Javier Alexander Romero
Summary
Engineering professional with over 25 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry and over 20 years of experience in well completion and well intervention. Solid expertise in well-completion design, and intervention programs, determining successful solutions, minimizing wastes, and ensuring ongoing improvement in operational efficiency. Proven track record in directing successful well-engineering projects from inception to completion, delivering those within set time and budgets.
Professional consultant with track record of providing valuable insights and strategic solutions to diverse clients. Adept at leveraging analytical skills and industry knowledge to drive impactful outcomes. Known for fostering team collaboration and adapting to dynamic environments, ensuring project success and client satisfaction.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Consultant
Freelance
09.2021 - Current
- Consultant for small/medium O&G operators in West Texas
- Design and supervision of Well Completions, Well Intervention, Well integrity restoration, Production optimization, and Production enhancement strategies
- Brown field evaluation for Production optimization and OPEX reduction
- Design of well Completions and Well interventions programs
- Update and digitalization of historical Well data and Well completion information
- Develop and implementation of optimization strategies for Well completion, Well intervention, and production enhancement
- Advise of using new technologies for cost reduction on production, completion, and Well interventions
Completion & Well Intervention Operations Manager (CWI)
Special Oilfield Services
02.2017 - 09.2021
- Company Overview: Muscat, Oman
- Design and implement strategic planning to develop business with new technologies for completion and well intervention
- Management of department budget and profit and loss implementing cost control and operational excellence
- Management of over 50 employees for two coiled tubing contracts, three well testing contracts, two completions contracts for gas & artificial lift, and one contract for radioactive tracers
- Main achievements:
- Increased departmental profit by 20% through the introduction of new technologies
- Introduce new technologies for completion and well intervention on Heavy Oil and secondary recovery
- Introduce a new Multi Stage Frac Technology to PDO
- Start a new High Pressure CT contract with DO (Four CT Units)
- Start a new radioactive tracers contract with PDO
- Increase the Value of one completion and Velocity string contract introducing new technologies
- Muscat, Oman
Well Intervention & Completion Engineer
Shell Development Oman LLC (SDO)
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Company Overview: Muscat, Oman (Consultant Orion Group Oman)
- Collaborating with high-skilled team to recover more than 100 Gas Wells in PDO through the best technical approach
- Designing and planning Well Interventions for HWOU and WO Rigs and preparing snubbing intervention program
- Assessment and deployment of new technologies in a long campaign of Velocity string and gas well de-liquefaction strategy
- Establishing a standard well control road map for workover interventions in deep HPHT Gas Wells
- Resolved issues related to well integrity restoration by identifying effective solutions using new technologies
- Developed and implemented PDO first Gas Well WO underbalanced sequence using a 2000 HP Drilling Rig
- Improved 8 gas wells by resolving fishing/milling issues, including 600 mt of CT stuck in HPHT Gas Wells
- Recovered over 10 MM m3/day of gas within two years campaign by utilizing the best resources to intervene HPHT deep gas wells
- Muscat, Oman (Consultant Orion Group Oman)
Completion & Workover Engineer
Petroleum Development Oman LLC (PDO)
02.2012 - 12.2015
- Company Overview: Muscat, Oman
- Led vertical and horizontal deep gas and oil exploration wells by designing and executing the well testing programs
- Conducted the well testing operation in vertical and horizontal wells including perforating, testing, CT N2 lift, and Acid Stim
- Designed and executed the Snubbing and Coiled Tubing intervention program and provided guidance on well control and integrity restoration
- Identified the best solution for well integrity restoration using various technologies available in the market
- Achieved the Director Gold Award and citations for accruing a saving of around $50MM with a positive impact on gas production amounting to approx
- 5 M m3/day
- Installed over 100 Velocity string completions in gas wells by developing Velocity String Master Plan, which resulted in ongoing improvement and cost savings by $9MM annually
- Formulated the first Shell snubbing manual by liaising with Tom Keltner Shell Snubbing PTE
- Developed the technical specs for a Multi Stage Frac completion on three Horizontal wells in an Unconventional Gas Reservoir
- Provided technical support to a Capillary string completion for foam injection in Unconventional Depleted Gas wells
- Provide Planning & Design support on Well Cat modeling for thermal wells (Contractions-Expansions)
- Provide Planning and Design technical support on material selection for thermal applications
- (Extra Heavy Oil)
- Muscat, Oman
Down Hole Business Technical Advisor
Pipeline Supply Company LLC
09.2010 - 01.2012
- Company Overview: Muscat, Oman
- Provided business development and technical support to generate a new corporate division for providing customer solutions
- Designed and implemented one Jet pump rigless completion for a deep sour oil well using Coiled Tubing
- Created new multiples joints ventures with overseas companies in different Areas related to Down Hole technologies and completion
- Accomplished first Hydraulic Jet Pump Trial to produce 400 m3/day of Oil with 10% H2S in Boudur Field, which resulted in continuous field development
- Secured five-year contract for jet pump applications with Petroleum Development Oman
- Identify, promote and implement new technology solutions for Heavy and Extra Heavy oil completion and secondary recovery strategies
- Muscat, Oman
Operational Manager
Wiremaster de Venezuela SA
03.2000 - 08.2010
- Company Overview: Venezuela
- Responsible for the overall technical and operational performance of the company, mainly to deliver a high quality along the manufacturing process and completion services, to ensure a very low failures rate and high service performance
- Create and add value to customers understanding their needs to manufacture fix for purpose completion and well intervention tools in order to increase their recovery saving time and costs on their operations
- Develop the first manufacturing plant of HPHT completion products in Venezuela
- Winner of the Innovation Award from Venezuelan Government
- Implemented IS09000-2000 for the whole company, manufacturing process, delivering and completion services
- Won the major HPHT completion contract of 20MM USD sharing the contract with Schlumberger in the second place
- Created more than 50 high level new employments with engineering, manufacturing and HPHT completions services
- Provided full technical support to more than 40 HPHT Gas & Oil well completions and more than 500 Low pressure well completions with refurbished packers and other completions tools
- Design and manufacturing of a proprietary high-temperature packer for thermal wells
- (New Technology Award from Ministry of Science and Technology, Venezuela)
- Venezuela
Technical Advisor/Account Rep– Well Completion & Smart Well Technology
Halliburton de Venezuela SA
08.1996 - 03.2000
- Company Overview: Venezuela
- Responsible for identifying and creating new business opportunities thru a deep understanding of the whole Well construction process and upstream/downstream productions requirements, also ensuring profitable standard and fit for purpose solutions with the latest worldwide Halliburton completion new technology
- Specially designated as Champion to promote and develop intelligent completions (Smart Wells) for Venezuela
- Worked at Halliburton Bellaire Center, Houston, Texas, to develop a Low End Smart completion (Low End SCRAMS) for some projects in Maracaibo Lake, Venezuela
- Design new technology solutions for heavy and extra heavy oil for PDVSA East Venezuela Orinoco Belt
- Part of Reservoir Integrated Studies Team at PDVSA Maracaibo, Venezuela, for the reservoir Modelling of C4X water injection project using Smart Well Technologies to improve the Water flooding with multiple ICV and different multilayer injections patterns
- Implementation of special deep well completions and complex rigless intervention using Coiled tubing and HWOU
- Venezuela
Education
Electrical Engineer -
Universidad Rafael Urdaneta
Skills
- Software designer and developer
- Specialized Software: Open Wells, Landmark Well CAT, Stress Check, PROSPER, OFM
- Programs: SAP, AutoCAD, Advanced MS Office, MS Project, C Language & VB, Excel Macros, Microsoft Access
- Extensive experience in Snubbing, Well Completion, Well Interventions, Well Control, and Well Integrity
- Design and supervision of Coiled Tubing and E-CT, Snubbing, Wireline and Workover rigs operations
- Design of Multi Stage Frac completion
- Supervision of Multi Stage Frac operations
- Planning and design of Artificial Lift Completion, Well Remediation, Fishing, Milling and Integrity restoration
- Well CAT modelling and Well Planning
- Well testing and reservoir surveillance
- Design and supervision of Acid Stimulations
- Design and Optimization of Artificial lift for Light, Heavy or Extra Heavy oil
- Design of dewatering systems for Gas wells
- Material selection for standard or sour service completions
- Tubing/casing design, Design of unconventional completion
- Downhole Data Acquisition
- Planning and technical support for tendering process
Certification
IWCF certification, 32243
Professionalaffiliation
SPE Membership, 3475655
Travelrestriction
No Travel Restriction
Profilesnapshots
- Resourceful professional committed to corporate objectives & goals with practical analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills
- Solid Knowledge of unconventional completions for vertical and horizontal wells
- Expertise in developing and implementing well intervention campaigns and well completion designs for natural flow wells, ESP, PCP, and other artificial lift completions.
- Strategy-oriented and technically focused individual with expertise in determining the right solutions for Rig and Rigless well interventions.
- Expertise in Well control and well barriers along standard and complex interventions with Coiled Tubing, Snubbing, and Wireline.
- SME for Snubbing (HWO), CT, and underbalanced Well interventions.
- Mindset focused on improving costs and operational performance for short and long Well intervention campaigns.
- Solid experience in HSE implementation & administration, ensuring process & personnel safety, and environmental protection.
- Leadership skills with excellent managerial traits and teamwork philosophy, working experience with multidisciplinary and multicultural workgroups.
Personal Information
- Nationality: US Citizen
- Marital Status: Married
Publications
- Paper No. SPE-178189-MS 'Enhanced Hydraulic Work Over for Well Integrity Restoration'
- Paper No: SPE-176766-MS,'LEAN Methodology in a Long Term Velocity String Campaign, a Step Forward in Snubbing Operations'
- Paper SPE-166728-MS:'External Casing Patch: a new Approach to Recomplete the Gas Wells with Cemented Completions'
Accomplishments
- Successful Gas Wells Restoration Campaign in Petroleum Development Oman, Results: 72 shutting Gas wells recovered in 2 years
- Successful campaign for Gas Achieved dewatering in Petroleum Development Oman. Results: 63 wells with Velocity String dewatering system using Snubbing Units
- Manufacturing and installation of Made in Venezuela HPHT completion system in deep Oil & Gas wells el Furrial Venezuela
- Implementing Smart Well in Waterflooding Projects in Venezuela and Brazil.
Languages
English
Full Professional
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Work Availability
monday
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Affiliations
- SPE
Timeline
Consultant
Freelance
09.2021 - Current
Completion & Well Intervention Operations Manager (CWI)
Special Oilfield Services
02.2017 - 09.2021
Well Intervention & Completion Engineer
Shell Development Oman LLC (SDO)
01.2016 - 01.2017
Completion & Workover Engineer
Petroleum Development Oman LLC (PDO)
02.2012 - 12.2015
Down Hole Business Technical Advisor
Pipeline Supply Company LLC
09.2010 - 01.2012
Operational Manager
Wiremaster de Venezuela SA
03.2000 - 08.2010
Technical Advisor/Account Rep– Well Completion & Smart Well Technology
Halliburton de Venezuela SA
08.1996 - 03.2000
Electrical Engineer -
Universidad Rafael Urdaneta