Claire Hick
Wembley,WA
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Well Integrity Specialist
NOPSEMA
Perth, WA
2017.11 - Current
- Conducted well integrity assessments, inspections and investigations to a high standard and within deadlines
- Prepared and updated technical reports, file notes, external guidelines, policies, conference papers and magazine articles
- Trained and mentored newer regulators
Well Engineering Supervisor, Senior engineer and project coordinator
Stuart Wright Pte Ltd
Perth
2013.11 - 2016.02
- For multiple projects (well integrity, casing design, complex well engineering, expert witness investigations)
- Recruited and supervised a team of four engineers
- Delivered several reports related to well control and well integrity, including a well integrity review for a large offshore greenfields project
- Seconded to NOPSEMA well integrity team (May
Interface and Risk Coordinator
Chevron Australia
2011.07 - 2013.10
- Barrow Island
- Coordination of strategic $10+ million infrastructure projects on Barrow Island
- Resolved interface issues between Gorgon Downstream and Upstream, Drilling and existing oilfield operations
- Responsible for site implementation of the risk management system, including facilitation of risk workshops and risk assessments
Production Engineer
2004.01
- Selected candidates for production enhancement of gas wells
- Supervised well interventions and logging operations
Production Engineer & Production Operator
2003.01
- Operated and maintained offshore oil production and water injection systems
- Trained new production operators and voluntarily presented safety training to 50 offshore personnel
- Updated project operating procedures and technical drawings (P&IDs)
- Assisted with shutdown planning and coordinated pressure relief valve recertification
- Investigated opportunities to optimise production and increase FPSO storage
- Developed and implemented a system for maintenance and testing of the deluge system
Well Engineer & Night Wellsite Supervisor
2002.01
- Supervised all drilling and completion activities during night shift (one exploration well and four deviated development wells)
- Assisted with well design, cost control, procurement and logistics
- Responsible for reporting of all well site activities
Junior Well Engineer
2001.01
- Prepared drilling programs for horizontal wells and analysed drilling performance
- Observed well tests, drilling, acid jobs, fracturing jobs and coiled tubing operations
Offshore Interface Coordinator
INPEX Browse Ltd
Perth, WA
2009.05 - 2011.06
- Ichthys Gas Field Development
- Liaised with engineers and management to ensure timely closeout of interface issues during Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED)
- Chaired project committees to assist progress on topics such as commissioning and onshore/offshore interfaces
- Coordinated updates of Basis of Design documents
- Developed interface systems and procedures for the execution phase
Senior Petroleum Engineer
Advanced Well Technologies
2005.02 - 2009.05
Completions Engineer
Kuala Lumpur
2007.01 - 2008.01
- Of production enhancement studies of offshore fields in Malaysia
- Prepared a full suite of Well Services ‘Invitation to Tender’ documents
Well Integrity Engineer/Coordinator
Perth, WA
2005.01 - 2007.01
- Responsible for well integrity programs for 270+ wells on Barrow Island (monitoring, inspections, pressure testing, analysis, remediation)
- Developed a risk ranking methodology to categorise wells according to well integrity risk and decide required actions
- Designed preliminary and detailed well design for well remediation, including material selection, tubing sizing and wellhead modifications
- Successfully designed, planned and coordinated an incident free execution of a 20+ well workover campaign and a 6 well perforation campaign, as well as several rigless campaigns
- Performed cost and schedule control, tender evaluation and contractor administration
- Presented updates to key stakeholders including joint venture participants and the regulator
- Supervised workovers (2 workover rigs) and rigless operations on Barrow Island on ad-hoc basis
- Supervised graduate engineers
Field Engineer
2001.03 - 2004.03
- I worked in drilling and production roles in the field and office and completed the three-year training program ahead of schedule
- Roles included the following:
Education
Diploma of Government Investigations (PSTS) - undefined
Malcolm Sparrow - ANZSOG) - undefined
2019
Cert IV in Government Investigations (PSTS) - undefined
HPHT training & Advanced Well Integrity Management training (Stuart Wright) - undefined
2006
Production Operations (OGCI / Petroskills - undefined
2003
Management & Finance Training - undefined
QHSE
2004
Drilling & Petroleum Technologies training - 8 weeks (Schlumberger - undefined
2001
Skills
- AND COMPETENCIES
- Extensive well integrity experience in a variety of different roles
- Proven ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams to achieve planned outcomes
- 17 years International Oil and Gas Industry Experience including drilling, well completions, well interventions, well integrity, production operations, interface and risk management
- Bachelor of Resource Engineering (Oil & Gas) with First Class Honours Recipient of numerous awards demonstrating excellence in Oil and Gas Engineering
Affiliations
1999 - Present
Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
2007
Poster presenter, SPE Well Integrity Workshop, Perth
2000
Founder and President of West Australian SPE Student Chapter
Training
Additional Information
- QUALIFICATIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS , Qualifications 2000 Bachelor of Resource Engineering (Oil & Gas), UWA, First Class Honours Thesis: Sand Erosion Assessment of Goodwyn A Platform using Computational Fluid Dynamics Achievements 2001 First Prize - International SPE Student Paper Contest (Undergraduate) at the SPE Annual Technical Conference, New Orleans, USA 2000 First Prize - Asia Pacific SPE Student Paper Contest (Undergraduate) at the SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference, Brisbane, QLD 2000 North West Shelf Venture Scholarship 2000 APPEA Tony Noon Memorial Grant 1999 Mark Skinner Memorial Prize in Offshore Engineering 1998 Bechtel Centennial Scholarship
Timeline
Well Integrity Specialist
NOPSEMA
2017.11 - Current
Well Engineering Supervisor, Senior engineer and project coordinator
Stuart Wright Pte Ltd
2013.11 - 2016.02
Interface and Risk Coordinator
Chevron Australia
2011.07 - 2013.10
Offshore Interface Coordinator
INPEX Browse Ltd
2009.05 - 2011.06
Completions Engineer
2007.01 - 2008.01
Senior Petroleum Engineer
Advanced Well Technologies
2005.02 - 2009.05
Well Integrity Engineer/Coordinator
2005.01 - 2007.01
Production Engineer
2004.01
Production Engineer & Production Operator
2003.01
Well Engineer & Night Wellsite Supervisor
2002.01
Field Engineer
2001.03 - 2004.03
Junior Well Engineer
2001.01
Diploma of Government Investigations (PSTS) - undefined
Malcolm Sparrow - ANZSOG) - undefined
Cert IV in Government Investigations (PSTS) - undefined
HPHT training & Advanced Well Integrity Management training (Stuart Wright) - undefined
Production Operations (OGCI / Petroskills - undefined
Management & Finance Training - undefined
QHSE