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Adam Jondal

Casper,USA

Summary

With 20 years of experience in the oil field, including thirteen years in advanced supervisory roles, I am a committed and professional individual. Throughout my career, I consistently achieved outstanding results in timely rig moves while adhering to strict government and state guidelines. I possess strong diplomatic and tactful skills when interacting with professionals and non-professionals at all levels. My proven ability to work quickly and think ahead to the next procedure has allowed me to handle sensitive confidential records effectively. Leveraging my innovative skills in Wellsite Management, Team Building & Leadership, Rig Management, and more, I have made consistent contributions that increase efficiency and control over head costs. As a strong leader, I am flexible, versatile, and maintain a sense of humor under pressure. Additionally, I excel at transcending cultural differences and thrive in deadline-driven environments. With my ability to plan and direct the work of others, I create a safe, positive, and productive environment.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Rig Manager

Nabors Drilling USA
01.2011 - 01.2024
  • Manage drilling rigs throughout Wyoming for a multi-million dollar company
  • Co-ordinate the work of rig crews that consist of up to 24 employees
  • Optimize production while ensuring that the entire drilling or well servicing operation runs smoothly, safely and efficiently
  • Ensure that operations comply with company policies and government regulations
  • Make arrangements to prepare the area for drilling, organize the setting up and dismantling of the rig
  • Ensure that emergency evacuation and medical procedures are posted and understood
  • Prepare complex reports for rig operation maintenance, ensuring full compliance with government agency requirements and tight deadlines
  • Author professional correspondence to workers and vendors
  • Conduct group sessions on maintenance/safety techniques
  • Communicate medical concepts to ensure proper safety regulations
  • Customer Service/Marketing/Problem Solving
  • Oversee rig operations
  • Reduce down time by 50%
  • Increase production by 35%
  • Ensure integrity of multi-million dollar oil field equipment to avert downtime, and maintained the visual aspects of the oil field sight to promote cleanliness and enhance safety of the crew, and all members on the rig sight
  • Maintain an on-going communication with company man in regards to our concerns and observations
  • Conduct daily safety meetings to ensure knowledge of upcoming events while planning ahead to maintain the safety of the employees
  • Supervise all rig activity while performing vertical, directional, horizontal, and under balanced drilling

Performance Improvement Trainer – Journey 2 Excellence

Nabors Drilling USA
01.2022 - 01.2023
  • One of four improvement teams in the nation for Nabors Drilling
  • Identify gaps & deficiencies, communicate interventions in reporting up process & mitigate future gaps & deficiencies
  • The PIT Crew utilizes a standardized rig assessment scorecard for evaluating the 'current status of the rig' in relation to the four 'High Performance Culture' (HPC) elements
  • HPC elements include, climate, culture, processes and systems
  • The assessment scorecard data is used to create a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP), which supports and cultivates a sustained continuous improvement environment
  • The PIT Crew also introduces interventions, models coaching and provides mentorship the duration of the rig visit as well

Drilling Superintendent

Nabors Drilling USA
01.2021 - 01.2022
  • Reports to the Drilling Manager
  • Represents the Company in all drilling related activities required to drill, evaluate and complete a well
  • Conduct morning calls and review morning reports from the drilling rigs with the Drilling Supervisor at the rig site and the Drilling Engineer
  • Ensure the operations are conducted in the best interest of the Company
  • Discusses future operations plans with the Drilling Supervisor and the Drilling Engineer in an effort to optimize and eliminate problems
  • Communicate effectively with the Drilling Supervisor and Drilling Engineer to ensure that all technical specifications of the Drilling Program and Drilling Manual are met
  • Encourage an atmosphere of teamwork among the drilling staff, rig site personnel, service providers and other disciplines
  • Conduct meetings through the term of the contracts, with service providers, to increase the efficiency of the service and help reduce or eliminate any potential problems
  • Provide technical trouble shooting when problems occur on the drilling rig
  • Perform periodic evaluations for the Drilling Supervisors, Drilling Engineers and Drilling Technicians
  • Monitor drilling expenditures on a daily basis with the goal of drilling the most cost effective wells possible
  • Review equipment planning with Drilling Engineer, Drilling Supervisors and the Material & Logistics Coordinator to ensure timely equipment arrivals and to eliminate equipment overstocking
  • Coordinate with the Drilling Engineer, Material & Logistics Coordinator & Drilling supervisors the timely arrival of drilling equipment and services on wellsite
  • Ensure that wells are drilled and completed in a manner that meets the objectives of the Reservoir, Production, and Geological departments
  • Encourage and support HSE training and implementation of new procedures and guidelines
  • Attend the bi-weekly safety meeting in the field
  • Prepare monthly drilling operations reports
  • Technical review of all drilling programs and final well reports
  • Perform wellsite inspections to ensure that safety programs are conducted and monitored by the drilling contractors in a manner consistent with HSE policies in conjunction with the Senior Drilling Supervisors’ site specific HSE plan
  • Liaise with Construction personnel to ensure that well platforms are constructed to specifications, in a time and cost effective manner
  • Liases with subsurface geology and production teams
  • Operational planning: Selecting drilling locations, developing drilling programs, and setting project schedules
  • Supervision: Ensuring that drilling activities are carried out in accordance with safety standards, regulations, and best practices
  • Technical expertise: Having a comprehensive understanding of geological formations, drilling technologies, and production methods
  • Leadership: Coordinating multidisciplinary teams and optimizing resource allocation
  • Communication: Acting as a liaison between top management, field personnel, and external stakeholders
  • Safety: Ensuring that the company's and client's HSE and Q/A policies and standards are implemented on the rig sites
  • Reporting: Ensuring reporting routines are fulfilled
  • Spare parts: Verifying that the stock level of spare parts and consumables for the drilling equipment is kept at an appropriate level
  • Environmental protection: Protecting the environment from damage resulting from operations
  • New employees: Assisting new employees in the use of relevant work procedures and practices
  • Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams during well planning phases, aligning objectives across departments to maximize project success.
  • Analyzed post-drilling data reports to identify areas of improvement for future operations increasing overall efficiency.
  • Partnered with suppliers to negotiate pricing agreements for essential materials, cutting costs without sacrificing quality or safety standards.
  • Managed drilling team members, promoting a collaborative work environment for increased productivity.

Drilling Consultant

Ultra Petroleum
01.2017 - 01.2018
  • Monitor wellsite operations including, scheduling and overseeing all drilling, casing and cementing operations
  • Work with rotary directional tools and systems
  • Layout and implementation of environmental containment for drilling operations
  • Work with safety and environmental departments to keep locations in compliance
  • Play an active role in cutting drilling time and costs
  • Responsible for all operations conducted on site or on staging areas for wellsite
  • Manage daily activity reports, cost tracking, vendor evaluation and other reports as required
  • Run tally of casing & accessories
  • Maintaining good working relations with drilling contractor and rig crews
  • Monitor & troubleshoot wellbore issues on locations
  • Verify contractor compliance of HSE policies and procedures
  • Confer with supervisor and engineers, make recommendations to optimize field
  • Coordinate with engineering and purchasing departments to ensure necessary services/equipment are available when needed
  • Manage day to day activities of rig contractor personnel and third-party contractors
  • Ensure operations are conducted in accordance with safety and environmental standards, government regulation and company policy and procedures

Driller/Derrick Man

Nabors Drilling
01.2006 - 01.2011
  • Duties included, but not limited to: Taking direction from company man, and rig manager on goals for the day on hole guidelines, mud guidelines, drilling parameters, mud expectations, rig upkeep expectations and planning for the next step
  • True and accurate records of the day's events completion of inspection forms and job safety analysis
  • Keeping safety of men working under my supervision and third parties that come on location
  • Along with keeping rig maintenance a priority
  • Reduced downtime through proactive maintenance and timely repair of drilling equipment.
  • Improved safety on the rig by enforcing strict adherence to safety protocols and conducting regular safety drills.
  • Supervised drill site setup, ensuring proper installation and alignment of drilling equipment for maximum operational efficiency.
  • Supported management of all drilling and rig move operations

Floorman/Motorman

Nabors Drilling
01.2003 - 01.2006
  • Motorman Duties include, Understand the requirements of the Company Management System (to include policies, procedures, and expectations) and perform duties in accordance with them
  • Propose recommendations for improvements to the Company Management System or practices
  • Understand that everyone has the responsibility, authority, and obligation to interrupt an operation if a condition or behavior is observed which could cause harm to people, assets or the environment and act on this understanding as required
  • (Stop work authority)
  • Identify hazards in the workplace and implement sufficient controls to prevent incidents
  • Participate in pre-tour meetings and participate in and/or lead pre-task meetings
  • Work under the direction of the Driller and/or Rig Manager
  • Take regularly scheduled readings of specific rig equipment and record them as directed by the Rig Manager
  • Perform maintenance and repairs on rig equipment as per Company Maintenance System
  • Communicate specific maintenance or repair needs to the Rig Manager as required
  • (i.e
  • The need to have 3rd party or Region/Division field service technician's assistance.)
  • Monitor and report the inventory of spare parts and lubricants for rig equipment as directed by the Rig Manager
  • Work on the rig floor during tripping operations as directed by the Driller
  • Maintain good housekeeping on the drilling location to include rig components, offices and accommodations
  • Report incidents, equipment failures, system failures and abnormalities as per Company procedures
  • Train and mentor Floormen who are interested in a Motorman position
  • Floorman, Trips pipe (consists of using slips, tongs and elevators), lines up choke or kill manifold and makes connections while drilling
  • Nipples BOP's up and down
  • Relieves Derrick hand in Derrick while tripping pipe or on pits while eating, assists in mixing drilling mud or lost circulation material and chemicals, and acts as Flag Crane Operator or Driller when Operator cannot see loads
  • Shaker duties: Monitors mud weight, viscosity and sand weight while drilling
  • Performs general maintenance of draw works, rotary transmission, and rotary table oils
  • Performs chipping and painting on rig floor, loads and off-loads pipe, assists in rig movement (help with rig-up/rig-down), and rig maintenance
  • Inspections of all safety equipment, TIW valve, inside BOP valve, choke manifold and accumulator unit
  • Monitors hole fill-ups while pulling out of hole, lining up trip tanks, runs air/hydraulic hoist (lowering and lifting), checks for leaks on BOP stack, and measures pipe
  • Checks snub lines, pull lines, shackles, and cable clamps to see that they are in good condition
  • Checks dies in slips and tongs, fluid level in Koomey Unit, and all safety and riding belts to make sure they are in good condition
  • Mixes sack chemicals, runs casing, tags casing through V-door, and unhooks cables from casing, tubing and drill pipes
  • Changes drill/trip recorder and change chart
  • Responds to emergency situations including, but not limited to, well bore influxes, hydrogen sulfide detection and major mechanical or structural failures
  • Must be capable of quickly evacuating the facility to avoid injury during emergencies, assists in rescue operations for injuries or overcome personnel
  • Assists with repairs and maintenance of large mud pumps, shale shaker, de-sander, de-silter, and degasser units
  • Responsible for moving joints of casing to the catwalk during casing job
  • Assists with attaching casing to pick-up lines so casing can be lifted to the rig floor
  • Responsible for rolling drill pipe to or from catwalk, attaching or detaching the pick-up lines, and using drill pipe tongs, spinning chain, air spinners, slips, as well as handling drill pipe joints
  • Cleans the mast and substructure with a high-pressure steam cleaning unit
  • Scrubs and paints mast, substructure, etc
  • Digs and/or cleans ditches around the drilling rig daily
  • Also cleans out mud pits monthly

Skills

  • HSE leadership
  • Budgeting and cost control
  • Drilling plan compliance
  • Procedural discipline
  • Performance monitoring and evaluation
  • Problem-solving abilities
  • Multitasking Abilities
  • Reliability
  • Quality assurance and control
  • Customer Relations
  • Team building
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Employee Training
  • Operations Management
  • Professionalism
  • Quality Control
  • Time management abilities
  • Adaptability
  • Project Management
  • Crisis Management
  • Problem-solving aptitude
  • Performance Management
  • Program Development
  • Communication Skills
  • Reporting and documenting
  • Innovation management

Certification

  • First Aid/CPR
  • H2S Training
  • Well Control
  • OSHA
  • PPE
  • SPCC
  • Hazard Communication (Hazcom)
  • Hazard Identification/Awareness/Mitigation
  • Advanced Safety Audit
  • Back Safety/Safe lifting
  • Blood Born Pathogens
  • Confined Space Entry
  • Driver Safety
  • Dropped Objects
  • Drug & Alcohol Awareness
  • Emergency Response
  • Fall Protection/Fall Protection Awareness
  • Fire Protections & Prevention
  • Loader/Forklift Operation
  • Lock out Tag out
  • Man Lift Operations
  • Power Industrial Vehicle
  • Rigger Training
  • Respiratory Protection
  • Barrier/Zone
  • Harassment Prevention training for supervisors
  • Hearing Protection
  • Heat Stress/Cold Weather Safety
  • High 5/Hand Safety
  • HR Leadership
  • JSA
  • New Hire Orientation
  • Pace Training
  • Pragma 3000
  • ST-80
  • Stop For Employee
  • Top Drive
  • K&M

Keytalents

  • Wellsite Management
  • Team Building & Leadership
  • Rig Management
  • Report Preparation
  • Preventative Management
  • Training Management
  • Customer Service
  • Scheduling
  • Safety & Compliance Management
  • Communication & Organization
  • Professional Presentations
  • Quality Control Management
  • Production Planning and Scheduling
  • Vendor Management

References


  • Adam Nissen 605-641-6944
  • Gus Miller 570-766-2971
  • Michael Haavig 701-620-9283
  • Dusty Gamel 423-231-9264
  • Erick Anton 701-290-9386
  • Eric Daniels 307-710-6856
  • Terry Thompson 307-851-4967
  • Robert Jones 307-851-6480

Timeline

Performance Improvement Trainer – Journey 2 Excellence

Nabors Drilling USA
01.2022 - 01.2023

Drilling Superintendent

Nabors Drilling USA
01.2021 - 01.2022

Drilling Consultant

Ultra Petroleum
01.2017 - 01.2018

Rig Manager

Nabors Drilling USA
01.2011 - 01.2024

Driller/Derrick Man

Nabors Drilling
01.2006 - 01.2011

Floorman/Motorman

Nabors Drilling
01.2003 - 01.2006

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