KEVIN J.

HOFF
4913 East 22nd Street
Tulsa, OK 74114
khde6180@westpost.net http://www.linkedin.com/in/kjhoff
(918) 557-4699
CAREER SUMMARY
Petroleum Engineering Technician with 18 years experience in the Oil & Gas Drill
ing regulatory and technical areas, including Woodford Shale horizontal drilling
technical and legal issues. Previous experience in database administration, da
tabase reporting, and application support. Strong contributor in a project-orie
nted environment. Demonstrated strengths in interpersonal skills. Skilled in c
reative, as well as analytical, problem solving.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NEWFIELD EXPLORATION MID-CONTINENT, INC., TULSA, OK 2004-2009
Lead Drilling Regulatory Analyst / Engineering Technician
Managed compliance with state and federal regulations associated with the drilli
ng and completion of new horizontal oil & gas wells in an ambitious and very suc
cessful asset development program expansion.
* As Lead Regulatory Analyst, personally managed the state and federal regulator
y compliance requirements for as many as 100 drilling/recompletion projects per
year.
* Worked closely with drilling engineers as a member of the Drilling and Complet
ions team, and also with state officials, helping to maximize drilling and compl
etion cost efficiency with the use of pre-set rigs and pad drilling operations a
s Newfield dramatically increased drilling activity.
* Implemented, utilized, and supported online permitting for nearly 100% of the
company's new Texas and Oklahoma wells.
* Worked with reservoir engineers, legal counsel, and Oklahoma Corporation Commi
ssion officials to help establish new rules and procedures for filing initial fl
ow tests on Woodford shale horizontal gas wells.
* Worked with legal department and consultants to make changes in Texas Railroad
Commission Field Rules applicable to the company's operations in the Texas Panh
andle.
CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY 1983-2004
Petroleum Engineering Technician / D.I.M.S. Administrator (1991-2004)
Responsible for implementation and training for the new D.I.M.S. daily drilling
reporting and database system and for all regulatory permitting and reporting fo
r drilling / recompletion operations.
* Trained and supported field supervisors on laptop computers and applications,
including DIMS.
* Supported over fifty engineering, geological, and administrative personnel wit
h first-line help for DIMS and various database reporting applications dealing w
ith oil and gas drilling and operating data.
* Provided project cost estimates and implemented cost networks in new SAP proje
ct accounting system.
Assistant Project Scheduler / Advanced Composites Technician (1989-1991)
Phillips 66 Advanced Composites, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
* Utilized Viewpoint project scheduling and management software and worked close
ly with project engineers to produce graphic project schedules for all phases of
prototype aerospace / defense parts made from advanced high temperature plastic
composite.
* Wrote inventory tracking program in Superbase and dBase database programming s
oftware to track all material inventory from initial order through production, t
esting, inventory, and shipping phases.

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R & D Plastics Technician (1985-1989)

Phillips 66 Research and Development, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
* Equipped and operated tooling shop to produce thermoformed aerospace / defense
prototype parts with high temperature thermoplastic composite laminates being d
eveloped by Phillips.
* Received award for mold building development using silicone mixing and injecti
on machine to allow quicker and better mold matching tolerances.
* Operated large high temperature thermoformer to produce prototype parts used f
or research and development of high temperature thermoplastic applications.

Seismic Processing Technician (1983-1985)

Phillips Petroleum Exploration & Production, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
* Loaded seismic data into mainframe IBM and Cray computers and utilized large c
olor plotters to assist geophysicists in their seismic data processing requireme
nts.

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE AND CERTIFICATIONS

* Drillwell (Drilling Daily Report System)
* Microsoft Excel
* Microsoft Access
* Microsoft Word
* Microsoft Project
Currently certified or have extensive training:
* CompTIA A+
* CompTIA Network +
* Landmark D.I.M.S. (Drilling Information Management System)
* Numerous training classes and seminars with the Oklahoma Corporation Commissio
n and the Texas Railroad Commission
* Lean Six Sigma

EDUCATION
Completed a total of 79 University and College Credit Hours with a 3.56 GPA
* 35 Hours Computer Science/Programming
* 29 Hours Math and Science
* Petroleum Engineering for the Non-Engineer from University of Tulsa