Julio Torrealba Summary

Objective:	An interesting consulting or permanent position where my extensive technical and managerial skills can contribute to the long term goals of an agressive and imaginative, international drilling fluids service company or an operator.

Profile:	All told, fourteen years of diversified drilling fluids experience in Brazil, Mexico, Trinidad and Venezuela. The writer has had first hand experience with the following mud systems: Fresh Water Bentonite, Non-Dispersed, Semi-Dispersed and Dispersed Polymers, Low Solids, Lignosulfonates, Inhibited Muds (KCl and NaCl), PHPA, Invert Emulsions, Synthetic and Cationic Systems. In the course of his career to date he has successfully coped with a variety of drilling problems including Lost Circulation, Contaminations, Stuck Pipe, Abnormally Pressured Formations, Hydrating Shales, Deviated Holes and High Bottom Hole Temperature. He is highly qualified to work as a wellsite Mud Engineer and can also write technical mud programs, analyze tenders, prepare bids and act in a supervisory or management position.