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Chris Lorenz, Head of Well Construction (Well Operations Manager)

Chris Lorenz

Head of Well Construction (Well Operations Manager)·Shell, North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC),

Germany

Master's degree, Petroleum Engineering

Work experience

Total years of experience: 17 years, 5 months

Head of Well Construction (Well Operations Manager)

August 2023 - December 2025

Shell, North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC),

Atyrau, Kazakhstan

August 2023 - December 2025

Head of Well Cconstruction of the Drilling Directorate of NCOC. In this role responsible for all well operations related activities and projects with a total budget of app. 320 Mln. US$. NCOC TA-2 (Technical Authority) for drilling, completion and well intervention.
Company industry:
Oil & Gas

Well Operations Manager (Technical Authority-2)

October 2022 - January 2023

Shell, Queensland Gas Company (QGC),

Brisbane, Australia

October 2022 - January 2023

Well Opertions Manager for the entire QGC completion and well intervention portfolio of all 3 QGC assets.
Responsible for 8 workover rigs, executing app. 800 workovers per year, all rigless
completion and well intervention work of app. 350 logging jobs. Campaign wise coiled
tubing work for plug & abandonment and new technology trials. Contract Holder for the
company workover rig contract (one of the biggest contracts within QGC with ACV of
600 Mln. US$), contract owner for 5 mid-size other contracts. Responsible for a team
of 55 field based QGC rig supervisors.
Company industry:
Oil & Gas

Well Operations Manager (Technical Authority-2)

January 2021 - January 2022

Shell, Queensland Gas Company (QGC),

Brisbane, Australia

January 2021 - January 2022

Well Opertions Manager for the Central & South Assets, responsible for 5 workover rigs executing app. 650 workovers per year incl. app. 200 logging jobs, campaign wise Coiled Tubing well abandonment and new technology projects. Contract holder for the workover rig contract (one of the biggest contract
within QGC ACV of 600 Mln. US$), contract owner of 5 mid-size other contracts.
Responsible for a team of 35 field based QGC rig supervisors.
Company industry:
Oil & Gas

Completion & Well Interventions Operations Manager (Technical Authority-2)

October 2019 - January 2021

Shell (QGC), Queensland Gas Company,

Brisbane, Australia

October 2019 - January 2021

Well Operations Manager for Central Asset, responsible for 3 workover rigs executing app. 400 workovers per year,
campaign wise Coiled Tubing work. Contract holder for the workover rig contract (one
of the biggest contract within QGC, ACV of 600 Mln. US$), contract owner of 3 mid
size other contracts. Responsible for team of 20 field based QGC rig supervisors.
Company industry:
Oil & Gas

Senior Completion & Well Interventions Engineer

January 2017 - January 2019

Shell, Sakhalin Energy Investment Company (SEIC),

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russian Federation

January 2017 - January 2019

responsible for the preparation and execution of new completion installation, workovers (including
Frac & Pack recompletion) and the portfolio of all well intervention activities (logging,
well integrity, etc.)

In parallel responsible for SEICs vessel based offshore sand control campaign on Piltun and Lunskoye assets. Preparation and execution of Frac & Pack and Open Hole Gravel Pack work. Total project budget of 250 Mln.US$. for 1 st Russian Flagged Well Stimulation vessel, designing - engineering
and converting one of companys icebreaking supply vessels into a temporary well stimulation vessel (at Singapore shipyard) for executing sand control & well stimulation work.
Company industry:
Oil & Gas

Senior Completion & Well Interventions Engineer

January 2015 - December 2016

Shell, Sakhalin Energy Investment Company (SEIC),

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russian Federation

January 2015 - December 2016

Senior Completion & Well Interventions Engineerfor Lunskoye assets responsible
for the preparation and execution of all well intervention work.

In parallel responsible for SEICs vessel based offshore sand control campaign on Piltun and Lunskoye
assets, 1 st time ever done in Russia (mob. and demob. out of Singapore), executing Frack & Pack and Open Hole Gravel Pack work scope.
Company industry:
Oil & Gas

Performance & QA/QC Team Lead

January 2012 - January 2013

Shell, Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP),

Seria, Brunei Darussalam

January 2012 - January 2013

Performance & QA/QC Team Lead for the entire drilling department (7 rigs).
Responsible for establishing the well delivery process by following the principles of
Shells new global Best in Class work approach.

Looking after Quality Assurance / Quality Control for leading investigations teams from
3rd party inspectors, coming up with RCFA (Root Cause Failure Analysis) and feeding
them back into the learning process.

Identifying with the rig teams business improvement concepts (rig stair cases) and
developing new technologies implementation plans. Contract holder for 4 mid-size and
1 major contracts.
Company industry:
Oil & Gas

Integrated Activity Planner

January 2009 - January 2012

Shell, Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP),

Seria, Brunei Darussalam

January 2009 - January 2012

Integrated Activity Plannerfor all well intervention activities of BSP, executing app.
3.500 jobs/year. Planning and coordination of 45-50 crews (majority offshore), on 4
offshore vessels, 1 work barge, 1 hoist and 4 coiled tubing units.

Work scope consisting of Coiled Tubing, Wireline, Wellhead Maintenance, Grouting,
Hoist, Co2 Tracer, Mobile Flow meter, Logging & Perforation within the onshore Darat
Asset and offshore East / West Assets.
Company industry:
Oil & Gas

Person in Charge

January 2007 - December 2007

Shell, Pinedale

Wyoming, United States

January 2007 - December 2007

P.I.C. for Hydraulic Frac & Pack Campaign activities in the
Pinedale Field. Responsible for parallel multistage fracking operations by managing all
HSSE / technical / cost / QAQC and logistical aspects of the day-to-day operations.
Company industry:
Oil & Gas

Well Service Engineer

January 2007 - January 2007

Shell (NAM),

Assen, Netherlands

January 2007 - January 2007

Well Service Engineer for developing all well intervention programs and act as
operational Focal Point for the company own 20 well intervention crews, at Dutch on-/
offshore locations.
Company industry:
Oil & Gas

Completion Design Engineer

July 2006 - December 2006

Shell (EPE),

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

July 2006 - December 2006

for Dutch & UK offshore projects. In charge of the
completion engineering part for various E&P (Exploration & Production) projects
towards their execution readiness (passing Decision Gate-4).
Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Engineering

Well Service Junior Engineer

October 2004 - January 2006

Shell (NAM),

Assen, Netherlands

October 2004 - January 2006

Well Service Junior Engineer for well intervention (slickline / e.line / pressure
pumping) programs. Preparing and executing well intervention activities at Dutch on-/
offshore locations.
Company industry:
Oil & Gas

Petroleum Engineering

June 2003 - August 2003

Halliburton - Oman

Muscat, Oman

June 2003 - August 2003

• Well Intervention work Fields of Fahud and Jibal
Company industry:
Oil & Gas

Petroleum Engineering

April 2002 - May 2002

Serept

Sfax, Tunisia

April 2002 - May 2002

• Gas Lift Optimisation - Offshore Field Ashtart
Company industry:
Oil & Gas

Reservoir Engineer

June 2001 - July 2001

Shell (Rohöl-Aufsuchung AG)

Vienna, Austria

June 2001 - July 2001

• Material Balance Calculation with M-Bal
Company industry:
Oil & Gas

Reservoir Engineer

June 2000 - July 2000

Shell (Rohöl-Aufsuchung AG)

Vienna, Austria

June 2000 - July 2000

• Analysis of Gas Fields in Upper Austria
Company industry:
Oil & Gas

Reservoir Management

June 2000 - July 2000

OMV

Vienna, Austria

June 2000 - July 2000

• Compatibility Project of Geo Frame and Sure Grid
Simulator
Company industry:
Oil & Gas

Petroleum Engineering Department

June 1999 - August 1999

Preussag AG

Meppen, Germany

June 1999 - August 1999

• Workover Jobs in H2S fields
Company industry:
Oil & Gas

Drilling Department

June 1998 - July 1998

OMV

Gaenserndorf, Austria

June 1998 - July 1998

• Drilling Team in the Vienna Basin
Company industry:
Oil & Gas

Petroleum Engineering

June 1997 - July 1997

OMV

Gaenserndorf, Austria

June 1997 - July 1997

• Workover Jobs in the Matzen Basin
Company industry:
Oil & Gas

Education

Mining University Leoben

July 2004

July 2004

Master's degree, Petroleum Engineering

Austria

Skills

QUALITY ASSURANCE
Intermediate
QUALITY ASSURANCE
Intermediate
QUALITY CONTROL
Intermediate
QUALITY CONTROL
Intermediate
ABRASIVE BLASTING
Intermediate
ABRASIVE BLASTING
Intermediate
CRISIS INTERVENTION
Intermediate
CRISIS INTERVENTION
Intermediate
HOLE PUNCHING
Intermediate
HOLE PUNCHING
Intermediate
INVESTMENTS
Intermediate
INVESTMENTS
Intermediate
LEADERSHIP
Intermediate
LEADERSHIP
Intermediate
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Intermediate
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Intermediate
OPERATIONS
Intermediate
OPERATIONS
Intermediate
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Completion & Well Intervention Round 1 Exam & Certificate
Completion & Well Intervention Round 2 Exam
Completion & Well Intervention Round 2 Certificate
Chartered Engineer
RPEQ Accreditation
Chartered Engineer