2013, “Application of the Unit pumping "Linear Lift System - Well Head Mounted" in well with high friction (fluid-rod) in PDVSA West” SPE-WVS-241.
●SPE Latin America and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference 2014, Maracaibo, Venezuela. “Integrated Conceptual Probabilistic Model Forecast To Optimize and Prioritize the Development Plans of Exploration Prospects, Early Visualization: Sur Lago Trujillo Field Case” SPE-169366-MS.
●Speaker in the SPE Artificial Lift System Conference 2014 in Houston TX, "Reducing Cost and Deferred production in wells subjected to cycling steam stimulation utilizing Steam Bypass pump in PDVSA West" SPE-171355.
CAREER ACQUISITION: Seeking for a challenging and rewarding position as a Petroleum Engineer in a Major Corporation which can give a good lifestyle for me and my family.
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