Viktor Babak

• Partner in a drilling company that provided engineering and drilling services for environmental and water supply clients.
• Managed drilling projects from the bidding process through the execution of the project.
• Maintained schedules for up to four rig lines and staffing for these rig lines.
• Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.
• Provided detailed technical and operational direction in project challenges, consistently meeting deliverables according to deadlines.
• Managed finances for the company.

Workover/Completions Engineer for six different assets within the Chevron SJV Business Unit (Cymric Diatomite, Lost Hills, Coalinga, San Ardo, Midway Diatomite, Antelope Shale).

• Member of a multi-disciplined team that was brought together to mitigate the dynamic nature of the Diatomite Fields.
• Determined the regulatory compliance and technical feasibility of proposed workovers and completions.
• Maintained the workover schedule with collaboration from production to minimize downtime.
• Produced workover and completion programs for multiple workover rig and coil tubing operations.
• Produced programs and strategies for complex well abandonment's due to the seismic nature of the field.
• Due to the regulatory environment, worked with production to re-enter low producing wells and drill sidetracks to increase production.
• Designed workovers and completions for water disposal wells.
• Developed injection well shut-in programs for workover operations.

Monitored deepwater drilling and completions operations for well control remotely and engineering assistance to the rig.

• Provided real time data monitoring for on-site personnel.
• Assisted drilling superintendent and operations engineers as required during well control operations.
• Provided operations with all torque & drag models prior to all drilling and casing runs.

Assisted the CBU wells team implement standardized check lists for factory drilling operations while overseeing all aspects of on-site drilling operations.

Lead well site manager for workover, coil, snubbing, and frac operations in the Marcellus and Utica Shale.

• Onboarded and was the lead WSM for the first snubbing unit in unconventional formations within Chevron.
• Implemented procedures for frac plug mill-outs with coil to maintain predictable performance within a factory setting.

Lead DSM on fluid and air rotary rigs with the Marcellus and Utica Shale.

• Member on a team that developed the record setting 2-rig approach to drilling Marcellus wells.(Air Rig + Fluid Rig)
• Lead WSM on multiple well control events that were remedied successfully by Chevron Well Control methods.
• Maintained top tier rig performance while maintaining all OE goals.