NICHOLAS BADER
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Maintenance Technician
Contango
11.2022 - 01.2024
- Perform general maintenance duties in oil field such as excavation and repair of oil and gas pipelines
- Repair and maintain surface equipment including pumping units, well heads, tanks, pumps, heater/treaters, header buildings
- Maintain roads and well locations
- Repair leaks on pipelines, construction of new pipelines
- Operation and maintenance of equipment such as backhoes, tool trucks, vac trucks
- Ensure repairs are made safely in a timely fashion to ensure production and reduce production down time.
Lease Operator
Valkyrie Operating
06.2022 - 10.2022
- Check specific wells on route daily
- Optimize fluid production, record and report production
- Ensure oil sales and reporting
- Maintain equipment including pumping units and surface pipelines, pumps, tanks and roads
- Oversee 3rd party repairs on equipment.
Restaurant Manager
Big Horn Mountain Stage/ Sacketts Fork
07.2020 - 06.2022
- Oversee daily operations of restaurant, bar, and store
- Make food and alcohol orders and keep up on inventory
- Hire employees and maintain working schedule, do payroll
- Advertising and promotion of specials
- Cooking and serving duties
- Ensure quality of food/drink items being served by employees
- Maintain building and equipment.
Production Technician
Midcon Energy
07.2012 - 03.2020
- Use Echometer software and equipment to optimize production and troubleshoot downhole issues
- Responsible for oil and gas well operations, well testing, operating and maintaining field equipment and facilities, surveillance of general field operations and maintenance of various databases regarding production and operations to optimize beam pump wells (with and without electronic pump-off controller)
- Maintain and oversee maintenance of production tank batteries, flowlines, LACT (lease automatic custody transfer) facilities, natural gas compression
- Performed safe work practices while utilizing acceptable environmental procedures to maximize earnings while minimizing costs on assigned oil and gas producing properties
- Adhere to and enforce all applicable company, state, and federal safety and environmental regulations
- Prepare, maintain, and submit daily reports and records of daily gas and/or liquid volume, well pressure, and volume of chemicals used
- Ensure coordination of personnel and systems to optimize transportation, minimize downtime, optimize production, and decrease environmental and safety risk
- Coordinate and perform maintenance duties required to maintain operations and regulatory compliance
- Operate and maintain various equipment associated with producing a well, including but not limited to wellheads, pumping units, pump-off controllers, separators, burners, heater treaters, chemical pumps, meters, automation equipment, artificial lift equipment, etc
- Manage liquid production information and evaluate daily production information estimates to identify production shortfalls that may be related to equipment problems, leaks or spills, theft or changing well condition
- Witness the sale of oil and condensate and verify accurate measurement in the transfer of product to truck or pipeline
- Check equipment to ensure operating efficiency
- Examine well casings, wellheads, pressure vessels, liquid storage facilities, and other production equipment for integrity
- Perform repairs on pipe fittings, minor line leaks, dump valves, float and pressure controllers, and automation equipment as necessary
- Manage operating and maintenance expenditure and participate in budget and production forecast
- Supervise contract personnel and well service companies during wireline operations, water/condensate transfers, chemical treatments, and other activity in assigned area.
Education
High school or equivalent -
Worland High School
05.2004
Timeline
Maintenance Technician
Contango
11.2022 - 01.2024
Lease Operator
Valkyrie Operating
06.2022 - 10.2022
Restaurant Manager
Big Horn Mountain Stage/ Sacketts Fork
07.2020 - 06.2022
Production Technician
Midcon Energy
07.2012 - 03.2020
High school or equivalent -
Worland High School
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