Directional Drilling Supervisor
Pathfinder
Total years of experience :27 years, 5 Months
Short term contract to drill 8 directional “S” type wells including one horizontal intersection type well utilising rotating magnet technology and software in the Queensland CSG industry. Utilised standard triple combo / motor BHA’s and Pathfinder DOX directional software.
Origin : Company man In CSG industry Surat Basin
Manage day to day on site management of all drilling activities and HSE matters. Coordinate with logistics to ensure all requirements of the projects are met in a timely fashion. Follow the prescribed drilling program and mentor junior staff members.
InterOil :Day Company man in PNG for InterOil on Rig 2.
Manage day to day operations on site. Develop and follow Drilling program for under balanced drilling utilising state of the art Managed Pressure Drilling equipment and techniques of both Triceratops and Antelope fields. Recent wells have included the use of Weather ford’s RCD & DDV ( downhole deployment valves) and Mud Cap drilling practices to drill into high pressure formations ( 3500psi BHP) with total loses. These managed pressure drilling techniques were used consequently in wireline logging runs, DST testing and completions.
Manage the mobilisation and demobilisation of a helicopter transportable rig. Coordinate with the many facets required to accommodate and supply the rig site with accommodation for 120 staff. On a daily basis manage the numerous service company specialists on site to provide support and expertise for the various drilling, testing and completion phases of these very high pressure wells. Daily manage the HSE requirements, permit to work system and liaise with the Simmons drilling operators who supply personnel for InterOil’s Rig #2.
Comply with the local PNG DPE requirements and make sure that the correct daily reporting procedure are adhered to.
Reporting directly to the MD my responsibilities include all Operational control of the company’s core business. I am directly in control of well planning and engineering for all of the company’s clients and provide daily liaison with Santo’s D & C group. I attend most morning Operations meetings and all DWOP and technical engineering meetings. I am heavily involved in Business Development, having brought two new clients into the company’s portfolio and also provide technical input for new technologies to be introduced both to the company and the clients. I am involved in developing a new business unit within the company, namely an SIS business unit.. As part of my business development role I am also tasked with introducing potential new investors to the company.
Working within the Oil and CBM industry for a small privately owned company with divisions in Wire line logging and Directional Drilling services to the resource industry. Brought into the company to help build the companies systems and gain work within the Oil and Gas sector with a view to the company floating on the stock exchange either this year or early next year.
My remit was to initially observe the current operations and implement new procedures and strategies to achieve the company’s aim of diversifying from the CBM sector into the Oil and Gas sector. This involved sourcing the appropriate tools to enable the company to compete, introducing and building a comprehensive training scheme within the companies framework, the introduction of new software and engineering and planning techniques currently employed within the Oil and Gas industry.I have built good relationships with Santos, Pathfinder and InterOil (PNG) and have added new high dollar revenue into the core business through the introduction of concise planning and engineering for Oil and Gas projects. Further, I have recently managed to win an international contract for the company to be the preferred supplier of technology and manpower for InterOil (PNG), drilling on the world’s largest gas reserve fields in PNG.I have maintained the usual operational manager’s functions with respect to current company systems and monthly accounting and cost controls, as well as hiring new employees. I make frequent field based trips to support both the client and the company’s personnel.
Halliburton (Indonesia). Directional Driller(F17). Sperry Drilling Services
Utilising current directional drilling technologies to drill a variety of well designs throughout the world.Jan 2005 I was seconded to China’s Changbei project and drilled on Rig # 3 using primarily motor assemblies with triple combo LWD and real time vibration and hydraulic analysis systems Recently drilled 7 multilateral 7500’+/- utilising 4 ¾” tools, both PDM motors and Sperry’s Rotary steerable 5200 system with gamma and inclination at the bit on the North slope in Alaska.
During 2007/9 I drilled a series of wells both on and offshore Balikpapan again utilising the Sperry suite of Rotary steerable systems as well as motor assemblies, simple pendulum assemblies and rotary AGS assemblies. Recently drilled a light architecture well for Total using a Slick bore assembly, which dramatically increased the overall drilling performance of this type of well.
I currently use on a daily basis Compass, Planit and Insite directional software to plan wells, analyse assemblies calculate torque and drag, hydraulics, whirl etc as well as other specialised hardware/software ( DrillSvr, PWD, DDS etc) to monitor and analyse down hole vibrations and hydraulics real time
Working off-shore in Thailand and surrounding areas drilling for Unocal and Chevron in the Gulf of Thailand running MWD with PWD and Triple Combo LWD systems. Drilling high pressure, high temperature 2D and 3D wells to 15, 000 ft MD.
Project manager on an Australian Banks’ Network Development and Implementation Project. Supervision of Technology refurbishment and hardware/software roll outs. Supervision of structured cabling and network design for office based technologies. Site management of most projects was also a prerequisite for this position and I site managed many such projects through Queensland.
Utilising a multitude of SSDS tools and drilling equipment and techniques. Horizontal wells of large, medium and short radius as well as re-entry systems, MLTB, whipstocks and rotary steerable systems.
Doha, MWD/LWD Co-ordinator.
Management and control of daily operations for 16 rigs
Planning of efficient daily workflow practices, roster systems and delegation of duties
Liaison with clients
Dealing with software and equipment failure problems
Instigation and set up of calibration and store facility
Calculation of business forecasts.
Preparation of payroll for Offshore Engineers, maintenance and updating of staff records
Team environment and to communicate at culturally diverse and socio-economic levels
To support Systems Administrator on Windows NT 3.51 System (LAN/WAN)
On / Off shore engineer, delivering multiple surveying services to to North Sea region.
Production Engineer working on CNC machine tool programming and Planning. Worked extensively on introduction of Computer Aided process planning system, including, hardware, software and training functions.
Post graduate Diploma in Information Technology.
.BSc in Mechanical Engineering, 3rd class Hons
‘Highest’ – Geography, Chemistry, Physics, English, Maths ‘O’ Levels – Ten including English and Mathematics Additional Vocational Training Competent in WellView and IDS Daily reporting systems