Bryan Forkel

Experience

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  Baker Hughes

  Oct 1997 - Jul 2005

  Field Service Drilling Fluids Engineer III

  Field Service Representative (Land)Tested and evaluated fluid properties at rig site in accordance with drilling fluids program. Reviewed results with customer to determine course of action.• Assessed inventory requirements to place orders and schedule material deliveries, maintaining required inventory for well completion.• Highlighted safety issues and procedures, avoiding losses and injuries, conducting HSE discussions and meetings at rig site with crews.• Drilled different wells in global geographical areas in various depths utilizing variety of drilling fluids.o Utilized water base drilling fluids to drill 1st well for Baker Hughes in SINCOR project in South Eastern Venezuela.o Drilled depths up to 19.5K feet using 100% oil base fluid in Maturin, Venezuela.o Drilled numerous wells in East, Central and South Texas. Show less

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  Halliburton

  Jul 2005 - Jul 2007

  Multi Field Service Professional (Land and Offshore)

  Tested and evaluated fluid properties at rig site in accordance with drilling fluids program. Discussed results with customer to determine course of action. Filled-out all required reports and distributed to appropriate personnel.• Drilled in South Cameron, LA, using water base and new technology INTEGRADE fluid, “High Performance Diesel Base” at depth up to 18.3K feet and mud weights up to 18ppg.• Participated in 2 drive-by wells in West Texas where H2S and complete losses occurred on 1 well, and 300bbls gas kick occurred in another.o Utilized snubbing unit and well control company to kill well safely.• Assessed inventory requirements placing orders and scheduling material deliveries, maintaining required inventory for well completion.• Discussed with technical professional any deviations from mud program and alternatives, increasing process efficiency.• Conducted HSE discussions and meetings at rig site, highlighting issues and procedures, avoiding losses and injuries. Show less

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  Halliburton

  Nov 2007 - Oct 2013

  Oversaw Baroid operations in Northern Region Areas of Williston, DJ, Powder River, Green River, Uinta, Piceance, San Juan and Paradox Basin and Marcellus’ shale. Wrote and implemented well proposals.• Guaranteed customer requests were carried out interfacing with Baroid northern regional operations.• Liaised with drilling engineers providing technical and operational support, receiving feedback, building solid customer relations.o Point-of-contact for customer complaints or product dissatisfaction including service delivery.• Resolved wellbore issues introducing products, developing new operations and drilling strategies.• Improved wellbore process troubleshooting issues, running DFG hydraulics and wellbore cleaning modeling software, to determine parameters needed to clean directional wellbores.• Mentored staff to ensure Baroid personnel was equipped with necessary tools to perform job safely.• Conducted presentations to internal / external customers to support products and services.• Mentored less experienced engineers, designers and technicians, ensuring product and service success. Show less Troubleshot, formulated, customized and ran compatibility testing on drilling fluids versus specified shale for different customers. Utilized water base and invert emulsions drilling fluids in Rocky Mountain Region. Wrote drilling fluids proposals and mud programs for various operators in USA region.• Customized various types of drilling fluids including water-base and invert emulsion fluids on specific formations for tenders, acquiring and renewing contracts.• Interpreted mineralogy composition values of given rock or shale formation, using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) results to fingerprint shale and determine content.o Improved wellbore stability customizing fluids system for particular shale.• Installed Northern Region area laboratory for Drilling Fluids in Brighton Colorado, supporting the region in all types of specialized testing for customers in need.• Identified cross-link contaminate in drilling fluids for BP Alaska, reducing customer downtime, drilling ahead to avoid major problems.o Identified issue and product contaminating drilling fluids.• Conducted internal laboratory drilling fluids customization and compatibility presentations in Calgary Canada and Brighton Colorado, training personnel within laboratory setting.• Eliminated wellbore issues selecting compatible drilling fluids for specific shale, customizing inhibitive drilling fluid specifically for Niobrara, Mancos, Codell and Sharron Springs shale.• Identified most efficient BAROID lubricant via lube testing, compatible with Williston’s basin produced brine water used for drilling wells in Williston basin.o Reduced costs selecting correct lubricant, increasing drilling days. Show less Planned and implemented transition of Baroid into Marcellus play standardizing mud programs and writing proposals. Recognized for effectiveness and efficiency as in-house principal technical professional, writing proposals and managing wells for 3 of 7 organizational land assets.• Interfaced with Baroid regional operations ensuring customer requests were carried out, introducing new products and developing strategies to resolve wellbore issues.• Oversaw Baroid operations in Wamsutter, WY, San Juan, NM, and Haynesville Play, to include writing and implementing proposals for wells drilled.• Standardized mud program for Wamsutter, WY to consistently drill wells in asset, exceeding record days per 10K feet (days/10K).• Supported 7 land rigs for BP Wamsutter, drilling more than 110 wells in 2008, generating more than $12M in revenue.• Reduced turnaround time for well recaps from 3 to 4 weeks, to less than 1 week, performing quality control on well files during drilling, identifying and correcting errors in field setting. Show less

  • Principal Technical Professional

    Apr 2012 - Oct 2013

  • Northern Region Lab Leader

    Jul 2009 - Apr 2012

  • Principal Technical Professional in House

    Nov 2007 - Jul 2009
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  Baker Hughes

  Oct 2013 - Feb 2015

  Technical Advisor and Sr. Operations Coordinator

  Oversaw USA land operations and provided technical support for troubled wells, writing and implementing proposals.• Guaranteed product and service success as mentor in drilling fluids to less experienced engineers, designers and technicians.• Resolved wellbore issues introducing new products and developing new operational and drilling strategies.• Determined needed parameters to clean directional wellbores, operating Advantage hydraulics, wellbore cleaning modeling software, and surge / swap for critical wells.• Reduced customer cost per foot ($/ft.) in Eagleford play, recommending new products and technology. Show less

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  Independent Consultant - Oil & Gas

  Feb 2015 - Aug 2016

  Drilling Fluids Advisor | Laboratory Technical Services Specialist

  Targeting Drilling Fluids Engineering on rotational basis, Drilling Fluids Advisor or Drilling Fluids Laboratory Technical Service Specialist position.

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  AIPC

  Aug 2016 - Jan 2017

  Drilling Fluids Engineer (Consultant)

  Drilling Fluids Engineer in West Texas

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  Halliburton

  Jan 2017 - now

  Field Professional II

  Tested and evaluated fluid properties at rig site in accordance with drilling fluids program. Discussed results with customer to determine course of action. Filled-out all required reports and distributed to appropriate personnel.