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Grant Pierce

Well Completion & Intervention Advisor

Grant started as a cased hole Electric Wireline rigger right out of high school in Louisiana in 1993. During the 2 years he attended University he continued to work his way up to Logging Engineer in a district that spent most of their days and some nights in high-pressure gas fields in North Louisiana perforating and logging.

From Electric Wireline Grant moved into Fracturing and Stimulation in 1996 with BJ Services Company where he worked his way up to Senior Equipment Operator pumping a wide range of high rate jobs, some upwards of 120 barrels per minute with 1.5 million pounds of proppant.

In 1997 he decided it was time to move offshore and acquired a position with Halliburton Production Enhancement in New Iberia. There he was tasked with supervising Halliburton’s first modular skid frac offering in the GoM. Some equipment was acquired from the stimulation vessels and some new equipment was built and over the next year he and his team jumped from jackup to jackup performing Fracpac's with their modular skid package.

When a downturn came in 1998, Grant was offered a position with ProTechnics injecting Radioactive Tracer during Frac and Gravel Pack operations. With his Electric Wireline background, he also conveyed their Memory Production Logging Tools, Completion Evaluation Logging Tools, & Gravel Pack Evaluation Logging Tools. There he worked across a wide range of deepwater and ultra deepwater assets in the GoM and across the continental United States including North Slope, Alaska.

In 2005 Grant was offered a position with Welltec where he was tasked with opening their Gulf of Mexico base of operations servicing horizontal and highly deviated wells with their Tractors and powered Well Intervention tools. Throughout the years he moved from Senior Field Engineer to Base Manager, Operations Manager, & Region Technical Manager. In the years with Welltec he worked from the GoM to West Africa to Asia Pacific to Russia to the North Sea to Australia and India.

In 2015 Grant left Welltec to pursue work as an independent consultant and was offered a position as Well Intervention Supervisor with FTO Services on the LWIV Island Performer. There he took the vessel over from previous owner in the North Sea, integrated a newly built Well Control Package, and built up its services kit preparing the vessel for Riserless Well Intervention operations in the GoM.

Starting in 2018 Grant spent 2 years in Qatar establishing E Plug with their barrier plugs utilized for mechanical segmentation and has consulted on various projects concerning Subsea Light Well Intervention. In recent years Well Intervention has remained his focus and he has continued to build his knowledge and skills in the Subsea LWI industry.

How can Grant help your company?

Business management, marketing, technical, & operations assistance with Well Completion – Well Intervention niche service companies for new business prospects within the Asia Pacific.
Advising Technical Solutions on capital intensive Well Intervention projects worldwide providing project management and program supervision of Subsea Light Well Intervention projects.
Creation of document packages for start-up operations including, but not limited to Operations Manuals, Standard Operating Procedures, Quality Assurance Plans, Training Matrices, etc.
Critical operations planning including Feasibility Studies, Risk Analysis, Bow Tie Meetings, Factory Acceptance Testing, Systems Integration Testing, and Function Testing.

It was a pleasure working with Grant on a riserless light well intervention vessel. Great shift leader with the ability to direct the crew for the planned intervention task at hand, and doing it safely. Has strong knowledge of intervention operations and was able to assist with project planning as well.

Eddie Garza

Project Management & Engineering at TechnipFMC

Grant's attention to detail was very evident during the period he covered as APAC Technical Manager. He was very thorough in job planning when it came to covering risks of the operations as well as very persistent in reaching the root cause during investigations. Grant's previous background in the field had also been highly effective during his this period in understanding all aspects of a well life and rig activities.

Khalid Mohammed Al-Sadoon

Artificial Lift Director at Baker Hughes

I had the pleasure of working with Grant on a deep water well intervention start-up in GoM. Grant is a dedicated and skilled person with excessive intervention experience. Grant is an easy person to communicate/discuss and work with. Valued technical input and solutions, through a hectic start-up phase. Never forgetting the safety aspect of the operation in hand and for the upcoming task.

Jahn Inge Hauge

RLWI Superintendent TIOS AS

He is an approachable and friendly individual. It was easy to communicate HSE expectations and requirements to him and he always made sure to implement them in his operations. He was great at: - Operational direction and guidance to all members of the Intervention crew - Ensuring maintenance of equipment is performed as per policy - Guidance on event sequences required in the mobilization and hook up of equipment - Ensuring Risk Assessment are undertaken, Job Safety Analysis’, Toolbox Talk’s and Time-Out for Safety’s are taken as appropriate or for any changes - Conversant statutory requirements relating to Well Control and Well Intervention - Maintaining compliance with the Project Safety Management Plan/ Safety Management System and participation in setting worksite safety objectives and Key Performance Indicators - Ensuring implementation of the Company's health, safety and environment policy - Performing safety inspections of the vessel in conjunction with the vessel Safety Rep.

Najmeh Vaez

HSE Manager at TechnipFMC

Grant and I worked on some complex wells offshore in Qatar. He is professional, proactive and has excellent communication skills. Grant championed our safety program, which isn't easy to do, day in, day out. There were times when we had to change plans while on the rig and he was a big help when discussing and executing the operation. If ever I had the chance to work with Grant again I wouldn't hesitate, he was a great help and an overall good person to deal with.

Doug Garver

Completions Supervisor Qatar Shell

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