Drilling Fluids Engineer
Posted on: 2010-02-24
Joseph Edel Post Primary/Cell: (580) 515-5803
1414 N. Grant St
Cordell, OK 73632 [email protected]
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Drilling Fluids Engineer
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To provide outstanding Drilling Fluids service that will yield all levels of customer satisfaction.
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Experience: |
Dec. 2006 – Present |
Anchor Drilling Fluids Champion Drilling Fluids GHG Corporation Eagle Drilling Fluids |
Tulsa, Oklahoma OKC, Oklahoma Houston, Texas |
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Mega Fluids, LLC |
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Mud Engineer on a differentiated variety of drilling fluids systems throughout Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Illinois, West Virginia and Alaska.
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Exceptionally trained and well versed in treating contaminants and gases such as Anhydrite, Dolomite, Cement, reactive & non-reactive solids, carbonates/bicarbonates, CO2/ H2S contamination with minimal disposal of active system mud.
June 2008- Present: Independent Drilling Fluids Consultant
Most recent work detail: Mega Fluids, LLC
-Senior Drilling Fluids Specialist-Primary Oil Base Engineer for Mega Fluids, LLC.
Latter half of 2009 has entailed 24 hour service on lateral curves and drive byes on horizontal wells for Mewbourne oil via Champion drilling fluids and transitioned to Northwest Texas for Chesapeake Energy via Mega Fluids. As of Jan 29, all contract operations are currently on hold until next oil base displacement. I am seeking the employment of a prestigious, professional company in which my abilities can flourish.
The year of 2008 consisted of working 24 hour service that included:
Applying, transitioning, and improving the efficiency of relaxed filtrate oil base systems on vertical and horizontal oil/gas wells along with improving the quality of cement spacer “pills” to optimize the ability of cement to harden sufficiently in oil base mud. An arduous task to execute successfully in relaxed filtrate drilling fluid systems
GHG Corporation
Engineering consultancy firm in contract with NASA and Bariod, i.e., Halliburton: The founding drilling fluids company.
The second half of 2008 consisted of designing, applying, and formulating tentative drilling fluid programs to be introduced into the Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) industry.
Mud Engineer on various 42” pipeline river crossings such as the Illinois River, Fox River, and Turtle creek which were all HDD projects. Fortunately enough the mud system applied on each crossing accelerated ROP & Product Line completion dates. Leading to the opportunity and fortunate invitation to collaborate on the Mississippi River crossing fluids program proposed to Enbridge Energy
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May 1996 - Nov. 2006 |
Post Construction Nabors Drilling JAL Welding & Flow back |
Sayre, Ok
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Production, Drilling, Work over, and Completion experience
Well completion layout & design. Roustabout foreman throughout the duration of High School and College. Floor hand/Chain hand for Nabors Drilling Company- 2001. Swabbing unit operator & work over rod man- 2003-2004. Pumper- Throughout High School and College. Flow back Hand & Day light work over & completion Supervisor- 2006. Well-seasoned in Oil & Gas Production services.
Education April-June, 2007 Total fluids management school: Mudtech Laboratories Inc. Houston, TX Certified Drilling Fluids Engineer
August, 2002 – April, 2006 Oklahoma Christian University Oklahoma City, OK B.S. in History Pre-Law Minor in Minor in Accounting (GPA: 3.34)
Workshops/Training: August, 2000- May, 2002 Automotive/Field Technician Western Technology Center Training - Diesel Mechanic Certificates: Certified Diesel Technician
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Work history for Joe E. Post
My career In Drilling Fluids began officially in December 2006. I pursued the profession of Mud Engineer not for the title or pay, but rather because I truly love the profession and the people that make up this industry. I have other achievements and abilities that do not appertain to upstream services; however, I arduously apply all of my knowledge accordingly and respectfully. A willingness to listen to co-workers and peers alike will always be conducive to any work environment. As in any industry, one must think outside the proverbial box in order to simplify the complexities of this applied, artistic science. The importance of having a mud engineer on location is clear to a few, while for many others, the picture can be as clear as mud.
Introduction to applied completion & drilling fluids:
- Job/Summer school of 1998
- Chlorides
- Bromides
- Sulfides
- Hardness
- Specific Gravity/Weight densities
-Osmotic pressure
-Filtration systems
- Assisted Jarred Blevins in building his salt water disposal plant
- Followed by vertically integrating and incorporating Blevins Brine well/station close to the North fork Red river of Elk City waterworks.
Nabors drilling company
- June, 2001: Exposed to a rougher side of drilling applications and mixing a broad scale of chemicals. Projected TD on the 1st hole was 19,500\'. We fought Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas along with ample amounts of sweet gas from 15,100-17,800 which was a crash course on the paramount importance of Ph, Viscosity, Yield point, Weight-ups, \"Pill\" spotting, and the right/wrong way of doing things. On any drilling operation, regardless of experience, Safety must always be of the order and present in all that may apply. Even then I wanted to learn the hidden science to drilling and learn more than just how to throw a spinning chain.
- Post Construction
Floor hand & derrick hand on ancient pulling unit.
Offset wells in particular with the main objective of drilling out cement plugs.
Basic drilling fluids for viscosity in order to clean the pipe from any remaining plug remnants, I became proactive in the mud mixing process.
Aided crew on a 1 1/2\" Coiled tubing unit engaged in drilling out plugs via annulus 2 7/8 tubing.
- Just a brief synopsis of this foot note in my oilfield career because here my interest in drilling/completion/packer fluids began to consume all my future aspirations of becoming a professional drilling fluids specialist. I was very fortunate to have the amount of exposure to drilling fluids prior to being inducted in this prestigious profession
Anchor Drilling Fluids
Preparation for mud school was hands down, the best On the Job Training I could have received. The 2 weeks prior to Mudtech. I was only home for 3 nights; luck of the draw I suppose for I was placed with Jim Janzen on a high profile job S. of Hammon, OK. Consistent streams of CO2, relentless Lost returns, 90\' flares, and 2-3 close call Blowout situations makes me anxiously await a chance to run mud on any future locations of the same caliber.
(1) Scored 2nd highest in my class at Mudtech Laboratories Inc. in Houston TX.
(2) Gained the respect of my peers by my job performance rather than affiliation, Et cetera.
(3) Always accepted any challenge, test, extra work or relief, and deleted the words \"I can\'t\" \"No\" \"Sick” “Quit” and \"I don’t know\" from my vocabulary.
(4) Flipping/converting Lime base mud to high excess lime chemical can be indeed necessary to keep fluid properties adequate depending on circumstance.
With a good rig crew, I can flip to a high lime base mud in 1 or 2 circulations.
- 1st Circulation: Caustic Soda & Lignite to strip wall cake.
- 2nd Circulation: Sodium Hydroxide, Calcium Hydroxide, and Spearsene.
--In most cases the 1st circulation is neither necessary nor feasible to the customer.
- Best applicable ratio for 2nd Circulation:
(1)-Lime-2.5ppb
(2)-Caustic soda-1.25ppb
(3)-Spearse-1.75ppb
(4)-H2O=10-12gpm-factor in added volume over circulation period
*All evenly over 1 full circulation and do not let Derrick hand look in the suction pit*
Mud engineer on potassium acetate (Caustic Potash) inhibitive mud systems on HPHT wells in East Texas.
8 Horizontal wells completed while working 24 hour service with minimal relief.
***Mud Engineers must be able to perform all jobs on location***
- Second in command operating the Choke & assuring proper choke manifold flow
- Pill Spotting
- Kill Weight
- Displacement Spacers
- Kill Sheet: *Regardless of who else on location creates one* Mud man writes one up.
- Material Balance equation.
- Calculate Equivalent Circulating Density (ECD), Reynolds Number, Annular velocities, Critical & Slip Velocities, Surge/Swab Psi, Hydrostatic Psi, etc.
- Whichever may be applicable to the situation at hand, I do not need a computer program to perform engineering that may be expected of me to do on the fly.
Oil Base Mud
- Water Phase salinity
- Displacement Spacing
-4 failed consecutive cement plug jobs and willingly and individually kept the viscosity within specification.
- Reverse Osmosis
- POM
- TH
- Excess Lime
- Maintaining & conditioning OBM after TD to ensure the customer is not over charged for high H2O percentage, Et cetera.
Resolving Contamination
- Sulfide testing, H2S & CO2
-Garret Gas Train: Do not have one, but I can calibrate one.
-Zinc Base carbonates or equivalent
- Methylene Blue dye Test (MBT)
- Reactive/Non-reactive solids
- Salt/fresh water influx
- Bicarbonates
Ready for any drilling obstacle and contamination problem or combination of any and all that may appertain. I never have nor will depend on any computer to compensate for any lack of mathematical skills. If a Mud Engineer can openly claim the title then one better be able to back it up and honor the predecessors of the applied science. Outstanding credentials regarding low mud costs, assisting in beating drilling curves, along numerous references from previous employers. Cordial invitations back as days on mud man by Tool pushers, Company men, and Drilling Superintendents alike. Regardless I am still learning and always open to new applications with an open, pragmatic mind. With willingness to pilot test all opportunities that arise that will bring me one mud check closer to becoming a professional among professionals.
However strenuously tiring and arduously complicated the job may seem, optimism from within must prevail. Regardless of age, gender, experience, or relation within workers and competitors alike; a positive efficacy must be the subtle, obtainable goal of the consensus. The safety of all parties must always be of the utmost overall importance. My age and professional experience in numbers at first glance initiates doubt upon first impression. At times I come across as over-bearing; portrayed as overzealous, conceited, embellishing overtones, lacking consistency, et cetera. I only want what is best for the customer and to get the well drilled efficiently. My credentials and work ethic upon request from previous employers will illustrate my professional dedication to representing more than just a title. Applying calculations and example scenarios in reference to drilling operations help maintain laminar flow of mind in a time of economic turbulence. I aspire to become an expert in the field of drilling/completion fluids, with the years of experience that illustrates my dedication to such a prestigious profession.
References:
Jim Janzen
Senior Drilling Fluids Specialist
Anchor Drilling Fluids
405-301-5245
Carl Devorce
District Engineer
Anchor Drilling Fluids
580-743-0163
Bo Johnston
Eagle Drilling Fluids
Work: 580-309-3447
References Continued:
J.D. Grider
Engineering Supervisor
Champion Drilling Fluids
Work: 806-886-8355
Jeff Taylor
District Engineer for Oklahoma and West Texas
Champion Drilling Fluids
Work: 580-799-1327
Noel Galvan
Engineering Supervisor for North and South American Fluid operations
Baroid & GHG Corporation
Work: 281-787-4168
Gary Williams
XTO Consultant
Work: 580-729-0912