Blowout Engineers Brochure

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WELL CONTROL ENGINEERING A vital segment of any drilling project, well control engineering can be used in many ways to benefit a wide range of projects. The definition of the term “Well Control Engineering” will likely vary based on past experience. Blowout Engineers is in the business of providing an exceptional product to our client base with reasonable costs related to well control services. Our mission is to add value to the client’s project at an economically feasible rate and we invite you to give Blowout Engineers an opportunity to be involved in your next project.

WELL CONTROL MODELING AND PLANNING Well control modeling can assist the operating company in many forms. The following are some examples of past projects that have been completed by Blowout Engineering personnel:

• Relief Well / Dynamic Kill analysis and reporting• Equipment sizing for drilling operations• Mud/Gas Separator (MGS) sizing• Diverter line sizing• Vent line sizing for MGS• Dynamic kick tolerance modeling for WBM and OBM systems• Kick evaluation with various circulation methods• Bullheading models• Post-event studies

WELL CONTROL PROJECT MANAGEMENTWell control projects can easily overwhelm the personnel assigned to handle a company’s response efforts to an event. This is often attributed to the simple fact that the company’s personnel have never seen or been involved in a well control project. An effective and decisive response effort can take more resources than generally anticipated. Effective assistance with project management can greatly reduce the time and expenses associated with a well control event. As with most facets of well control, it takes years of experience and knowledge to prepare for this type of effort. Blowout Engineers is prepared to assist any company with these types of response efforts, no matter how small or large the project may be.

BLOWOUT AND EMERGENCY RESPONSEBlowout Engineers is fully capable of responding to a blowout anywhere in the world. The personnel at Blowout Engineers have years of experience responding to well control events across the globe with major well control contractors and operators. Blowout Engineers is fully capable of providing specialized firefighting and well control equipment through strategic partnerships.

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This includes:• Firefighting pumps and systems• Specialized cutting equipment• Athey wagons• Special services equipment (hot tap, gate valve drilling and freeze)

In addition to blowouts and firefighting Blowout Engineers have successfully aided operators in resolving hundreds of complex pressure control and kick events. These jobs can be quite complex and go well beyond the normal well control experience of most operator personnel. This includes:

• Pressure control complications• Underground blowouts• Complex snubbing intervention• Blowout recovery operations

RELIEF WELL DRILLINGDrilling a relief well may be the best solution to a well control incident, depending on the parameters surrounding the event. This is normally the case when the wellhead is no longer accessible, or when the flow path is obstructed preventing re-entry into the blowout well. Many times a relief well is executed concurrently with surface intervention efforts. These projects can become complex in nature and require expertise for successful execution. There are many facetsto a relief well project, aside from simply drilling the well. These are as follows:

• Relief well design and construction• Surface location selection• Intercept strategy• Ranging strategy and vendor selection• Directional considerations • Kill modeling, design and execution• Kill plant strategy and requirements

Experience cannot be overstated on a relief well project and Blowout Engineers can provide an exceptional

team for the planning and execution of any relief well project.

WELL INTEGRITYThe monitoring of a producing field well stock for issues including but not limited to annular pressure other than thermal, frozen valves, inoperable valves, annular pressure build-up, or potential shallow zone cross-flow. A “hit team” working with field production personnel systematically review all well stock for issues and present a detailed report to management for necessary remediation to mitigate well integrity issues from becoming well control problems.

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WHO WE ARE

DAN EBY

Dan Eby joined Sierra Hamilton in 2014 to start Blowout Engineers, Sierra Hamilton’s well control engineering service. He has 35 years of experience, 20 of which are in well control. He has experience in all facets of well control including well capping, killing, relief well drilling, and snubbing. He also has extensive experience in all areas of pre-event well control engineering, such as dynamic kill design, emergency response planning, and critical well planning and operations.

Prior to joining Sierra Hamilton, Dan worked for major well control service providers in engineering and operations management. He also has major operator experience with Tenneco, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips in drilling. Dan has worked in more than 40 countries and holds Bachelor of Science degrees in both Building Construction and Civil Engineering. Dan is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas.

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JACE LARRISON

Jace Larrison joined Sierra Hamilton in 2014 to start Blowout Engineers, Sierra Hamilton’s newly formed well control engineering service. He has 11 years of experience, all of which is in well control and snubbing operations. Jace has an extensive background in snubbing operations and all facets of well control operations. This includes well capping, dynamic kill design and execution, critical well operations, pressure control operations and blowout recovery operations. Jace has also completed numerous projects related to underground blowout resolution and evaluations using temperature logs.

Prior to joining Sierra Hamilton, Jace graduated from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas with a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering. Jace has major operator experience, as well as experience with the major well control service providers. Jace is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas.

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AL BELLAIRE

Al Bellaire brings over 50 years of petroleum engineering, well control and wild well control experience to Sierra Hamilton. He has experience in all aspects of well control including well control planning, management and execution expertise, well control supervision, blowout prevention, blowout management, intervention well planning and management, as well as, site supervision. Al has managed well control and wild well situations in both domestic and foreign locations. Al Bellaire was a founding principle of Petroleum Engineers, Inc. (“PEI”) in 1970 and has been the Vice President and Engineering Manager since its inception. In 2008, PEI became part of the Hamilton Group and most recently, Sierra Hamilton.

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USA OFFICES

DENVER, COLORADO HOUSTON, TEXAS

LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA

MIDLAND, TEXAS

MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA

INTERNATIONAL OFFICES

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

PUNE, INDIA

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