Simon Soto

Senior Drilling and Production Engineer

Senior Petroleum Engineer with Master's Degree in Reservoir Characterization and Exploitation (Heavy Oil), Skilled in Drilling, Workover and Completion Operations who has provided services for corporations such as Halliburton, Tecpetrol and Petroleos de Venezuela Sociedad Anónima (PDVSA).

Technical Skills: Rig Selection and Equipment, Well Planning, Well Control, Fishing and Milling Operations, Well Logging, Directional Drilling and Well Cementing, Wireline and Perforating Operations, Managing Common Drilling Problems (Loss Circulation, Stuck Pipe, Influx), Functional Use of Landmark Software (Compass, Stress Check, Casing Seat, Well Cat) and Predict.

Abilities: Administrative and Financial Support, Logistics of Equipment and Materials, Handling of Services and Operational Contracts, Operational Management and Supervision, Personnel Management.

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS:

Design, manufacture and commissioning of a well service unit using a 160-ton crane as a lifting system, with significant
savings of US$30 M/well.

Adjustment of the field factor (FC), using the API Recommendation "MPMS, Chapter 8, 1995, which allowed to improve the factor from 0.7 to 0.95.

Design, manufacture and commissioning of an inducƟon heater for the treatment of emulsified oil in waste pits, with an oil recovery of 50 MBls equivalent to an amount of 3.1 MM$US

WORK EXPERIENCE 
Drilling Operation Manager- 3R E&S -Ecuador- 2019 2021.
Production Operations Advisor- PDVSA- Venezuela- 2017 2019.
Exploration and Production Manager- PDVSA- Venezuela- 2015 2017.
Production Operations Manager- PDVSA- Venezuela- 2011 2015.
Drilling Manager- PDVSA- Venezuela- 2009 2011.
Drilling Services Manager- PDVSA- Ecuador- 2007 2009.

 

 

Last Resume Update May 1, 2023
Address Barinas, Venezuela
E-mail sotopsj@gmail.com
Phone Number +58 424 5703632

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