Nick Stanford, P.Eng

Experience

• 

  Precision Drilling

  Jan 1992 - Jan 2000

  Field Specialist
• 

  Wildcat Scouting Services

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2000

  Professional Field Scout
• 

  Encana Corporation

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2004

  Drilling Supervisor/Contract Foreman

  Executed drilling programs and supervised day-to-day on-site operations.

• 

  Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL)

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2010

  Drilling Superintendent

  -Reporting to the VP, Operations and Drilling Manager, led a team of engineers, technicians, and field staff with the deliverable to build and execute drilling programs across the Deep Basin, Foothills, Cardium, and Bluesky, including heavy oil, SAGD, CBM, critical sour / special sour, and shallow gas wells.-Led the execution of high drilling programs, managing up to 9 rigs and drilling 472 wells including long reach horizontal and directional wells up to 5200m with focus on the Deep Basin and Foothills, resulting in notable production growth. Show less

• 

  Angle Energy Inc (ANGZF)

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2013

  Manager Drilling

  -Reporting to the President and COO, led a team of 14 including a drilling engineer, 2 technicians, and a field team with oversight for all drilling and construction activities in the Hartman, Ferrier, and Lone Pine Creek operating areas with a focus on the Cardium and Mannville plays.-Working with the asset teams, successfully drilled numerous long reach HZ wells resulting in production growth from 8000 to 15000 BOD/d.-Planned and managed annual budgets, introduced disciplined bid and invoice review processes, and lowered operational expenses including drilling time and costs. Show less

• 

  Bellatrix Exploration Ltd.

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  Senior Drilling and Completions Engineer

  -Following the acquisition of Angle by Bellatrix, led Drilling and Completions activities for the acquired assets in the Cardium and Mannville plays.-Successfully drilled long reach HZ with up to 20 stage, 40 tonne fracs.

• 

  High Ground Energy Inc.

  Aug 2014 - Jul 2019

  Drilling Manager

  -Led all aspects of drilling activities including location scouting and surveying, road/lease construction and clean up, cost control to completion ready multistage fracs, pipeline and facility infrastructure development, and well start-ups, as well as RFPs, AFEs, accruals, and detailed post-mortem analyses.-Worked with all team members to acquire the Viking asset.-Planned and executed a drilling program comprised of 92 horizontal wells building production from 0 to 4000 BOE/day.-Led all aspects of Production Operations (15 field operators, 300 wells, and 2 gas plants)-Developed and implemented safety standards and processes and ensured regulatory compliance Show less

• 

  Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL)

  Nov 2019 - Apr 2020

  Drilling Foreman / Wellsite Supervisor

  Led drilling operations in the Cardium, Montney, Falher and Wilrich achieving operational goals.

• 

  Crestwynd Exploration Ltd

  Aug 2020 - Oct 2021

  Drilling Foreman / Wellsite Supervisor

  Led drilling operations in the Clearwater play with a focus on multilateral HZ wells

• 

  Blackspur Oil Corp.

  Nov 2021 - now

  Drilling & Completions Manager

  Leads all planning and field operations with successful HZ drilling and completions results to date in the Sparky, Gloc and Sunburst plays.