About Gilmer Gil
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Gender Male
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Sectors Oil & Gas
Description
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATION
- Over 25 years of experience in drilling, completion and reservoir fluids and integrated management process from a commercial, technical operational perspective.
- Knowledge in fluid engineering, design, lab evaluation and field applications, including chemistry, rheology, Hydraulics models.
- Proven experience in design & evaluation of drilling, drill-in, completion and reservoir fluids, R&D project management, application engineering.
- Proven experience in drilling fluid engineering for: Vertical, Horizontal wells, deep-water (Completion), highly deviated wells, unconventional Heavy crude oil reservoirs. over pressured, depleted and fractured zones (natural and induced). Reservoir fluids for well productivity enhancement.
- Logistics planning, offshore and land operations
- Comprehensive Knowledge in tender preparation and evaluation.
- Efficient presentation skills; technical-commercial, P&L executive
- Bilingual with proven communication skills: English & Spanish.
- Proficiency in Office, iOS, Fluids Engineering Software, Drilling Simulator.
- Organization, planning, analytical and systematic skills.
- Goal and teamwork oriented, proactive and flexible to critical changes
- Involved with Major Operating Companies: Petronas, PDVSA, Pemex, ADNOC, Bapco, Saudi Aramco, QP, KJO, Chevron, Shell, ENI, Statoil, Total, Perenco, Exxon-Mobil, Phillips 66.
PROFILE AND PROJECTS EXPERIENCE
- Drilling Practices, Fluids and Chemicals, Stimulation, Reservoir Services
- WBM Systems: Any Polymer Bentonite Systems, Glycol based, PHPA, HPHT (PYRO-DRILL), WBM-HPHT POLYMER SYSTEM.
- Knowledge in High Performance WBM, (PERFORMAX, HYPR-FORM, TRUDRILL, MAX-BRIDGE, TERRAMAX, PERFLEX).
- Knowledge in Emulsion System: (CARBO-DRIL, CARBO-CORE, CARBO- SEA, CONFI-DRILL, EXTRA-VERT, OIL-VERT, INTEFLOW)
- Drill-Insystems:(PERFLOW-DIF,OPTA-VERT,OMNI-FLOW),Saturated Salt mud, Wellbore Cleaning, Filter Cake Removal. Fluids, Completion Fluids (Sodium Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Sodium Bromide, Sodium Formate), including Heavy Brines (Calcium Bromide, Potassium Formate).
- Deepwater experience: 2 years as Fluids Operation Leader, Pemex deepwater Unit Campeche Mexico. Completion Fluids contract providing heavy brines technical and operations support up to 3000m water depth.
- Middle East/Asia: Experience with wells profiles that presented conditions of reactive clays, severe loss circulation, differential sticking in depleted formations, shale instability. Exploratory wells in remote deserts areas with HPHT requirements, abnormal pressures and sour gas risk.
- Filter cake removal system for multilateral & horizontal wells such as; MICROWASH, MICRO-CURE remediation fluids, Acid precursor systems such as ARCASOLVE, ORCA, OPTA-SOLVE systems applied in oil producer and water injector wells onshore-offshore.
- I have managed team group up to 40 employees under my lead as Manager, with an operation size up to $45 MM year.
Education
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1995
UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE TECHNOLOGY CABIMAS
University Diploma, Mechanical Science Technology
Machinery and equipment design, dynamic equipment maintenance and overhauling planning; molds preparation to design mechanical parts and component from structural layout, Projects, execution, commissioning, maintenance programs.
Experience
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2018 - 2020
Petrochem Performance Chemicals / Abu Dhabi UAE
Country Operation Manager
Managing Drilling Fluid integrated segments, sales planning from customer contract leading Water based, Emulsion system and specialty Chemicals business lines. In country operation, strategic sourcing, engineering, ADNOC contract management, Sales-commercial models implementation for business segments and tenders to pursuit up-selling opportunities. Responsible for providing technical support in demand drilling, completion fluids, ancillary equipments, production enhancement aligned with well well productivity and Stimulation opportunities. Provide country profit/loss, business plan analysis, revenue growth projection, Inventory forecast and personnel requirements. Monitoring progress HSE stats, service quality throughout operative management tool. Responsible for multi-service tender leadership in UAE that involve commercial planning, research, testing and application engineering as new technology application for drilling, completion, and production.
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2014 - 2017
Scomi Group / Malaysia
Product Line Head (Drilling & Completion Fluids)
Drilling & Completion Fluids global position with a technical-strategic role, products line growth and market deployment, products commercial life cycle, product management and profitability tracking. Sales and marketing plan, commercial models for strategic product deployment, but not limited to products sourcing options, research and development for tenders, bid and fluids market challenges. Organize and supervise Scomi’s Technical services department, laboratory planning for global operation. Provides direct technical support in drilling, completion, and reservoir fluids for NOC’s, IOC’s global tenders, with responsibility to provide customized research in Deep Water, HPHT application for offshore Malaysia and Thailand fields. Addresses technical problems, technical presentations and conducts application engineering able to enhance Scomi group products sales expansion. Writes technical-economical management papers, partnership proposals and market research reports on drilling fluids and related technology. Promotes new technology applications and provides field and laboratory support with outlined technical work planning, activities and defined responsibilities to meet business goals.
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2013 - 2014
Scomi Group / Malaysia
Senior Manager, Global Operation (Fluids & Chemicals)
Responsible to oversee quality, technical and operational realignment process promoting best operative practice. Organizes and monitors the technical service execution across global market units but not limited to technical service request, Lab services, product gaps analysis. Provides direct technical support in drilling services, drill-in, completion, and reservoir fluids for demanding markets units as per operation request. Address technical problems, technical presentations and conducts products root cause analysis. technical-economical proposals, promote new technology applications and provides related field technical support. Structures technical work plan, activities and defines responsibilities able to meet book orders and global marketing plan. Provides technical support for new product launches as integrated service scopes, proper planning and customized application of technology. Product profitability tracking to minimize products gaps, maximize profitability, service quality able to meet customer performance goals. S&OP deployment to support products needs aligned specific strategic sourcing plan for operation, tender and bids.
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2011 - 2013
Baker Hughes / Mexico
Region Product Line Manager (Drilling & Completion Fluids)
Responsible for Drilling Fluid, Completion Fluids, Filtration Services, Fluids Environmental Services, unconventional reservoir enhancement fluids. Provide emulsion-water based product testing, tender models and commercial evaluation from an integrated service scope. Provided operation-technical support in new product launches and service execution throughout Houston fluids team. Promotes new technology field applications and assess customized lab technical resources. Develops test criteria for products quality assurance, ultra- deep-water completion brine to enhance LMP storage resources. Addressees technical problems presentations, organize deep-dive internal gaps analysis with the team. I’ve worked to organize and meet the geomarket business targets, revenue growth and share by consolidating business expansion in drilling fluids discrete contracts and stimulation unconventional, offshore fields. Responsible for Integrated projects bids and tender strategies implementation. Applied advanced fluids engineering techniques, decisions on fluids engineering applications, problems, methods, Provided interface support as required by the customer on behalf product and technology groups.
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2011 - 2013
Baker Hughes / Saudi Arabia
Operation Manager
Drilling Fluid Operations in Saudi Arabia-Bahrain, Product line financial budget planning, sales and marketing plan aligned with long term business growth. Maintained strict strategic sourcing control to support products inventory forecast planning at Geomarket level. Cross-functional synergy implementation to expand engineering capability able promote products sales while strengthening overall service performance. Technical problems mitigation and resolution addressing specific engineer field planning, training and development. Provided technical and operational support internally to Drilling/Completion Fluids Engineers at rig site and to customer representative. Laboratory research able to promote Drilling Fluids execution, service quality synchronized with product group team to mitigate drilling problems such as stuck pipes, loss circulation, reservoir productivity for critical fields in Saudi Arabia
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2008 - 2010
Baker Hughes / Saudi Arabia
Operation Coordinator / Project Engineer
Dedicated operation planning coordinating fluids field deployment, technical support functions across Aramco drilling units, field engineering manager, products sourcing, inventory forecast planning for Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Created drilling fluids, completion fluids or solids control / waste management programs, including DFG hydraulics analysis and other software and any necessary laboratory work, and reviewed the program with the client to ensure understanding. Operational lead and focal point for offshore drilling fluids projects such as Karan Gas development. Key contributor for Hasbah-Arabiya pre-planning bidding stage, Safaniya reservoir services delivery. IOC’s projects planning and execution such as KJO and EniRepSA. Business strategy plans to pursuit increase market share across bridging system as differential sticking avoidance, and high performance water based mud deployment for KSA.
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2007 - 2008
Baker Hughes / Saudi Arabia
Technical Support Engineer / Drilling Fluids & Chemicals
Technical Support assigned in drilling fluids operation Saudi Aramco deep gas wells drilling department south Saudi Arabia. Advance bridging systems planning and field supervision supporting multiple gas wells challenges in limestone fractured reservoirs, overbalance drilling. Provided field technical support for drilling fluids and well-bore stability-related problems, fluid systems lab design and field evaluation based on analysis from offset wells, geology & reservoir information. Assigned as in-house drilling fluids tech support for high definition bridging fluid / high performance water based mud systems, troubleshooting database, programs writing, problems mitigation and tech report solutions.
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2005 - 2007
Sincor (Total / Statoil JV) / Venezuela
Drilling Fluid Waste Management & Cementing Specialist
Senior specialist field-based assigned responsible to provide technical- operation support in drilling, completion, reservoir fluids, cementing, ancillary equipments, drilling waste management services. Technical professional, supporting field engineering applications while drilling extended reach reservoirs wells in simultaneous operations-heavy oil unconventional. Maintained strict safe synchronization between (SIMOP’S) operations and fluids well integrated services. Performed as team coordinator for well execution on drilling and completion, cement, drilling mechanics and formation damage studies. Addressed fluids and cementing technical problems, held field related technical issues presentations, internal mitigation for future planning. Waste management field contract administrator able to optimize fluid waste treatment, disposal options, and volumes segregation. Responsible for environmentally safe practice implementation and waste reduction planning, referred to bioremediation, land farming, de-watering, and water treatment within systematic quality standards monitor or implementation among services companies.
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2002 - 2005
Baker Hughes / Venezuela
Project Engineer / Operation Coordinator
Drilling & Completion fluids operation, technical support customer based. Responsible to coordinate FES services applications, waste optimization, re-engineering process within Shell and Chevron contracts West Venezuela. Experienced in Operational planning, execution and well delivery that enable monitor, record field data KPI while mitigating drilling efficiencies. Provided field technical support for drilling fluids and well-bore stability related problems, fluid systems lab design and field evaluation based on analysis from offset wells, geology, reservoir information or hydraulic predictive analysis. Coordinated logistics operations in IOC\'s west Venezuela supporting offshore/onshore inventory forecast. LMP facility.
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2001 - 2002
Baker Hughes / Venezuela
Laboratory Supervisor (Drilling & Completion Fluids)
Overall drilling fluids standard planning and testing; Application engineering for water-based, emulsion systems, completion fluids, drill-in fluids, high-temperature and customized fluids system deployment. Tech Advisory leading laboratory testing, customized product development; technical service, ISO laboratory quality standards.
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1996 - 2001
Baker Hughes / Venezuela
Field Engineer / Drilling Fluid
Drilling Fluids engineer assigned in different location onshore and offshore across Venezuela fields. Experienced in Water based, Emulsion based fluid, completion-stimulation fluids. Important projects assignments including verticals and horizontals wells, HPHT, ERD, under balanced drilling using Nitrogenated Emulsion based fluid in coiled tubing drilling. During field career development, I provided technical support and defined laboratory analysis in PDVSA projects and contracts. As field engineer, I delivered important IOC’s field assignments from an integrated projects contracts service perspective. I carried daily drilling activity and reporting, fluids engineering, waste management planning along post well delivery reports. Competent to prepare RCA reports, lesson learnt in critical well problems mitigation to minimize non-productive times. I was able to provide pilot testing, regular mud testing, quality control, well- basis inventory planning and reporting. Experienced in Zero Discharge project in environmental sensitive areas from international projects assignments. I hold field expertise with LMP, solid control, cutting handling, waste containment process, mobilization, execution.
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1995 - 1996
Alfa Laval Oilfield
Solid Control Technician
Career started with Alfa Laval decanting centrifuges, solid control equipment supports services, installation, operation, maintenance, field technical support.