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NIKOLAI AMÓRTEGUI

Fulshear,TX

Summary

Experienced Petroleum Engineer with a proven track record in drilling operations, seeking to leverage 19 years of diverse experience to enhance safety and efficiency. Skilled in detailed engineering, safety advocacy, multidisciplinary collaboration, planning procedures and risk management. Use of data analytics and statistics to make value-based decisions.


Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Drilling Engineer - USL

Schlumberger
12.2022 - 03.2024
  • Responsible for assisting the PSD team to deliver safe, efficient and reliable product and service delivery (Drilling and Directional Analysis - BHAs - Directional planning - Directional drilling - Drilling Parameters - Directional Control). Develops and delivers optimized technical job designs for the area of responsibility (Permian Assets). Identifies opportunities for continuous improvement of service delivery and formally communicate findings and supports the Product Line in risk management and apply lessons learned to improve job design. Provides real-time support to PSD operations as required
  • Develop technical job designs as required for the Product Line (Directional Drilling)
  • Identify areas where new and cost-effective techniques can be applied
  • Explore opportunities for value-added products and services
  • Provide technical support throughout the service delivery process
  • Understand and communicate value of technology and interpretations
  • Consult with relevant subject matter experts as required to optimize the technical design
  • Support the PSD Manager in the execution phase with design changes as required due to changes in job dimensions, resource availability, service quality incidents, etc
  • Assist in incident response, recovery, and incident investigation
  • Support multiple Product Line operations in a collaborative optimized job design
  • Assist sales and commercial team in evaluating technical viability and tenders
  • Analyze job execution vs Design and formally capture design improvements and optimization opportunities (lessons learned and best practices).

Drilling Engineer - Field Services Quality Engineer

Schlumberger
05.2022 - 12.2022
  • Responsible for administering directional operations and analyze the performance of all drilling procedures and assist all client representatives to resolve all issues
  • Responsible for development, analysis, management, delivery and communicate drilling failure incidents reports
  • Acquire and analyze data across a spectrum of business environments to facilitate process analysis and improvements. Use metrics, reporting and process control tools to track, analyze and problem solve
  • Maximize production uptime while minimizing the process owner's total cost of ownership From front-end engineering and design (FEED) work to post-failure analysis, services achieve excellence through technical expertise, management efficiency, and global responsiveness and availability
  • Develop, apply and maintain procedures to ensure quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) of products, assets, materials, and supplies in compliance to internal and external quality system standards
  • Has hands-on understanding of tool maintenance, product functionality, and production process
  • In charge of coordinating internal and external audits.

Directional Driller Cross (DDx) - Sr Field Engineer

Schlumberger
11.2021 - 05.2022
  • Responsible for meeting drilling objectives, performing site surveys, installing, programming and operating equipment, monitoring job progress, preparing documentation
  • Administer all directional operations and analyze the performance of all drilling procedures and assist all client representatives to resolve all issues
  • Collaborate with various departments to manage workflows for all rig projects and ensure efficient working of the same and prepare schedules for all test activities on a drilling rig
  • Responsible for wellbore drilling location on a consultant basis-downhole tracking-gamma telemetry, sending hourly reports and updates to client
  • Responsible for hydraulics calculations, planning proposal and measurement BHA.

Sr. Drilling-Production Engineer

Oxy USA
02.2017 - 08.2019
  • Responsible for base and wedge production in an area of more than 175 wells, through daily surveillance - well design - recompletions - well enhancements - ALS optimization in a team of ~30 people. Cross-functional
  • Well design including completions, casing design, directional plan, hydraulics, mud type and cementing programs for workover operations
  • Increased base production by 15% with new recompletions and well enhancements for maturity and marginal wells
  • Increased injection rate by more than 50% in SWD wells through well enhancements, wellhead repairs and casing repairs
  • Designed, planned and executed flowbacks strategy for several wells increasing first production by more than 50% and reducing days for 'first oil' in just ~2 days after well was release by completion. Plan, prepare, and execute flowbacks for vertical and new horizontal (unconventional formation) wells (4500', 7500' and 10000 ft lateral length)
  • Optimized ALS adjusting parameters, pro-active workovers, and daily surveillance based on technical and cost efficient for the company, reducing failure rates in 10% per year.

Sr. Artificial Lift Engineer

Oxy USA
05.2015 - 02.2017
  • Provided support to different business units in the company (RMTs) with Beam designs, ESPs, new designs and failures procedures
  • Optimized and improved design for Beam Pump Wells in the area of Collie, reducing failures rates by 20% per year. Permian field, Delaware and Collie Assets. Oil wells. Unconventional wells
  • Optimize current beam designs with new technology, new proposals and different procedures. 50% of the wells in the area
  • Lead ISTs meetings to identify current issues, root cause, reason of failures and provide solutions in order to minimize Beam and ESP failure rates
  • Seek, review and suggest new technologies to the different RMTs groups with the intent to optimize production rates.

Sr. Drilling Engineer

Oxy USA
07.2012 - 05.2015
  • Coordinated drilling contracts, well design, cementing design and operations, directional drilling, staffed well site supervision, prepared cost estimates, well plans, procedures and cost tracking for drilling projects as well as evaluated new technology applications, monitor daily operations, benchmark capital spending, and maintain rig schedule
  • Engineering optimization reduced drilling times - costs by more than 50% for unconventional wells in Permian area- Delaware and Collie Assets
  • Engineering optimization reduced drilling times-cost by more than 70% in vertical wells by increasing efficiency and effectiveness for the Collie area in the Permian Based
  • Worked and applied new strategies to reduce costs (15%) with new and existing vendors for drilling operations in the business unit, getting formal discounts in existing contracts and renegotiating new ones
  • Collaborated and coordinated with multiple functional teams, delivering more than ~ 50 wells per year in a campaign of 1.5 years. Ahead of the schedule and under budget
  • Daily planning and operations applying Manage Pressure Drilling system (MPD)
  • Daily dialed with historical H2S/water influx, gas influx and massive mud losses (depleted formations)
  • Well design included directional plans (horizontal - deviation - vertical), casing design, hydraulics, mud type and cementing programs.

Drilling Engineer

Oxy USA Mid-Cont
10.2010 - 07.2012
  • Drilling Leader Engineer in Piceance operations
  • Project Management (Piceance operations)
  • Coordinated drilling contracts, well design, cementing design and operations, directional drilling, staffed well site supervision, prepared cost estimates, well plans, procedures, and cost tracking for drilling projects as well as evaluated new technology applications, monitor daily operations, benchmark capital spending, and maintain rig schedule
  • Colorado, Kansas and North Dakota fields. Gas and oil well. Unconventional drilling. Developed gas and oil producers well plans. Well design included directional plan (horizontal - deviation - vertical), casing design, hydraulics, mud type and cementing programs. Identified and evaluated offset wells
  • Engineering optimization reduced drilling times - costs by more than 30% for unconventional directional and vertical wells in the area Colorado, Kansas and North Dakota
  • Engineering design to continue drilling (50% mud - 50% air) produced a 100% of cement job success for the Colorado area
  • Reduced by 25% construction costs, directional drilling and rig moves through engineering and project management for new well locations and pads
  • Delivered margin of error less than 5% for feasibility and continuity for the project.

Drilling Engineer

Oxy Oil & Gas Corp. Central Drilling Group (CDG)
12.2009 - 10.2010
  • Provided technical support to 7 business units belonging to OXY worldwide (vertical, directional, horizontal wells). Evaluated technical and commercial contracts for drilling services in new business units with no assigned staff. Coordinated Global Business Review (GBR) for contractors
  • Well design including casing design, directional plan, hydraulics, mud type and cementing programs. Recommended to B.U different options to reduce costs. Enhance skills and handiness in Drilling Engineering
  • Managed, complemented and suggested Drilling Guidelines for the different B.U.

Drilling Engineer

Oxy Colombia
01.2009 - 12.2009
  • Worked as DSM in La Cira - Infantas Field
  • Managed operations of the FlexRig H&P 333, drilling 6 to 7 directional wells per month in areas with depleted sands and interbedded formations prone to loss circulation and well influx
  • Reduced drilling well times 75% and cut 60% of the drilling costs.

Drilling Engineer

Oxy Colombia
05.2006 - 01.2009
  • Cravo Norte and La Cira-Infantas fields. Developed producers and injectors well plans. Coordinating and supervising drilling contractors. Preparing cost and time estimation for new wells
  • Well design including casing design, directional plan, hydraulics, mud type and cementing programs. Identifies and evaluates offset wells
  • Provided technical support on daily drilling operations and to the field in engineering issues. Managed contracts and contractors for drilling services
  • Training as Company Man (DSM) for a year and a half in the Cravo Norte and Cira Infantas fields, Colombia.

Education

Petroleum Engineer, B.S., Qualification 4.7/5.0 -

Universidad De América

Skills

  • Drilling/Production Optimization
  • Technical reporting
  • Proposal evaluation
  • Technical reviewing
  • Excellent Communication
  • Directional Drilling
  • Casing / BHA Design
  • Project Management
  • Data Analytics
  • Hydraulics

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Sr. Drilling Engineer - USL

Schlumberger
12.2022 - 03.2024

Drilling Engineer - Field Services Quality Engineer

Schlumberger
05.2022 - 12.2022

Directional Driller Cross (DDx) - Sr Field Engineer

Schlumberger
11.2021 - 05.2022

Sr. Drilling-Production Engineer

Oxy USA
02.2017 - 08.2019

Sr. Artificial Lift Engineer

Oxy USA
05.2015 - 02.2017

Sr. Drilling Engineer

Oxy USA
07.2012 - 05.2015

Drilling Engineer

Oxy USA Mid-Cont
10.2010 - 07.2012

Drilling Engineer

Oxy Oil & Gas Corp. Central Drilling Group (CDG)
12.2009 - 10.2010

Drilling Engineer

Oxy Colombia
01.2009 - 12.2009

Drilling Engineer

Oxy Colombia
05.2006 - 01.2009

Petroleum Engineer, B.S., Qualification 4.7/5.0 -

Universidad De América

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