Bill Owen

Bill has worked in the oil and gas Industry with 39 Years of experience. A Texas Tech Graduate, first entered the industry at Mid Continent Supply in Odessa Texas. With a strong desire to be involved in drilling operations, Bariod was his next step as a Bariod Mud Engineer in the West Texas Area. Engaging opportunities, Bill worked as a mud engineer at Gulf Oil in Oklahoma City as a superviosr trainee on Gulf Trainig Rig No. 3 preparing Bill for a solid career as a drilling & workover supervisor with companies such as Enserch, BP, Conoco , Remedy Resources, Anadarko as well as various other intermediate and multi-national companies.

EXPERIENCE

DRILLING

Advisor to Pemex Offshore Mexico Drilling and Completion operations in Gulf of Mexico. ConocoPhillips Alaska Managed Pressure Drilling advisor on North Slope in Alaska. Hunt Oil Company Anadarko Petroleum Corp.Drilling Supervisor Eagle Ford Shale South Texas Supervision of drilling operations in the Eagle Ford formation in South Texas area. Maturin, Venezuela.

COMPLETIONS

Performed Completions in the North Texa and East Texas area for Enserch Exploration. Drilling and Completions Representative Anchorage, Alaska and contracted to BPXA Alaskan North Slope for Shared Services Drilling (ARCO & BP). In Prudhoe Bay drilling Sidetracks and Badami drilling MLOH (Multi-Lateral Open Hole) wells. Worked on the first MLOH with 3 penetrations drilled in Alaska.

Supervised construction of Tank Batteries and installation of Lease equipment including compressors, oil gas separators, storage tanks Supervised the connections to single gas pipelines as well as multiwall battery installations.

WORKOVER

Supervised a large number of workover operations in the North Texas, Wyoming and Utah. P&A operations in old depleted fields in North and West Texas. Workover and completions in Temblador field, Venezuela, Wamsutter Wyoming., Burgos Gas Field for Pemex Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon, Mexico, Trinidad Operations Blk 2(ab) Crapaud No.1, Blk 2(c) Canteen No.2, Hassi Messaoud, Algeria Day Drilling Supervisor in HBNS and BKNE Field Algeria, Anchorage, Alaska. Drilling and Completions Representative Contract to BP. Enserch exploration Supervision of drilling/ completions and directional drilling operations in Rocky Mountain Region some of which are included in the Williston, Powder River as well as the Permian, Hardeman, Fort Worth and Anadarko Basins

DEEP WATER

Drilling & Completions Supervisor. SHELL OIL COMPANY, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Rig Supervisor. Project drilling and Completions foreman, Gulf of Mexico in the Shell TLP deepwater group. Slot recovery operations on Brutus TLP cutting & retrieving 7” production tubing string, setting bridge plugs, balanced cement plugs, whipstock setting & casing window milling operations to facilitate drilling new production wellbore.

Resume

39 years of experience

Education

1976
Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX)

certification

Bachelor Degree
1973
Coronado High School (El Paso,TX)

certification

Graduated with FFA certification
1998
school name

Indusry Training

Well Control School
Stuck Pipe Management
OSHA Incident Commander Training

Experience

1982 - 2025
Land & Offshore

Supervised Drilling / workover operations

Enserch Exploration, BP,Anadarko, Conoco Phillips, Shell Deepwater and other oil and gas companies in Texas Landbased ,Louisiana Offshore,Pennsylvania,Utah, Wyoming,Montana. Alaska North Slope,Algeria, Sahara Desert, Trinidad Offshore, Venezuela as well as Mexico land based and offshore Bay of Capechie.

1981-1982
Gulf Oil E&P

Drilling Superviosr Trainee

Gulf Oil E&P / Drilling Department Odessa, Texas. Trained as supervisor for drilling operations. Supervised and trained personnel in mud engineering in Anadarko Basin in Oklahoma.

1979 - 1981
Baroid

Drilling Fluids Engineer

Baroid Mud Engineer west Texas Area mostly in Snyder, Texas and San Angelo, Texas

1977-1978
MId Continent Supply

Oilfield Supply

Supply drilling and completion operations with fittings and supplies as needed in Odessa and Snyder Texas.

Work Locations

Texas Land Based

Louisiana Offshore

Pennsylvania

Wyoming

Utah

Montana

Alaska North Slope

Algeria Sahara Desert

Trinidad Offshore

Venezuela

Mexico Land & Offshore

Rigs & Platforms

  • Compound land rigs
  • SCR / Computerized Rigs
  • Skidded Rigs
  • Swamp Barges
  • Jackups
  • Pulling Units
  • Contact

    Communication / Request Full Resume