Alejandro Contreras
Petroleum Engineer
CAJICA
Summary
Technically sophisticated petroleum engineer with 25+ years of experience. Background includes production engineering, well engineering, workover and well completions, project management, process optimization. Exceptional attention to detail and ability to find ways to improve processes to save time and money, without sacrificing quality. Background includes 12 years of experience at Schlumberger. Well Engineering / Petroleum Engineering / Production Engineering / Oil & Gas Facilities Optimization / Oil & Gas Production Improvement / Well Test Analysis / / Project Management / Quality Control
Deadline-driven Petroleum Engineer successful at taking on any project across Latin America, Middle East and Europe with efficiency and accuracy. Fully versed in completions and workover operations, planning procedures and risk management. Energetic petroleum engineer with engineering project experience within petroleum industry. Passionate team player and problem solver. Seasoned petroleum engineer highly effective at leading teams of professionals to successfully handle diverse field projects. Talented manager and decisive planner with excellent problem solving and relationship building strengths. Desiring to leverage expertise to transform underperforming operations into successful enterprises. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Completions Company Man
Consultec International Colombia
COLOMBIA
09.2020 - Current
- Well Completion Operations supervision, Wellbore Clean Out, Logging, Perforations, RIH Artificial lift systems, Rigless operations (CT, wireline, Slickline), Start up new wells
- Additional activities as part of completions stages such as acid jobs, backflow operations, Injectivity tests, Coiled tubing operations, etc.
- Well integrity operations
Senior Production Engineer
Crescent Petroleum Company
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
04.2018 - 05.2020
- Well surveillance programs preparation, well integrity tests, cooperation and supervision of activities related to completion phase on gas wells (Khormor Field)
- Workover operations, Slickline, well analysis and well optimization, well tests operations and supervision.
- Well production optimization
Faculty, Professor
America University
COLOMBIA
01.2016 - 06.2018
- Facilitate classroom lessons in petroleum engineering, including workover and well services, production engineering, and production facilities
- Apply operational knowledge to execution of projects completed by students.
Wellsite Completions Leader
Ecopetrol
COLOMBIA
09.2017 - 04.2018
- Well programs preparation, Supervision of activities related to completion phase on different Oil and gas wells on Orinoquia Valley
- Including operations w/ Workover rigs, Drilling Rigs and Rigless operations
- (Clean out, Logging, Shooting, Squeeze, Running ALS, etc.)
Well Construction Team Leader
OMV Petrom S.A
07.2012 - 06.2015
- Assigned to Field Redevelopment Team, Oprisenesti Field
- Active participation in Planning, Design and execution of completion and re-completions of Oil producer wells, installation of PCP systems and Beam pumps
- Coordination of all activities related to well construction and Workovers for water injectors and Oil producer wells
- Active participation in Planning, Design and execution of Workover, completion and re-completions of injection wells for Water flooding project as part of EOR Program of this Field redevelopment
- Planning and control of execution of Workover activities and cost control
- Preparation and revision of Workover programs vs production plans, Rig schedule, Well data analysis and supervision for special well activities, mainly Rigless operations, Coiled Tubing, well stimulations, Acidizing jobs, wireline, slickline operations, etc
- Interaction with Oil services companies in order to achieve all targets and objectives on time, following planned program for Workover operations.
Petroleum Engineer Specialist
KOC, Kuwait Oil Company
KUWAIT
03.2012 - 05.2012
- Assigned to Sabiriyah Field
- Looking for new well opportunities to reduce Water influx and increment oil production
- Mature Oil field
- Revision and optimization of well data to be applied in Production engineering to optimize well performance.
Workover, Contractor
Petrobras Colombia Ltd
COLOMBIA
11.2011 - 03.2012
- Workover supervision performed for different well activities: Change of Artificial lift systems, well completions and re-completions, Perforations, Logging, Cement jobs, Isolation jobs, water shut off, Sand cleaning, Fracturing, Acid jobs, etc).
Senior Well Engineer
SINOPEC, DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM (SYRIA) LTD
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
12.2006 - 10.2011
- Well Optimization: (Analysis of well performance, well troubleshooting, design and application of surface and bottom hole conditions)
- Well Stimulations: (Preparation of well programs, Supervision onsite, and Post- Analysis for acid jobs & organic jobs) for vertical and horizontal wells
- Design, evaluation and optimization of different systems for artificial lift (SRP, PCP, ESP)
- Design, evaluation and optimization of different systems for artificial lift (SRP, PCP, ESP), for heavy oil and Steam injection project (As part of EOR programs)
- Wireline, Coiled Tubing Operations: Supervision and analysis of Logging activities (CBL-VDL-GR-CCL-USIT-MDT), Supervision of perforation jobs (Casing gun and TCP), Supervision of CT operations for Acid jobs, Organic jobs, bull heading, zone isolations, Cement plugs, Sand plugs
- Oil & Gas Facilities Optimization: Analysis of well conditions, fluids behavior and optimization for change on volumes and type of fluids coming from wells to Oil and gas facilities
- Optimization of gas production: Review and analysis of gas well in order to keep field conditions on good way, looking to maximize this resource to benefit of field operation
- Well production, behavior, analysis: Checking of well conditions, before and after well interventions to optimize oil production
- Well services programs: Elaboration of well programs for workover (Ex: pump change, change of ALS, squeeze, zone isolations, perforations, cement isolation, logging, water injection wells, etc)
- Keep and follow up water injection wells: Checking and analysis of well performance for water injector wells, pressure charts, water injection rates, etc
- Well Test Analysis: Preparation of well testing programs, Review of data and results of well test (Short and long tests for new and old wells
- Use of inflatable packers, mechanical packers and well testing equipment
- Economic evaluations: Review and checking of production results associated to economic evaluation for each well, following AFE’s and budget
- Contractors Relationships
- Tishrine Field, Mature Oil field, (Al Hasakah, Syria)
Production Engineer / Workover & Completions Engineer
Schlumberger
COLOMBIA
05.2004 - 12.2006
- Analysis of Prognosis and Well Intervention Programs: Participation on meetings with different areas like Reservoir, Geology, Production and well engineering in order to prepare and choose wells to be intervened for field development plan
- Wireline and CT Operations: Supervision and analysis of Logging activities (CBL-VDL-GR-CCL-USIT-MDT, etc), Supervision of perforation jobs (Casing gun and TCP), Supervision of CT operations for Acid jobs, Organic jobs, bull heading, zone isolations, Cement plugs, Sand plugs, etc
- Artificial lift systems applied for Oil and gas fields
- Natural gas environment: Design and analysis for different types of ALS to be applied in field, following best international and oil industry practices to develop operations on mature oilfield
- AFE`s preparation: Database handling and preparation of AFE’s for each well intervention
- Gas wells optimization: Review and analysis of gas well in order to keep field conditions on good way, looking to maximize this resource to benefit of field operation
- Following QHSE Standards: Implementation of high standards of HSE and quality in oil and gas industry, following intensive and deep HSE environment on SLB operations worldwide
- Monitoring well data, Well testing operations: Preparation of well testing programs, Review of data and results of well test (Short and long tests for new and old wells
- Use of inflatable packers, mechanical packers and well testing equipment
- Oil and gas production optimization: Review and application of well conditions to achieve best procedures to produce oil and gas wells, according to reservoir conditions and individual well performance and application of production engineering software OFM
- Developing new improvements about actual production procedures: Checking of new and latest best practices and international standards in order to develop better procedures and programs to maximize production of oil and gas wells in field
- Running new Artificial Lift methods (PCP, ESPCP, Beam pump): Design and implementation of new ALS, database review and applications according to reservoir and field conditions
- Workover Operations planning: Study and analysis of well interventions as per year plan
- Preparation of general plan for workover jobs
- Well Completions Programs: Elaboration of well service programs for field development and field maintenance on each oil well
- Mainly focused on Injection wells, as part of EOR plan (Water flooding project)
- Coordination of WO activities for Casabe Alliance: Focus point for different activities between operating company and services companies to develop field
- Mentoring: Training of junior engineers and fresh technician in different oil and gas activities, following engineering steps and company policies
- (Areas covered: Well engineering, well completions, production engineering
Production and Project Engineer
Petrotesting Colombia S.A
COLOMBIA
01.2004 - 04.2004
- Engineer in charge of all activities related to process of construction of new oil and gas production facilities: Coordination of engineering activities, design and preparation to complete new oil and gas facilities construction, plus start up
- Review of conceptual engineering, project development and control of all third parties involved on this project
- Strong skills to develop new production projects
- Development of Fast Track projects
- Preparation of Production procedures to be implemented on site.
Production Engineer
Schlumberger, WCP
ECUADOR
12.2002 - 04.2003
- In charge of all activities related to extended well tests
- Preparation of documents and procedures to be applied as part of production engineering plans
- Client relationships, visits to field, Reporting, logistics, people movements, schedules, communications between office and field
Site Manager
Schlumberger, IPM-PSE
COLOMBIA
01.2002 - 12.2002
- Official Schlumberger representative on site
- Engineer in charge of all activities around the Construction and Responsible for the Construction Phase.
- Direct link between Operations and Construction teams on Site.
- Assumed responsibility for personnel deployed to work site.
- Client Relationships handling on site, including subcontractors, during installation of Floreña Project Phase 2. Capacity: 40MM SCFD of gas, API 610 and 10M BWPD. Piedemonte Block. (British Petroleum Company, BPX), El Morro, Casanare, COLOMBIA
Assistant Construction Manager
Schlumberger
COLOMBIA
01.2001 - 12.2001
- Coordination of all construction activities
- Subcontractor’s handling
- Permits to works meetings
- Coordination of QHSE guidelines
- Construction Manager in charge
- Active participation during mounting of early production facilities EPF Floreña
- Capacity: 20000 BOPD and 40MM SCFD of gas., API 610 Piedemonte Block
- (British Petroleum Company, BPX), El Morro, Casanare, COLOMBIA
Project Engineer
Schlumberger
ECUADOR
09.2000 - 12.2000
- Bid Preparation
- Engineer in charge of procurement activities
- Take off Materials
- Subcontractor’s handling
- Pre-commissioning and commissioning
- Client relationships
- Active participation during construction of Early Production Facilities, Pata Station
- Capacity: 3000 BOPD
- Pata Field (Cayman Exploration Company), El Coca, Francisco de Orellana
- ECUADOR
Production Engineer
Schlumberger, CPS
VENEZUELA
03.1999 - 09.2000
- For several oil/gas & water facilities such as (DED-1, DED-2, DED-3, DED-4, DED-5, LEF-16, LTM-1, GED-10)
- Gas Lift Operations: Monitoring and data acquisition for all wells under gas lift system (EOR Project)
- Review and analysis of data wells in order to keep wells producing in good way
- Gas lift optimization
- Production handling
- Daily production reports
- Operations supervision
- Well Testing operations
- Artificial Lift systems implementation
- Oil export facilities
Production Operations Engineer
Schlumberger
COLOMBIA
12.1996 - 03.1999
- Start Up preparation
- Pre-commissioning and Commissioning
- Process Plant Operator
- Pipeline cleaning operations
- Gas Handling
- Well test Operations: Execution of well testing, Data acquisition, separators handling and preparation of reports. (Oil and gas rates, water volumes, pressure, etc)
- Laboratory Analysis: (Lab test to check BSW, Salinity, API, etc)
- Daily production Reports
- Maintenance program
- LPF Division, Oil production facilities, Oil, gas & water handling operations of Purificación & Matachin fields. Capacity: 30000 BOPD, 17500 BWP. Purificación Field (Petrobras Colombia Limited), Purificación, Tolima, COLOMBIA
Project Engineer
Strycon Ltda
BOGOTA
06.1994 - 12.1996
- Coordinator of Engineering Team
- Engineering of Process and Piping
- Project control.
- Preparation and analysis of technical specifications.
- Design and supervision during installation of Piping.
- Drainage systems and production facilities on PPF and WPF sites (Systems of oil treatment, oil storage and water treatment for injection).
- Purification Field, Tolima. Active participation on development of this work. Schlumberger & Lasmo.
Education
M.D. - Renewable Energy and Energy Sustainability
Universitat De Barcelona
SPAIN 10.2020 - 11.2021
Bachelor Degree - Petroleum Engineering
Universidad De America
COLOMBIA 08.1987 - 12.1993
Skills
Strategic planning
Timeline
M.D. - Renewable Energy and Energy Sustainability
Universitat De Barcelona
10.2020 - 11.2021
Completions Company Man
Consultec International Colombia
09.2020 - Current
Senior Production Engineer
Crescent Petroleum Company
04.2018 - 05.2020
Wellsite Completions Leader
Ecopetrol
09.2017 - 04.2018
Faculty, Professor
America University
01.2016 - 06.2018
Well Construction Team Leader
OMV Petrom S.A
07.2012 - 06.2015
Petroleum Engineer Specialist
KOC, Kuwait Oil Company
03.2012 - 05.2012
Workover, Contractor
Petrobras Colombia Ltd
11.2011 - 03.2012
Senior Well Engineer
SINOPEC, DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM (SYRIA) LTD
12.2006 - 10.2011
Production Engineer / Workover & Completions Engineer
Schlumberger
05.2004 - 12.2006
Production and Project Engineer
Petrotesting Colombia S.A
01.2004 - 04.2004
Production Engineer
Schlumberger, WCP
12.2002 - 04.2003
Site Manager
Schlumberger, IPM-PSE
01.2002 - 12.2002
Assistant Construction Manager
Schlumberger
01.2001 - 12.2001
Project Engineer
Schlumberger
09.2000 - 12.2000
Production Engineer
Schlumberger, CPS
03.1999 - 09.2000
Production Operations Engineer
Schlumberger
12.1996 - 03.1999
Project Engineer
Strycon Ltda
06.1994 - 12.1996
Bachelor Degree - Petroleum Engineering
Universidad De America
08.1987 - 12.1993
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