SKILLS & TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
• 7 Years CEO founded grew a small business to a multi 7 figure exit.
• 21 Years combined as Drilling Consultant and Drilling manager.
• 23 Years hands on drilling and well completion.
• 2 yrs Well control Emergency response team for GWPC
• Onshore Offshore International and domestic drilling background.
• Horizontal, directional, multilateral drilling experience.
• Drilled underbalanced & Geopressured wells with Air, Foam, Nitrogen, Water and Oil based mud
• Drilled onshore domestic wells In Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona along with international work in Southern Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Tunisia Africa.
• Drilled Offshore Multilateral wells and completions In the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Equatorial Guinea, Trinidad, and Tobago.
• Completed training classes oriented toward drilling and safe well operation.
• Computer experience with Microsoft Word and Excel.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Laird Engineering ………………………….……………………………… May 2022 -Current
Drilling Consultant, Drilling Manager, Well Intervention Specialist
I have overseen multiple projects in this position, for multiple contractors including MPG Petroleum, Presidio, Maverick, Camino, WRC, Calyx and Blake production.
Roles included on a contract basis, Fractional COO, Drilling manager, Drilling Forman, Directional Engineer, Well Planner, along with Well intervention and Well control lead.
Camrock Oil …………………………………………………………………Oct 2014-Nov 2021
Co-Founder & CEO 2014 to 2021
Matt_laird@yahoo.com (682) 564 5649
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Member of Camrock Lubrication and Filtration, Manage day to day operations of a fast growth multimillion-dollar organization. Some of the accolades were being published in the INC5000 fastest growing company in the USA 4 years in a row, and the best place to work 2019 & 2020. Manage inventory, logistics, cashflow, and up to 20 full time employees and a fleet of semi-trucks.
I sold & exited this business in October of 2021
American Energy Partners / White Star Petroleum (Central Oklahoma) 2015-May 2019
Drilling Consultant
Oversee drilling operations, casing and cement, directional surveys, mud, and hole conditions. Keep well cost to a minimum and productivity to a maximum. I stayed employed thru many mergers and acquisitions, name & management changes, I stayed on with White Star Petroleum until the final rig was stacked and location was released to production.
Chesapeake Energy (Oklahoma, Texas) …………………………………………2006-2015
Drilling Consultant
Oversee drilling operations, casing and cement, directional surveys, mud, and hole conditions. Keep well cost to a minimum and productivity to a maximum.
Patman Drilling International / Sundance Resources……………………..……2005 – 2006
Tool pusher
Oversee drilling operations, drill crews’ operations and log hours on the same. Maintain accurate records of maintenance, daily cost, and daily repairs, oversee daily maintenance operations and Safety Department operations and training of new employee, and ensure a safe work environment. Oversee day by day well operations, well planning, mud logging, mud programs and casing programs.
Helmerich & Payne International……………………………………………………2003-2005
International Rig manager
Matt_laird@yahoo.com (682) 564 5649
Oversee drilling operations, drill crews’ operations, and log the hours on the same, maintain accurate records of maintenance, daily cost and of daily repairs. Oversee daily maintenance operations, train new employees, and ensure a safe work environment.
Nabors Drilling Inc……………………………………………………………………2000 -2003
Tool pusher / Rig Manager
Oversee drilling operations, drill crews’ operations, and log the hours on the same, maintain accurate records of maintenance, daily cost and of daily repairs. Oversee daily maintenance operations, train new employees, and ensure a safe work environment.
Education
Associate of Applied Science in Engineering Technologies (AAS)
Northwestern Oklahoma State University………………………………………..2010-2012
Master of Business Dynamics
Growth Institute………………………………………………………………..………2015-2017
| TECHNICAL TRAINING Class | Training Company |
| Well Control School | WCS OKC, OK |
| Basic First Aid | Offshore safety training, La |
| Water Safety Survival | Offshore safety training, La |
| Defibrillator Training | Offshore safety training, La |
| Hydrogen Sulfide Training | Offshore Training center |
| S.T.O.P. Program Training 1,2,&3 | Nabors, Houston |
| Forklift Safety Training | H&P, Houston |
