Production Operator Drilling Fluids
Resume:
Jim Pazos
Marrero, LA ***** U.S.A.
Phone: +1-504-***-****
Alt Phone: +1-504-***-****
***********@*****.***
Alt email ***********@***.***
Objective
I have been working as a consultant specialized in drilling & completion fluids for Both conventional & unconventional wells, for last 18 years. I have a 2.5 full years’ experience as strictly logistics supervision plus many years of logistical supervision of everything from running liquid mud plants, to supervising all their warehouses for Schlumberger in Brunei, to coordinating various services to provide the most efficient costs & support for a wide variety of operator’s needs. I am both open to temporary work or work with a company that I can eventually retire with. I strive to always be an asset for every operation I am involved with & I am never content with status quos because I aim to always find ways to improve the operator’s service.
I am very familiar with what goes on & in what order for drilling & completions of wells, am familiar with most mud systems & have run all the major mud companies mud software as well as some of the small mud company’s computer programs. I am very competent in the testing & analyzing of drilling fluids & devising an appropriate treatment program.
Abilities
Excellent in in analyzing data & coordinating logistics for any organization. Highly proficient with various computer programs / software packages. Regular experience in managing crews from 1-36 people at a time. Smart, dedicated & highly ethical worker.
List of certification:
Fundamentals Of Solid Control
Drilling Fluids Technology
Forklift Operations & Safety Training
One-Trax
IFE Drilling Technologies & Systems
IFE Mud Relationship To Solids
IFE Swaco Basic Equipment
Basic-Plus CPR, AED and First Aid
H2S-Safety
Safety Management Systems
Offshore Water Survival, HUET, Personnel Transfer Basket / Rope Swing Training
Defensive Driving Course 4
Basic Firefighting
Gas Lift Technology
Wireline Technology
T-2 Surface & Subsurface Safety Valves
120 ton Crane
Haz-Mat 102
Excel
Petroleum Education Council
Scot Air Mask Fittings
STCW
Construction & Safety Health Professional (192 hr – 2024)
HAZMAT (2024)
HAZWOPER (2024)
Healthcare Laboratory Safety (15 hr – 2024)
Oil & Gas Safety & Health Professional (233 hr – 2024)
OSHA 10 (2024)
OSHA 30 (2024)
Occupational Safety & Health Professional (132 hr - 2024)
TWIC
Employment History
Consultant
11/2000 – present
Self Employed
2509 Ramsey st, Marrero, LA
Being a consultant drilling fluid engineer is like being a jack of all trades. I manage crews (from 1-30 people), clean & maintain work areas. Manage stock points. Handle shipping & receiving & coordinate logistics. I help maintain various large pieces of equipment (mostly for solids control). Essentially, my job is to make myself indispensable as possible to any operations. In the USA have worked all across the Gulf of Mexico including Deepwater, worked the Alabama, Mississippi, throughout Louisiana & Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio, Utah, North Dakota & Alaska’s North Slope. In NE Utah, I developed for Newfield Exploration, a way to chemically treat out the adverse effects of paraffin in oil based mud, without need for extra dilution. This not only saved several hundred thousands of dollars in dilution costs, it also enabled to drill the wells in record times. I have worked with numerous exploration companies (including overseas) & several deep-water projects. At times I was contracted direct to the exploration company. I worked 2 different jobs for a mud company that my duties included being a relief project engineer when I was not on the drilling rig.
Several projects duties had me as also the exploration company representative on location (i.e. drill rep). This included all L.L.O.G. projects where I served as night drill rep (& handling all shipping & receiving). My work includes working in Brunei (6 months), Malaysia & Venezuela (6 months). In Brunei I was also in charge of all logistics for every warehouse of Schlumberger’s, to provide the most efficient service possible at the best price savings. I have worked in a variety of work environments from temperatures ranging from -29* F to 122* F. I have worked for drilling fluid companies as well as directly for O&G companies including Chevron, EOG, Stone, Petroquest, Northcoast, LLOG & Newfield.
I have trained mud company drilling fluid technologist (mud engineers) for 5 different companies during this time. I am a member of the A.P.I. & on 3 different committee work groups: TG8 WG5 Starch Specifications, TG5 WG2 Shaker Screen Certification / Monogram, I am also on the API RP 13L revision Committee (for training & practices of drilling fluid technologist). I been recently added to oilfieldwiki.com as an editor & am an active & outspoken member of the drilling & completion fluid community, especially on various LinkedIn groups, managing over 20,000 industry members) as well as an editor at www.oges.com (with over 74,000 industry members). With my background also including years as in production as a lease operator, I am well equipped to understand the needs of the drilling, completion or production for any O & G operator.
Lab Manager / Field Services Technical Support
02/2016 – 11/2016 enventives LLC 110 Board Road
Lafayette La USA 70508
In charge of running the laboratory for a drilling fluid additive manufacturer. This involved managing 3 other lab employees. quality control tests, certifying certificate of analysis, quality assurances of any item manufactured, competition testing, 3rd party testing of drilling fluids, research of new products or new blends of existing products, equipment repair, maintaining lab equipment & supply inventories. I also helped with their marketing & offering technical advice on drilling fluids & drilling problem solutions.
Bridge Tender
08/2015 – 04/2016 ISS Facility Services 1019 Central Pkwy N #100
San Antonio Tx, 78232
Operating the Harvey Canal Louisiana 4th street drawbridge that is located next to the Harvey Locks which connect the commercial canal to the Mississippi River across from New Orleans. Coordinate marine vessel traffic with motorized Vehicle traffic (commercial, government, utility, emergency & private), to assure safety for all transportation. Maintained logs of all vessel traffic. Routine maintenance of equipment. Bridge is undergoing major reconstruction / upgrade, so also providing security for all construction assets & working with local law enforcement officials in providing ‘birds eye view’ security for the entire viewing area out of the “bridge House”.
Sales Engineer
11/1999 - 11/2000
MI Drilling Fluids (Schlumberger)
(1-504-***-****) 4300 Peters Rd, Harvey, LA
Field work in Gulf of Mexico & across Texas & Louisiana in the USA
Evaluate drilling fluids using chemical and physical tests
Recommend drilling fluid adjustments
Determine and plan the most effective fluid sets for the well
Create daily reports and maintain inventory
Ensure all respected parties are kept current with the well site situation
Headed BP Amoco 1st total waste management project in the Gulf of Mexico
Represented MI to the USA Environmental Protection Agency & worked hand in hand with the EPA on rewriting rules on synthetic oil discharges in Federal waters.
Spent time running MI’s mud plant in Fourchon Louisiana
Logistics Supervisor
05/1999 - 10/1999
Offshore Warriors
(1-228-***-****) 1092 Acadian Dr
Gulfport, MS 39507
• Operated shore bases for Burlington Resources
• Set up command & support facilities at various shore bases
• Trained personnel in logistics & computer operations
• Material management & coordination
• Logistic management for trucking & shipping all materials to & from drilling & / or production operations
• Flight logistics
• Computer operations & office set ups
• Purchases
• Waste Management
• Inventory control
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Technical-Service Representative
01/1997 - 03/1999
Baker Hughes Inteq
(1-504-***-****) 1515 Poydras St #2400, New Orleans, LA
Wrote mud programs
Anticipated & resolved drilling issues with frequent field stays
Trained Field Service Representatives
Developed & presented technical information for new & existing products
Worked on horizontal & highly deviated wells
Responsible for mud programs, tender submissions, completion fluids programs, filtration operations
Recommend drilling fluid adjustments
Oversaw drilling and completion fluids maintenance and treatment processes
Prepared reports and technical summaries
Underbalanced drilling
Experienced with sloughing shale, lost circulation, high over-balance, formation damage
Worked in the fields
Tested drilling & completion fluids for physical & chemical properties
Oversaw drilling and completion fluids maintenance and treatment processes
Prepared reports and technical summaries
Procurement and logistics support of drilling fluid operations
Warehouse & mud plant operator
Procurement and logistics support of cementing operations
Operated mud plants in Fourchon Louisiana & Laurel Mississippi.
Dispatcher / Clerk / Logistics Supervisor
02/1995 - 12/1996
DC International
(1-800-***-****) 701 Robley Dr #115, Lafayette, LA
• Worked primarily for Chevron drilling operation
• Set up command & support facilities at various shore bases
• Trained personnel in logistics & computer operations
• Responsible for all in house reports & data recording
• Material management & coordination
• Logistic management for trucking & shipping all materials to & from drilling operations
• Flight logistics
• Computer operations & office set ups
• Purchases
• Waste Management
• Inventory control
• Cost control & electronic data invoicing (for invoices up to $15,000)
• Solicited bids & reviewed proposals & award contracts based on evaluations
• Hands on with shipping & receiving including operating cranes & forklifts when needed.
Lease Operator
06/1994 - 01/1995
Oilfield Production Contractors
(1-985-***-****) 27 Professional Dr, Houma, LA
In charge of major offshore oil & gas production platforms
Maintained strict protocols for 100% government compliances
Testing of individual well production rates
Maximizing production while balancing well life cycle longevity
Maintenance of generators & Gas compressors
Repair & upkeep of surface & subsurface safety valves
Computer operations
Cost control
Daily production reporting
Trained & supervised production crews
Crane operations
Lease Operator
01/1992 - 06/1994
Grasso Production Management
(1-337-***-****) 224 Rue De Jean, Lafayette, LA
Maintained strict protocols for 100% government compliance
Testing of individual well production rates
Maximizing production while balancing well life cycle longevity
Maintenance of generators & Gas compressors
Repair & upkeep of surface & subsurface safety valves
Performed paraffin cutting operations via wire line units
Computer operator
Cost control
Daily production reporting
Crane operations
Lease Operator
012/1990 - 12/1991
Coastline Construction
Peters Road, Harvey LA
Computer operator for all Shell production facilities in the West Delta, Mississippi Canyon & Grand Isle lease areas
Cost control
Daily production reporting
Education History
Completion Date
Issuing Institution
Location
Qualification
Course of Study
12/1990
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
2 Years of College or a Technical or Vocational School
Business / Computer info systems
06/1986
O Perry Walker Senior High School
New Orleans, LA
High School Diploma
2 years of Electronics
Certifications
Certification Title
Issuing Organization
Completion Date
TWIC CARD
Lockheed Martin
08/2014
Forklift Certification
Ensco
08/2009
Additional Information
Member of the A.PI. (American Petroleum Institute) & S.P.E. (Society of Petroleum Engineers)
References
Bruce Fry, Technical Advisor
Halliburton
Houston, TX
Business reference known for 16 year(s).
Ricky Cordes
Railroad Engineer
Lafitte, LA
Personal reference known for 30 year(s).
Joe Barnes, Engineering Manager
Hamilton Engineering
Houston, TX
Supervisor reference known for 10 year(s).
Kendal Gilmer, Vice President
Mudman Consultants
Houma, LA
Supervisor reference known for 6 year(s).
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