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Javier Alexander Romero Mobile: +968 92560539, Email: romeroc.javier@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer, 27 years of experience in multiples positions of the Oil & Gas Industry, 4 years as Planning and preventive maintenance engineer in a Low Density Polyethylene Plant, 5 years as production optimization engineer in PDVSA and 18 years as Well Completion and Well interventions Engineer developing a high performance career with professionalism based on ethics, team work and leadership. Profile Snapshots:

A strategic planner with expertise at implementing process improvement initiatives for cost saving and operational improvements to reduce overall intervention costs, while maintaining the quality and performance.

Technically focused individual with expertise at determining right solutions and process to achieve superior quality interventions.

Full HSE orientation with a corporate commitment philosophy.

Adept at identifying and eliminating operational deficiencies and business deficient areas towards bottom line improvement and top line growth.

Highly motivated, positive, committed and goal-oriented, with a high level of flexibility and resourcefulness.

Effective communicator & team leader with strong analytical, problem solving & organizational abilities.

Willing to work around the world on a permanent basis job and always able to innovate and improve processes and operations to create add value to my corporation.

Strong leadership skills with solid management and technical background on Well completions, Well Interventions, Planning and cost management,

Qualified Experience on Process safety during end to end well interventions providing qualified technical support to fresh personnel.

Willing to promote and implements new improvements and corporate solutions working together with multidisciplinary teams and multicultural labor environments.

Core Strengths & Competencies

Well Completion, Well Interventions, Snubbing Operations and Well Integrity.

Strong HSE and Process safety knowledge applied to rigs and snubbing operations.

Planning and Design for WO interventions; Fishing, Milling, Completion, Snubbing, CT and Integrity recovery.

Cost Management on WO and Completion Interventions

HPHT Well Completions & Well Interventions

Well CAT modeling and Well Planning

Well testing and reservoir surveillance

Wireline and Coiled Tubing Interventions

Multi Stage Frac Completions

Artificial lift systems for Light, Heavy or Extra Heavy oil

Dewatering systems for Gas wells (Velocity strings, Foam Injection, etc.)

Material selection for standard or Sour service completions (CRA Materials)

Downhole Data Acquisition. (Permanent Gauges, Fiber Optics, Smart Completions)

Maintenance and optimization of Artificial Lift systems

Planning and technical support for tendering process Highly motivated and full committed for continues improvements Project management and problem solving abilities.

Specific skills Well completion Production Well Interventions

Tubing/Casing design Artificial Lift Design Workover planning/design Liner Hangers /Tieback (ESP.PCP. BP, Gas Lift, Jet P) Workover Operations Velocity Strings Production Packers Thru-tubing packers

Gas wells dewatering Production Optimization Production Automation

Snubbing Operations Process Safety & Well Control Completion Operations

Smart completions Swellable packers

Steam Injection Surveillance Reservoir Surveillance

Fishing Operations Milling Operations

Multi Stage Frac Completions Fiber Optics & Perm Gauges Design of Completion Tools Manufacture Comp. Tools

Well Integrity

Well Head & XT design Well Integrity Well Abandonment

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Education Electrical Engineer, Universidad Rafael Urdaneta, Maracaibo, Venezuela, 1987 MCs on Petroleum Engineering, Currently Studing at Herriot Watt University. (Distance Learning)

Career Summary Petroleum Development Oman LLC, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, Senior Completion & WO Engineer, Feb. 2012 to date Current position: Responsible for Snubbing Operations, planning and design all the Underbalance and Overbalance

interventions with Hydraulic Workover Unit, Running a long camping of Velocity String Completions and some others Ad-Hoc Well Integrity emergencies, during the last year and a half the unit have recovered successfully 9 Cemented completions with parted tubing and Integrity problems, Multiples TRSSV flapper millings of TRSSSV and 10 Velocities String completions winning the WE Director Award 2013 and Multiples Technical Awards (8) due to the improvements and high technical achievements and cost reductions around close to 50M USD. Currently I am part of a dedicated special team to Un-Lock more than 100 Gas Wells with different integrity issues and challenging interventions, we are dedicated to define the best technical approach and the best resources to intervene the HPHT deep gas wells and recover more than 5 MM m3/day of Gas in 1 year. Remarkable achievements of the last three positions: Senior Operations Engineer for Snubbing Operations. Jul. 2013 - To date

Remarkable:

Recovery of 11 deep gas wells cemented completions with parted tubing, Approx. 34M USD savings (Director Award)

Creation and implementation of a master plan for Velocity String Camping, 6.5M USD savings (Shukran Awards)

Member of special team to Un-Lock 107 Gas wells in 1.5 years with different challenging interventions, Prod: 5M m3/d.

Successful underbalance operations to Mill-Out TRSSSV Flappers detached and Obstruction in Xmas Trees in High pressure gas well (Multiples Shukram Awards)

Participation to develop the first Shell Snubbing Operational Manual. (Named: Subject Matter Expert for Snubbing) Senior Completion Engineer. Aug. 2012 – Jun. 2013

Remarkable:

Technical evaluation of three strategic completion tenders; Velocity String, Low End Completions and Multistage Frac Systems.

Start the process to develop the first operational procedure for TRSSSV and WLRSSSV.

Part of the team to design and develop the technical specs of first Trial for Multi-Stage Frac Completion. Well Cat modeling, Completion design, Material selection and tendering.

Design of special External Casing Patch application to recovery 9 wells parted. Cemented Completions

Run WellCat modeling to existing HPHT gas well completions to detect opportunities of savings around 0.5M USD per well related to material selection and completion improvements.

Develop and supervise the ISO 14310 test protocol for two new production packers 7” 41# V3 permanent packer and 5.5” 23# V2 Velocity String packers.

Senior+ Well Test Engineer. Feb. 2012 – Aug. 2012

Remarkable:

Technical evaluation of exploration well testing procedures.

Successful well testing campaign of seven 15K deep gas exploration wells. Recognition from gas exploration directorate due to the high quality of the data collected, without any HSE, Process safety and operational Issue.

Pipeline Supply Company LLC, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, Downhole Technologies Manager, Sep. 2010 to Jan. 2012 Management position for Business Development and Technical Support: Responsible to start a new division on PCS Oman dedicated to generate tailored customer solutions for production, well completions and artificial lift applications, including reservoir analysis, production enhancement, costs management and production optimization. Remarkable: Creation of new multiples joints ventures with Overseas companies in different Areas related to Down Hole

technologies and completion like; Production Enhancement, Artificial Lift, Well Completions Xmas Tree, Well Heads, and enhanced positive displacement pumps.

Successful participation of several local tenders for Completion Tools, Xmas Tree and Artificial Lift.

Win the tender to develop and implement the first Hydraulic Jet Pump Trial to PDO for a High Sour field. (1 MM USD)

Successful implementation of the first Hydraulic Jet Pump Trial with a max Production of 400 m3/d @ 15 BAR of FTHP

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Wiremaster de Venezuela S.A. Operational & Technical Manager (60% Co-Owner), Mar. 2002 – Aug. 2010 As a Partner and Technical Manager I was responsible of the overall technical and operational performance of the company, however, the main responsibility was to ensure a high quality along our manufacturing process and completion services, to ensure a very low failures rate and high service performance. Create and add value to our customers understanding their needs to manufacture fix for purpose completion tools in order to increase their recovery saving time and costs on their operations. Remarkable:

Creation of first manufacturing plant of HPHT completion products in Venezuela.

Develop of new Business Opportunities based in the customer needs

Cost & Time Management during the whole Manufacturing Process to compete with the imported tools.

Develop of the first company in Venezuela with in house designs and Manufacturing process of HPHT

completion products. (Winner of the Innovation Award from Venezuelan Government)

Full implementation of IS09000-2000 for the whole company, manufacturing process, delivering and

completion services.

Winner of the major HPHT completion contract 20MMM USD sharing the contract with Schlumberger in the

second place.

Creation of more than 50 high level new employments with our local engineering, local manufacturing and

HPHT completions services.

Full technical support to more than 40 HPHT Gas & Oil well completions and more than 500 Low pressure

well completions with refurbished packers and other completions tools.

Halliburton de Venezuela S.A. Technical Advisor for Well Completion and Smart Wells Technology, Sep. 1996 – Feb. 2002 As Halliburton Technical advisor, I had the responsibility to detect and create new business opportunities based in the Customer needs and Halliburton Technologies thru a deep understanding of the whole Well construction process and upstream/downstream productions requirements, also, must ensure profitable standard and fix for purpose solutions with latest worldwide Halliburton new completion or new technology, Remarkable:

Develop and Implementation of the first Automation department in Halliburton Wets Venezuela.

Special assignment at Halliburton’s Completion Center, (Dallas,Texas). (4 months)

Special assignment at Halliburton’s Research & Technology Centre, Duncan, Oklahoma,

Technical support to the special design for down hole diluent injection in the Extra-Heavy Oil horizontal

wells In Petrozuata Field, Orinoco Belt East Venezuela.

Special designation as champion to promote and develop intelligent completions (Smart Wells) for

Venezuela.

Special assignment at Halliburton Bellaire Center Houston, Texas to develop a Low End Smart completion

(Low End SCRAMS) for some projects in Maracaibo Lake, Venezuela.

Special assignment to the Reservoir Integrated Studies Team at PDVSA Maracaibo, Venezuela for the

reservoir Modeling of C4X water injection project using Smart Well Technologies to improve the

Waterflooding with multiples ICV and different multilayer injections patterns.

Working with a multi-disciplinary Team in the Feasibility Study of Smart Wells Applications for WAG

Injectors in the Furrial Field East-Venezuela.

PDVSA (MARAVEN) Production Optimization Engineer, Jan. 1991 – Aug. 1996

Responsible for the production optimization of gas lift and Beam Pumps wells on South Maracaibo Lake,

West Venezuela. The scope of work include SCADA data management analysis of well performances for

different Artificial lift methods (Gas lift, Beam Pumps and Progressive Cavity Pumps).

Remarkable:

Special assignment to the implementation of NODAL analysis and Statistical Process Control for production

optimization and well surveillance.

Special assignment to the implementation of the firsts Surface-Subsurface well instrumentation (I2S) on

Gas Lift wells in Maracaibo Lake Venezuela

Special assignment to the Integration of Surface-Subsurface well Instrumentation with SCADA and

production optimization.

Special assignment for the failure analysis with statistical process control applied o artificial lift systems.

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Polimeros del Lago (Low Density Polyethylene Plant) Preventive Maintenance Coordinator, Jul. 1987 – Jan. 1991

Responsible for the planning and control of all Preventive Maintenance and Extraordinary Overhauls of

electrical and Instruments equipment’s and daily support to the preventive and maintenance software

developed by me as during my university industrial assignation:

Remarkable: Design and development of the preventive and corrective Maintenance Software.

Special assignment for the revision and update of all the information contented in the Preventive

Maintenance Job Orders in this Plant.

Special assignment to update of automation protocol of obsolete systems to start a master plan to replace

for new electronic and digital programmable logic controller (PLC) and distributed control system (DCS).

Special assignment for the information control of ten years plant overhaul.

Special Project applying Statistical Process Control for the Vibrations analysis of rotating equipment’s.

Special Project to implement a data acquisition system detect deviations on the equipment performance

with Statistical Control Process and take preventive actions during the preventive maintenances.

Recognition for the technical conference of PEQUIVEN (PDVSA) in 1990 by the application of Statistical

Control as successful tool for Predictive Maintenance.

Training Highlights Artificial Lift Methods (PDVSA Training Center, Zulia, June 1993)

Gas Lift Design (PDVSA Training Center, Zulia, March 1995)

ESP Application and Design (PDVSA Training Center, Zulia, September 1995)

Nodal Analysis (PDVSA Training Center, Zulia, September 1996)

Completion Design (Halliburton Training Center, Dallas, TX, Oct 1996)

Surface/Sub-Surface Safety Systems (Halliburton Training Center, Dallas, TX, Oct 1997)

Business Acquisition Training (Halliburton Offices, Caracas, Venezuela, April 1998)

Risk Management (Halliburton Offices, East Venezuela, November 1998)

Dresser PCP and Jet Pumps (Halliburton Offices, West Venezuela, February 1999)

Smart Well Completions (Halliburton Company Offices, Houston, TX, August 1999)

Petroleum Reservoir (Halliburton Offices, Caracas, Venezuela, April 2000)

Modern Completion Practices (Halliburton Technology Center, Duncan, OK, Sep. 2000)

Well Stimulation (Halliburton Offices, West Venezuela, February 2001)

7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Halliburton Offices, Caracas, Venezuela, September 2001)

Well Cementing (Halliburton Offices, East Venezuela, November 2001)

Business Financial Training (Halliburton Offices, Caracas, Venezuela, December 2001)

IWCF Well Interventions (IWCF, Oman 2012)

Landmark WellCat (Landmark, Oman, 2012)

Specialized Software Landmark WellCat Landmark Stress Check

ECLIPSE (Basics) PROSPER

Computer Skills SAP Programming (C language and Visual Basic) Windows Advanced Microsoft Office Microsoft Project

Microsoft Access Excel Macros AUTOCAD

Personal Details Date of Birth: 20 December 1964 Languages: English (6.5 IELTS Academics), Spanish (native) Nationality: Venezuelan Marital Status: Married Children: Daughter 22 years old (Engineer) and Daughter 18 years old (University Student)

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Personal References

PHD. Jose Finol, Senior Reservoir Engineer, Oxy Oman, Ph. +968 99871303,

Email: Jose_Finol@oxy.com

PHD. Francisco Sanchez, Senior Drilling Engineer, Shell Abu Dhabi, Ph. +971 50 9541578,

Email: Francisco.J.Sanchez@shell.com

Rosendo Rojas, Technical Manager Baker Atlas Houston, 001-713-4096457

Email: rosendo.rojas@bakerhughes.com

Juan C Serrano, Senior Completion Engineer, Oxy Houston, +1 713-2157108

Email: Juan Serrano@oxy.com

Publications Romero, Javier, 2015. SPE KOGS, paper SPE-175244-MS: "Enhanced Gas Well Deliquification Systems,

the Next Generation for Velocity String Completions"

Romero, Javier, 2013. SPE MEDT, paper SPE-166728-MS: “External Casing Patch: a new Approach to Recomplete the Gas Wells with Cemented Completions”

Romero, Javier, 1999. Smart Well Applications for Water Injection in Secondary Oil Recovery. Presented

at the PDVSA INTEVEP Internal Technology Conference, Caracas, Venezuela.

Romero, Javier. 1991. Statistical Control for a Low Density Polyethylene Plant. Presented during 2nd

Internal Maintenance Conference of PEQIVEN, Maracaibo, Venezuela.

Romero, Javier., 1990. Increase the Preventive Maintenance Effectiveness Using Statistical Control

Process. Presented at the University of Zulia State Technology Conference. Maracaibo, Venezuela.

Recognitions PDO Shukran Award from Gas Directorate, In recognition for the completion optimization of Barik Deep

Wells, Savings approx. 0.5M USD per well

PDO Shukran Awards (02) from Gas Directorate, In recognition for two successful challenging underbalance workovers with snubbing operations.

PDO Shukran Award from Gas Directorate, In recognition for the implementation of a new technology

applied to the new concepts for Velocity String completions. PDO Shukran Award, In recognition for the effort of achieving 100% of compliance of Process Safety and

HSE procedures by implementing all super FST’s recommended actions”, June 2014 Gold Category of PDO Well Engineering Director Award, December 2013 with the project “External

Casing Patch: a new Approach to Recomplete the Gas Wells with Cemented Completions”, Total savings reached with this project 32 MM USD

Well Testing campaign for the HPHT Khulud exploration field, Petroleum Development Oman, August

2012 New Technology Award PDVSA Centro Lago, August 1999 with the project, Enhancement of total

recovery of Block C4X implementing multilayer water injection control with Smart Well Completions.