Will Ross, EIT
wross@jes-engineer.com
1/08 - Present James E. Smith & Associates, Inc.
Engineer in Training
5/07 – 8/07 EOG Resources – Drilling Engineering
Intern
-Developed an entire drilling procedure for an
upcoming well and observed the progress.
-Updated and improved bit performance graphs for 5
active fields to provide a side by side comparison of bit performance per
field.
-Conducted a study on long string cement volumes for
a particular field and presented information and recommendations to Engineers
and Management.
-Spent multiple days on a rig to oversee and learn
about operations from pre-spud through surface drill out, including BOP
testing, formation integrity testing, casing, cement, etc.
-Worked daily with Drilling Engineers and Managers, as well as Production Engineers and Managers, to overview drilling and completion operations.
-Attended weekly team meetings, weekly operations
meetings, and weekly company meetings.
5/06 – 8/06 Hughes Christensen – Technical
Engineering Intern
-Worked
daily with Engineering & Marketing representatives on projects for leading
operators.
-Used
internal software to evaluate Tricone and PDC bit
performance for direct use with customers.
-Used Rocky03
software to construct plots for lithology
interpretation and rock strength analysis.
-Used bit
records to assist in analyzing bit performance.
-Accompanied
Texas area Field Representatives in rig visits to meet with company man and
discuss current and future operations.
-As part of Intern
Training, attended courses that covered basic drilling principles, IADC dull
grading, product evaluation, bit design, and manufacturing specifications.
-Toured
08/05
Participated
in a full week of hands-on experience at Halliburton’s training facility in
05/05 – present Proctor,
Supervise the
Education Bachelor
of Science, Petroleum Engineering, 2007
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