Advantage Mud Systems Ltd.

Duties include operations supervision, technical sales, field human resource monitoring, monitor operational costs, and monitoring and implementing Advantage’s safety program.

Gerry’s professional experience includes 11+ years in the drilling fluid Industry. After working 9 years as a drilling fluid technician in the foothills area of Edson and Grande Prairie, Gerry was promoted to Operations Manager for Advantage Mud.

Organize and handle the field reporting system with the drilling fluid technicians and the office staff
Make drilling fluid technician staff selection
Monitor field operating expenses
Monitor training and certification for the field staff and consultants
Ensure that the paperwork from the field is timely and accurate
Monitor and implement the safety program with all field and consulting staff
Responsible for the allocation of mud testing equipment and computers
Responsible for all scheduling of the field staff
Monitor and maintain phone and vehicle list
Perform field employee evaluations

Gerry worked the drilling rigs for Tri-City and Simmons Drilling for 11 years as a roughneck, motor hand, derrickman, and driller. He then started in the drilling fluid industry in 1994. After completing a comprehensive course in drilling fluid technology, Gerry worked in the Brooks area as well as most of Southern Alberta.

Gerry was transferred to Edson in 1996. The majority of wells serviced have been in the foothills areas, and on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains. He has worked a variety of situations on shallow and deeper wells, including loss of circulation, moderate to severe gas kicks, H2S, stuck pipe, faults and fractures, and formation instability.

Gerry has mostly worked on directional and horizontal wells in the foothills area for the past 4 years. He has run all the inhibitive water base and oil base mud systems, and has gained an excellent knowledge and understanding of the foothills area, and its conditions and requirements.