Training Alliance Coordinator
BP/Chevron Drilling Training Alliance
 

BIOGRAPHY

T. S. CARTER

Mr. Carter has an iconic career spanning several decades, holding senior management roles in the area of drilling, completion and E&P waste management engineering, in both domestic and international operations. His career includes senior management positions with Conoco, Baroid Drilling Fluids, Newpark Drilling Fluids, TETRA Technologies and several drilling contractors. While at Conoco, he was instrumental in the development and implementation of several unique technical solutions that resulted in significant cost savings to Conoco’s worldwide drilling operations. He has conducted numerous seminars and schools on fluids related drilling subjects focused on drilling AFE cost reduction.

He has participated in several professional organizations, serving as chairman of the API Standardization Committee (SC13) on drilling and completion fluid materials. He was a SPE distinguished lecturer in 1993 and served as the editor of the SPE reprint series book on drilling fluids.

Currently, he is a member of the BP/Chevron Drilling Training Alliance, serving as a training coordinator here in Houston. He is still active in several industry organizations, is president of the Houston Chapter of the American Association of Drilling Engineers, serves on the Editorial Committee for the Journal of Petroleum Technology, is a member of the Ocean Energy Center Society (Ocean Star Rig Museum in Galveston), and has served as Coordinator for the SPE North American Forum Series.

 He has published 20 technical publications and holds three U.S. Patents. He graduated with a B.S. in geology from Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana.