Lucas Abshire
Well Site Leader / Licensed Realtor / Managing Owner at Abshire Properties & Consulting
- Role
- Well Site Leader at bp
- Location
- Lafayette, LA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Lucas Abshire
20+ years of global experience leading high-risk operations across the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, Oman, and the UK. Proven ability to lead diverse, cross-cultural teams while delivering safe, compliant, and optimized well operations. Recognized for technical depth in drilling engineering, managed-pressure drilling (MPD), well interventions, and remote operations integration. Strong record of reducing cost, improving HSE performance, and driving operational excellence across complex environments. Began a part-time career in real estate in 2018 through investing in rental properties and expanded into licensed practice by obtaining a Real Estate Salesperson license in September 2019. Brings hands-on experience with residential rentals, property evaluation, and investment strategy. Passionate about helping clients achieve their goals—whether purchasing or selling a personal residence, securing commercial property, or building a real estate investment portfolio.
Experience
Well Site Leader
Apr 2013 — Present
Currently operating on a 7th-generation drillship with advanced MPD systems to execute ultra-deep exploration wells ft TD) in 2,600–6,500 ft water depths and extreme downhole conditions psi)- Delivered the first optimized CWOR operation in the Gulf of Mexico (2023) on the PDQ rig, expanding the operability window and enabling increased workover activity- Drove major efficiency gains during a three-well intervention campaign on the Mad Dog Spar by optimizing rig skidding, heavy-lift planning, and streamlining barrier management, resulting in reduced deferrals and under-budget delivery- Strengthened integration across Drilling & Production teams on Integrated Facilities by participating in JSAs, production meetings, cross-sharing lessons learned, and contributing to Production Safety Observation programs- Led the startup and commissioning of the Remote Collaboration Center (Sunbury, UK, 2019), improving operational oversight, response time, and cross-functional remote support- With BP Oman (2016–2018), contributed to a: • 65% reduction in injury rate • 75% reduction in dropped-object incidents • 38% reduction in vertical well costs • 10% NPT reduction through improved planning and execution discipline Certifications- IADC Supervisor Well Control – Drilling (expires Jan 2026)-IADC Supervisor Well Control – Well Servicing (expires Apr 2027)
Education
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Bachelor Science in Civil Engineering, Engineering
2000 — 2005
Skills
- Hazop
- Engineering Design
- Drilling Engineering
- Oilfield
- Completion
- Gas
- Petroleum
- Completions
- Leadership
- Petroleum Engineering
- Formation Evaluation
- Pressure
- Onshore Operations
- Drilling
- Energy Industry
- Upstream
- Subsea Engineering
- Onshore
- Qhse
- Tubing
- Supervisory Skills
- Oil & Gas
- Product Development
- Well Testing
- Oil & Gas Industry
- Engineering
- Wireline
- Directional Drilling
- Team Management
- Oil/Gas
- Oil
- Product Optimization
- Well Intervention
- Oil
- Offshore Drilling
- Well Control
- Hydraulics
- Stimulation
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