Who is this guy?
After living and working overseas for 27 years for Schlumberger, I moved on and went to WellDynamics (now owned by Halliburton) in 2001.
I spent 5 years working in Brunei for Brunei Shell as a consultant for SmartWell completions and smartfield implementation and then back to the USA.
Halliburton bought out WellDynamics in June 2008. I left Halliburton in July 2013.
Now with Baker Hughes.
My hobbies are Macintosh computers, two 1971 Panteras, a GT40 MkII and a 2016 GT350.
Some history.....
I graduated from Kansas State University in December 1973 with a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering.
I then joined Schlumberger Overseas in Paris in February 1974, went to the Schlumberger Wireline Training Center in Delft, Holland (NTC) and spent some time at the training center in Pau, France.
Field training was done in Great Yarmouth, England and Cork, Ireland; both offshore locations.
The places I've worked (in chronological order):
- Training school in Delft, Holland - Feb '74 - Jun '74 (NTC-09)
- Junior Field Engineer in Gt. Yarmouth, England and Cork, Ireland - Jun '74 - Dec '74
- Field engineer in Aberdeen, Scotland - Dec'74 - Apr'75
- Field engineer in Stavanger, Norway - Apr'75 - Jun'75
- Back to Aberdeen until Sept'77
- General Field Engineer in Diyarbakir, Turkey for Shell - Sept'77 - Feb'78
- Out of action with hepatitis for three months
- Field Engineer in Basrah, Iraq - Apr'78 - Sept'78
- Engineer in Charge of Khartoum, Sudan for Chevron - Dec'78-May'81
- Location Manager in Iquitos, Peru - Aug'81 - Jul'82
- District Engineer & FSM in San Fernando, Trinidad - Aug'82 - May'83
- A little suspended employment....(a story best told over a beer.... ;-) )
- Production Engineer in the Shetlands - Aug'83 - May'84
- Field Test Coordinator and District Engineer in Aberdeen - May'84 - Oct'88
- Division Technical Manager Jakarta, Indonesia - Oct'88 - Jul'91
- Project Manager in Engineering in Tokyo, Japan - Aug'91 - Aug'94
- Project Manager in Engineering in SPC, Sugar Land, Texas - Sep'94-Dec'99
- Documentation Engineer at SPC - Jan'00 - Mar'01
- Did a little consultant work for SLB - Mar'01 - Oct'01
- Project Engineer for WellDynamics - Oct'01
- Brunei Shell Petroleum - June '02
- WellDynamics as Technology Manager - April 2007
- WellDynamics bought out by Halliburton and now in Development Engineering - June 2008
- Baker Hughes as Project Director - July 2013
If you're interested, my resume' is here
Since I like cars, here's some pictures of cars I've owned in the past.
My first car was a 1957 Ford Custom 300 with a 6 cylinder automatic.
My Dad gave it to me... it was the only new car he ever bought in his life.
It got totaled in an accident when my brother and I were headed home after a basketball game.
This picture is not the actual car, but it is the same color and body style.
But this is the car!
This black and white picture was taken when the car was new in 1957, just as we were leaving my aunt’s house in Wisconsin.
That’s me on the left, brother Larry, Mom, brother Monte and Dad.
The next car was a real pig... a yellow and white 1959 Ford, 4 door with a 332ci 2 speed automatic. We won’t talk much about it...
Then, a 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 2 dr 'fastback'. 390ci with a 4 speed.
Once again, the color picture is not actually my car, but the black and white picture is mine sitting in front of the garage on our farm.
Long story about this car.
My first engine rebuild, my first transmission rebuild, 3 2bbl manifold and carbs, 0.060 over, too much compression, too much cam, etc. etc.
After this picture was taken, it had a Corvette style hoodscoop, jacked up in the back with L50 tires and chrome reverse rims.
Cragar mags on the front... You know... a typical late 60's high school kid's car!
I had a Fiat X1/9 for awhile in Scotland.
I had motorcycles, too. A Kawasak 900 Z1B, the fastest production bike on the planet in those days.
I broke a leg and a shoulder riding it in Scotland.
In the US, I had a Moto Guzzi 850 LeMans Mk1 which was modified to 1000cc.
Picture of the 1976 Moto Guzzi Lemans Mark I. I sold it back in 1998 with 14,800 miles on it.
