Shawn Troyer
Frankfort,KY
Summary
Experienced engineer with proven track record in leading complex projects, delivering time- and cost-savings performance, and ensuring well control and safety compliance across multiple operations. Seeking role as Drilling Superintendent or Workovers Superintendent
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Drilling & Workovers Engineer
Chevron
Kuwait City, Kuwait
07.2025 - Current
- Led five workover engineers supporting 13 rigs, realizing six percent time savings in 2025.
- Delivered complex well abandonment in Saudi Arabia residential district.
- Managed exploration well testing and flowback activities.
- Oversaw execution of numerous special projects, serving as project manager for complex operations. Includes liner tiebacks, fishing operations, gas recompletions, AICV liner recompletions.
- Develop Standard Well Programs and update SOP's for ESP, PCP, and SRP well service, casing leak test, and re-completion jobs.
- Implemented WellSafe Assurance program in 2024, gaining certification for all rigs and complex projects. Verified compliance with API STD 53 standards, providing documented closure evidence for audits.
- Created department KPIs and designed dashboards to effectively monitor job performance and drive accountability.
HSE Lead
Chevron
Kuwait City, Kuwait
11.2021 - 06.2025
- Achieved zero fatalities and industry-leading HSE metrics for all workover operations in Kuwait.
- Onboarded twelve rigs from zero in 2021-2022, adding one more rig in 2025 to enhance operational capacity.
- Led development of joint emergency response plan and bridging document for deep drilling exploration project executed by partner company in our field.
- Implemented Control of Work (SMS update) across entire Kuwait business, including updates on standards and policies, IOGP Start Work Checks, monthly focus topics, and training for over 1,000 employees and contractors.
- Managed two rig contractors’ HSE teams, including managers, engineers, and officers at each location.
- Established program for monthly HSE focus topics, integrating safety shares, policy updates, audits, and crew training to promote continuous improvement.
Drilling Engineer
Chevron
Bakersfield, CA
01.2018 - 10.2021
- Delivered high-profile intercept and overburden relief projects, achieving successful intercept of highest vertical section-tvd ratio well by Chevron. Recognized by Chevron Global Directional SME as a competent intercept well driller.
- Developed rig stripping procedures and flowback contingency operations to enhance shallow well control in overburden relief-well programs.
- Led coiled tubing pilot holes program to reduce LOC risk on potentially unstable surface locations.
- Achieved 8.4% cost and 22% time savings in 2018, followed by 4.4% cost and 12.5% time savings in 2019.
- Planned 40% of 450 annual wells in California business unit as drilling engineer, optimizing timelines for fast-paced drilling.
- Aligned drilling team on optimal parameters, increasing ROP and eliminating wiper trips to enhance performance across California drilling operations.
Drill Site Manager
Chevron
Bakersfield, California
05.2014 - 12.2017
- DSR on several drilling rigs developing performance drilling and OE culture.
- Well control experience successfully killing several wells using drillers method or bullheading in the area's most challenging and high-risk field.
- Managed drilling operations involving mud motors, rotary steerable systems, shallow horizontal wells, sidetracks, and fishing operations, ensuring hole stability and mitigating lost circulation.
- Acted as DSR on GOA shelf jack-up rig, delivering sidetrack and completion jobs, including drilling 3-D high-angle wells with NAF mud systems and executing stacked frac pack completions.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI05-2014
Skills
- Performance Drilling
- Directional Planning
- Wellheads
- Drill Bits
- Risk Management
- Cost Optimization
- Engineering Software, Casing Design, Torque and Drag, Hydraulics
- Data analysis & systems creation
Timeline
Drilling & Workovers Engineer
Chevron
07.2025 - Current
HSE Lead
Chevron
11.2021 - 06.2025
Drilling Engineer
Chevron
01.2018 - 10.2021
Drill Site Manager
Chevron
05.2014 - 12.2017
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Michigan Technological University