Senior Seismic Surveyor - Upstream Seismic Operations

Seeking to continue career as a Senior Seismic Surveyor anywhere in the world on a rotational basis

ASIAN OILFIELD SERVICES LIMITED, Kurdistan, Iraq Apr – Jun 2014
Senior Seismic Surveyor

TERREX SPATIAL, Australia Sep - Oct 2012
Senior Seismic Surveyor

TERRA SEIS GROUP, Iraq 2010 - 2011
Senior Seismic Surveyor

SCHLUMBERGER / WESTERNGECO, Egypt and Saudi Arabia 2003 - 2009
Senior Seismic Surveyor

OUR PLACE, Cha-am, Thailand 1997 - 2003
Small business owner, Self-employed

WESTERN ATLAS INTERNATIONAL INC., Kuwait and Oman 1995 - 1997
Senior Seismic Surveyor

WESTERN GEOPHYSICAL COMPANY, 32 U.S. states and 15 countries 1984 - 1995
GPS Positioning Specialist / Acting Party Chief

LITTON AERO SERVICE, Houston, Texas 1979 - 1984
Data Analyst / Photo Interpreter

U.S. ARMY, 1st MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BATTALION, Fort Bragg, North Carolina 1977 - 1979
Imagery Interpreter

U.S. ARMY INTELLIGENCE & COMMUNICATIONS SCHOOL, Fort Huachuca, Arizona
Imagery Interpretation Certificate, 1976

TEXAS CITY HIGH SCHOOL, Texas City, Texas
High School Diploma, 1976

U.S. Passport expires Dec 2015
Med-Track Health Assessment expires Nov 2013
Data Quality
Defensive Driving
Desert Driving
Desert Light Vehicle Skill Assessment
Driver Distraction
Dusty Environment Driving
Electrical Safety
Emergency Response Drill
Explosives
Extreme Climates Hot & Cold
Fire Safety
First Aid Level 3
H2S Safety
Hazard Analysis & Risk Control
Hazard Identification
Hazardous Materials
Injury Prevention Program
IT Security
Light Vehicle Skill Assessment
Lock-Out Tag-Out
Mechanical Lifting
NAM Environmental Risk Awareness
Noise/Nuisance
Ordnance Recognition
Permit To Work
Personal Protective Equipment
Petrochemical Refinery Safety Procedures
Pressure
Quality, Health, Safety & Environment
Radiation
Remote Area Trauma Life Support
Substance Abuse
Working At Heights
Workshop Safety

• Successfully completed the survey of a 3D super block involving the first use in Egypt of WesternGeco’s Q-Land system encompassing ordnance, rocky terrain, soft sand, developed oil fields, towns and densely farmed areas
• Increased profits by minimizing the amount of skipped stations and lost field time through preplanning by using up-to-date satellite imagery to circumvent line hazards and obstacles
• Efficiently managed a $5600 monthly budget, three junior surveyors and 24 rotational local staff surveyors
• Devised daily ordnance line clearance plans for 14 military crews involving 266 soldiers, 15 ordnance specialists and 112 subcontracted laborers from a survey fly camp
• Performed thousands of static observations across 32 US states, 15 countries and numerous offshore rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, Tobago Trough, Orinoco Basin and the Adriatic Sea
• Handpicked by a WesternGeco party manager to digitize the satellite imagery of a large, heavily culturalized area for a crew in the Nile delta
• Established GPS monuments every 30 kilometers along the east coast of Somalia