Richard Alexander Persaud
Trinidad
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
QA/QC Technician
TH HILL ASSOCIATES, INC.
01.2018 - Current
- Provides quality oversight and surveillance to prevent NPT-related failures associated with tools and equipment that do not meet required quality standards
- Monitors all inspection, assembly and testing, supervision of repairs, and evaluation of vendors
- Enforces DS-1, API, customer, industry, or vendor specifications for the inspection and qualification on a wide variety of drilling and completions equipment
- Inspections monitored include visual, dimensional, black light, magnetic particle, liquid penetrant, electromagnetic, and ultrasonic testing
- Monitors performance of machine shops, inspection companies, directional drilling companies, rig sites and other service providers
- Reviews quality control documents and makes determinations based on fitness for purpose per customer requirements
- Rig Location Inspections Monitored and evaluated inspections companies working on Category 3 and 4 drill pipe inspections and category 3-5 BHA inspection procedures
- Performed rig assessments by monitoring the proper handling and storage of drilling equipment, correct use of stabbing guides, proper alignment, adequate use and storage of thread sealing compounds, UT Shear Wave Inspection of Slip/Upset Areas, Cold Rolling of BHA Component Thread Roots, provided audit reports including non-conformances, corrective actions, and opportunities for improvement
- Enforced all tools are qualified in accordance with DS-1, API specifications and customer requirements
- Monitored casing installation to ensure customer requests and material specifications enforced
- Supervised and trained others in DS-1 CAT 3-5 inspections of DP and BHA
- Drilling Equipment Monitors inspection, assembly, and testing of specialty tools, directional equipment, etc
- As required for clients
- Ensures all tools are qualified in accordance with DS-1, API specifications, vendor procedures and customer requirements
- Provides detailed reports on all tools qualified including non-conformances, corrective actions, equipment damages with disposition and opportunities for improvement
- Delivers daily or in process updates as agreed upon with clients
- Manufacturing Monitoring and inspection of heat treatment procedures, turn and bore, inertia and friction welding procedures, post-weld NDE, dimensional inspections, EMI/FLUT testing, mechanical testing, Charpy V-Notch, yield strength testing, Hydro Testing, Internal Coating, Holiday testing and Heat Number tracking
- Ensuring manufacturing inspection and testing procedures complied with DS-1 standard, API specifications, customer and manufacturer requirements during mill and post-mill evolutions
- Completions Inspections Monitored inspection, assembly and testing of liner accessories during all service phases related to completions operations
- Installation of production liner with API BTC from guide shoe to liner hanger packer
- Staging of equipment for transportation and removal of tie-back strings
- Work with vendor personnel to deliver quality equipment in a timely manner including all documentation proving conformance of specification and procedures
- Submit daily reports and constant communication with all parties
- Client Support: Apache Suriname Baker Hughes Venezuela Exxon BHP Trinidad Weatherford Trinidad Weatherford completions
Operations Supervisor
Weatherford
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Supervised technical mechanics /operators during assembly, pressure and function test
- Performed and facilitated the release of various drilling, completions and lifting equipment
- Prepared and set academic test to enhance technicians and operators skill sets
- Utilized the JDE system to create DT's, Job Tickets and return tickets by year end
- Mentor junior employees assign specific tasks to junior employees and ensure completion of work orders.
QA/QC Engineer
Fearnley Procter Group 2
01.2011 - 01.2016
- Performed onsite field surveys and wrote technical narratives and an efficient and timely manner
- Recommended design modification to eliminate machine and system malfunctions
- Set technical directions on complex projects for various clients and vendors
- Performed the release process of various drill string, completions, lifting and handling equipment
- Monitored and verified manufacturers specification, industry standards, client inspection references, machine shop procedure and processes
- Performed quality assurance of third party and NDT, Q.C dimensional, and visual inspection processes: fabrication, assembly and testing
- Performed assurance and equipment qualification as per: NS1&2, DS1, API, ISO-10407-2, BSEN12079, DNV.
Senior Operator
Weatherford completions / Tucker Energy Services (Drilling Division)
01.2006 - 01.2009
- Lead operational projects in an efficient and timely manner
- Co-ordinated and executed the assembly, function test, pressure test of various drilling and completions equipment as per standard and or client requirements
- Operated independently in the execution of various offshore specialty equipment
- Supervised and trained junior operators, technical mechanics in the assembly, function and pressure test of various drilling and completions equipment.
Operator
Anfield / FMC Services Limited
01.2002 - 01.2006
- Marketed various fishing equipment to various client and service providers
- Performed assembly, pressure and function test of various fishing and cutting equipment.
Operator
Weatherford (Artificial Lift Systems)
01.1998 - 01.2002
- Received, updated and documented weekly service stock orders
- Installed various down- hole communication gauges
- Repaired and maintained various drive heads, as well as installed various progressive cavity pumps (PCP).
Field Technician
Baker Hughes (Oil Tools)
01.1995 - 01.1998
- Received / updated and documented weekly service stock orders
- Installed various down- hole communication equipment
- Maintain a knowledge of PLC programming and procedures
- Liaised with client on status of various production wells and wrote technical documented narratives.
Education
Instrumentation -
CIED technical institute
VenezuelaGasparillo Composite
TrinidadSkills
- Adjustable Stabilizers Filter Subs MWD Annular BOP Fishing Tools Nipple PBR's Ball Valves Flow Back Equipment OCTG / Connections Bits Flow Line Packers BOP Gas Lift Mandrels PBL Subs Casing Elevators Handling Equipment Pressurized Mud Cap Drilling Casing Flush Mounted Spiders Heavy Weight Drill Pipe Hole Openers Retrievable Packer Cement Heads Chokes Isolation Valves Safety Valves Pup Joints Coiled Tubing Jars Sidetrack Tools Completions Rental Tool(s) Liner Hanger Running Tools Stabilizers Connectors Liner Hanger/Tiebacks Subs Control Line Links/Bails Subsea Safety Valves Coring Tools LWD Subsea Trees Downhole Pressure Gauges Managed Pressure Drilling Sub-sea wellheads Drill Collars Mandrels Drill Pipe Swellable Packers Marine Wellhead Conductor Threaded Float Equipment Drill Pipe Elevators Mechanical Setting Tools Drill Pipe Slips Milling Tools Under Reamers Tieback Connectors Expandable Liner Hangers Mud Motors Well Control Equipment Expandable Tubular Connections Mud Recovery Well Screens EZSV Mudline Tubing/Casing Hanger Wellhead Running Tools Wireline Tools
Training
Technical Training: Course/Class/Seminar Sponsor Standard DS-1 TH Hill Associates, Inc NS-1, DS-1,API, IOS10407-2 Fearnley Procter Group, Trinidad Surface and subsea installation of various progressive cavity pumps Weatherford, Venezuela Slick line / slick plug / CPU tubing hanger installation and test Weatherford, Venezuela Service skills training FMC, Houston Plate and pipe welding Rotiv welding specialist, Trinidad Drilling and completion technical operations FMC, Houston Fork lift, theory and practical, stand up / sit down vehicle OSHA, Houston Control and first aid of toxic gases Maersk, Venezuela
Languages
English, Spanish
4.0 Personal Information
Date of Birth: 28/10/75
Home base: Trinidad
Timeline
QA/QC Technician
TH HILL ASSOCIATES, INC.
01.2018 - Current
Operations Supervisor
Weatherford
01.2016 - 01.2017
QA/QC Engineer
Fearnley Procter Group 2
01.2011 - 01.2016
Senior Operator
Weatherford completions / Tucker Energy Services (Drilling Division)
01.2006 - 01.2009
Operator
Anfield / FMC Services Limited
01.2002 - 01.2006
Operator
Weatherford (Artificial Lift Systems)
01.1998 - 01.2002
Field Technician
Baker Hughes (Oil Tools)
01.1995 - 01.1998
Instrumentation -
CIED technical institute
Gasparillo Composite
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