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Christopher Thue

Dickinson,ND

Summary

Combat Disabled Veteran Honorable discharge from the United States Marines Corps Infantry. Fifteen years experience oil and gas professional prepared for leadership in rig operations. Strong background in safety protocols, equipment management, and project coordination. Emphasis on team collaboration and adaptability to meet evolving challenges. Known for reliability, problem-solving skills, and effective communication.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Wireline Operator

Ranger Energy Services
05.2023 - Current
  • Enhanced productivity by efficiently setting up and maintaining wireline equipment.
  • Streamlined operations by effectively collaborating with other team members during well interventions.
  • Supported new hires by sharing expertise in wireline equipment operation, safety practices, and efficient task execution techniques.
  • Increased accuracy of downhole measurements by carefully calibrating wireline tools before each use.
  • Reduced downtime by swiftly troubleshooting and resolving technical issues.
  • Expedited rig-up/rig-down processes without sacrificing safety or quality control measures.

Production Rig Supervisor Foreman

Continental Resources
03.2020 - 04.2023
  • Oversaw daily operations at site, keeping team production moving at optimal pace.
  • Trained workers in proper methods, equipment operation and safety procedures.
  • Directed projects according to schedule and quality demands.
  • Inspected sights to evaluate safety, operations and crew performance against objectives.
  • Have Fixed and maintained 190 wells. Rod and tubing repair. Gas lift installs. ESP installs. Fish Rods and tubing. Hard and Soft set ISO.
  • Set and retrieved packers. Clean outs with sand bailer's or circulating with surface pumps. Acid Jobs.
  • Wireline and slick operations.

Operator

Pioneer wireline services
06.2019 - 02.2020
  • Completed work according to schedule and helped struggling team members
  • Assemble tool's in the shop and in the field

Service representative liner hangers

Weatherford International
09.2018 - 06.2019
  • Supervise on site operations of liner system's
  • Build liner tally and drill pipe tally for
  • Worked in shop building liner hanger, PLB landing collar's and wet shoe subs
  • Calculate volume for cementing, hydrostatic pressures system and
  • Supervise cementing watching pressures and float
  • Setting liner hanger and packer
  • Completion of job packets and detailed information on the

Service Operator Completions tools

Halliburton
09.2017 - Current
  • Put together Obsidian Plugs on a gun train using the Barker 20 kit's for zipper an stage frac's
  • Over see the pump down of all stages from the Wireline truck watching pressure's, Line tension, and Line speed.
  • Calculations for Max pressures to keep from shifting RSI sleeve while circulating Mud, pumping cement and displacement.
  • Detailed Drawings of all tools, ID and OD, lengths
    Monitor Pressure gauges on a Cement manifold during Squeeze jobs.
  • Building tools in the shop.
  • Operated hoists, cranes and power tools to dismantle equipment to find and remove defective parts.
  • Detected faulty operation of equipment and defective materials and promptly resolved issues.
  • Down hole hydraulics and calculations
  • Microsoft word and excel

Rig Operator/Cement truck Operator

Magna Energy Services
07.2014 - 08.2017
  • Operate a national service rig doing Plug and Abandonment from spring to early winter, during operations fish tubing, packers, rods and milling up Cement retainer.
  • Operate a elite style cement trailer for mixing G neet with 35% silica and g neet cement plugs for Hess. Do all the math for slurry mix and displacement, work all tubing tallies for tool placement.
  • Pull and set packers and Cement retainer's.
  • During the winter work production doing rod ups, pump changes, artificial lifts for Oasis Petroleum.
  • Drive all equipment that requires a Class A Driver's License.

    • Completions Specialist

    TAM International
    09.2013 - 06.2014
    • Complete well bore space out for Frac liner.
    • Prep Swellable packers for shipping to location, also when on location set them up for order that they are run down hole.
    • Meet with Company man to get well info for the job mark out casing for the run make sure the tally hasn't changed.
    • Use Microsoft excel and word for each job.
    • Detail log of the job from start to finish.
    • Learn other inflatable service tools and applications.
    • Down hole Hydraulics and calculations

    Derrickhand/Relif-operator

    Tervita
    08.2012 - 09.2013
    • Operated a Kremco service rig doing completions for OXY Petroleum, fishing packer's,tubing.
    • Drill outs and clean outs.
    • Swedge casing, muti-operations with coil-tubing and your tri-plex pump while milling tools.
    • Running tieback string, pulling 4 1/2
    • Casing patches, squeeze job's

    Infantry

    United States Marine Corps
    12.1999 - 01.2004
    • Instructor for Marines on urban combat projects on how to clear and sweep buildings, setting up a forward operating base out of civilian housing, also for a defensive position
    • Earned Both Expert Marksmanship award for small arms and assault weapons
    • Secret security clearance
    • Served as Team leader after only a year of service
    • Trainer of junior marines in first aid and CPR, Physical fitness

    Education

    Trade Skill - Plumbing

    St. Cloud Tech
    St. cloud, MN
    2008

    Trade Skill - Welding

    Ridgewater Tech College
    Willmar, MN
    2009

    Skills

    • Self-motivated
    • Extremely organized
    • Fast Leaner
    • Troubleshooting
    • Organized
    • Quick learner
    • Class A Commercial Driver's License
    • Certified Welder

    Accomplishments

    Meritorious Mast for leading my team through course in Japan consisting of 27 projects to complete

    Promoted to E-4 Corporal after two and a half years of service

    Completed Survival Evasion and Escape Training in 2011

    Finished TAM inflatable service tools course in march of 2014

    Hold a Class A drivers license with tanker endorsement

    Honorable discharge from the Marines Corps


    Certification

    Wild well Control Certfied

    Timeline

    Wireline Operator

    Ranger Energy Services
    05.2023 - Current

    Production Rig Supervisor Foreman

    Continental Resources
    03.2020 - 04.2023

    Operator

    Pioneer wireline services
    06.2019 - 02.2020

    Service representative liner hangers

    Weatherford International
    09.2018 - 06.2019

    Service Operator Completions tools

    Halliburton
    09.2017 - Current

    Rig Operator/Cement truck Operator

    Magna Energy Services
    07.2014 - 08.2017

    Completions Specialist

    TAM International
    09.2013 - 06.2014

    Derrickhand/Relif-operator

    Tervita
    08.2012 - 09.2013

    Infantry

    United States Marine Corps
    12.1999 - 01.2004

    Trade Skill - Plumbing

    St. Cloud Tech

    Trade Skill - Welding

    Ridgewater Tech College

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