Drilling Project Engineer

RESUME

Oct - ****

NAME: AbdulAzim Ali

DISCIPLINE: Drilling Engineer

DATE OF BIRTH: 24 June 1955

PLACE OF BIRTH: Khartoum - Sudan

NATIONALITY: Dutch

RESIDENCE: Netherlands

MARITAL STATUS: Married

ADDRESS: Beuzeveen - 148

Assen - 9407 HD

The Netherlands

Mobile +31-684******

E-Mail: ********@*******.***

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EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

41 years of extensive drilling, completions and workover experience in engineering, supervision and management, working in various oil companies (majors and independents) in roles as drilling engineer, drilling superintendent, drilling manager and technical consultant/advisor. Worked in many countries both onshore and offshore, and in a multi-national and multi-discipline teams

My main specialities are:

a) Supervision of drilling and well engineering projects (offshore and onshore)

b) Design and operational aspects of a wide variety of wells (drilling and completion), such as high angle, drilling in depleted /sensitive reservoirs

c) *Extended Reach Drilling

d) Drilling Optimization Studies

e) Wellbore stability

f) Drilling fluids optimization

g) Design complicated P & A projects

h) Rigs selections

i) Float and cementing floated casing

j) Split conductors on production platforms (did two jobs for Chevron – UK & four jobs for Apache Corp UK)

*Designed and drilled the first successful ERD Well on the Alba Platform in the North Sea for Chevron – UK (review page 5 of this C.V)

**Successfully introduced to the Chevron Captain platform for the first time the technique of cementing a floated production casing through an inner cement string (review page 2 of this C.V)

Note: A detailed separate report listing the actual optimization projects, which I did for some of the North – Sea operators will be provided on request

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Presently: Senior Drilling Engineer with the Golden Arrow for Performance

Nov 18 - June 2019 Chevron North Sea ltd

Consultant Senior Drilling Engineer

Aberdeen, Uk

I was planning and designing a critical ERD - well on the Chevron Captain platform – where it was required to float the casing – my main accomplishment during the seven months contract was : **Successfully introduced to the Captain platform for the first time the technique of cementing a floated production casing through an inner cement string

Jan 2015 – Oct 2018 Golden Arrow for Performance BV

Consultant/(Owner), provide Senior Drilling Engineer / Drilling Superintendent / Drilling Manager services for different operators in North and central Africa

Mar 2014 - Nov 2014 KOGAS B.V in Dubai

Staff Drilling Superintendent / (Drilling Manager) – Had 15 drilling and workover Engineers working for me, planning and gearing up for drilling 6 wells and workover 4 existing wells in the North – West of Iraq.

Nov 2012 – Mar 2014 NAM-Shell in the Netherlands

Consultant Senior Drilling Engineer Land Operation

Land rigs : Synergy – 1 and rig – 4

I did the basic well designs for drilling a 14 wells ‘De – Wijk N2 EGR’ field in a very sensitive environmental area just next to the high way, along with one workover well and six P&A wells also in a sensitive area in North and West Holland

Jun 2011 – Nov 2012 CHEVRON EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION NETHERLANDS B.V.

Consultant Senior Drilling Engineer Offshore Operation (Jack-up and platforms) North Sea

J/U Rig: Noble Byron Welliver : Drilled the well P02 – 10 well and was responsible for planning and lining up drilling wells on the Helder, Helm, Horizon and Hoorn platforms. Also made the full design with Baker and Wetherford for making a deep sidetrack utilizing a casing whipstock and drilling horizontally all on Coil - Tubing

May 2008 – May 2011 KARACHAGANAKPETROLEUMOPERATING B.V.in KAZAKHSTAN

Field Superintendent / Technical Support Expert Land Operations (5 drilling rigs and 3 workover rigs)

Oct 2007 – April 2008 EnCana International QATAR LTD

Consultant Senior Staff Drilling Engineer (Supervision of one land rig)

Aug 2006 – Sep 2007 Perenco North Sinai (Egypt) &Perenco Tunisia

Consultant Drilling Superintendent/(Drilling Manager)

Aug 2005 – Aug 2006 Apache Corp – UK (North – Sea)

Operation Engineer supporting 1 jack-up rig (Galaxy III) and 1 platform rig (On Delta Platform)

Apr 1999 – July 2005 CHEVRON UK

Consultant Drilling Engineer

On completion of NAM “GO” Project, remained with Performance Drilling in the Netherlands as a Project Engineer for call-out work. Assignments included rotational work on Chevron Alba Platform in the UK North Sea, as well as Engineer duties in Chevron UK office. Assumed full-time Alba North Drilling Engineer position in Feb 2001. Conducted engineering project work for Performance Drilling during time off. Joined Performance Drilling team of professionals responsible for Chevron’s 8-well subsea development (AXS Project) in November 2001.Continued working for Chevron/Texaco UK until July2005 working on the Alba platform drilling projects.

Jul 1997 – Apr 1999 NAM (SHELL NETHERLANDS)

Project Engineer

Joined Performance Drilling Ltd as a Project Engineer on NAM’s “GO” Well Construction Partnering Initiative, filling a position of Project Engineer. Responsible for planning offshore Well Construction Projects, followed by supporting the Drilling Superintendent in an Operations Engineer role during the Project Execution.

1996 - 1997 BAROID – NORTH - SEA

Mud Engineer

1995 MINISTRY OF ENERGY Sudan

Advisor to the Minister of Energy for Oil & Gas for the Sudanese Government.

1993 -1994 STATE PETROLEUM CORPORATION Calgary Canada

Operations Superintendent

Represented State Petroleum Corporation in Khartoum preparing for Sudan drilling project.

1992 Baroid North Sea and USA

Mud Engineer

1979 - 1991 Chevron Sudan & Chevron USA and Sudan Government

Drilling Engineer & (Assistant Drilling Manager)

Employed by Chevron USA, and fulfilled intensive Drilling Engineering Training and Development Programme in the USA, being promoted to Assistant Drilling Manager for Chevron in Sudan in 1987. (Scored the top of the list of the drilling engineers and geologists evaluations sheets for 5 years. Left Chevron S in 1990 as a result of Chevron leaving Sudan.

Filled the position of the first national Operation Manger, worked for the Sudanese Ministry of Energy. Repaired and put on production three wells in Abu - Gabra field, including the supervision of drilling, construction and production operations.

NAM/Shell accomplishments:

1.Introduce, plan, and supervise barefoot testing in the NAM/Shell drilling operation in the Netherlands, in the well Q-16. The barefoot testing was performed and saved running and cementing, and perforating a liner string. Money saved was 6 million guilders.

2.The first TLD process was introduced/ applied on Shell operation in 1997 was on my rig offshore on the well K7 - 12 well, where 12 million guilders were saved due to the conceptual design change which I made on the well, it was a big change for the standard Shell design. I managed to drill with one BHA, one mud weight, one bit, the formations Zechstein, Upper Rotliegend into the Carboniferous formation. This was a special design where I managed to plan the well directionally so that it would penetrate the Zechstein salts through the floating blocks all the way into the carboniferous formations. This had reflected the accuracy on Bits, BHA, Mud weight, Mud type and down hole tools selections. Again Shell had organised an international conference where I had demonstrated the savings and the TLD which was done due to changing the normal well design. The well was a big success where I had got 100% ranking from the NAM/Shell business unit.

Drilling Optimization and Wellbore – Stability studies

I did optimization studies for Apache and Chevron UK, which resulted in saving on time and money. With the optimization studies I used to prepare technical studies, for example, a well bore stability study for Chevron UK and my recommendations had been utilized for the last 15 years on the Alba Northern platform. I also did one for Chevron – NL for the Helm - Platform and resulted on cancelling drilling/sidetracking a re-entered well, where I predicted that the expected drilling ECD’s would exceed the reservoir fracture pressure.

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