Juan Penaranda
Houston,TX
Summary
Innovative, visionary professional with over 20 years in key positions within the O&G industry. Experienced in ERD Horizontal wells, Multilateral wells, Unconventional reservoir wells, HPHT Deep wells, Deepwater wells, Engineering Training, Drilling Engineering Software/Digital Solutions, and Technical Sales. Bilingual in English and Spanish, with strong analytical, writing, and presentation skills.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Drilling Engineer & Offshore Project Coordinator
SLB Well Construction
07.2021 - Current
- Technical committee reviewer and Stuck-Pipe prevention advisor for Ecuador Colombia and Peru. Lead Drilling Engineer and support technical authority for Colombia
- Manage Well Construction contracts for deep-water exploration drilling in the Colombian Caribbean, providing oversight across three primary service lines: Directional Drilling (including Motors, RSS, MLWD, and Gyro Tools), Drilling & Downhole Tools (such as Bits, Hole Openers, Reamers, Jars, and Circulating Subs), and Digital Services (real-time Geomechanics and Data Interpretation), as well as Coring Services.
- Lead a multidisciplinary team to ensure projects are delivered on schedule and within budget.
- Responsible for the engineering planning, execution, and evaluation with a focus on HSE, drilling optimization and performance improvement
- Drilled the Shoe in every section by optimizing BHA design and drilling parameters
- Achieved Fastest Colombian offshore well in Days/10k ft
- Realized Average increase in on bottom ROP over 50% over the project development
- Achieved a 15% increase in footage drilled per 24-hour.
- Generated savings exceeding 12 million USD in AFE through strategic drilling optimization
Drilling Engineer and Drilling Instructor
JPG Oil Consulting
07.2020 - 07.2021
- Extended Reach Drilling Instructor, Directional Drilling Instructor, Drilling Consultant.
Senior Drilling Engineer & Project Coordinator
Schlumberger D&M
10.2019 - 06.2020
- Lead drilling engineer on projects throughout West Africa, including ultradeep water exploration and development wells in on-shore and off-shore scenarios.
- Performed offset well data analyses to proactively identify and mitigate potential risks.
- Designed complex well directional profiles to meet tight geo targets, mitigating collision risk while ensuring formation and logging fit for BHA designs.
- Reduced in 65% stuck pipe, mud losses, and shock & vibration events through prevention and mitigation measures in keeping with industry developments and high standards.
- Employed continuous process improvements and real-time drilling optimization to ensure uninterrupted operations, maintaining time and budget controls while facilitating high HSE, quality, and stakeholder expectations.
- Fostered short- and long-term corporate success through event and lesson reporting, performance analysis, KPI’s oversight, and planning/promoting benchmarks that consistently deliver a fine-tuned, profitable, superior project.
Senior Drilling Engineer
Schlumberger D&M
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Supported different Oil companies in the West Texas Permian Basin (Unconventional Reservoirs) planning and executing complex horizontal wells (10k ft lateral, DLS up to 15/100ft) under a very dynamic high-volume operations environment.
- Provided key technical solutions to mitigate the harsh drilling environment by optimizing the drilling BHAs design achieving a quarter on quarter 75% reduction in the amount of Rotary Steerable System (RSS) and MWD tool failures associated to Shocks and Vibrations.
- Contributed to Field Test and introduce new edge drilling technologies (RSS, MWD).
- Introduced enhancements to the Well Profiles design, BHAs and Drilling Practices that added value to the projects maximizing the reservoir exposure, increasing the ROP and improving the wellbore condition to enable better casing runs and completions operations.
- Competently supported up to 13 active and efficient drilling rigs.
Drilling Engineering Manager & ERD Champion
Schlumberger D&M
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Served critical role managing corporate vision, ensuring projects met with Key Performance objectives while maintaining established processes and high standards.
- Managed to transform Venezuela during 2017 into one the best SLB locations in terms of drilling performance, reducing lost in hole rate, increasing Footage/Day year-on-year to 60%, enhancing effective ROP, and reducing off-bottom time associated to BHA Trips, wiper trips, reaming/back-reaming, Surveys and other operations/events influencing the efficiency indicator.
- Optimized limited resources to address challenges with business-oriented engineering solutions via innovative applications of existent technologies.
- Recognized as sign-off authority on drilling programs and management of change documents that demanded expert analysis and approval.
- Facilitated a cohesive team approach while leading a multidisciplinary engineering staff to implement performance improvement strategies.
- Led and supported technical engineering integration of Directional Drilling with Drilling Fluids, Bits/Drilling tools, and Mudlogging services.
- Maximized project success through visionary and early implementation of 2020 SLB well construction approach.
Senior Drilling Engineer
Schlumberger D&M
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Oversaw design and execution of exploratory gas wells characterized by borehole stability challenges, driving success via expert risk management.
- Successfully introduced negative section well profiles (6ooft +) as a technical solution to increase the reservoir exposure. Those innovative profiles were successfully drilled with Motor and Rotary Steerable assemblies reaching the geological targets while maintaining a good drilling performance.
- Introduced design modifications that enhanced the BHAs response in soft formation while mitigating the mud motors failures associated to fatigue derived from high DLS.
Drilling Engineer and ERD Champion
Schlumberger D&M
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Prepared drilling basis of design, enabling a new era exploitation of shallow heavy oil reservoirs.
- Planned and drilled highest ERD ratios (>4.0) utilizing optimized motor BHAs and innovation to overcome weight transfer limitations.
- Developed and implemented technical frame for introduction and launch of rotary steerable systems that resulted in step change to drilling approach, reaching the planned TD while avoiding wiper trips and pipe-swaps to reduce operations by 50%.
Drilling Optimization Engineer
Schlumberger D&M
01.2011 - 01.2013
- Provided 24/7 real time technical support to Onshore and Offshore Directional Drilling Operations in Venezuela, Trinidad and Caribbean Geo-Market focused on drilling optimization, performance assurance and quality control monitoring of up to 25 active rigs from a remote operation center.
Directional Driller
Schlumberger D&M
01.2007 - 01.2011
- Served as Lead DD with Motor and Rotary Steerable (RSS) in any well profile including 3D ERD Horizontal throughout extremely fast ROP environment, Depth HPHT Wells (20kft TVD), Offshore Experience (Drill Ship, Semi Sub, Jackup).
Drilling Fluids Engineer
M-I SWACO
01.2004 - 01.2007
- Ran disparate fluids systems including OBM/WBM/ reservoir fluids & completions fluids engineering in HPHT exploratory wells and horizontal wells. Managed lost circulation, wellbore stability, and stuck pipe (mechanical, differential) scenarios.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Petroleum Engineering
Universidad Central De Venezuela
Venezuela12.2002
Skills
- Drilling Automation
- Well Engineering Software
- Digital, cloud base data
- Offshore,
- HPHT
- Real-time Monitoring
- Digital Offset Well Analysis
- Trajectory/Surveying Design
- Risk Management
- Anti-Collision
- BHA Design/Integrity
- Hydraulics
- Torque & Drag
- Drilling Dynamics
- Drilling Optimization
- Drilling & Completion Fluid System
- Extended reach drilling
Accomplishments
Since 2023, I have held the position of professor for the Offshore Drilling course at Universidad de los Andes in Colombia, which is recognized as one of the foremost universities in Latin America.
Languages
Spanish & English
Certification
- Stuck Pipe prevention K&M (2022)
- IADD Real Time Drilling Engineering Optimization (2021)
- IWCF Well Control Level4 Surface/Subsea (2021)
- Project Management Fundamentals UDEMY (2021)
- IADC Rig Pass /H2S (2020)
- Extended Reach Drilling (K&M) (2019)
- Performance Applied Skills Seminar (2013)
ADDITIONAL TRAINING, CONT’D.
- Drilling & Well Engineering (2012)
- Advanced Drilling Seminar (2010)
- Directional Drilling 2 (2009)
- Drilling Optimization (2009)
- Directional Drilling 1 (2008)
- Project Engineering Software (2007)
- IFE Waste Management (2006)
- IFE Drilling Tech. (2006)
- IFE Fluid Volumes/Economics (2005)
- Basic Drilling Fluids Technology (2005)
Publications
- Directional Underreaming While Drilling Challenges in ORCA NORTE 1, The First Planned and Executed Deviated Well in Deep Water Colombia, ACIPET 2024
- Novel Drilling Engineering Methodology to Enhance Wellbore Positioning and Performance Using Disruptive MWD/LWD Technology. SPE (LACPEC). 2023. SPEAKER
- Successful Experience of Water-Base Drilling Fluid Products Working in Synergy to Optimize Drilling Operations for Horizontal Wells in Extra-Heavy Oil Reservoir, SPE Middle East Oil & Gas Show and Conference, 2017
- Drilling of Shallow Horizontal Wells with Very Extended Step outs in the Venezuelan Faja, SPE Heavy & Extra Heavy Oil Conference-Latin America, 2014. SPEAKER
- Shallow Horizontal Drilling Meets with Very Extended Reach Drilling in the Venezuelan Faja, SPE (LACPEC). 2014. SPEAKER
- Continuous Improvement of Operations Support Center Allow Extended Benefits in Venezuela, SPE II South American Oil & Gas Congress. 2013. SPEAKER
- Drilling Automation: An Automated Trajectory-Control System,” SPE Digital Energy Conference and Exhibition, 2011
- 30+ Technical Publications & Presentations Within Schlumberger
- 10+ Drilling Seminars Taught to Various Operators Around the World
Timeline
Senior Drilling Engineer & Offshore Project Coordinator
SLB Well Construction
07.2021 - Current
Drilling Engineer and Drilling Instructor
JPG Oil Consulting
07.2020 - 07.2021
Senior Drilling Engineer & Project Coordinator
Schlumberger D&M
10.2019 - 06.2020
Senior Drilling Engineer
Schlumberger D&M
01.2018 - 01.2019
Drilling Engineering Manager & ERD Champion
Schlumberger D&M
01.2016 - 01.2018
Senior Drilling Engineer
Schlumberger D&M
01.2014 - 01.2016
Drilling Engineer and ERD Champion
Schlumberger D&M
01.2013 - 01.2014
Drilling Optimization Engineer
Schlumberger D&M
01.2011 - 01.2013
Directional Driller
Schlumberger D&M
01.2007 - 01.2011
Drilling Fluids Engineer
M-I SWACO
01.2004 - 01.2007
Bachelor of Science - Petroleum Engineering
Universidad Central De Venezuela
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