HUGO BLANCO PEÑARRIETA - RESUME

EDUCATION

1977 Petroleum Engineering, University Mayor de San Andrés - La Paz - Bolivia.

PERSONAL DATA

Marital Status: Married, three children.

Birth date: November 26, 1949
Health: Excellent
Citizenship: Bolivian
English Written & Spoken: Fluent
Computer Skills: Literate in Windows & Microsoft
Interests: Golf & Tennis.
Registro Consejo Nacional de Ingenieria: Reg. No. 9291
Address: Calle El diamante 170 – Apto. 502- Cerros de Camacho -
Surco - Lima - Peru
Phone: (51) 1-4355652
Cell Phone: (51) 965 342 278
E Mail address: hblancope@.gmail.com.

EXPERIENCE HISTORY

YACIMIENTOS PETROLIFEROS FISCALES BOLIVIANOS 1978-1983

Workover-Completion-Development Drilling Engineer

 Workovers in Caranda, Colpa, La Peña and Rio Grande fields. Squeezes, fishing operations, gas
lift design and operations, opened windows with K Mill Tool for gravel packing, gravel pack
using High Density Gravel Pack technique.
 Completion Operations in cased hole, open hole, gravel packing in cased hole and open hole
with Baker One Trip Single Zone High Density Gravel Pack Technique.
 Drilling Engineer/company man in Caranda, Colpa, La Peña and Rio Grande Fields.

OCCIDENTAL BOLIVIANA 1983-1985

Production Engineer

 Production Operations in Porvenir Field. Slick Line, Wire Line Operations with Oxy-Wire Line
Unit. Build Up, Fall Off, Static Gradient Surveys, Pack Off installations, sludge removal jobs in
gas injection wells. Production logging (spinner, worm, pressure and gradiomanometer) in
producers and gas injection wells.

OCCIDENTAL OF PARAGUAY 1985-1988

Drilling Engineer.

 Carmen No 1 Deep well. Drilling Engineer. Office and well site duties (1985-1986).
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  Teniente Acosta No 1 Deep well. Drilling Engineer. Office and well site duties (1987-1988).
 Nazaret No 1. Deep well. Drilling Engineer. Office and well site duties (1987-1988).

OCCIDENTAL BOLIVIANA 1988-1990

Staff Drilling Engineer.

 Bordo Alto No 1. Drilling engineer. Both well site and office duties. Well Planning. Well
programming and carry out daily cost estimation.
 Porvenir No 1 Deep Workover. Programming, supervision and logistics.

Duties included:
 Well Planning
 Tenders Evaluation & Recommendations – Rig, Drilling Fluids, Cementing, Rental Tools,
Directional Services, etc
 Well Drill Programming
 AFE process and well cost estimations

OCCIDENTAL OF ARGENTINA 1990-1991

Chief Completion Engineer - Rio Negro Block (Ten months Assignment) Based in B.A.

 Completions and Workover operations. Programming and Supervision. Hydraulic pumping and
ESP pumping.

OCCIDENTAL BOLIVIANA 1991-1992

Project Drilling Engineer

 Porvenir No 12. Programming and Logistics. Supervision.

 Farmers Branch-1SH, Mobil - Continuos Coring Slim Hole Test Wel drilled in Dallas. Assigned
to the “Slim Holers Crew” in order to develop the technologies to apply this mining technology
into the drilling technology.
 Pando-X1. Slim Hole drilling and Continuous coring. Project Engineer at office and wellsite.
Turbulent annular Flow and Well Control with slim hole kick detection system. Programming
and Logistics while in office.
 Manuripi-X1. Slim Hole drilling and Continuous coring. Supervisor engineer at wellsite.
Programming and Logistics while in office.

Duties included:
 Well Planning
 Tenders Evaluation & Recommendations – Rig, Drilling Fluids, Cementing, Rental Tools,
Directional Services, etc
 Well Drill Programming
 AFE process and well cost estimations
 Post Well Analysis

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OCCIDENTAL BOLIVIANA - DIAMOND SHMAROCK 1992-1993
Drilling & Well Operations Manager.

 Supuati-X1. Programming and Logistics. Bids evaluation and recommendations. General

Supervision. Deep test well.
 Pando-X2. Coordinator with MOBIL. Very remote location. Bids evaluation and
recommendations. Conventional drilling. Logistics and Supervision. Shallow test well

Duties included:
 Well Planning
 Tenders Evaluation & Recommendations – Rig, Drilling Fluids, Cementing, Rental Tools,
Directional Services, etc
 Well Drill Programming
 AFE process and well cost estimations

SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC 1993-1996

District Manager for Bolivia-Perú-Chile

 Bits, milled tooth, TCI and PDC bits

 Drilco, Drill Collars, HWDP, stabilizers, reamers.
 Servco, Section milling tools, Millmaster, Hole Openers
 AZ, Pack Stocks and Anchor Stocks. Sidetrack Systems
 Grant, Rotating Heads
 Lathe Machining. Kem-Plating, Cold Rolling.

Area Engineer for Argentina-Brazil-Bolivia-Perú-Chile

Drilco/Servco/Lindsey/AZ/Grant

 Drilco API Connections

 Advantages between Section Milling and Window milling
 Pin Up Applications
 Mill Master and Reammaster operations.
 Lindsey Liner Hangers

Received four months trainee in all Smith product lines in Houston, Laffayette and Houma, USA.

SMITH INTERNATIONAL OF ARGENTINA, INC 1996-1998

General Manager for Argentina - Based in Buenos Aires - Argentina

 Conducted Sales & Services in Comodoro Rivadavia, Neuquen, Mendoza and Tartagal

SCHLUMBERGER - IPM 1999

Drlling Engineer assigned to the PIGAP Project (Proyecto de Inyeccion de Gas de Alta Presion)in
Punta de Mata - Venezuela
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  Well planned and Design: Muscar Carito 15

BAKER HUGHES - OASIS 1999-2001

Optimization Drilling Engineer

 Supported Drilling Operations as an in house Drilling Engineer for Pluspetrol Bolivia –

MadrejonesX-1001, Madrejones-X1001A, Huacareta-X1001, Lajitas-X1001
 Pre-Drill Analysis, Daily operations support/Technical Recommendations and Post Well
Analysis.

HALLIBURTON LATIN AMERICA S.A. BOLIVIA 2001-2003

Business Development Manager & Security DBS Product Service Line Rep.

 Planning & Strategy

 Business Plan
 SWOT Analysis
 Market Share
 Impregnated bits applications in hard formations
 High Spiral PDC bits applications

EQUIPETROL ARTEX ALGERIA 2004-2005

General Manager Algerian Project

 Quotations for the Acquisition of tools & equipment

 Evaluation of the offers
 Purchase Orders generation
 Refurbishing of the local equipment
 Shipment of the equipment
 Installed & Built a Base in Hassi Messaoud
 Assembled Silck Line Units & Well Testing Units in Hassi Messaoud

CDS ENERGY PARAGUAY 2005 – 2006/Dec

Drilling Consultant

 Independencia-X1 Well. Well construction, Office and well site duties. Remote location.
Managed Technical Issues for the local government

BPZ ENERGY PERU 2006- 2007/May

Senior Drilling Engineer Consultant

 Offshore Operations. CX11 Corvina Platform.CX11-21XD. Drilling and completion operations.

Duties in Lima headquarters and eventually as Compan man at the platform.
 CX11-21D Post well Analysis, CX11-14D Planning Workover operations and CX11-14D
drilling planification.

BPZ ENERGY PERU 2007- 2013

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Offshore / Onshore Drilling, Completion & Workover Manager

 Corvina Platform - Offshore operations, High angle deviated wells ERW: CX11-14D, CX11-
18D, CX11-20D, CX11-15D, CX11-15DST(Geo), CX11-17D, CX11-19D, CX11-22D, CX11-
23D, CX11-23ST(Geo)
 Albacora Platform – Offshore operations, A-14XD, A-15D, A-17D. Deeper wells, J & S type.
Same well geometry and technology applications.
 Well planning and supervision
 Hole instability and hole cleaning issues
 Geomecanical Analysis
 Implementation of new technologies, Drilling with Casing, Compact well Heads, Agitator,
Hydro Cleans, Torque reducers, 5 7/8” DP, 16” Bicone bits, Slider, Mud Stripper.
 Drilling Performance Improvement Plan – KPI’s, Benchmarking
 Single Selective and dual Semi-Intelligent Completions.
 Participate in the design of the CX15 Cell Sparr Bouyant Tower to be implemented in Corvina
Field. Project of 80 MM$us.

PACIFIC RUBIALES PERU 2013

Offshore Drilling, Completion & Workover Manager

 Implemented the drilling operation on CX-15 platform which is the world's first application of a
proprietary design that it is a fusion and combination of existing and proven technology from Deep
Water Cell Sparr Floating platforms, compliant tower structures and shallow pile foundations.
 Two Opposing Cantiliver with 12 slots each
 20" x 110 Ft Bend Limiter Conductors, welded and peening
 13 3/8" TTR Casing
 Boot strap derrick
 1600HP compact Drawworks
 Joy Stick controls

SK E&P/Moche Energy Peru 2014

Offshore Drilling Manager

 Planning and preparing the "Basic Well Design" for a Deep Water. Well name:Naylamp-1X.
 Offset Wells Analysis
 Geomechanics
 Basic Well Design
 AFE
 Logistics Study

Hunt Oil Peru 2015 to 2016

Senior Drilling Engineer

 Drilled an Exploration well in the Peruvian Jungle - Dahuene-1X

o Very remote location and heli rig operation
o Support operations during the drilling stage
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  Instability and hole cleaning issues
 Geomechanics monitoring
 Cementing design
 BHA recommendations
 Bits and Hydraulics
 Hole enlargement
 Plug and Abandon
 Cuttings Injection

Congress and Seminars Participation as Lecturer:

 VI COLAPER-Latin American Drilling Congress as a lecturer on “Slim Hole Continuous

Coring in Bolivia” in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil - 1992
 Lecturer on Slim Hole Drilling Technology in the local section of the SPE
 Seminar for Corpoven at Puerto La Cruz- Venezuela, “Slim Hole Technology”.
 Seminar for PETROBRAS - Rio de Janeiro and Belem de Pará - Brazil, “Slim Hole
Technology”.
 VII COLAPER-Latin American Drilling Congress as a lecture on “Pin Up Drill String” in
Puerto La Cruz – Venezuela - 1994.
 Seminar on “New Bit Technologies” for Petrotech in Talara - Perú
 IV Jornadas de Perforación - Instituto Argentino del Petroleo - Attended as a lecture. “Pin Up
Drillstrings” in Buenos Aires - Argentina- 1995
 II Ingepet 2002 - Attended as a lecture. “Impact of High Spiral PDC Bits on Stability and
Directional Performance” in Lima – Peru - 2002
 VII Ingepet 2012 – Attended as a lecture. "Zero Discharge Technology in Offshore Wells"
 OTC 2013 - Attended as a Lecture. "Bouyant Tower Drilling and Production" -Houston
Texas
 VIII Ingepet 2014 - Attended as a Lecturer. "Planificacion de Perforacion Exploratoria en
Aguas Profundas en el Mar de La Libertad" - Lima-Peru
 Peru Oil And Gas Congress 2015 – Attended as a lecturer. “Cuttings Re-Injection and Plug
and Abandon Rig Less Operations” – Lima - Peru

Most Important Courses and Congress:

Halliburton Modern Completion School - Duncan - Oklahoma

Otis Packers & Completions Accesories- Dallas - Texas
Halliburton Stimulation Techniques - Neuquen - Argentina
Gas Lift Design – Otis Engeneering – Dalls - Texas
Cities Services Well Control School - Tulsa - Oklahoma
Baker Horizontal Drilling Seminar - Santa Cruz - Bolivia
Engineering Writing - Murray - Santa Cruz - Bolivia
V Congreso Latinoamericano de Perforación - Santa Cruz - Bolivia
Well Control School WCS- Houston - Texas
Computarized Drilling programs using Lotus spreadsheet - Baroid - Santa Cruz - Bolivia.
VI Congreso Latinoamericano de Perforación- Rio de Janeiro – Brasil – As Lecture
VII Congreso Latinoamericano de Perforación - Puerto La Cruz – Venezuela - As Lecture
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 Cuartas Jornadas de Perforación - Instituto Argentino del Petróleo - Buenos Aires -
Argentina - As Lecture
IX Congreso Latinoamericano de Perforación – Ciudad de México
Roller Cone Drill Bit Design Theory SDBS - Dallas
Fixed Cutter PDC Drill Bit Desing Theory - SDBS Houston
Geomechanics Analysis I - Houston
Multilateral Completions Sperry Sun/Halliburton– Edmonton – Canadá
II Congreso de Ingeniería del Petróleo INGEPET – Lima Perú - As Lecturer
Well Control School – Halliburton – Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Well Control Seminar – Petrex – Talara
Well Control School – Randy Smith - 2010
Training to Reduce Unscheduled Events – Randy Smith – 2010
Gerenciamiento de Proyectos de Perforacion – Bauerberg Klein -2010
Workover with Snubbing rig and Operations-Wild Well Control - 2011
Well Control School - Petro Energy - 2012
VII Congreso de Ingeniería del Petróleo INGEPET – Lima Perú - As Lecturer
Extended Wells Drilling - K&M Technology Group - 2013 in Houston
OTC 2014 - Houston Texas

Personal References

Richard Spies - President & CEO BP Panamerican-Argentina

Cesar Ortega - Vicepresident Verano Energy - Colombia
Rafael Zoeger - President BPZ Exploration & Production - Lima Peru
Geoff Kimbrough - Vicepresident New Tech Global - Houston Texas
Ernesto Portela - Drilling Manager GeoPark - Lima Peru
Miguel Castella - Gerente General Q Max - Lima Peru
Hempler Hernandez - Gerente de Operaciones Petrex-Saipem - Lima Peru