Travis Short

About Travis Short

I am an oilfield professional with over 25 years experience in a broad range of roles mostly focused on drilling and engineering. I started my oilfield career in the service sector spending time out in the field and on the technology side learning well planning and data analytics. I have a combined 9 years working for service companies and 16 years with operators. One of my key accomplishments is continued improvement. In every basin that I\'ve drilled, my last well/s have always been drilled faster and cheaper than the first wells. Most notably, in the Deadwood field of the Permian Basin, I was able to deliver a 45% reduction in spud to TD over a 15-well time period. My area of expertise is well and casing design using state of the art software technology. As a Sr. Drilling Engineer with Apache I was busy managing up to 4 rigs at once but my side hustle was still holding internal training classes on Compass, StressCheck, and Wellplan. As a Drilling Engineer I have a broad range of technical skills from bit and bha optimization, drilling mud, casing design, cementing, and well operations but from my sales background I am also very keen on contract negotiations and master service agreements.

Experience

1. Director Well Engineering

   Milestone Environmental

   Aug 2023 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Director - Well Engineering• Well design and operational planning for CCS, Industrial Waste, and Oil & Gas waste injection wells• Identify, plan, and supervise injection well maintenance, workovers, and interventionsSr. Drilling Engineer - Contract: Carbon Capture and Sequestration North America• Prepare Well Design, Project Costs, Detailed Drilling & Completions Operational Plans, and Regulatory permits for Class I, Class II, and deep Class VI Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) CO2 injection wells• Work with team of geologists/geophysicists, land, commercial, and operations consultants to safely and economically execute on multiple CCS projects• Evaluate Class I, Class II, and Class VI injection well projects across North America• Slurry injection well performance optimization including interventions, workovers, and recompletions

Education

• Texas A&M University

  Bachelor of Science, Petroleum Engineering

  1994 — 1999

Skills

• Workover
• Stimulation
• Mineral Exploration
• Supply Chain Management
• Wellview
• Rig
• Onshore Operations
• Petroleum Engineering
• Fluids
• Drilling
• Drilling Engineering
• Gas
• Oil & Gas
• Petroleum
• Oilfield
• Directional Drilling
• Upstream
• Onshore