Instrument Engineer Gas Energy

CURRICULUM VITAE

ALISTAIR KENNETH LESLIE

Mobile: +44-752*-******

Email: *******@*****.***

Address: * ***** *****, **********,

Aberdeen,

Scotland,

AB21 9AZ

PROFILE

Lead Data Acquisition Field Engineer with 15 years of experience in the oil & gas energy industry, worldwide.

Engineering professional with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology and Petroleum Geology from the University of Aberdeen.

Knowledgeable in all aspects of petroleum and gas engineering. Specialist in well test data acquisition & analysis retrieved via acoustic electronics and subsea sonar systems. Experienced setting up advanced data retrieval systems that include large amounts of downhole electronics, sea bed electronics, surface electronics, cabling, setting up and operating computer systems. Networking to subcontractor computer systems and setting up remote access for onshore clients to monitor data retrieval. A wealth of experience pressure testing downhole tools as well as sea bed tools. Experienced using and operating databases, adapting to multiple software and software testing. Skilled crew chief, retains a wealth of knowledge about company products and has a proven ability to promote the company successfully to clients. Experienced in data entry conducted as part of semi-automatic 5 year component testing secondment project . Responsible for the upload and maintenance of all collected data to a dedicated database.. Comfortable and dependable working alone in high pressure, remote locations that requires fault finding, QC of data and producing customer reports with little to no support at times. Expert job management and people management skills when working in larger crews.

Reliable engineer who happily works in the office when not offshore. Ability to prioritise work load effectively. Hard-working team player who always strives to complete jobs regardless of duration. HSE is a personal core value - actively participates in all safety initiatives and ensure that support crew do likewise. IT Literate and experienced in preparation of client reports using range of programs for data preparation, manipulation and presentation. Proven natural problem solver with excellent communication skills.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2021 – Present Aberdeen Grain Storage

SEASONAL STOREMAN

Assisting with the process of drying the harvested grains such as barley, wheat, oats and oil seed rape. Operating and maintaining conveyor belts and elevators to deliver grain to large industrial dryers and cleaners. Ensuring the grains are dried to the correct moisture content and temperature level by optimising the cycle process through the driers. Once dried and cleaned the grain is then sent via more conveyors and elevators to large bays for storage. Experienced in driving and operating forklifts, CAT TH417 and Manitou telehandler, Caterpillar 966M Wheeled Loading Shovel, cherry picker, articulated lorry and tractors. 2008 – 2020 Metrol Technology

LEAD DATA ACQUISITION FIELD ENGINEER

Lead engineer on wireless acoustic, wireline acoustic, sonar and memory gauge data retrieval. Worked both on and offshore in multiple locations, Angola, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nigeria, North Sea (all sectors) Qatar, Trinidad, UAE & Vietnam. Worked on numerous offshore installations including platforms, semi submersibles, drill ships, jack ups, supply vessels and dive vessels.

Possesses a degree in Geology and has good commercial awareness of the oil industry. Understands the geological and geophysical processes surrounding reservoir deposition, hydrocarbon generation and reservoir development and management. Understands the importance of gathering good quality reservoir information. Has a full understanding of the importance that data needs to be both accurate and precise. Experienced in mobilising highly sophisticated equipment to destinations around the world. Transporting kit onward to onshore/offshore installations. Regularly arranged shipping logistics, lifting certification, clearance for dangerous goods, transport to port, clearing customs etc within set timeframes. Experienced in working in remote locations with limited infrastructure, setting up and running jobs with minimal support. Travel to any location in the world poses no issues. Possesses a wealth of technical knowledge and accustomed to working within vastly different environments.

Demonstrable leadership ability when working with teams. Capable of adapting to work with varying backgrounds and level of ability of other engineers. Strong people skills, demonstrated by working with trainee engineers, coaching them to develop their skills. Enjoy working with people from different cultures and have excellent communication skills. Understanding of both geological and engineering terminology results in excellent understanding of rig operations and rationale behind them. Adept at interfacing with oil company representatives on a daily basis and other service / rig personnel. In addition to being a lead field engineer, Metrol selected some engineers from operations department, to work in the office for R&D when not offshore. Engineers that displayed inquisitive skills and who were regarded as dependable were selected. Metrol allocated myself to conduct component testing for R&D. WORK DUTIES

FIELD ENGINEER

Programming electronic tools including pressure and temperature gauges, transmitter stations, Metrol Firing Head, Metrol Sampler Actuator (MSA), Distributed Temperature Array (DTA), accelerometers, magnetometers, E-Line MAPs (eline deployed transmitter and receiver), ROV deployable sonars and surface deployable sonars. Also Building and pressure testing gauge carriers. Running gauge carriers in hole as well as fitting transmitter stations strategically to tubing. Connecting, testing and running sub-sea cabling. During well testing, continually monitor and critically assess pressures and temperatures in the well and pass data to client. Determine whether tester valve has opened/closed when commanded or if commands have failed. Relay the outcome of tester valve functions to test engineer as this is critical information during well testing. Once well test is completed and tools are brought to surface, download the pressure and temperature data then prepare pressure and temperature plots for client. Complete pressure and temperature reports with additional annotation of pressure and temperature graphs which requires an understanding of downhole activity both within the tubing string and annulus. Metrol also undertake well monitoring via wireline using an E-line acoustic transmitter. Operated this system in North Sea, South America and West Africa. Once job completed organise demobilisation of kit and sending back to UK. R &D COMPONENT TESTING

Experienced in working in R&D laboratory carrying out testing to identify components that can function in high temperature environments and identify the voltages and timeframe over which these parts can operate. Skilled in preparing electronic components for test, soldering them onto PCB boards, wiring the boards and connecting to test housings. Continual monitoring using electrical equipment such as LCRs and SMUs. Skilled at producing analytical reports for head of R&D, detailing how the components were performing or had performed. Was responsible for uploading all data to dedicated database pre assembly & post assembly of test boards and for managing the data collected and posting the final results of the tests. SCOPE OF WORK

Select components, typically capacitors and resistors for testing. Order parts and when they arrive, QC the components. Solder the parts to PCB boards then prepare for testing. This included washing, drying and baking boards. The boards would then require conformal coating, then mounting and wiring them inside test housings ready to be placed into test ovens. Whilst in test ovens, monitor component behaviour during temperature cycles and soak periods. If faults arose, troubleshoot and fault find to identify the problems, then work to find a solution. Periodically produce reports to show the change in behaviour or deterioration in performance over time. These reports are then presented to heads of electronics and R + D to decide if the parts will be of use in certain downhole tools. All information about the component gathered from tests and reports are then added to component database.

2006 – 2008 Baker Hughes, Production Quest, Dyce, Aberdeen LEAD FIELD ENGINEER

Lead Field engineer specialising in installation of permanent downhole gauges for completion wells. Using hands on engineering and electronic skills to install, deploy and operate real time downhole data gauges. This position was mainly based in the North Sea. I felt that the engineer position at Baker Hughes was limited in terms of career progression. A position arose at Metrol that allowed worldwide travel and an opportunity to further develop my skillset.

2005 – 2006 Schlumberger Oilfield UK Plc, Dyce, Aberdeen MWD FIELD SPECIALIST

My role was to carry out Measurement While Drilling in support of the Directional Driller. Downhole and surface sensors were required to be set up, calibrated then tested before running in hole. Once running in hole and drilling, continuous monitoring of the multiple MWD sources was pivotal in the operation to determine the position of the drill bit. Schlumberger drilling department had an employment drive due to high oil price. A position arose at Baker in completions that offered more stability. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

Metrol gained a contract in UAE with significant future potential based upon my ability to push and articulate company products.

Metrol have history of producing new tools which requires field engineers to display initiative when new tools may not function as expected. Was the first engineer to successfully run Metrol’s prototype MCV tool. It had previously failed on three other jobs. Displayed knowledge and understanding to identify an anomaly in the coding and reprogrammed the tool which then ran successfully. Successfully carried this activity whilst under pressure, working alone with no support from the onshore R&D team. While working in the UAE, identified a time lag issue with data from a high temperature gauge. Having a geology degree made me aware that this could potentially result in data being misaligned to the incorrect reservoir horizon. Liaised with the onshore R&D team to identify a successful resolution. Metrol were sub contracted in the UAE through another company who were providing DST tools. The DST tools failed on 3 consecutive runs. Metrol had recently developed new high temperature rated DST tools. Following my intervention, the contractor contracted Metrol’s DST tools for future campaigns. Set the Metrol company record for time spent at a rig site in 2019 at sixty-seven consecutive days. EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING

2000 - 2005 BSc Geology & Petroleum Geology University of Aberdeen 1999 - 2000 Aboyne Academy

1994 - 1999 Greenock Academy

Higher Grades English, Geography, Physics

Standard Grades Chemistry, Computing, Craft and Design, English, French, Geography, Mathematics, Physics

OFFSHORE CERTIFICATION

Offshore Medical Certificate, valid until 18/7/21

OPITO approved FOET with HUET and EBS valid until 5/12/21 OPITO approved FOET with CA-ABS valid until 5/12/21 Norwegian escape chute valid until 5/12/21

MIST valid until 9/12/22

GWO CERTIFICATION

GWO Basic Safety Training valid until Jan 2023

GWO Basic Technical Training valid until Jan 2121

-Mechanical, Hydraulic and Electrical training

Wind ID - AL000643GB

ADDITIONAL COURSES AND TRAINING

Team Based Supervisory Skills Safety Leadership

Safety Observations Data Analysis

Hand soldering and reflow soldering Pressure Testing Manual Slinger & Crane Handling Risk Assessment

Hydrogen Sulphide Awareness Completions Design, Petrofac Montrose Operations and maintenance

7 week MWD training school Schlumberger Sugarland, Texas. OTHER INFORMATION

Full Driving Licence

Willing to travel locally and globally

Fully inoculated to work worldwide

Fully inoculated against COVID (Pfizer)

REFERENCES

Aberdeen Grain Site Supervisor: David Giles Metrol Reliability Engineer: Laurent Beausseron Email : *****.*****@*************.*** Email : *****.*******@*****.*** Phone : 078**-****** Phone : 079**-******

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