Dennis W. Romero
Sugar Land, TX. 77478-3647
Cell - 713-***-****
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SUMMARY
Extensive experience in the oil and gas industry. Detailed drilling engineering experience including line supervisory experience in planning and implementation of drilling and completion programs. Dedicated hard worker, good interpersonal skills with high levels of honesty and integrity. Consistent high level performance experience in the areas of:
Problem Solving Planning Permitting Drilling Orders Preparation
AFE Preparation Cementing Completion Design Directional & Horizontal Drlg.
Casing Design Drilling Fluids Onsite Supervision Fishing Operations
Workover Operations Onshore Operations Offshore Operations Production Operations
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SG Interests / Gordy Oil Company 2009 to 2016
Consultant Drilling Engineer November 2009 to July 2016
AFE’D and wrote drilling programs for several wells in SG Interests Bull Mountain Colorado Field and Exploratory Wells in Gordy Oil CO’s Fort Bend and Liberty County, Texas Fields
AFE’D and wrote drilling programs for SG Interests’ horizontal wells in the Mancos Shale formation Bull Mountain Field Colorado
AFE’D and wrote drilling programs for Gordy Oil CO’s exploratory wells to the Wilcox and Yegua formations Liberty County, Texas
Supervised Drilling Operations on all Wells Drilled
Devon Energy: Houston, TX. 2003 to 2009
Consultant Drilling Engineer June 2003 to Feb 2009
AFE’D and wrote drilling programs for average of 75 development wells per year in Devon’s East Texas Carthage, Waskom, Stockman, and Ruston La. Fields.
AFE’D and wrote drilling program for Devon’s first horizontal well in the Cotton Valley formation.
AFE’D and wrote drilling program for Devon’s first under balanced (Nitrogen Foam) horizontal well in the Pettit formation.
AFE’D and wrote drilling program for Devon’s first under balanced (Nitrogen Foam) horizontal well in the Travis Peak formation.
AFE’D and wrote drilling program for Devon’s first under balanced (8.4 ppg Fresh Water) exploratory horizontal well in the James Lime formation.
Unocal: Houma and Lafayette, LA., Mobile, Ala. and Sugar Land, TX. 1969 to 2002
Senior Advising Drilling Engineer 1995 to 2002
Planned and supervised drilling and completion of exploratory & development wells and workovers in Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Michigan and the Gulf of Mexico.
Planned & Drilled Deepest TVD Intermediate Radius Well in the World. Chunchula Alabama Field.
TVD = 18,413’ MD = 19,896’ Max Inc. = 93.2 Max Build Rate = 49.7 / 100’.
Received Author’s Award from Baker Hughes INTEQ for contribution to Technical Paper
“Closed-Loop Steerable Drilling System Tackles Multiple Targets”
Published in Oil and Gas Journal February 15, 1999
Received special recognition award from UNOCAL for outstanding performance.
Advising Drilling Engineer 1988 to 1995
Worked on various Drilling Engineering Assignments in the Central US Business Unit. Focused on well planning, AFE preparation, drilling orders, and completion and workover procedures. Wells ranged in depth from 3,000’ to 19,500’.
Reduced well cost through efficient well planning techniques.
Contributed to Technical Paper (Detect Fractures When Drilling With Oil-Based Mud)
Published in the Petroleum Engineer International September 1994
Production Foreman (Ganado Texas Field) 1986 to 1988
Supervised field maintenance and daily production activities. Minimized field expense, Maintained high safety standards, and maintained production at highest level possible.
Drilling Superintendent 1981 to 1986
Planned, supervised, and implemented drilling, completion and workover programs for UNOCAL’s Ceverza Ligera Platform in East Breaks Blocks 159 & 160 Offshore Texas.
Drilling Engineer 1977 to 1981
Planned, supervised, and implemented drilling, completion, and workover programs for exploratory and
Development wells (Offshore & Onshore La., TX. & Ala.). This work also included actual onsite rig
Supervision.
Production Engineer 1972 to 1977
Designed and supervised installation of gas lift, compression, separation and storage facilities that increased production and accelerated depletion of reserves prior to lease expiration. Work also focused on workovers, acid stimulation, gravel packs, compressor maintenance, salt water disposal facilities, perforating, coil tubing-nitrogen, snubbing, etc. for land and inland water production projects in La.
EDUCATION
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Bachelor of Science, Petroleum Engineering
TRAINING
Well Control & Well Planning Schools
Hazmat, Emergency Response, Crisis Communication and Incident Command System
ASSOCIATIONS
AADE
Society of Petroleum Engineering
American Petroleum Institute