Darius Colenberg
Petroleum Engineering Student
Zachary,LA
Summary
Experienced with field operations and project execution. Utilizes technical knowledge to ensure compliance with industry standards and project requirements. Track record of effective problem-solving and collaboration in dynamic environments.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Field Engineer Intern
Welltec
08.2025 - 08.2025
- Assisted with the setup of dog houses for equipment, offshore tool/work boxes, well cutters, millers, and strokers for offshore well intervention operations.
- Helped take inventory of serialized parts before tools were built for customers.
- Participated in general needs such as housekeeping, cleaning, and maintaining workshop areas.
Floorhand
Cactus Drilling
05.2025 - 06.2025
- Assisted tripping operations on the drilling rig floor, such as setting slips, making up/breaking connections with tongs, doping up pipe ID, building stands of drill pipe, racking stands of pipe back, and laying down drill pipe when tripping out of the hole.
- Helped with the rigging up of equipment for casing runs, cementing operations, blowout preventer testing, and bottom hole assembly change.
- Operated rig equipment such as catwalks, FR120 iron roughnecks, forklifts, and manlifts.
- Completed and participated in general rig maintenance, such as cutting wire rope, pressure washing, maintaining the drilling rig floor, cleaning the driller's windows, pressure washing handrails and walkways, and also cleaning the rig’s substructure.
Fabrication Engineering Intern
CETCO Energy Services
05.2024 - 08.2024
- Gathered inventory information of offshore well testing and filtration packages by taking inspection pictures, reading data plates, and recording the asset’s ID accordingly.
- Visited partnered fabrication facilities to view and help inspect repair alterations done on offshore oil and gas rental equipment.
- Sourced through data books to file important documents according to their asset IDs, with various information that was gathered from previous fabrication yard visits and existing inventory checks.
- I attended class sit-ins to continually advance my knowledge of well testing and filtration within offshore oil and gas operations.
Laser Tally hand and Shop hand
Superior Performance
05.2022 - 07.2022
- Assisting the lead with hard strapping, laser measurement, and stenciling of different strands of oilfield pipe.
- Confirmed and gathered the OD of the oilfield pipe using calibration device Excel files.
- Confirmed and gathered ID of oilfield pipe using a 3pt ID device and Excel files.
- Assisted with the breakdown and construction of Inside Blow Out Preventers using torque-out equipment.
- Helped test plug valves using high water pressure of up to 20,000 psi.
- Cleaned and buffed the OD, ID, and threads of crossovers and wedges used for completing wells.
- Painted, doped, and prepped crossovers for storage and shipping.
- Broke down and cleaned plug valves and IBOP canisters.
- Cleaned, disassembled, and reassembled stabbing guides and slips for drilling pipe.
- Helped package equipment to be shipped to offshore and land rigs for service.
General Laborer
Mighty Ike Trucking LLC
05.2016 - 11.2022
- Bush Hog.
- Transported gravel using a backhoe.
- Demolition and construction.
- Assist with maintaining and manicuring lawns.
- Erect fencing.
- Performed light maintenance on vehicles.
Production and Manufacturing Team Assembler
Pactec
05.2020 - 06.2020
- Assisting sewers in gathering cut materials, accessories, and pulling fabric during assembly.
- Folding and prepping completed products to be inspected and prepared for shipping.
- Operating welder-sealing machines to assemble berms, and prep for inspection and shipping.
- Operating industrial cutting tools.
- Sewing machine maintenance, such as oiling and threading the machines as needed,
Education
Bachelor of Science - Petroleum Engineering
University of Louisiana LaFayette
Lafayette, LA 05.2001 -
High School Diploma -
Silliman Institute
Clinton, LA 05.2001 -
Skills
Equipment installation
Multitasking Abilities
Time management
Problem-solving
Self motivation
Equipment maintenance
Certification
IADC WellSharp Well Control Certified, #628CCC46-80CED4
Softwares
Landmark EDT
Owl Database
Techlog
Microsoft
Affiliations
- International Association of Drilling Contractors- IADC
- American Association of Drilling Engineers- AADE
- Society of Petroleum Engineers- SPE
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimePart TimeInternshipContract WorkGig WorkLocation Preference
On-SiteRemoteHybridSalary Range
$45000/yr - $100000/yrImportant To Me
Career advancementPersonal development programsTimeline
Field Engineer Intern
Welltec
08.2025 - 08.2025
Floorhand
Cactus Drilling
05.2025 - 06.2025
Fabrication Engineering Intern
CETCO Energy Services
05.2024 - 08.2024
Laser Tally hand and Shop hand
Superior Performance
05.2022 - 07.2022
Production and Manufacturing Team Assembler
Pactec
05.2020 - 06.2020
General Laborer
Mighty Ike Trucking LLC
05.2016 - 11.2022
Bachelor of Science - Petroleum Engineering
University of Louisiana LaFayette
05.2001 -
High School Diploma -
Silliman Institute
05.2001 -