Drilling Manager

Location:

Trout, LA, 71371

Salary:

N/A

Posted:

April 04, 2021

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Michael J. Peavy

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Trout, La. 71371

Email: ***********@*****.***

SKILLS:

Leadership Communication Skills

Budgeting and Finance Teamwork

Attention to Detail Operational Expertise

Strong Verbal Communication Attention to Safety

EDUCATION:

College: LSU; Baton Rouge, LA, 1994.

Petroleum Engineering, B.S. degree.

High School: Graduate of Jena High School in 1987.

Well Control: Current Drilling/Work-over/Completion Certificate, Surface Stack

(Effective: Feb 26, 2023). Safe land/PEC – current

H2S – Certified (effective thru October, 2021)

EXPERIENCE:

03/2020 to 07/2020: Sherrod Services, New Mexico/West Texas

Truck Supervisor

Supervision of rig moves utilizing Heavy Haul trucks, pole trucks, 40 ton bed trucks, 70-115 ton cranes exclusively for XTO.

All 40 employees laid off due to slow down.

07/2019 to 02/2020: Comstock Oil & Gas, NW Louisiana/East Texas

Drilling Supervisor

21,000’ Haynesville horizontal wells (Drilling). 15ppg mud weights, MPD chokes. Rigs Stacked.

06/2018 to 06/2019: Petro-Hunt LLC, North Dakota

Drilling Supervisor

20,000’ Bakken - Three Forks horizontal wells. Utilizing MPD chokes, 17 day jobs/5 well pads.

11,400’ Tuscaloosa – 2 wells – Mississippi.

12/2016 to 06/2018: Anadarko Petroleum - Energen, West Texas

Drilling Supervisor

14,500’ – 22,000’ Wolf Camp horizontal wells.

01/2016 to 11/2016: Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia

Drilling Supervisor

Deep Critical Gas Ops Division.

14,000' Gas Wells: set 36” to 4-1/2” casing, 8 strings. 21 ppg mud, 8000 bbl mud system, 100+ men on location. Cuff(Gas) and Arab(oil) Formations.

9/2015 to 12/2015: Thornton Drilling, Tullos, LA

Derrickhand – Drilling Rig. Oilfield slow at this time.

03/2015 to 08/2015: Indigo Minerals

Drilling Supervisor

Drilled (5)18,000' horizontal Cotton Valley Gas wells (Western Louisiana). Rig Stacked.

01/2014 to 02/2015: Hunt Oil Co, Knox City, TX

Drilling Supervisor

In charge of building locations and drilling (45) 5600' CO2 injector/producer Strawn Lime wells (H2S environment), Rig Stacked.

06/2013 to 11/2013: North Plains Energy, NW North Dakota

Drilling Supervisor

Drilled on pad jobs (5) wells, 19000 - 20000’ Three Forks- Bakken. 13-16 days spud to TD. Rig Stacked.

12/2010 to 05/2013: Petro-Hunt LLC

Drilling Supervisor

Drilling (1) 5,800' directional well in Juab Co., Utah, (12) 14,000’ Turner horizontal wells in Wright, Wyoming, (2) 16,000’ and (7) 20,000’ horizontal Bakken /Three Forks wells in North Dakota. Ran 4-1/2” production sliding sleeves and packers.

05/2009 to 12/2010: Tellus Operating Group, Ridgeland, MS

Drilling Superintendent

(2-5) rigs drilling Cotton Valley/Haynesville/Smackover(20% H2S) Salt dome wells from 16,000’-18,000’ in South Central MS. Also drilled (1) Haynesville Horizontal well, 16ppg mud (15,500’); Caddo Parish, LA, (5) 13,000’ CO2 injector wells, Smith Co., MS. and (5) Selma Chalk Horizontal wells (12,000’), Plus Supervision of 1 work-over rig completing these wells. I had 1 Engineer and 3 Company Drilling supervisors plus additional consultants that worked under me. Was hired initially as the Drilling Superintendent, then promoted to Drilling Manager after 4 months. I was in charge from surveying, AFE work, location, drilling to cleanup.

06/2008 to 12/2009: Petro-Hunt LLC

Drilling Supervisor

North Dakota/Utah; Drilling/Work-over/Frac jobs (9,000’-15,000’) Horizontal and Vertical wells

2001 – 2008: Petro-Hunt LLC, Dallas, TX

Drilling Foreman

17,700’ directional hole; Houma, LA(18ppg mud), HTHP.

(1) 23,200' and (1) 20,800' work-overs in Smackover, Rankin Co., MS. Extended Fishing/sidetrack/reperforate wells.

21,600’ Smack-over (38% H2S); Rankin Co., MS(18ppg mud, 380deg BHT), completed same w/live annulus & 20K wellhead. Gas well.

15,000’ directional hole; Crowley, LA (17ppg mud). HTHP – Marg Tex formation.

19,000’ directional hole; Pierre Part, LA, (18.5 ppg mud), gas well.

16,000’ directional hole; Pecan Island, LA.

18,000’ directional hole; Gueydan, LA, 18ppg mud. Gas well.

20,000’ directional hole; Gueydan, LA, 17.5 ppg gas well.

12,000’ directional hole; Orange, TX

(2) 20,000’ straight holes; Abbeville, LA, HTHP gas wells.

22,000’ straight hole; (Bayou Sale, Barge) Franklin, LA, 18ppg mud. HTHP

16,000’ directional hole; (Barge) Eugene Island Blk 4, LA, HTHP

(6) 2900’ – 4100’ Cruse/Wilcox holes;Olla Oilfield, Jena, LA

15,000’ directional hole; Saragosa, TX (West, TX)

(6)12,000’ Red River straight holes; Northeast, Montana

(8) 14,000’ horizontal wells, dual/single laterals, Bakken /3-Forks/Red River formations; Northeast, Montana/ Williston Basin, North Dakota (H2S environment).

1999 – 2001: Petro-Hunt LLC, Brandon, MS

District Engineer

The Thomasville 38% H2S gas field(12) 20,000' – 23,200' wells completed with 20k – 30k wellheads, live annulus completions w/additional work drilling 9000' – 20,000' gas wells (Camerina and Marg Tex formation) in South LA.

1997 - 1999: Helmerich & Payne, IDC, Jackson, MS

Driller

Drilled, 3000hp with top drive, offshore Platform rig. I was transferred as a Driller to the South Texas District upon start-up of the IRI 1200hp Flex Rig Program. Helped build (4) of the rigs, then drilled for Conoco on their Lo Bo Wells, South Texas.

1994 - 1996: Justiss Drilling Co, Jena, LA

Upon Completion at LSU, began working derricks immediately for 1 year. Drilled on N-45 Brewster double, National 80B for 1-1/2 yrs (Day-work and Turnkey jobs primarily in South Alabama) then was moved into the office until rigs sold to Grey Wolf. While in the office I was responsible for hiring rig personnel, putting together turnkey bids, contracts, helped oversee rig building, Sales. We had 12 Compound rigs in the Ark-LA-Tex-Al area (2,500' – 16,000'). 8 rigs on Turnkey/4 rigs on daywork.

1991 - 1993: Great Southern Oil & Gas, Breaux Bridge, LA

Derrick hand/Roughneck

Land & Inland Barge, Work-over Rigs & Drilling Rigs while going to college South, LA.

1990 – 1991: Justiss Drilling Co., Jena, LA

Roughneck

Worked on work-over rigs primarily in the Olla Oilfield while going to college at LSU- Alexandria.

1986 – 1989: S.H. Loe Oil Corporation, Tullos, LA

Roughneck-Roustabout

Drilling/Work-over Rigs on 1500’- 4500’ wells.

REFERENCES:

Merle Lacroix, Drilling Supervisor

Petro Hunt LLC & Anadarko