1. Jim Rhoads
545 Cosper Ranch Rd
Killeen, Tx
E-mail-jimrhoads22@yahoo.com
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D.O.B. 5-27-59 Cell 254-541-7996
Education: Attended High school at Belton High School in Belton, Tx. from 1974 to
1977 .
Attended college at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Tx. from 9/77 to 5/80
majoring in business.
H2S certified 11/17/14
Attended M. I.
Drilling Fluids school in Athens, Tx. In 1981
Offshore safety certification.
Attended Well Control School at University of Houston in Victoria, Tx In Jan 2010
Experience: Employed by The Drlgmud Co. in Giddings, Tx from 11/79 to 12/82 as a
Drilling fluids engineer, working in the Austin chau1k area for 3 years.
Employed by E.R.C. in Houston, Tx from 01/91 to 09/95 as a wellhead Technician, and
pressure control tech, as well as repairing old wellhead Equipment under pressure.
Employed by Wood Group Pressure Control from 10/95 to 01/99 in Wyoming and south
Texas, also as a wellhead technician and pressure Control technician.
Employed by Ambar Lone Star Drilling Fluids as a drilling fluids engineer In south
Texas from 01/99 to 06/05, experienced in all types of drilling and Completion fluids.
Employed by Newpark Drilling Fluids as a drilling fluids engineer in south Texas from
06/05 to 04/07 experienced in all types of drilling and Completion fluids.
Employed by Apache in Ciarofrom 04/07to 10/07 Egypt as an assistant Drilling
consultant and Chief mud engineer/mud auditor. My duties there were to assist the
Consultant with day to day drilling operations and relieve as needed as well As
monitoring the Egyptian mud engineers with mud checks and inventory Control. on a
daily basis.
Self employed as a drilling fluids consultant for Anchor from 10/07 to03/08 in Ft.
2. Stockton, Tx running salt water / polymer mud systems and assisting other rigs with
down hole problem solving solutions.
Self Employed as a Drilling Consultant by Devon Energ drilling horizontal wells in the
Barnette Shale for 7 mos., from 3/08 thur 10/08.
Self employed as a Drilling fluids consultant for Signa Engineers from11/08 to06/09
working in north west Louisanna in the Hanesville shale and in Northwest Alabama on
H2S wells, as well.
Drilling Fluids consultant for Anchor drilling 06/09 to 10/09 fluids in the Permian basin
as a drilling fluids consultant running oilbase mud on deep wells over 18,000’.
Worked as a drilling fluids consultant for Newpark Drilling fluids from 10/09 to 06/10 in
the Wharton, Tx area.
Employed by Anchor Drilling Fluids as a Engineering field supervisor in south,Tx
Eagleford from 06/10 to04/12
Employed by Borehole Con troll Drilling Fluids as an Engineering Super visor in south
Tx and field sales from 04/12 to 03/13
Employed as a Drilling fluids consultant for AES drilling in Oklahoma from 4/13 to
12/13 responsible for 24 hr Drilling Fluid operations at the rig
I Am currently Employed as a Drilling Fluid consultant for Newpark Drilling Fluids in
east and south Tx. and have been ther for the last 16 Months
I have been working in the oilfield in Texas for the last 16 years as well as Louisanna and
Alabama, I have been a drilling consultant as well as drilling fluids and pressure control
consultant
.
I am also very familiar with both Mud Pit and Mud Pro Engineering programs
Have a great deal of downhole problem solving experience. I am familiar With Dims and
Rim base rig systems, and I am also very good with logistics and would be a great asset
to any company.
References:
Corey Harding - Engineering Manager Newpark drilling fluids, Corpus Christi, Tx
(361)-883-9181
Charlie Beshears - Engineering Manager Ambar Lonestar Drilling Fliuds, Corpus Christi,
Tx (361) - 815-3159.
Kelly Cagle – Operations Manager Mid-Tex Drilling Fluids 361- 212-7460
Ike Corrigan - Baker Hughes Engineering Manager (361) - 361-362-7746.
Eldon Westenburg- Regional Manager Anchor Drilling fluids Midland, Tx (281)- 804-
7135
