Field Supervisor

Gary West
gary.west@rmotc.doe.gov

Gary West has over 30 years of drilling completion and production supervision and management, supported by practical field experience.  He has coordinated multi-well projects and has specialized operation experience including well control, directional and lateral drilling, environmental closed mud systems, abnormal pressure control with pressure gradients up to 85 psi, air drilling, coiled tubing completions, snubbing operations, and CBM horizontal drilling and completion.  Gary has worked as an independent drilling and completion consultant on projects in the Permian and Uinta Basins, Anadarko, Green River, Fort Worth, Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle, and was a Division Drilling Superintendent for EOG Resources, Inc. in the Permian and Appalachian Basins.  He has also worked for Anderson Oil Company, Mobil Oil, GSM & Associates, and Woods Petroleum.  Gary has attended Casper College and the University of Wyoming, as well as many technical seminars and industry classes, and is a member of SPE.  His military service was with the U.S. Marine Corp.