Engineer Management

MAHMOOD; Muhammad Azfar

Address: Flat # **-** (B.F.), GOR-III, Shadman, Lahore, 54600, Pakistan

Mobile: + (92-300-***-**** Email: ***********@*******.*** OR ***********@*****.***

Completion and Workover Superintendent / Well Services Manager

Versatile and highly accomplished professional offering 24 years of experience in the areas of planning,

designing, implementation, coordination, supervision, execution, well completion & workover operations (light &

heavy) in Ex. & Prod. Industry.

Highly qualified & trained authority to take decisions to amend operational programs as required by the well

situation.

Skilled in leading operational efficiency through new and innovative approaches to work utilising the latest

technologies in the trade.

Outstanding track record in managing budgets by cost controlling with ability to manage & coordinate with the

Services Contractors, company segments and third parties to ensure compliance with work programs.

Recognised for hands-on experience in delivering results complying with company standards, project procedures,

and contract requirements.

Skilled initiator of successful strategies ensuring effective operational excell ence and improved work ethic, culture,

and performance.

Excellent leader with an ability to work under pressure in fast-paced, time-sensitive environments. Proven ability to

effectively interact with people of diverse nationalities; comfortable working in a multicultural setting.

Team building and mentoring young engineers to improve work efficiency and to add fresh blood to make a

stronger team.

Core Competencies

W ell Completion, W orkover & Services Planning, Budgeting Cost Estimation W ell Completion Supervision W ell

Program writing & reviewing Implementation of Operational and HSE Programs W ell Completion & W orkover

Operations Coordination Monitoring of W ell Testing Operations Operational Procurement for equipment and services

W ell Completion Operation Optimization Providing Training to Engineers.

Key Achievements related to deliverables across Career Span

Safely & Successfully restoration of +/- 50 wells in 2.5 years in Zubair Field after workover operations, which includes

re-perforation, stimulation, wellhead changeover, A/L installation at an average of $2.5 MM/ well operational cost.

Successfully improved well construction design to reduce environmental damage (reducing 20% formation cuttings)

and improving well completion design to increase hydrocarbon production by 30%. Published SPE Paper# 95896

(EXPANDABLE SAND SCREENS LOW COST, HIGH DELIVERABILITY BHIT GAS FIELD APPLICATION, ENI -

PAKISTAN) that was published and presented during SPE Annual Technical Conference 2009 in Islamabad. This

well/completion design reduced the budget by 20%.

Successfully plugged and abandoned 3 gas wells and re-completed as water disposal wells without using a workover

rig involving only cranes. The rig operation was estimated to complete within a budget of $2.5MM, actually completed

within $1MM.

Awards

BP Pakistan: Spot Recognition, three awards awarded in three consecutive months June, July and August 2002.

BP Pakistan: Employ Recognition, two awards were awarded in Feb and April 2003.

Mehran Engineering University, Hyderabad/ University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore: SPE Chapters,

numerous awards awarded for conducting Technical Sessions.

Career Progression

Sep 2010 – Present

Completion and Workover Superintendent

Eni Iraq BV

Currently responsible for 4 workover rigs operation and on avg. two well completion operation with drilling rigs.

Muhammed Azfar Mobile: + (92-300-***-**** Email: ***********@*****.*** / ***********@*******.***

Daily workover/completion reports review & finalization including daily cost calculation & up-dating of look ahead for

each rig operation for better m anagement.

Organizing all services & equipment for all day to day rig operation requirement related to well operations at each rig.

Responsible for providing changes and backup programs after consultation with engineering section.

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Acting as a single point of contact with all parties (Company, Contractors & 3 Party) for all operational/planning

issues; and ensuring cost effectiveness for each operation.

Responsible for approving all services tickets and QC of all invoices related to each operation.

Finalization of end-of-well operations reporting for all workover and completion wells.

Implementing health, safety, and environment (HSE) policies.

Providing technical advice to management for various operational and managerial issues.

Providing QA/QC to finalize well completion & workover program.

Organizing cost estimation with the help of respective Contractors for Authorization for Expenditures (AFE).

Organizing material / equipment for operations in line with the program and communication/coordination with s ervices

providing contractors.

Responsible for preparation of well locations for rig acceptance within budgeted amount.

Carrying out rig inspection and acceptance,

Preparation & organization “well on paper” (pre-spud meetings).

Mentoring young engineers by assigning different tasks and supervising.

Dec 2006 – Sep 2010

Senior Operation and Completion Engineer

Eni Pakistan Limited

Responsible for all well completion designing (mechanical), planning, programs preparation, approval and well site

supervision for high, medium & low rate gas wells.

Planned, arranged and administered logistics, execution, and supervision of rigless operations for well servicing and

reservoir data acquisition purposes, which includes wireline cased hole logging operations (perforations, production

logging, corrosion monitoring, water conformance using different through tubing plugs), CTU operations such as well

lifting, fishing, well-bore cleaning, Slickline operations including different tools setting and retrieval, fishing, well-bore

clearing and CIT (completion integrity testing) using surface well testing operations.

Completed equipment selection for conventional, mono-bore (for high gas flow rate wells) and straddle completions

for selective layer producing wells.

Responsible for equipment procurement after tendering process including tubular and wellheads.

Carried out services contracting for perforation, cased hole logging, stimulation (including CTU), and well testing after

completing the bidding process as per company procedures.

Performed budgeting and cost controlling for all the development operations; obtained approvals from JVPS for all

budget, AFE and programs; reported daily, weekly, well end operations to the management and JVPS.

Responsible for preparing for Technical Committee Meeting (TCM) for all operations for JVPS.

Administrated, planned and presented well operation’s start up meetings with all concerned parties.

Nov 2003 – Dec 2006

Manager Petroleum Engineering/ Chief Petroleum Engineer

Orient Petroleum International Inc.

Responsible for designing well completion including HPHT wells for oil and gas producing wells.

Planned, executed, and supervised the testing function; performed well commissioning and optimisation.

Carried out cost estimation, AFE preparation, and consequent approvals.

Prepared, planned, procured materials and services for workover operations.

Performed yearly budgeting for all rig and rigless operations and obtained required approvals from JV partners.

Planned, executed, and supervised rigless operations for well servicing and reservoir data acquisition.

Administered all wireline operations, both rig and rigless, including perforations, corrosion monitoring, production

logging, water conformance, plug setting, planning, programming, logistic controls, and job supervision.

Conducted all coil tubing operations and slickline operations (rig or rigless) such as well lifting, fishing, well-bore

cleaning, planning, programming, logistic controls, and job supervision; responsible for mentoring young engineers.

Responsible for end-of-well reporting for all well operations.

Carried out equipment selection, tendering, technical and commercial evaluations, ordering, and inspection.

Performed service selection necessary for different well servicing, well completion, workover, rigless operations,

tendering, technical and commercial evaluation, and contract issuance.

Contributed to technical and operations meetings with joint venture partners for all operated and non-operated assets.

Participated in different oil and gas societies representing companies such as SPE and PEPCA.

Apr 2000 – Oct 2003

Staff Petroleum Engineer

BP Pakistan Inc.

Controlled planning, execution, and supervision for 12 oil and gas producing fields whilst performing rig operations.

Functioned as a production engineer responsible for all well operations in oil and gas producing fields.

Designed well completions for oil and gas producing wells, and water injection and disposal wells.

Carried out cost estimation, authority for expenditures (AFE) preparation, and consequent approvals.

Muhammed Azfar Mobile: + (92-300-***-**** Email: ***********@*****.*** / ***********@*******.***

Preparing rigless well work programs for oil and gas wells, as well as optimisation and reservoir data acquisition.

Monitored and optimised water injection and well disposal; mentored the young engineers.

Carried out end-of-well reporting for all well operations and updating well files.

Delivered technical presentations at various petroleum engineering universities.

Started career with Pakistan Oilfield Ltd. as a Trainee Petroleum Engineer in 1989. Regularized after successful

completion of training period and designated as Petroleum Engineer (Field) for 2 artificially lifted oil fields.

Promoted as Sr. Petroleum Engineer (Fields) with additional charge as Production Superintendent to manage

surface and sub-surface production operations including surface field development for newly discovered oil and

gas field. The responsibilities included daily, weekly, monthly & annual field production, operations, accounting

reporting to the management and JVPS.

Educational Qualifications

Feb 1984 – Apr 1989

B.Sc. in Petroleum and Gas Engineering

University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

Sep 1979 – Aug 1983

Higher Secondary Studies

Government Degree College, Gojra, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Professional Credentials

Please refer to the Appendix

Computer Skills

Proficient with Microsoft Office Applications (Excel, World, PowerPoint), DIMS (Drilling Information Management System),

W ell View, Prosper, Mball, SAP, Oracle.

Personal Details

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Date of Birth : 10 April, 1962

Gender : Male

Nationality : Pakistani

Marital Status : Married

Driving Licence : Pakistani Driving Licence

Languages Known : English, Urdu, and Punjabi

References available upon request

Training Completed

Date/ Course Title Institute

INTERNATIONAL WELL CONTROL FORUM (IWCF)

1-5 Mar, 2010 IWCF Drilling Surface BOP Well Control IPC

14-16 Feb, 2007 IWCF Intervention Well Control ENI Corporate University, Italy

5-9 Feb, 2007 IWCF Drilling Surface BOP Well Control ENI Corporate University, Italy

19-25 Feb, 2001 W ell Intervention Pressure Control Examination IWCF

PROFESSIONAL AND MANAGEMENT SCHOOLS

May 11-15, 2009 Eni Advanced Drilling Technology Eni SpA E & P Division.

May 4-5, 2009 Team Building W inning Edge

Mar 31- Apr 11, 2008 Drilling Practices PetroSkills LLC

2-4 May 2007 Drilling Information Management System (DIMS) LMKR

17-21 Apr, 2006 Leadership & Team Building. LUMS

14-16 Nov, 2005 Customer School on Completion Fluid Design. Mi SWACO

27 August, 2003 Communication & Presentation skills Sanorai

Feb 16, 2001 Matrix Acidizing Client Course Schlumberger, UK Training Center

Muhammed Azfar Mobile: + (92-300-***-**** Email: ***********@*****.*** / ***********@*******.***

12-15 Feb, 2001 Coil Tubing Client Course Schlumberger, UK Training Center

Reservoir Characterization: A Multi-Discip. Team

13-17 Nov, 2000 OGCI

Approach

26-30 June, 2000 W ater Treatment for Injection & Production Rike Services

24-28 Oct, 2000 New Oil From Old Fields OGCI

21-22 Nov, 2000 MS Excel (Adv) Future Management

Oct 19, 2000 Creative MS Power Point Future Management

Oct 27-Nov 01, 1997 Gas Process Operations OGTI

6-11 Feb,1993 Improving Personal Effectiveness PIM

26-1 Dec, 1992 Effective Communication Skills Pakistan Institute of Management

24-28 Nov,1991 Oilfield Tools Technology Halliburton Limited

HSE

Occupational Health & Safety Management

17 Aug, 2007 DNV

System Awareness course

26-27 Feb, 2003 Occupational Excellence Simulator workshop OES Facilitator BP

BP’s 8 Golden Safety Rules & TRA

9-11 Sept, 2002 SGS Pakistan (Private) Limited

Aug 01,2002 Advanced Safety Audit BP Pakistan Exp & Prod Inc.

Sind EPA & Environment

16-17 July, 2002 Hazardous & Solid Waste Management

Consultants

17-18 April, 2002 Awareness on EMS ISO 14001 Elements The Env. Management Consultants

14/18/09/ 1999 Civil Defence Training Course Civil Defence Department

Muhammed Azfar Mobile: + (92-300-***-**** Email: ***********@*****.*** / ***********@*******.***

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