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Overview
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Fred Combs

Seguin,TX

Summary

Highly motivated and a positive individual with great organizational and communication skills. Will provide thorough answers and solutions. Successful background working with other contractors/employees for maximum performance. Proactive and hardworking while focused on continuous operational improvement. Versatile in many different fields and will take advantage of any opportunity to learn.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Workover Consultant

Baytex Energy
06.2023 - Current

Gas lift and stick rod production workovers. Offset frac isolations and safety shut ins. New well tubing installs (Gas lift/ Jet pump). Horizontal clean outs. Re-frac liner installs. P&A's and T&A's.

Fishing Tool Supervisor

Python Down Hole
03.2023 - 06.2023

3 months training and working on cased hole fishing jobs before the Baytex opportunity,

Workover Consultant

Devon Energy
09.2022 - 03.2023

Re-frac liner installs, lateral clean outs, permanent packer mill outs, and new well tubing instals

Workover Consultant

Validus Energy
07.2021 - 09.2022

Scheduling and over seeing day to day operations on Refrac preps, lateral clean outs, packer mill outs, New tubing installs. (Stayed on after Devon purchased asset).

Rig Manager

Ensign Well Service
12.2017 - 12.2021
  • 2017- 2020 Encana. July 2021- Dec 2021 Validus. Working the same field, different customers doing well run ons/tube ups. Deep lateral clean outs, Stick rod and round trip production jobs. Refrac preps.

Rig Manager

Ensign Well Service
05.2011 - 12.2017
  • 2011-2015 worked for Vintage/CRC doing deep hole completions/ explorations that included CIT testing, TCP perforating, swab testing, P&A'S, Production work of stick rod, PC units with stick rod, Jet pumps, and submersible pumps
  • 2015-2016 worked for Chevron Kern River (D&C) doing well completions on shallow steam injection wells. Side tracking pre existing well. Cement squeezing, and minor casing repairs.
  • 2016-2018 worked for So-Cal Gas Company doing major fishing jobs, milling out old casing patches, P&A's, running new screened liners with new inner string casing, changing tubing spools, complete work over of old damaged wells
  • July 2020 - July 2021 worked for PG&E in northern California doing large work over projects on existing storage well. Work included fishing liner, under-reaming, running and cementing casing, running and gravel packing liner.

Rig Manager

Ensign Well Service
08.2009 - 05.2011

2009 - 2011 Vertical well drill outs with nitrogen, well communication isolation, and stick rod/gas lift production.

2020 Workover rig/ horizontal drill outs. Turn key abandonment.


Education

GED -

Aims Community College
Greeley CO

Skills

  • 13 years working on and managing a workover rig
  • 3 years working as a Wellsite Manager/ consultant
  • Self-Motivated
  • Flexible and Adaptable to any new process
  • Work hard to take all things into account for better decision making
  • Able to utilize total quality and safety management principles to operate successfully in a stressful, fast-paced, deadline-oriented, "no-errors" environment
  • Outstanding troubleshooting and maintenance skills
  • Fit for duty, drug and alcohol free
  • Dedicated to learn and improve knowledge in the oil and gas industry
  • Committed to teach and pass along any information that can further the understanding of the job to all others I work around
  • Multitasking abilities and multi job scheduling

Certification

  • IADC Subsurface, Drilling, , Full. Supervisor Level (WELL CONTROL)
  • Heartsaver First Aid, CPR, AED
  • H2s
  • Lock out, Tag out, Try out. Permitting. PPE/Hazard ID. Substance abuse. Heat/Cold Working Conditions. SPCC & Response. Forklift. Fire Extinguisher Use. Fall Prevention. Rigging/ Slinging. Rig rescue. Confined Space

Timeline

Workover Consultant

Baytex Energy
06.2023 - Current

Fishing Tool Supervisor

Python Down Hole
03.2023 - 06.2023

Workover Consultant

Devon Energy
09.2022 - 03.2023

Workover Consultant

Validus Energy
07.2021 - 09.2022

Rig Manager

Ensign Well Service
12.2017 - 12.2021

Rig Manager

Ensign Well Service
05.2011 - 12.2017

Rig Manager

Ensign Well Service
08.2009 - 05.2011

GED -

Aims Community College
  • IADC Subsurface, Drilling, , Full. Supervisor Level (WELL CONTROL)
  • Heartsaver First Aid, CPR, AED
  • H2s
  • Lock out, Tag out, Try out. Permitting. PPE/Hazard ID. Substance abuse. Heat/Cold Working Conditions. SPCC & Response. Forklift. Fire Extinguisher Use. Fall Prevention. Rigging/ Slinging. Rig rescue. Confined Space
Fred Combs