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Contact Info:

C/O, Saudi Aramco,

Dhahran,

KSA.

Email: adz3jl@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile: +966-*********

Professional Background:

18+ years of extensive exposure in

various well engineering &

supervisor roles onshore & offshore

including deepwater worldwide.

Summary: Accomplishments:

• Lead Drilling Engineer presently

working with Inpex Coorporation, Japan

in Deep HPHT Exploration & Gas Projects

at Abu Dhabi.

• Designing & planning Exploration &

Appraisal HPHT Gas Wells with 12,000

psi, 300 F; 6% H2S, 5% CO2 in Kurdistan

Region of Iraq.

• Some fields were in Marine Protected

Habitat & Zero Discharge Policy was

implemented. These wells were drilled &

temporarily suspended/abandoned

using ‘Mudline Suspension System

(MLS).

• Strong engineering & management skills

having worked on different exploration,

development & work-over projects with

knowledge of geology, reservoir &

production engineering.

• In depth knowledge of supervising

drilling & work-over operations at rig

site.

• Knowledge of inventory control &

drilling equipment.

• Sound knowledge of the safety practices

& governmental regulations.

• Demonstrate HSE leadership at all times

to all members of the drilling and

completion team in office and on rig.

• Worked on full project life-cycle

including reviewing and preparing

Drilling Engineering programs and

execution procedures.

• Experience with Project Management:

planning, coordinating, and

implementing projects within the

decided-upon budget, timeline, and

scope.

• Led a multi-disciplinary team to develop

advanced digital solutions for drilling

and completion and delivered significant

cost savings across global assets.

• Awarded at Special Olympics, Abu Dhabi World Games 2019 for Directing Volunteers Spectator Services.

• Awarded by Al-Yasat Petroleum CEO for achieving “BU Haseer First Oil Milestone” in April 2018 & savings of 10 MM USD.

• Awarded by Al-Dhafra Petroleum for “Successful Drilling

& Well Testing of Bu Dana Appraisal Well.”

• Presented SPE-183367-MS Paper at ADIPEC 2016 as main author for “Free Rotating Eccentric Guide Shoe Reached TD in High Angle Well Saves 60 hours of Rig Time.”

• Presented SPE-183382-MS Paper at ADIPEC 2016 as co- author for “Successful Well Testing Operations by Using a Single Trip Retrievable Isolation & Testing Packer in Ghasha Appraisal Well.”

• Developed “New Casing Design for Exploration HPHT deep gas wells”. Ability to achieve desired hole size across reservoir, no dispensations or deviation from Code of Practice).

• Received ADIPEC prestigious award for “Jack-up Rig Preload Procedure & Innovative Safe Rig Approach in 2015.

• Received “Best Rig of the Year” Awards for Shuwehat in 2015 & 2018 as one of the key member.

• 1st time ever in ADNOC to perform “External Casing Repair” successfully. This saved 20 MM USD slot

recovery operations. Presented the same at innovations & abstract at ADIPEC 2014.

• Ran & cemented “Longest 7” liner 14,050 ft & 9-5/8” liner ( 11,600 ft)” successfully within UAE.

• Safely integrated many new rigs to fleet without any HSE issue following safe in-take process and company policies.

• Successfully implemented “Additional Casing Design” in one

of the biggest oil field Zakum for very long departure wells.

• Successfully batch drilled wells with savings of 5.0 MM USD.

• Presented paper on Gas Hydrates Production using Electromagnetic Waves at S.P.E ‘Annual Industrial

Interaction.

• Presented paper on Mumbai Offshore & Western Coast of India at ‘World Oil Review Summit’ in Oct 2004.

Work Exp Well Types: Responsibilities & KPI’s:

July 20 – Present

(2 years)

Lead Drilling

Engineer at Inpex

Corporation

• Complex HPHT Exp/Appraisal/Dev

Wells

• Shallow gases at 800m drilled with

up to 20 ppg mud.

• Extremely challenging & narrow

PPFG profiles drilling through highly

fractured carbonates with deep

water tables deploying techniques

ranging from air drilling, mist/foam

drilling and managed pressured

drilling in a severely high H2S/CO2

environment requiring several

casing strings.

• Extremely challenging drilling.

• Office Based Lead Drilling Engineer

focused on both: Front-End Planning &

Design, to ensure safe & efficient field

development.

• Manage, assure & execute drilling &

completion operations safely &

efficiently.

• Ensure Health, Safety, Security &

Environment (HSSE) is integrated in the

design, procedure & execution of wells

operations. Actively promote HSSE,

Wells Process Safety principles &

Sustainable Development in all activities

& ensure compliance with business

principles.

July 18 – June 20

(2 years)

Lead Drilling

Engineer at Dana Gas /

Crescent Petroleum,

Sharjah UAE.

Operating in

Chemchemal &

Khormor fields in

Kurdistan, Iraq

• Carbonate gas reservoirs with total

losses that cannot be cured.

• Multi well pad batch and concurrent

drilling operations.

• Wells require 15K BOP stack &

MASP reaches to 10K psi.

• Complex casing design requiring

underreaming to able to run casing

sizes.

• Relief Wells designs considering

“Worst Case Discharge (WCD)” &

“Dynamic Killing” methods with

Wild Well Control.

• Demonstrate commitment & leadership

with respect to the delivery of annual

safety goals & action plans.

• Act as a Contract Focal Point for some

Well Delivery contracts including

contribution to the write up of the Scope

of Work & preparation of tender

documents, technical evaluation,

monitoring expenditure, advising the

team on best practices in utilizing the

contract.

• Develop & maintain well activity risk

register, along with the required

controls, preventions & mitigations for

implementation.

• Coach & provide training for young well

engineers & interns.

• Prepare Basis of Design based on

deterministic & probabilistic well time

estimates.

June 14 – June 18

(4 years)

• Khuff/Pre-Khuff HPHT Deep

Exploration & Appraisal Gas Wells

drilled in open water using Mudline

Suspension Hangers having BHST

350 F; BHP: 12,000 psi; 38% H2S,

7% CO2 & 20,000ft TVD.

• Multistage cased hole fracturing &

well stimulation services for tight

• Specialized in HPHT well engineering

planning and delivery process, complex

equipment sourcing and preparation,

costing.

• Standalone Planning & Operations

Engineer was responsible for all

operations of exploration wells drilled

by 3000 HP drilling rig.

Senior Well

Engineer at Abu Dhabi

National Oil Company

Offshore (ADNOC

Offshore), UAE.

Worked in Hair Dalma,

Hail & Ghasha, Umm

Shaif, Zakum, Nasr &

SARB fields.

reservoirs.

• Maximum Reservoir Contact (MRC)

wells with lateral section of 10,000

ft & 3-5 ft porous section TVD.

• Various wells such as ERD, HPHT &

Sour Gas wells, Dual/single oil

producers, dual/single gas/water

producers/injectors etc.

• Successfully performed well testing

operations of exploration of oil &

gas wells in several fields within

UAE

• Performed detailed study between DST’s

vs. Production Test for

future appraisal/explorations wells.

• Extensive hands on experience on

advanced casing design and OCTG

related subjects i.e. tight tolerance well

design, practical APB mitigation, HPHT

life cycle load cases, conductor study,

corrosion and material testing for

sour/CO2 application & connection

design/qualification. Well familiar with

the use of API 5CT, CRA & NACE

MR0175.

• Completed fastest dual oil producer

wells in record time of 53 days with

savings of 8.0 MM USD on AFE.

Sept 08 – May 14

(6 years)

Drilling Supervisor &

Drilling Engineer at

PDO, Oman and

Arrow Energy,

Brisbane, Australia

Onshore Deep

Drilling HP/HT

Exploration Project

with high H2S Oil

Wells in Harweel,

South Oman

Gas wells

development Project

in Surat Basin,

Queensland, Australia

• 1500m difficult salt section was

drilled using Ander- reamers.

• 7” x 4- ” tapered liner & 2-3/8”

x 3- ” inner string.

• Experienced total losses while

drilling top holes & carried out blind

drilling with mud caps.

• Overpressure floaters / carbonate

stringers - 22 kPa/m mud.

• New (medium & short radius,

horizontal, multilaterals, ERD) &

Work-over (sidetrack, re-entry,

whipstock).

• Drilled on SOBM for extremely

difficult Shale sections.

• High H2S well with up to 200,000

ppm.

• Extremely difficult and remote well

locations requiring long lead times

for equipment/personnel at rig site.

• Very Hard anhydrite section across

12-1/4” section drilled with

Tungsten Carbide bits and turbine.

• Work-over wells with very high H2S.

• Casing remedial work-over

operations.

• Well killing and pulling completions

to remediate well to either produce

from same zone or new producing

intervals.

• Snubbing, coil tubing and

bullheading operations.

• In charge for complete drilling execution

for deep drilling operations.

• Ensure zero HSE recordable incidents at

all times.

• Execute all drilling activities as per

drilling program, company standards

and policies without compromising on

well quality.

• Issue written instructions to rig site

personnel and ensure all personnel

involved are understood through pre-

job meetings.

• Optimized drilling practices to drill

difficult 12-1/4” sections with single

BHA run and increased average ROP

from overall field average.

• Risk assess any amendments to drilling

program & deviations to company

standards, acquiring necessary

approvals where required through

MoC’s.

• Capture, close-out & transfer lessons

learnt for implementation into next well

program. Deliver detailed After-Action

Reviews (AAR) & End of Well Reports

(EOWR).

• Work closely with the Service

Companies to deliver focused &

measurable performance improvement

plans throughout the line of business,

including proactive KPIs to measure

performance.

• Monitor and maintain well equipment

inventories and ensure required

• Established an efficient knowledge-

sharing process within engineering

organization and provide engineers

with the tools and skills to capture

lessons learned.

• Ensure wells are handed over to

rigless or production department in

integral and safe manner, leaving

minimal footprints from drilling

activities.

equipment/services are delivered to rig

site through Lookahead process.

• Minimize NPT’s at rig site through

innovative solutions.

• Ensure all equipment received at rig site

are inspected, certified as per company

compliance and requirements.

• Involve in rig’s critical operations such

as well control, BHA pull out, casing,

cementing etc.

• Update daily drilling/other reports, cost,

equipment consumption, reconciliation

reports, time vs depth curves and send

to HQ.

• Discuss way forward with Senior

Drilling Engineer on daily basis.

• Participate with HQ in all

implementation of policies, HSE

statistics etc. Provide technical inputs

during critical well operations.

• Participate in performance review with

drilling contractors and other service

companies.

• Ensure all personnel at rig site are

aware of emergency procedures and

response plans.

• Monitor training and development of rig

site trainees.

July 05 – Aug 08

(3 years).

Night Drilling

Supervisor at

Transocean Integrated

Project Management

working for

ONGC, India.

Horizontal & ERD Wells

on Bombay High Offshore

work-over operations &

Exploration Deepwater

Vertical Wells on Eastern

Coast of India.

• Ran 7” versa flex expandable

liner hanger from Halliburton.

• Worked with articulation tools for

drilling SRD wells from Sperry sun.

• Casing while drilling was

implemented, where shallow

formation losses occurred.

• Horizontal wells were drilled in

fractured granite basement for gas.

• Batch drilling – Used oil base mud

across shale section.

• Performed DST’s & Production

Tests in several wells.

• Ran different completion strings

such as CRA Monobore, Smart

Completion with ICV’s, gauges, ICD

completions.

• Multilateral Tieback System (MLTS)

Level-5, Vertical & horizontal

open/cased hole multi-zone DST’s.

• Long reach-shallow TVD, tight

cementing ECD margin, open hole

sidetrack and frac pack.

• Pull corroded completions & replace

with new completions.

• Work-over and slot recoveries.

• Planning, design & documentation of

well activities in compliance with Wells

Manuals, conducting detailed offset

analysis & using appropriate design

applications,

e.g. Landmark EDM applications to

design casing strings, simulate drilling

operations & formulate safe operating

limits & parameters for all operations in

the drilling program.

• Provide input & suggestions on material

& service contracts to enable high

performance to contract holder,

including failures & issues with current

tools, new technologies to trials, cost

effective solutions, etc. Hold discussions

with contractors regarding performance,

future plans, & deviations needed.

• Develop a funnel of continuous

performance improvement initiatives,

including new technologies, throughout

the well delivery process & maturing

these through a cadence process.

• Support & foster relationships with rig

operations & asset teams including

subsurface, production, facilities &

• Re-enter the wells. construction.

• Raise company profile by reporting &

writing-up successes through papers,

conferences & networks.

• Champion & track well costs & job

timing during execution, including

differentiating trouble costs/time from

expected costs/time.

• Challenge performance continuously

(including identification of areas for

improvement). Gather, report &

distribute well data.

• Repaired corroded casing strings

externally & restored well integrity.

Education: Skills:

• Bachelors of Petroleum Engineering, India

(Average grade: 62)

• Diploma in Chemical Engineering, India

(Average grade: 66)

• Well Developed communication skills, able to interact with Ministry Departments, Share Holders & Contractors.

• Well-developed computer skills with high degree of proficiency in MS Office.

• Expert with drilling engineering software Halliburton’s Landmark Suite: StressCheck, WellCat (Casing Design with Temperature effects & Annular Fluids Expansion), WellPlans (Torque & Drag, Hydraulics), Compass

(Directional well-path), OpenWells (Daily Reporting), Data Analyzer), Schlumberger’s DrillPlan (Engineering software), Wellbarrier, WellView (Reporting software), RigView (Rig Scheduling), DrillBench Suite from

SandPower, Winserve.

• Analytical abilities & strongly motivated for cost optimization & Continuous Improvement Process.

• Sound understanding of drilling, fracking, well testing, completion, P&A operations.

• Drive & initiative: Ability to persistently identify, develop

& take opportunities forward that improve the safety & efficiency of operations.

• Ability to communicate in a way that develops teamwork

& co-operation while leading a group & ability to

motivate others.

Training/Certifications:

Safety Trainings:

• IWCF well control supervisor level from GTSC,

Abu-Dhabi & Well Control School, Muscat.

• IADC well control course Sub-Sea Supervisor

level.

• Helicopter Ditching & Helicopter Under Water

Escape. (HUET) & Elementary First Aid (EFA).

• Fire Prevention & Fire Fighting (FPFF) &

Personal Survival Techniques (PST).

Courses / On Site Trainings:

• Underbalance & Managed Pressure Drilling

Technique by Praxis in Abu Dhabi.

• ‘Horizontal Well Control’, Insignia in Abu Dhabi.

• ‘SAPphire’ trainings in Australia.

• “Developing Emotionally Intelligent

Management & Leadership Strategies” by

EuroMaTech.

• MWD & EM3 tool programming at Scientific

Drilling International, Australia.

• Well Construction, Stuck Pipe & Drilling

Practices, Transocean.

• ERD Well & Directional Drilling course

conducted by K&M Technology Group,

Houston.

• Advanced Customer Mud School – MI Swaco,

Dubai.

• Technical trainings on Directional Drilling

(Weatherford), Drilling Fluids (MI Swaco

Cementing (SLB).

References:

Mr. John Pender Drilling & Completion Engineering

Department Manager, OMV Group,

Vienna, HQ Branch

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Mr. Jiminez Jose Drilling Engineering Manager, British Petroleum, Asia Pacific

Division.

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Personal Information:

Date of Birth: 23rd Aug 1983.

Strongly believe

in:

• Keep changing with changing trends

in technology & always remain

• Training in Drilling, Cementing, Well Logging,

Well

Services, Fishing on site ‘ONGC.’

• Training in Drilling & Petroleum Geology ‘GSPC.’

• Training on Directional Drilling at ‘Indian

School of Petroleum, Delhi.’

• QUEST from Schlumberger in Paris.

• ‘Health, Safety & First Aid’ at Australian

Business

Skills Centre, Brisbane.

• On Scene Commander by Link Associates, U.K.

• Accelerated Rig Crew Training at

Schlumberger & Transocean.

trainable so that you can learn new

tricks at any point in your career.

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