Completion & integrity engineer achievements

Joseph Z. Bracic, P. Eng.
Consultant/Advisor Petroleum/Completion/Production/Artificial Lift Engineer
Calgary, Alberta, Canada Mobile: 403-560-7112
Email: josephzb2004@yahoo.com Phone: 403-203-4722
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ACHIVEMENTS / SKILLS
As a Completion & Integrity Engineer with Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell, AGOCO, IPM/Schlumberger,
Apex/BHP Billiton Petroleum, SGS/Petrofac Development and Hess Corporation included:
Experience in the design and operation of wells in a variety of different international regions and environments
both onshore and offshore. Such completions involve high-profile projects, e.g. deep-water and sand control
environments (requiring application of intelligent systems,sand control tools, and pumping equipment), high rate well
completion designs, high temperature high pressure (HTHP) environments, zonal isolation, water shut-off, and high
cost completions.
Directs Basis of Well Design document (e.g. detail completion concept, screen size, pressure & temperature limit
required during completion & well life, gravelpack/completion/frac design, frac fluid specifications, proppant size/type
etc.).
Accountable for all aspects of completion design and implementation,from the sand face to the Lower and Upper
completions. Executes Lower completions with Sump packers and Gravel pack installation. Performs Upper
Completion technology, Packers, Nipples, Safety valves, Hangers and all associated tools and equipment.
Knowledge in evaluation and design; execution and/or installation of the Frac Pack, Well Testing, Tubing
Conveyed Perforating (TCP), Completion Fluid Displacement, UpperCompletion hardware,Sub-Surface Safety Valve
(SSSV) and Down-Hole Pressure/Temperature Instruments.
Organized thermalmodeling,materials selection,specification and selection of completion components and services;
identification of well servicing, well intervention requirements and tooling.
Performsdetailed completionengineering tasksinsupportofgenerating newwellconstructionplans (i.e.selection
of completion fluids, liner strings, zonal isolation means, packers/flow control devices, well test programs, cased hole
logging/perforating, stimulation treatments, artificial lift systems, chemical treatments, conformance solutions, etc.).
In charge of Design and Evaluation of sand control technologies and services including fluids, equipment, and
downhole tools; and development of solutions for sand control needs.
Designs and implements Gravel Pack/Sand Control as well as directs on-site leadership and supervision of gravel
pack operations.
Directs Open-hole and Cased-hole gravel packs.
Carries out Evaluation and Design ofhorizontal completions, sand control/frac pack, well testing, tubing conveyed
perforating (TCP), completion fluids and displacement of same.
Conducts standard work processes such as well program design, uncertainty management, completions selection,
Complex Well and HSSE processes.
Directs planning and engineering ofcompletion projects including technical research,procurement of services,cost
estimating, programming and AFE preparation.

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Analyzes and compares completion strategies utilized in the area.
Monitors post-Well integrity performance and interacts with Drilling and Production departments to ensure wells
integrity and safety are optimized.
Leads the completions engineering team charged with overseeing the selection of well architecture and
completions selection.
Takes direct part in the project team activities in the court of technical research of all stages of Conceptual Basis
preparation for specialized completion projects, including the following steps: (setting goals and basics of the project
requirements of specialized development project, formation depletion strategy, safety,efficiency, economics, logistics
and location, including surface infrastructure and, existing limitations etc.).
In charge of the discipline of completion engineering, i.e. understanding the various scientific theories and
principles and practical application in this discipline.
Fully conversant with well control criteria, equipment specification-selection and techniques and also with well
servicing operational practices.
Executes wellbore analysis and recommends best completion solutions. Within this framework, driving down
completions costs to ensure the achievement of the Company's anticipated economic return from its investment.
Completes multiple tasks ensuring project timelines are met.
Implements downhole completion and workover programs on new wells and existing wells; interact or supervise
contractors/field services as required.
Managesoperational staffaswell asother technical professionals such asgeologists, geophysicists, and petrophysicists
to solve well and completion problems in innovative and unconventional ways.
Experience in horizontal shale completions/operations including high pressure and temperature environments.
Knowledge of TCP perforating systems and Correlation procedures for TCP.
Delivers support of special projects associated with completion engineering or completion process (completion-
related technical studies/projects, new technology studies, non-operated joint venture support).
Upgrades current completion approaches of various operators to determine possible completion enhancements.
Carriesout Integrationofgeologicandreservoircharacterizationstudies intostate-of-the-art completion strategies.
This process reviews perforation schemes, treatment fluids, proppant schedules, treatment execution and flow-
back methods.

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Organizes Production Technology and Well Delivery teams to produce and assess several completion designs from
sand face (reservoir) to wellhead.
Utilizes TCP - Tubing conveyed perforating, bridge plugs, packers, and openhole/gravel packed completions.
Directs upgraded completion and production operations (up to 28%) based on post-treatment evaluations.
Optimizes completion operations for vertical and horizontal producers, and water injection wells.
Selects optimum completion design taking into accountall the lifecycle elements,installationrisk,wellintervention,
and well treatment requirements, arriving at an optimum balance of cost, risk and value.
Assesses existing well completion methods in order to determine their efficiency as per the applied methodologies
(fluids used, penetration equipment, current and capital workover and development procedures, applied perforation
systems of various manufacturers and their impact on the quality of work performed) and the enhancement potential.
Executes preliminary completion and operations design that permits the development and of various well design
concepts under consideration for current and future field development plan implementation. In particular emphasis is
given to completion design principles and philosophies coupled with design of downhole and surface equipment.
Ensures Company database is properly updated and useful for obtaining completion planning information.
Leads completion design focusing on completion strategy, completion type and fluid design, sand control
technologies, perforation plan for each generic well type, well bore hydraulics, tubular connections, instrumentation
requirements, artificial lift designs and selection, and wellhead designs.
Maintains knowledge base in completion and production technology and incorporates value-added technology into
development plans, completion/production procedures, and technology planning/budgeting.
Carriesout technical support for use of packersand/or other downhole tools for MultiStage Completionapplications.
In charged of well completion, having capability to formulate high level design (gauges, sleeves, gas-lift valves, sand
control) with knowledge of TSA - Tubing Stress Analysis under different well operating environments.
An in depth understanding of well design, stress calculations, tubing movement, drilling fluids and completion
designs is additionally required for success when applying for this role as is a deep understanding of the onshore
petroleum industry operational practices and standards.
Sound production technology input during the multi-discipline well planning process to ensure a safe,optimal and
cost effective well design and construction program.
Planning, selection, and specification of completion fluids and formation damage.

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Supplies overall engineering, operational and controlling support for completion, well testing and associated
activities with responsibility for optimizing planning, costing and operations for rigs.
Develops well integrity program for wellhead and subsurface completion equipment for all wells.
Supervises detailed completion design,equipment specification and cost estimates to meet company’s worldwide
standards. This includes well planning, material and equipment selection, evaluation, stimulation design, quality
assurance and post-job evaluation.
Identifies opportunities for cost reduction via more efficient completion practices or modified completion designs,
focusing on value-add techniques that balance production enhancements versus cost increases.
Highly skilled (technically and professionally) with thorough understanding of well construction and completion
design and demonstrable experience in maintenance/integrity philosophies and practices.
Utilizes knowledge of Well performance prediction/Nodal analysis.
Appraises the well completion integrity assurance process output, identifies sub-standard practices and
performances and carries out appropriate action plans to mitigate the integrity risk.
Designs process for data investigation, analyses well integrity problems and endorses further investigative and/or
corrective measures which could be Rig-less or Rig-based intervention.
Carries out Tubing and Casing movement/stress modeling - WellCat analysis.
Defines the well completion integrity assurance process for surface and subsurface completion equipment located in
the fields.
Monitors and accomplishes budget, timelines, compliance and scope.
Applies experience of petroleum engineering activities related to well integrity, investigation and evaluation of well
integrity issue, risk ranking and mitigation planning.
Determines if sand failure will occur during lifetime of the well (e.g. downhole sand exclusion, surface sand
handling, tolerating sand production).
Carriesout the co-ordination to ensure that the value loop of measuring/modeling/control(the principle behind Smart
fields/wells) can be implemented and that the loop is carried out in real time.
Decides on the conceptual completion design for the life cycle of the well, taking into account well performance,
lifecycle cost, reliability (technical operating envelope) and completion types (e.g. tubing size, horizontal/multilateral,
type of artificial lift, number of strings, number of completions per string, smart wells, producer, injector).

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Leads the CWOP (Complete Well on Paper) review and develops risk analysis to mitigate risk.
Oversees multi-disciplinary teams (Geology, Geophysics, Geomechanics, and Hydrogeology, Reservoir, Drilling,
Facilities, Operations and Regulatory personnel) to support project development plans and execution.
Analyses well histories prior to preparation of well integrity investigation plans.
Reviews well operations to ensure well integrity will be retained.
Expertise in planning, acquisition and interpretation of well logs especially Cased-hole production logs.
Directs the functional requirements for well completion and recompletion designs in conjunction with subsurface
and completions engineers, including material and elastomer requirements, tubing size, perforation requirements, and
smart well system.
Utilizes input into the setting depthofsub-surface safetyvalves,material selection, design for reservoircompaction,
packer fluid selection, perforations, wellhead, etc.
Designing and implementing of intelligent completions (Smart Wells) which consist of Inflow Control Valves
(ICVs), permanent downhole monitoring system gauges, and multiport packers employed to control lateral
production.
Installs Inflow control devices (ICDs) used in the openhole completion (where wells are completed with multilaterals
targeting different layers in the reservoir) for each lateral to enhance the well's influx balance and control/delay
water production.
Accountable for all the data within the completion schematic and well integrity monitoring.
Maximizes deliverability of existing/newly drilled wells.
Leads technical compliance with the Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) requireme nts of the Company's
stakeholders, customers and regulators.
Launches results for area specific horizontal completion to horizontal completion engineers, and multi-discipline
horizontal team.
Utilizes best practices bench marking and other performance related tools for project decision making and effective
application of risk assessment techniques relevant to the planning process.
Directs maintainability analysis of D&C design documents and input to project Basis of Design and Decision.
Initiates sound review & input to downhole and surface completion designs.
Models completion performance of shale reservoirs with complex fracture networks and permeability distribution.

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Mentors and coaches less experienced staff and assists with project and technical leadership roles.
Fulfills Category Management requirements as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) if required including providing
technical input for assigned contracts during the tendering/bid evaluation process and meeting contract lifecycle
responsibilities.
Acts as the knowledge center for all matters related to near-well effects, completion fluids, sand-face completion,
lower completion and upper completion.
Initiated solutions for sand controlling including, sand production prediction, sand control design and sand
monitoring.
Develops specific well operating envelopes and well guidelines for drawdown, artificial lift system, liquid/gas
coning, liquid lifting, Scale mitigation, sand and fines mobilization.
Performs post treatment analyses for wells completed and makes indorsement for improvement.
Directs completion, workover and production operations from newzones utilizing pressure transient analysis,and
other diagnostic techniques.
Coordinates and performs wellactivities relatedto wellintegrity envelope,including oilproducers,gas lift producers,
and water/gas injectors in order to maintain well assets integrity and sustain well availability.
Coordinates between headquarter and site technical departments and other concerned personnel on day-to-day basis
with respect to well integrity related activities and assignments and witness the implementation ofcritical activities
in the field.
Plans, coordinates and follows-up with site operational team on well integrity related activities and investigations such
as pressure bleed-off surveys and surface/subsurface communication investigations.
Acquiring, analyzing data from available sources,including drilling operation, wireline logs, seismic and specialized
studies to produce integrated models of unconventional wells in the subsurface.
Identifying and implementing real-time performance by conducting weekly action reviews in conjunction with
completion engineers, contractors and team members.
Evaluating and applying advancements in available technologies and services to completion performance.
Ensures quality control standards are met for analysis, modeling and reporting activities.
Designs complex Smart completions.
Conducts integrity of well construction envelope before converting it to new objective mode.

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Interfaces with drilling, completions, subsurface, facilities and operations engineering personnel on well design and
construction issues for both subsea and dry tree applications.
Designs well testing (DST) and downhole (and/or subsea) metering requirements, and production data surveillance
requirements for current and new wells.
Coordinates the gathering data, and produced fluids types.
Developing and maintaining completions metrics to drive high quality cost effective completions.
Drives, leads and optimizes the subsurface efforts of the new technology projects, including but not limited to:
Underbalanced drilling (UBD), hydraulic fracturing, and acid stimulation for wells.
Applies experience in conducting well performance modeling, decline curve analysis,steady-state and time-lapse
nodal analysis, rate and pressure transient analysis.
Designs the intelligent completions (IC) solution (employed to control lateral production) which consists of inflow
control valves (ICVs), permanent downhole monitoring system gauges, and multiport packers.
Installs the HLWM connect system which provides the flexibility to replace the ESP without having to retrieve the
intelligent completion (ICVs, multiport packers, etc.). This way saves cost and time.
Uses Schlumberger technology of mixing components of intelligent technology aimed at reservoir management
with ESP remote monitoring and control. This combination enables increased flow rates (up to 20%) or ultimate
reserves recovery (up to 12%) by optimizing pump performance.
Changes or shuts off flow (with surface-actuated downhole control valves) from distinct producing wells without
intervention costs or risks in multizone completions.
Ensures that standards for well integrity are adhered to as part of the completion design.
Runs input for Well Integrity System (WIS).
Directs input into well integrity by establishing the operating boundaries (erosion rates, temperatures, pumping
limits, chemical restrictions, etc.) of the well and the operating envelope to Well Engineering, Production Operations
and Process Engineering.
Develops and review comprehensive Basis of Completion Design documents for new wells.
Reviews and approves expenditures for completion activities to reduce costs and enhance efficiencies.
Keeps abreast of new equipment, processes, techniques and technical information relative to critical well
operations.

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Implementschanges in proceduresand commits full time engineering support tocompletion/workover rig executing
assigned well.
Initiates engineering and operational advice to office and field personnel as necessary.
Subject matter expertise in sand control completion design including cased-hole frac-pack, OHGP, ESS and SAS
type completions.
Investigates leading edge and developing technologies with industry service suppliers and industry experts.
Engages industry personnel to be aware of technical advances including new and/or existing technology to reduce
cost, increase accuracy and/or add value: Landmark, WellCat, Well Plan, Prosper etc.
Delivers forecasted reservoir production and well functionality via: completions engineering and design; application
of new/diverse technology, including new and emerging sand control and completions technologies; technical
evaluation of completion equipment; and operational incident investigations.
Generatesfield reviews,wellbore schematics,costestimates, proceduresforbasic downhole operationsanalysis of
production and pressure data, and basic petrophysical analysis.
Coordinates solutions for sand supervision including sand production prediction and sand control design.
Directs HPHT tight gas reservoir field development and executions. This involves concept definition, clear
understanding of concept feasibility as well as development of screening estimates for time, cost and equipment
required.
Conducts detailed and integrated study, design and monitoring ofwells located in operated and non-operated field.
Carries out vertical, horizontal and multi-lateral well completions evaluation including intervention plan.
Launches design and planning of well completions, including, tubular design, materials selection, and integration
of equipment.
Leads internal completion design reviews and risk assessment for assigned wells.
Oversees the installation of Halliburton’s EquiFlow ICD - Inflow Control Device which is normally used with a
software suite NETool – Nodal analysis software and QuikLook service to quantify the benefits and allow near-
wellbore study of EquiFlow completion.
Experience with design and execution of completion and simulation of unconventional reservoirs.
Focuses on all well completion, work-over and well intervention planning and execution issues.
Leads engineering, operations, regulatory and supply chain support for initial completions and complex workover
operations.

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Introduces technical knowledge and operational experience required in horizontal well completions engineering and
with Coiled Tubing operations in horizontal wells.
Utilizes Coiled Tubing operations in horizontal wells.
Recommends wells for completion or abandonment.
Carries out Rig-less completion and testing of newly drilled/worked over wells.
Ensures onsite technical assistance to Field Surface Operation and Wireline Operation Supervisors during critical
Rig-less well operations and carries out appropriate trouble shooting for operational and technical integrity problems.
Facilitates high level design (gauges,sleeves, gas-lift valves, sand control) with knowledge of tubing stress analysis
under different well operating environments.
Possess understanding of carbonate and sandstone reservoirs,including extensive knowledge of using state-of-the-
art well modeling software packages compounded by applying new well technologies.
Coordinates on a daily basis Well Engineering, Production Operations and Process Engineering.
Knowledge of reservoir engineering modeling with industry standard software packages for Nodal Analysis,
Carries out Pressure Transient Analysis including convolution for multi-reservoir flow analysis, and IPM software.
Utilizes openhole and cased-hole log evaluation.
Supports geophysicists and geologists in interpretation of geologic and seismic data.
Experienced in stimulation/fracturing job modeling, design, execution & optimization in tight oil/gas carbonate
reservoirs.
Basedon flow response, assesseseffectivenessofcompletion approach and current wellbore configuration; coordinates
testing/completion programs, including flow modeling and stress analysis.
A solid understanding of reservoir engineering, oil and gas development principles, micro-seismic and
petrophysical parameters.
Delivers list of required data,review/validate and makesthe required analysis and evaluationto the data (logs, cores)
required by Company for the study.
Experience in Geomechanics and Geomechanics software use.

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