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Dr. Freeman is an industry-recognized leader in standards development, management, and application. He has represented both operators and service companies on various task groups developing and maintaining industry standards. He is a well-respected contributor and authority on standards development in API and ISO and has led various efforts at the task group, subcommittee, and committee level. He is past chair of the ISO TC67/SC4 Subcommittee on Drilling Equipment, the API Subcommittee on Completion Equipment (SC19), the API Committee on Oilfield Equipment and Materials (CSOEM), the API Quality Registrar/Monogram Program Board, and most recently, the API Global Industry Services Committee (GISC). His “day job” as an operator was serving as content owner for their internal standards on well equipment and advising others in the company on the effective use of industry standards, and authoring/interpreting other standards and procedures to guide the company on a day-to-day basis. As a former service company employee, Dr. Freeman’s career included technical design work on well equipment, project/program management both in the US and overseas, team and department technology management, and was ultimately responsible for facility licensing to both API and ISO standards.  Dr. Freeman is well known for his ready smile, his sense of humor, and his ability to achieve consensus from a diverse group.

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Education

Doctorate in Engineering Management, Southern Methodist University, 2008

MBA, Oklahoma City University, 1988

BS, Agricultural Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 1979

Professional Registration

Registered Professional Engineer, State of Texas, # 89899

Firm Registration, # F-18832

Awards

ANSI Ronald H. Brown Standards Leadership Award – 2019

Hart’s Meritorious Award for Engineering Excellence (twice)

28 patents in the field of Well Equipment

Publications

Unique Test Process Resolves Junction Difficulties in a Multilateral Completion on the North Sea Statfjord Field – SPE 50661

First Successful Multilateral Well Installation from a Floating Rig: Development and Case History – OTC 8799 & SPE/IADC 39369

Design, Planning, Implementation & Management of a Multi-Lateral Well on the BP Forties Field: A North Sea Case History – OTC 8534 & SPE 38494

Selective Sand Consolidation Technique using a Pin-Point Injection Packer – SPE 36888

The Business Case for Multilateral Wells – Petroleum Engineer International – June 1999

Multilateral Installation from a Floating Rig – Journal of Petroleum Technology – July 1998