curriculum vitae

 PABLO DANIEL BENALCAZAR FLORES

 Date of Birth: 25 of April, 1965

Identity Number: 170803219-6

Adress: Las Ilusiones StreetLT 2 and Orquideas,Llano Chico, Quito – Ecuador

Phone: 593 – 2 – 2830575

Mob: 593 – 998749708 / 593-995602855

Status: Married, three daughters.

e – Mail: Pablo.d.benalcazar@gmail.com

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

PRIMARY: Abelardo Moncayo, School, Quito.

HIGH SCHOOL: Mejia High School, Quito.

Diploma: Sciences, Chemistry- Biology Specialization.

UNIVERSITY: “Central del Ecuador” University, Chemical EngineeringSchool.

Diploma: Chemical Engineer.

SPECIALIZATION: ‘Politecnica Nacional’, Petroleum Engineering, Master in science.

Diploma: Exploration, Exploitation and oil production, MsC.

GEOGRAPHICAL OIL EXPERIENCE

Ecuador

-Escuela Politécnica Nacional

Ecuador

-Sacha, Drago, CCDC

 

Argentina

-Apetrol, Cabo Virgenes, ERD Well, FV2001.

Ecuador

-Aec, Agip, Vintage, Dygoil, Rio alto, Drillfor, Cpeb, Drago

Colombia

-Petrominerales, Kappa, Ecopetrol, Mansarovar, Anh, Nexen

Peru,

-Pluspetrol ( Camisea)

Chile

-Enap, Petromagallanes (Patagonia Chilena y Tierra de Fuego)

                                  

Mexico

-Pemex (Villa Hermosa)

MUD SYSTEMS  EXPERIENCE

Water Base Mud:

 Silicate Mud, Alplex Mud, Maxplex Mud, Potassium Nitrate/Glycol/ PHPA, Potassium Sulfate/PHPA, Glycol/Amines, PHPA, Qdrill Mud, Inhibidrill Mud, Drill In Mud, Perflow Mud, Starlose Mud.

Completion Brines:

NaCl, KCl, CaCl2, Sodium Formiate, Potassium Formiate.

PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED

Fractures, Lost Circulation, Abnormal pressure, Swelling Clays, Stuck Pipe, Salt, Anhydrite, H2S, and Kicks. 

PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE

At Present:

Auxiliary Profesor at National Politecnic School

Since November 2013 to Present time

CCDC Drilling Fluids

Position: Drilling Fluids Coordinator

POSITION: Operations Coordinator.

DUTIES AND TASKS

Drilling Fluids Engineer –Sacha Field

         Preparation of Drilling Fluids program, Budget and Customer attention.

         Oil Well Production:  3500m.

Since February 2013 to November 2013

Halliburton Baroid Ecuador

Position: Drilling Fluids Engineer

POSITION: Drilling Fluids Engineer.

DUTIES AND TASKS

Drilling Fluids Engineer –Drago Fields

         Preparation of Drilling Fluids and mud Recap.

         Shift 28 x 28 days

Oil Well Production:  3500m.

Since April 2012 to December 2012

Qmax Solutions Argentina

Position: Drilling Fluids Engineer

POSITION: Drilling Fluids Engineer.

DUTIES AND TASKS

Drilling Fluids Engineer –Cabo Virgenes Fields

         Preparation of Drilling Fluids and mud Recap.

         Shift 28 x 28 days

ERD Gas Well Production:  3500m.

Since June 2010 to April 2012.

Qmax Solutions Colombia, Colombia – SouthAmerica

POSITION: Drilling Fluids Engineer.

DUTIES AND TASKS

Drilling Fluids Engineer –ANH Tumaco Project, Ecopetrol – Yaragui-Gavan- Chichimene Fields, ANH Choco Project, Mansarovar- Jazmin, Girazol, Moriche, Velasquez Fields

*         Preparation of Drilling Fluids and mud Recap..

*         Shift 28 x 28 days

Oil Wells Production: 2500m – 3500m.

Since December 2008 to June 2010

MDF, Mining and Oil Drilling Fluids Company, Punta Arenas, Chile –South America

POSITION: Drilling Fluids Engineer.

DUTIES AND TASKS

·         Drilling Fluids Engineer of the Gas Wells at ENAP area, Boleadora,Tropilla Punta Arenas – Chile.

·         Drilling Fluids Engineer, PETROMAGALLANES Area, Tierra de Fuego, Clarencia Field.

·         Elaboration of Daily, Monthly and Annual Final Reports of production and

·         Shift 30 x 30 days

Oil Wells Production: 2500m – 3500m.

Since January 2007 to December 2008

Qmax Solutions Colombia, Colombia – South America

Position: Drilling Fluids Engineer

Duties and Task

*         Drilling Fluids Engineer – Petrominerales– Putumayo Field, Mansarovar- Jazmin, Girazol Fields

*         Preparation of Drilling Fluids and mud Recap..

*         Shift 28 x 28 days

Oil Wells Production: 2500m – 4500m.

Since February 2002 to January 2007

Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids, Ecuador – South America

Position: Drilling Fluids Engineer, Field Operations Coordinator.

DUTIES AND TASKS

*         Drilling Fluids Engineer – Petroecuador– Sacha, Atacapi, Parahuaco,Cononaco,Shushufindi, lago Agrio.

*         Drilling Fluids Engineer – Agip, Villano Field

*         Drilling Fluids Engineer – Perenco, Yuralpa, Oso, Lobo Fields.

*         Drilling Fluids Engineer Petrosud-Petroriva, Pindo, Yuca Fields.

*         Drilling Fluids Engineer - Encana- Tarapoa, Aguas Blancas Fields

*         Elaboration of Drilling Fluids Recaps of the oil wells.

*         Shift 28 x 28 days

Oil Wells Production: 2500m – 3500m.

Since November 1998 to February 2002

QMAX Solutions, Ecuador – South America

POSITION: Drilling Fluids Trainee, Drilling Fluids Lab Director, Technical operations support.

DUTIES AND TASKS

*         Drilling fluids quality control

*         Drilling fluids Optimization

*         Lab mud products report.

Since June 1997 to September 1998

MI SWACO, Ecuador – South America

POSITION: Solids control and drilling fluids wastes treatment engineer.

DUTIES AND TASKS

*         Water treatment analysis

*         Solids control management

Since November 1994 to June 1197

Interchem, Ecuador – South America

POSITION: Water Treatment ENGINEER& drilling fluids wastes management.

DUTIES AND TASKS

Water treatment analysis, cuttings and solids remediation and recaps

Shift 15 x 15 days

Oil Wells Production: 2500m – 4500m.

COURSES

¨       “STOP Safety Course”, YPF Ecuador INC, August 1997

¨       “Business English course”, Accelerated professional program, Quito, may, 2001.

¨       “STOP FOR SUPERVISORS”, Baker Hughes, Quito, March 2003.

¨       ‘Negotiation and Conflicts Resolution”, Business School, Quito, November 2003.

¨       “Advantage Reporting for fluids”, Baker Hughes, Houston, May 2003.

¨       “Advantage Engineering for fluids”, Baker hughes, Houston, May 2003 

¨       “Continuing improving quality life”, SASAPRO, Quito, July 2003.

¨       “High performance Water base Mud”, Baker Hughes, Houston, may 2004.

¨        “Technology Update Latin America Region”, Baker Hughes, Houston, October 2004.

¨       English Course, EF International language Schools, July, 2004

¨       “Professional Profile”, Ecuadorian Polithecnic School, July 2006.

¨       “First Aid”, Omega 2000, Quito, April 2007.

SEMINARIES

¨       Boiler maintenance, Chemical Engineering Asociation, Quito, July 1992

¨       Total Quality and Productivity, Chemical Engineering Asociation, Quito, June 1992.

¨       “Water Treatment and Wastes Management”, Quito, March 1998

¨       “Drilling Fluids Evaluation and Lab equipment certification”, QMAX MEXICO, Reynosa, December 2001.

¨       “Internal Auditoring ISO 9000”, Qmax Ecuador, August, 2002.

¨       “STOP FOR SUPERVISORS”, Baker Hughes, Quito, March 2003.

¨       “Drilling Fluids Formulation and formation damage prevention”, COPYR, Maracaibo, July 2004.

¨       “High performance Water base Mud”, Baker Hughes, Houston, may 2004.

¨       “Technology Update Latin America Region”, Baker Hughes, Houston, October 2004.

¨       “BHI performance Leadership”, Baker Hughes, Rio de Janeiro, October 2005.

¨       “High Performance Water based Fluids”, Baker Hughes, Houston, march 2006.

¨       “Supervisor Cornestone Program”, Baker Hughes, Quito, January 2007.

¨       “Neuro Linguistic & human engineering”, PNL Learning, Quito, may 2007.

¨       “Well Control” IADC Certified, WCS, IADC Well Cap Supervisor level, Bogota, July 2010-2012.

¨       “Rig Pass” IADC Certified, WCS, Bogota, July 2010

¨       “Human Behavior and stuck pipe prevention”, Thorneloe Energy, Bogota, March 2011.

SKILLS AND LANGUAGES

*         Programation, Computation Centre, Central del Ecuador University.

*         English, 10to. Level: Interval – Advanced, EF International Languages School, Quito

*         Good Knowledge in Windows Microsoft, Internet, Word Processors, Excel

*         Spread Sheets, Acrobat, Presentation Software as Power point

*         Solids Control drilling fluids analysis

*         Mud products quality analysis

*         Drilling fluids designer

*         Completion Fluids designer

TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH

·         Nitrates Biodegradation by transformation in Nitrogen Gas to drecrease the driiling fluids wastes electrical conductivity.

·         Amines Inhibition Mechanism study  in prevention bit balling

·         Improving Potassium Sulphate and potassium Nitrate inhibition with Glycol addition, Ecuador and Peru.

·         PSD calcium Carbonate analysis for Drill In mud to drill Napo and Hollin Sands in Ecuadorian basin.

·         Lab test and field operations with Silicate mud, Luna Field, Pemex, Mexico.

·         Aluminum Complex wellbore stability analysis and interaction with amines and organic films.  Ecuadorian Clays analysis by XRD method.

·         Mulfree surfactant as additive of drilling fluids and completion fluids in  preventing the formation damage

·         Mulfree Completion fluids design, field experience at Auca, Shushufindi, Petroproduccion, Ecuador.

·         Potassium Aluminate, Inhibition and Wellbore Stability Study as a new drilling fluid System.

OBTAINED ACHIEVEMENTS

*         Author’s Award, in recognition of outstanding service, “ the application of a salt-free high performance water base mud for minimizing Enviromental impact in the oriente Ecuadorian Basin”, 2005 international Petroleum Environmental Consortium, Houston, November 2005.

PERSONEL REFERENCES

·         Eng. Martin Zaruma, Repsol YPF, PHONE: 0034608300956

·         Eng. Jorge Zuniga, CCDC, Drilling Coordinator, PHONE: 00593-99785142

·         Eng. Jorge Andachi, Weatherford Ecuador,Drilling Coordinator, PHONE, 00593-84381468