Barry Cresap
Engineering Manager | Well Engineering
Barry has over 18 years of oil and gas experience, primarily working as a lead / senior drilling engineer over a variety of campaigns and rig types including land rigs, jack-ups, semi-submersibles, and drillships. His engineering experience spans across both conventional and unconventional designs and operational practices including deepwater, shelf, and horizontal drilling.
He began his career with ENSCO and completed a 3-year “fast-track” superintendent program which entailed working rig-based positions from crane crew, drill crew, up tonight toolpusher on jack-ups in the Gulf of Mexico. He broadened his experience at Grey Wolf / Precision Drilling while executing turnkey contracts all along the US Gulf Coast.
He joined BHP in 2012 in the Eagle Ford as a Senior Drilling Engineer and moved up to Drilling Manager. He joined the offshore division in 2014 and executed a deepwater exploration well in Central GOM (4,200 feet WD) in 2017. He moved internationally to Australia in 2019 - 2021 to plan a multi-lateral campaign (12,000 feet laterals) along Australia’s Northwest Shelf. He and his family have since returned back to the US.
Areas of Expertise:
Production Operations
Casing Design
ERD / Horizontal Drilling
US Land & Shale
Continental Shelf
Deepwater
Education:
Barry earned his B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Louisiana State University (2002).
Phone: 281.870.8455
