Cross-directional driller, focused on the execution and optimization of drilling projects in technically challenging environments. My experience includes the comprehensive management of onshore horizontal well operations, implementing innovative technologies (such as electromagnetic navigation (LWD) and telemetry (MWD) tools, downhole motors, and RSS systems). This includes reducing operational risks in unconventional reservoirs, always implementing QHSE procedures and techniques.

Professional Challenges Overcome

• Navigation in complex geological formations: drilling direction in unconventional reservoirs (e.g., shale and tight sands) with a high risk of collapse and differential sticking, maintaining the planned trajectory with a margin of error of less than 1%.

• Operational crisis management: handling critical events such as lost circulation, differential and mechanical sticking with the use of hydraulic hammers, following QHSE safety procedures and protocols, avoiding loss of productive time.

• Adapting to international regulations: compliance with HSE and environmental standards on multinational projects.

Personal achievements

• Technical innovation: Optimizing drilling times, adapting drilling techniques in soft formations using parameters (RPM, weight, flow rate, and differential pressure), reducing drilling time and improving the trajectory while avoiding high DLS.

• Leadership in multicultural teams: Junior engineer training in directional drilling and continuous pulse telemetry techniques, including the installation of digital and analog sensors, as well as the use of data acquisition and parameter monitoring software.

Key Skills

• Interpretation of 2D/3D trajectory plots and collision avoidance.

• Electromagnetic and gamma ray logging systems (LWD) and continuous pulse telemetry (MWD).

• Real-time data analysis and machine learning applied to failure prediction.

• Horizontal, multilateral, and Geo steering drilling in complex reservoirs.

December 2010, Mechanical Engineering degree, UNET Universidad Nacional Del Táchira

(Venezuela)

• October 2023

Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (BOSIET) with Emergency Breathing System (EBS), RelyOn Nutec 360° Safety, Macaé, Brazil.

• November 2014 

Directional Drilling Seminar, Schlumberger. Drilling Services Training Course.MLC Middle East Learning center, UAE, Abu Dhabi.

• November 2012

Scope course to run nuclear and well placement tools. Drilling Services Training Course.

Sugar Land Learning Center OSC Live, Houston, Texas. 

• October 2011

ENG-1 course. Drilling Services Training Course. STC Siberian Training center, Russia.

• june 2011

OFS-1 course, HSE Techniques Schlumberger, Rio de Janeiro Brazil. 

• Jan 2023—Jun 2023 MWD Contractor

DUNIA-STAATSOLIE-SLB (Paramaribo, Suriname)

Working as MWD contractor with SLB Tools in onshore well placement Project making 14 Horizontal wells, running Telescope6, Arc6, Impulse 475, Periscope 475.

• Oct 2016 – April 2018 Directional Driller II

Petro Alvarez (El Tigre, Venezuela)

Development of mayor Oil Reservoirs all around Orinoco belt, in land projects. Lead hand in 2D and 3D horizontal wells. Performing jobs for the oil company PDVSA Indo-Venezolana, PDVSA Morichal, PETROJUNIN as clients. Open hole and cased hole sidetracking, reentry horizontal wells, medium extended reach wells, medium radius, deviated surface holes, high collision complexity, gyro orientation.

• Feb 2014 – MAY 2016 Field Engineer Directional Driller

Schlumberger (El Tigre, Venezuela)

 Development of mayor Oil Reservoirs in Venezuela East. Lead hand in 3D horizontal wells in the Orinoco belt. Working with clients as Petromonagas, Petrozuata, PDVSA Indo-Venzolana, SINOVENSA, Aliaven, PDVSA Morichal, PDVSA San Tome. Running Power Drive Xceed & Well Placement Jobs. Open hole and cased hole sidetracking, reentry horizontal wells, medium extended reach wells, geo-steering, short radius, deviated surface holes, high collision complexity

• Jun 2011 – Jan 2014

Field Engineer MWD 2 Schlumberger (Anaco, Venezuela)

MWD/LWD Resistivity lead hand, working with different clients and projects around Orinoco belt.