1. Completions people in Houston and Oklahoma City (OKC) have delivered
on a major customer’s challenge: cut the time of a typical completion in
half—from 10 days to 5—on a horizontal well in Arkansas’ Fayetteville
Shale. The Schlumberger team did it in 4 days.
The job—requiring zonal isolation, plugging, and perforation—
was expedited by using next-generation degradable components that
can remain in the wellbore.
Houston-based John Ryan, the customer’s global account
manager, and Sam Speitan, sales engineer, sold the
deal for the degradable components. Operationally,
most of the project was handled by the OKC
Completions district, where John witnessed the tool
assembly and testing. Sam was in the field during
installation and activation, and John Fleming
oversaw project management from Houston.
OKC Field Engineer David Lopez worked
alongside Houston-based Product Champion
Michael Dardis through the wellsite execution.
“Significant lessons learned include the
importance of multitier penetration, from account
managers to field personnel, and of going beyond
our job descriptions to exceed customer expectations
in both technology and service,” Sam says.
“The OKC Completions team was thrilled to
take the new technology through this challenge,” notes David Lopez.
Kudos also go to other OKC-based team members. Operational
Support: Field Service Manager Ankur Desai, Field Service Supervisor
DeMarcus Strange, Liner Hanger Operations Supervisor Zoubir Belaribi,
Field Service Warehouse Supervisor ShannonRemo, Equipment Specialist
Kasey Clark, Maintenance Assistant Chris Sousa, Mechanic Trainee
Jose Savinon. Installation: Field Engineer Stuart Mooney and Field
Engineer Trainee Melissa Yount.
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LIFEACHIEVEMENTS BEST SERVICE QUALITY,day or night
Jason Burt
While Jason Burt, PTS petrophysicist and well placement engineer in Anchorage, was
working the night shift geosteering a well, the customer had a critical situation occur
on a different well, requiring a fast turnaround of data. The log interpretation could
have been outsourced to staff in Houston, but when the day shift arrived, Jason
stepped up and volunteered to do it locally despite his workload.
“I believe our commitment to our customers is our main priority,” Jason explains,
“and I strive to provide them the best quality data, day or night.”
“Jason turned the data around quickly and it had excellent quality,” notes Todd
Wensley, D&M sales manager in Anchorage. “This allowed the customer to make critical
decisions in a timely manner, and Jason was also available to explain the results.”
“Doing the job locally adds value on a few different fronts,” adds Matt Roorda,
PTS team lead. “Quality is more easily managed because customer and local standards
are readily available and overall efficiency is better. Plus revenue for the work stays
within our market area.”
Tootie Whitworth
With the rollout of updated S001 safety plans came a variety of new requirements
for Schlumberger groups and locations. Tootie Whitworth, QHSE director for E&P
Wireline, based in Midland, TX, brought his team to the effort in a major way.
“Tootie jumped on a couple of aspects that set his group apart from the others,”
explains Dave Lawrence, NAM driving safety manager, based in Kellyville, OK.
“E&P was the first segment to submit geozones—geographically designated areas
where certain levels of journey management control are required. And second,
although several groups were quick to obtain the new driving and driver safety
cards, E&P was the first to develop a sticker that provided relevant, local information
for the driver. The work Tootie has done at E&P has been shared with the other
NAM teams. Not only were Tootie’s efforts important for his group, but the rest
of NAM benefited from his initiative.”
“It is nice to be noticed in a positive light,” Tootie says. “But the recognition
needs to be directed to my HSE team—they all contributed ideas and assisted with
the final product.”
Going the extra mile in journey management
L to R: Kasey Clark, Shannon Remo, DeMarcus Strange, Chris Sousa, David Lopez, Jose Savinon,
Zoubir Belaribi, Stuart Mooney, Melissa Yount
TEAMWORK: Half-TimeCompletion!
Cinderella
STORY
“This growth was largely
due to aggressive marketing effort
by the NExT team. The effort
included innovative new programs
that resulted in us winning both
new contracts and increased
participation in public courses.”
—Abul “Jamal” Jamaluddin,
NExT NAM business manager
L to R: Tanya Ivkovich, Philip Irele Evbomoen, Tanya Davison
2012 brought significant business growth in NAM for NExT, a Schlumberger company, with a 300% revenue jump over 2011. NExT provides technical
training and professional development services for the E&P industry.
“This growth was largely due to aggressive marketing effort by the NExT team,” says Abul “Jamal” Jamaluddin, NExT NAM business manager.
“The effort included innovative new programs that resulted in us winning new contracts and increased participation in public courses.”
“The Cinderella story was Canada,” Jamal notes, “where the team achieved over 700% growth in revenue after starting from almost no business.
This achievement was possible with tireless effort from Training Coordinators Tanya Davison and Tanya Ivkovich, with leadership from Philip Irele
Evbomoen, NExT business manager for Canada. They took bold steps to achieve success and they were rewarded.”
In the US, team members Shelley Bitzkie, RaeAnn Cantelon, Ashley Leadon, Lynn Murphy, Kalyan Venugopal, and Alan Lee Brown
had outstanding accomplishments in securing new training contracts and increasing the number of public courses offered, along with attracting the
students to fill those courses.
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