Antonio Parra

Well Completions and Well Interventions Engineer

Strong technical knowledge, focused on HSSE and well integrity, understanding of different cultures and experience within Operator and within Service Company environment. A team player with a unique combination of experience, including cost estimation, cost tracking, cost reduction and continuous improvement. Design and implementation of QA/QC systems, specifically applied to downhole equipment inspection and installation; make up check lists, lessons learned and best practices, Factory Acceptance Test of equipment and Systems Integration Testing; making sure that well conditions are understood and the equipment is suitable for those conditions. Synergy on Non-Conformance Reports and root cause analysis. Cost estimation and tracking.

A hand on experience on program preparation, planning, contracting, logistics, development and execution of drilling, completion, well intervention and well testing operations offshore and onshore. Experience being contract holder; participating in the biding process, specifying technical requirements. Business Performance Reviews, capturing and analyzing NPT’s, new technologies, process and equipment standardization. Expert engineer, with 26 years of experience in well engineering; completion and intervention. Experience in Canada, USA, Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina and Qatar. 

Mechanical Engineer, 1995 University of Zulia

Main Training and Development:

• December 2010: Shell Round II Shell Completion and Well Intervention Certification
• May 2010: Shell Training Centre, Rijswijk (3 weeks) Completions & Well Interventions.
• October 2009: Shell Round I Completion & Well Intervention Certification, Louisiana
• May 26th: June 26th 2009; English for Business, Berlitz Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• November 2008: Use of PROSPER for Nodal Analysis (5 Days), Houston, Texas, USA
• July 2007: London Imperial College. (5 days) Production Logging Tool (PLT)
• Nov. 2005: Shell Training Centre, Rijswijk (5 days) Advance Casing Design
• March 2001: Baker Oil Tools (10 days) -Liner Hanger Systems Design and Protocol.
• Nov. 1999: Baker Oil Tools - (5 days) Sales Orientation Seminar.
• May. 1999: Baker Oil Tools - (10 days) Safety Systems Seminar.
• Oct. 1998: Baker Oil Tools - (10 days) Sand Control Seminar.
• Feb. 1998: Baker Oil Tools - (10 days) - Houston Texas - Advanced Wellbore Construction.
• Jan. 1997: Baker Oil Tools - (10 days) - Houston Texas - Liner Hanger Seminar.
• Aug. 1996: Baker Oil Tools - (10 days) - Houston Texas - Inflatable Seminar.
• Jun. 1996: Baker Oil Tools - (15 days) - Houston, Texas - Packer Seminar.
• 4 times IWCF certification