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Joseph Cantu

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Drilling Consultant at Self-employed

  • Education

    • Texas A&M-Kingville

      1993 - 1997
      Bachelor of Science (B.S.)-Natural Gas Engineering Natural Gas Engineering

      Activities and Societies: SPE, AADE As a student, I was married with one child at the age of 35. I spent 17 years prior to pursuing an Engineering Degree working in the oilfield as a Roustabout for 1 year and as a Floorhand, Derrickman, Driller and Toolpusher for 13 years. The next 3 years prior to enrolling in College, I worked for Bit Companies, as a Directional Driller and a Well Site Consultant.

  • Experience

    • Texas Oil & Gas

      Aug 1976 - Jul 1977
      Roustabout

      Worked as a Roustabout and Mechanic's Helper maintain gas compressors throughout South Texas

    • SAW Drilling Co., Padre Drilling Co., Richard Phillips Drilling Co., BDK Drilling Co.

      Sept 1977 - May 1988
      FloorHand, Derrickman, Driller & Rig Manager

      Worked with various drilling contractor's in South Texas. Began as FloorHand and worked up to Drilling Manager by 1981.

    • Frank's Casing Crew's

      May 1988 - Sept 1988
      Floorhand, Stabber, Operator

      Worked on casing crew running pipe on land and offshore.

    • Penrod Drilling Co.

      Sept 1988 - Jan 1989
      Motor Man

      Worked as rig crew hand.

    • Hughes Tool Co.

      Jan 1989 - Jan 1990
      PDC Sales and Service Representative

      Ran and monitored PDC Bit runs in the U.S. and Mexico utilizing maximum performance and optimizing efficiency with hydraulics and proper bit parameters.

    • Ameritech Directional Co.

      Feb 1990 - Jan 1993
      Directional Driller/Well Site Consultant

      -Worked as Directional Driller in the Austin Chalk Trend as horizontal drilling began to take off.-Worked as a Well Site Consultant in between directional work

    • Conoco. Inc.

      Jun 1997 - Apr 2001
      Drilling Engineer

      Planned, designed and coordinated 2-3 rig(s) in the South Texas Lobo Trend. Drilled primarily vertical holes and some directional wells overcoming mud losses in the Queen City formation and pressure in the Lobo Sand(s).

    • Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

      Apr 2001 - Sept 2004
      Drilling Superintendent

      Planned, designed and coordinated a 3-4 rig horizontal drilling program in the Austin Chalk, Buda, Georgetown, Glen Rose and James Lime Play(s). The wells were drilled under balanced with TVDs ranging from 7,100' to 14.500' with laterals lengths from 1,500' to 8,600' and many of much of the program HTHP wells.

    • EOG Resources

      Sept 2004 - Sept 2012
      Drilling Manager

      Managed drilling program working through day to day issues, monitored costs and looked for new innovative ideas to increase safety and efficiency.

    • ZAZA Petroleum

      Nov 2012 - Apr 2013
      Drilling Manager

      Managed 1-2 rig drilling program in the Eagleford and EagleBine Plays. Created cost estimates, design well plans and coordinated drilling operations.

    • Hunt Oil Co.

      May 2013 - May 2014
      Sr. Staff Drilling Engineer

      Worked on international projects in the Peruvian Rain Forests and a Deep Water Project offshore West Africa. Generated AFEs, worked on well design(s) and coordinated meetings to insure processes moved smoothly.

    • APACHE CORP

      Jun 2014 - Feb 2015
      Region Drilling Manager

      Joined Apache Corporation with 35 drilling rigs running in the Texas Panhandle and throughout Oklahoma overseeing drilling operations. Worked to help improve operations, however as prices eroded in 2014, rigs were released and senior management made the decision to close Tulsa Operations.

    • Orion Drilling Co.

      Apr 2015 - Dec 2016
      Turnkey Drilling Manager

      Put together AFEs, well plans, coordinated services and operations for turnkey operations. Drilled conventional, unconventional wells throughout South and Central Texas. Well design(s) included vertical, directional, horizontal, normal pressure and HTHP wells.

    • Self-employed

      Mar 2017 - now
      Drilling Consultant

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • BOP