Jeremy Garcia
Benavides
Summary
15 years of experience in leadership, training, reaching company goals, and safety in the oil and gas industry. I'm dedicated to my job, company, and fellow employees and perform with pride. I'm dedicated to safety and emergency protocols and have a distinguished understanding of employee supervision and leadership. Successful in preventive maintenance and inventory control. Adept at cutting drilling costs without sacrificing quality or safety.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Driller
Patterson-UTI
Victoria
04.2023 - Current
- I am in charge of the drilling rig controls, watching drill screens, for (torque, rotary, Rate of penetration, flow percent, pump pressures and well control) as well as in charge of a 6 man drill crew.
- I Supervise the drill floor and line out the rig crew with daily job tasks and maintenance while drilling the well.
- I check daily on well control equipment, hydraulic pressures gauges that functioned and/or operate the well control BOP's.
- I keep up with drill pipe count and depth-footage and a log a daily 12 hr report on Pason drill screen.
- I run a drilling rig which has a electric joystick that operates the drawworks brake on the drill floor.
- Finally, I trip pipe in and out of the hole up to the drill bit, mwd and mud motors, and watching out for whole swabbing, proper hole fill, and the safety of my crew and the maintenance of the rig.
Motorman
Nabors Drilling
Alice
05.2022 - 04.2023
- I checked caterpillar motor oils, temps, and levels of antifreeze.
- I greased fan pulleys and centrifugal pumps, as well as replaced centrifugal pumps as needed and belts from centrifugal pump to motors.
- I would troubleshoot electrical or mechanical problems with electricians or mechanics in an attempt to fix, rebuild or replace whichever problem we would find.
- I filled out written report for fluid levels, greasing dates, and motor log hours daily for tool pusher.
- I racked back and tailed in drill stands out/in of derrick when tripping.
- I worked on hydraulics replacing pumps, hoses, and belts on the hydraulic pump unit.
- I also worked on air compressors keeping up with the belts, pressures, hoses, and belts as needed.
- I would help derrickman in replacing mud pump parts and keep inventory on pumps as well.
Tool Pusher
Price Drilling Co.
Benavides
10.2018 - 03.2022
- Management of rig operations, organizing and supervising of rig.
- Maintain time and other pertinent records on all personal assigned to rig.
- I kept up with drilling rig parts, crews, tools, ordering parts as needed, getting a daily inventory, taking calls from office, and checking and answering emails.
- I made morning reports and sent into drilling superintendent every morning and as needed.
- I over saw rig moves and planned with trucking department on new locations directions and day and time of upcoming rig move.
- I made sure crews and third-party crews were working safe, following orders, and doing as operator asks as well as what company wants and allows safely.
- I checked in on well-being mentally and physically of crew members.
- I also checked in with operator to make sure the rig and the crews were drilling and performing up to their satisfactory.
- I logged confined space, hot work permits, and fire watch as well as kept up with the employee's safety classes and expiration dates.
- I would see who was fit for promotion or in cases demotion and/or discipline.
Rig hauler truck driver
South Texas Trucking
Alice
11.2016 - 09.2017
- I drive a non-winch Kenworth with a step deck trailer hauling different type of loads while moving drilling rigs.
- I get loaded by forklift or crane and then tie down my load either by straps or chains depending on requirements of load.
- I haul load to the new location and then untie and get unloaded either by forklift or crane.
- Some of the loads are permit loads which I'll then be required to follow permit route.
OTR Truck Driver
DeBoer Transp.
Blenker
03.2016 - 11.2016
- I would get load assignments from dispatch through e-log Qualcomm.
- I picked up loads on time from shipper transporting to which ever state necessary by semi-truck and delivering in shipper's time frame.
- I was on road Monday thru Friday/Saturday, and home only for a 34-hour reset.
- I drove a regional route.
Electrician apprentice
MMR Group
Ingelside
12.2015 - 10.2016
- I read blueprints to measure out and fabricate cable and channel tray.
- I Installed trays after fabrication and then had QC inspect.
- I ran proper wire through trays to junction boxes.
- I then gland the wires getting ready for terminating, read terminating packs and then terminated the proper wiring to the proper breakers.
- Used speed squares, band saws, and other hand tools on fabricated trays.
- This was working in a Voestlalpine plant in Gregory Portland, Texas.
- This construction site was a brand-new build which required high safety standards and proper PPE.
Toolpusher
Helmerich&Payne
Odessa
01.2014 - 10.2015
- I kept up with drilling rig parts, crews, tools, ordering parts as needed, getting a daily inventory, taking calls from office, and checking and answering emails.
- I made morning reports and sent into drilling superintendent every morning and as needed.
- I over saw rig moves and planned with trucking department on new locations directions and day and time of upcoming rig move.
- I made sure crews and third-party crews were working safe, following orders, and doing as operator asks as well as what company wants and allows safely.
- I checked in on well-being mentally and physically of crew members.
- I also checked in with operator to make sure the rig and the crews were drilling and performing up to their satisfactory.
- I logged confined space, hot work permits, and fire watch as well as kept up with the employee's safety classes and expiration dates.
- I would see who was fit for promotion or in cases demotion and/or discipline.
Driller
Helmerich and Payne
Alice
01.2010 - 01.2013
- I was in charge of drilling rig controls watching drill screens (torque, rotary, Rate of penetration, flow percent, pump pressures and well control) as well as drill crew.
- Supervised the drill floor and lined out rig crew with daily job tasks and maintenance while drilling.
- I checked daily on BOP's hydraulic pressures and gauges that functioned and/or operated the well control BOP's.
- Kept up with drill pipe count and depth-footage and logged a daily 12 hr report on Totco drill screen.
- I ran a Flex 1 drilling rig which had a brake handle on the drill floor, I also drilled on a Flex 2 which was a cabin rig with a joystick but still had 2 caterpillar motors (3412's) that powered the drawworks.
- Finally, I drilled on a Flex 3 that was also a cabin joystick rig but was all electric including the drawworks.
- I tripped pipe in and out watching out for whole swabbing, proper whole fill, and the safety of my crew and the proper functioning of the rig.
Motorman
Helmerich and Payne
Alice
01.2006 - 01.2011
- I checked caterpillar motor oils, temps, and levels of antifreeze.
- I greased fan pulleys and centrifugal pumps, as well as replaced centrifugal pumps as needed and belts from centrifugal pump to motors.
- I would troubleshoot electrical or mechanical problems with electricians or mechanics in an attempt to fix, rebuild or replace whichever problem we would find.
- I filled out written report for fluid levels, greasing dates, and motor log hours daily for tool pusher.
- I racked back and tailed in drill stands out/in of derrick when tripping.
- I worked on hydraulics replacing pumps, hoses, and belts on the hydraulic pump unit.
- I also worked on air compressors keeping up with the belts, pressures, hoses, and belts as needed.
- I would help derrickman in replacing mud pump parts and keep inventory on pumps as well.
Floorhand
Helmerich and Payne
Alice
01.2005 - 01.2006
- I made connections with manual rig tongs, pulling and setting slips, and setting collar clamp during the making up BHA.
- I also used air spinner hawks during tripping to spin up or spin out the tool joint breaks.
- I would keep up with trip tanks and the number of barrels for fill and report barrels and keep log for driller.
- I helped motorman and derrickman as needed.
- Power washing, scrubbing, and painting rig.
- Organizing parts house, change house, and pump house.
- As well as doing small tasks for tool pusher or Co. Man around rig.
FloorHand
Grey Wolf
Alice
01.2004 - 01.2005
- I made connections using manual tongs, using spinner hawks to make up or spin out tool joint breaks.
- I psi washed and scrubbed rig daily and helped with derrickman mixing chemicals and maintaining mud pumps.
- I worked on a compound rig at Greywolf a box on box driving pins, hooking up electrical plugs, and whatever else driller needed around rig.
Inspector
Kohler Company
Brownwood
01.2000 - 01.2004
- I inspected Kohler toilet bowls for defects, cracks, chipped or over sprayed paint and sent the grade "A" bowls out for packing and loading to be sold.
- This was at a fast pace and lifting from 50 to 80 pounds 100 times plus at a twelve-hour period, as well as working in a hot atmosphere with kilns at 1200 degrees.
- This job was a demanding job and required me to use a hands-free speaking Kohler computer program that logged inventory and grades into the Kohler system.
Instrument technician
Hydro-Chem
Corpus Christi
01.1998 - 01.1999
- This job consisted of psi washing tanks, heat exchangers and blasting any materials the refineries wanted cleaned.
- I learned Confined space hot work permits etc.
- This was also a physical job as well as dirty.
- I worked in confined space and performed hole watch.
- I used caustic water as a blasting fluid to psi wash with.
- This was a very dangerous environment which required extreme safety measures of barricades chemicals and heat.
Education
Class A CDL - CDL
Del Mar College
Corpus Christi, TX 01.2017 - 04.2017
High School Diploma -
Goldthwaite High School
Goldthwaite, Texas 05.1994 - 01/1997
Skills
- Forklift, manlift
- Training supervision
- Equipment maintenance and operation
- Hydraulics management
- Top drive operations
- Underground cable installation
- Tripping operations
- Drilling fluids management
- Drill rig inspection
- Horizontal directional drilling
- Safety trained
- Safety compliance
- Bottom hole assembly design
- Rotary steerable systems
- Pressure control
- tool maintenance
- Directional drilling
- Team supervision
- Instrumentation monitoring
- Torque and drag reduction
- Drill string management
- Bit selection and optimization
- Vehicle maintenance
- Hole cleaning optimization
- Drilling oversight
- Managed pressure drilling
- Emergency procedures
- Drill floor safety
- Underbalanced drilling
- Able to lift 100 lbs
- Decision-making
- Data recording
- Pressure regulation
- Site preparation
- Analytical thinking
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Material handling
- Active listening
- Physical stamina
- Quality control
- Continuous improvement
- Technical understanding
- Navigation skills
References
- Patterson - Upper management
- Robert Smith (903) 539-4764
- Jose Delarosa Jr (956) 573-6742
Personal Information
Passport Number: 536381500
D.L # 07133390
Timeline
Driller
Patterson-UTI
04.2023 - Current
Motorman
Nabors Drilling
05.2022 - 04.2023
Tool Pusher
Price Drilling Co.
10.2018 - 03.2022
Class A CDL - CDL
Del Mar College
01.2017 - 04.2017
Rig hauler truck driver
South Texas Trucking
11.2016 - 09.2017
OTR Truck Driver
DeBoer Transp.
03.2016 - 11.2016
Electrician apprentice
MMR Group
12.2015 - 10.2016
Toolpusher
Helmerich&Payne
01.2014 - 10.2015
Driller
Helmerich and Payne
01.2010 - 01.2013
Motorman
Helmerich and Payne
01.2006 - 01.2011
Floorhand
Helmerich and Payne
01.2005 - 01.2006
FloorHand
Grey Wolf
01.2004 - 01.2005
Inspector
Kohler Company
01.2000 - 01.2004
Instrument technician
Hydro-Chem
01.1998 - 01.1999
High School Diploma -
Goldthwaite High School
05.1994 - 01/1997