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Chris Fehr

Beaverlodge

Summary

Highly trained Production Operator/Helicopter Pilot offering excellent skills in troubleshooting process and production issues and coordinating repair strategies with Safe and Cost Effective solutions. Pursuing similar position to advance my career and knowledge of diverse equipment maintenance strategies.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Production Field Operator

Nuvista Energy
Grande Prairie
02.2023 - Current
  • Operate and maintain multiple 3-8% sour pads safely
  • Help with plant operations when called on to do so, during shutdowns and normal operations
  • Production, 2700e3m3, 750m3 condensate and 600m3 water from my field run
  • Familiarized myself with all three local but separate fields
  • Prepare, control and oversee 6-27-71-9 compressor station turnaround operations
  • Oversee multiple new pad startups and pad takedowns for upgrades or maintenance
  • Maintain pipeline integrity through ILI smart pigging program, corrosion inhibition batching, and regular maintenance pigging

Plant/Battery Operator

Hammerhead Resources
Grande Prairie
10.2021 - 02.2023
  • Operate plant/Battery, 8-900e3m3 / 300m3 h2o and 45-75m3 oil
  • 2 generators
  • 3 compressors and one solution gas compressor
  • 4 inlet separators
  • Tore trap desander
  • 2 sweetening units
  • 2 dehydration vessels/BTEX and incinerator
  • 2 Quintplex emulsion pumps
  • Tank farm
  • Turnaround June 2022
  • Pigging
  • Air comps

Oil & Gas Production Operator

XTO Energy Canada
Grande Prairie
11.2016 - 10.2021
  • Operate production facilities
  • Operate small oil battery
  • Booster compression
  • VRU
  • Generators
  • Tank Farm (truck sheduling)
  • Electric pumpjacks
  • Artificial lift wells
  • Sweetening skid packages
  • Various pigging facilities

Production Operator/Commercial Helicopter Pilot

XTO Energy Canada
Grande Prairie
11.2012 - 11.2016
  • Operate various remote facilities via helicopter and pickup.
  • Operate sweet and sour wells
  • Ultra Fab/sweetening skid
  • New and previously produced well startups
  • Power generation
  • Air compression
  • Tank farm (schedule trucking etc)
  • Basic maintenance on instrumentation
  • Pumpjack troubleshooting, rod separation, fluid pound, wax, tubing holes etc
  • Pigging

Plant/Oil Battery Operator

Polar Star Oil & Gas
Fairview
01.2012 - 11.2012
  • Operate Oil Battery and Field
  • Pumpjack Operations and troubleshooting
  • Treater
  • Battery turnaround
  • Tank Farm Operations
  • Well tests
  • Well cleanouts, circulation
  • Pigging

Oil and Gas Plant Operator

Birchcliff Energy
Rycroft
07.2008 - 06.2011
  • Operated and Maintained;
  • Refridgeration Unit
  • Amine Skid
  • Gas compression
  • 2-12% sour on inlet
  • Electric driven Acid Gas compressor for downhole injection
  • Boilers for heating system
  • Lineheaters
  • VRU
  • Filter changes
  • Turnaround
  • Operate surrounding wells
  • Pigging

Plant/Battery Process Operator

Birchcliff Energy
Worsley
06.2007 - 07.2008
  • Operate Battery/Plant
  • Treater
  • Various inlets
  • Refridgeration Unit
  • Amine Skid
  • Compression
  • Large tank farm
  • Pumpjacks operation and maintenance
  • Booster compressors
  • Pigging
  • Water flood
  • Downhole pumps
  • Test separators
  • Flare systems
  • Hydraulic jacks

Plant/Battery Process Operator

Pennwest Energy Trust
Fort St. John
01.2004 - 06.2007
  • Train and operate various facilities in northern BC and Alberta

Education

CHL Commercial Helicopter Pilot Licence - Helicopter Flight School

Rotorworks Inc
Whitecourt, AB
12.2011

Skills

  • Helicopter Pilot
  • Vast knowledge of Most Oilfield Process and Production Operations
  • Safety in all processes and procedural activity
  • Housekeeping
  • Microsoft Office
  • WinTMC, eVin, PVR, and a variety of production programs
  • Communication
  • Troubleshooting
  • Critical thinking
  • Organization
  • Maintenance and repairs
  • Work ethic
  • Organizational skills
  • Flexible
  • Maintenance & Repair

Certification

  • H2S Alive
  • Standard First Aid CPR/AED Level C
  • Various other certificates available on request

Timeline

Production Field Operator

Nuvista Energy
02.2023 - Current

Plant/Battery Operator

Hammerhead Resources
10.2021 - 02.2023

Oil & Gas Production Operator

XTO Energy Canada
11.2016 - 10.2021

Production Operator/Commercial Helicopter Pilot

XTO Energy Canada
11.2012 - 11.2016

Plant/Oil Battery Operator

Polar Star Oil & Gas
01.2012 - 11.2012

Oil and Gas Plant Operator

Birchcliff Energy
07.2008 - 06.2011

Plant/Battery Process Operator

Birchcliff Energy
06.2007 - 07.2008

Plant/Battery Process Operator

Pennwest Energy Trust
01.2004 - 06.2007

CHL Commercial Helicopter Pilot Licence - Helicopter Flight School

Rotorworks Inc
Chris Fehr