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Mohamad Shehada, Air Drilling Operations Engineer

Mohamad Shehada

Air Drilling Operations Engineer·Ali & Sons Oilfield Supplies & Services Company L.L.C.

United Arab Emirates

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering

Work experience

Total years of experience: 3 years, 2 months

Air Drilling Operations Engineer

September 2014 - February 2015

Ali & Sons Oilfield Supplies & Services Company L.L.C.

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

September 2014 - February 2015

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Perform corrective and protective maintenance for equipment and troubleshoot different problems
• Check ADCO drilling and workover daily summary and analyze all upcoming operations and jobs
• Participate in daily technical meetings with air drilling team to prepare ADCO requirements
• Maintain, operate and test air drilling and mud cooling packages at yard and fill pressure test inspection sheet
• Rig up/down, and operate the equipment for air drilling and mud cooling operations
• Prepare Drilling Program for 17 ½ and 12 ¼ hole section
• Study Barton's Recorder charts and use Daniel Orifice Flow Calculator
• Calculate air drilling parameters like Air Flow Rate, Equivalent Circulating Density (ECD), Equivalent Mud Weight (EMW), Air/Mud Ratio
• Install stripper rubber with proper alignment on the rotating head
• Participate and supervise mud cooling jobs to save MWD sensors in directional drilling
• Perform minor repairs and maintenance to electrical and mechanical equipment
• Prepare maintenance schedule for air drilling and mud cooling equipment
• Prepare all travel and transportation arrangements to site with job supervisor
• Attend and participate in all safety meetings and follow ADCO life protection rules (LPR)
• Attend many jobs at NDC rig sites in cooperation with supervisor for air drilling operations
• Make an inventory for air drilling and mud cooling packages before and after jobs
• Complete HSE documentations for air drilling and mud cooling packages as a requirement of ADCO
• Prepare technical reports for the ADCO and attend meetings with ADCO Drilling Supervisor (DS) to plane for air drilling
Equipment list:
• Air Drilling Package (Oil-Injected Rotary screw compressors, Three-stages ARIEL Boosters, Diesel CAT Engines, Air Cooling System, Barton's Recorder, Rotating Head, and Valves)
• Mud Cooling Package(ALFA LAVAL Plate Heat Exchanger, Air Cooling Unit, Centrifugal Pump, Electric Generator, Manifold and Strainer)

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Engineering

Volunteer

February 2014 - June 2014

Takatof

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

February 2014 - June 2014

Company industry:
Other Business Support Services
Job role:
Support Services

Intern

July 2012 - August 2012

Baker Hughes

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

July 2012 - August 2012

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Read and understand the Service Unit Sheets for oil tools and the engineering drawings
• Direct contact with clients in technical meetings addressing their requirements
• Maintain and assemble/disassemble of downhole equipment used in Open and Cased Hole
• Evaluate and approve operational quality of equipment and ensure the performance of all equipment’s parts through pressure testing before sending them to clients
• Participate with maintenance team in troubleshooting, service, and repair of equipment
• Perform and report regular quality inspections
Equipment list:
• Running tool (HR, Dogs Sub, Debris Barrier and Lift Nipple)
• Liner assembly (Hanger Packer, Drillable Packoff Bushing and Liner hanger)
• Shoe track components (Landing Collar, Float Collar and Float Shoe)
• Cementing job equipment (TD and LC)

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Teaching and Academics

Program coordinator

September 2010 - September 2011

Khalifa University Student Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

September 2010 - September 2011

*Worked as a program coordinator
*Contact companies to organize trips to the students

Company industry:
Non-profit Organization
Job role:
Administration

Invigilator

September 2009 - September 2010

Outreach Test Center, British Council

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

September 2009 - September 2010

*Data entry
*Organizing the students

Company industry:
Primary, Prep, & Secondary School
Job role:
Administration

Education

Khalifa University

June 2013

June 2013

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering

United Arab Emirates

GPA (point): 3.13 out of 4

GPA (point): 3.13 out of 4

* Design, fabrication and testing a R/C UAV to participate in Cessna/Raytheon Student Design/Build/Fly Competition * Won Hamdan Award, Best Applied Project Award, for the Design, Build and Fly Project (DBF) * Participated in the X-Culture International Business Collaboration Project * Participated in the Engineering Innovation Day at Khalifa University * Worked as an Intern Engineer in the Completions and Productions Department at Baker Hughes * Design, fabricate and test a mechanical window cleaning system to clean high buildings as a senior design project

Sir Baniyas School

June 2007

June 2007

High school or equivalent, Scientific Stream

United Arab Emirates

GPA (percentage): 95.2%

GPA (percentage): 95.2%

High School Scientific Stream Certificate

Skills

Microsoft Office
Expert
Microsoft Office
Expert
MATLAB
Expert
MATLAB
Expert
Solidworks
Expert
Solidworks
Expert
ANSYS
Expert
ANSYS
Expert
Proengineer
Expert
Proengineer
Expert
C++
Intermediate
C++
Intermediate
Solidworks
Intermediate
Solidworks
Intermediate
Microsoft Office
Expert
Microsoft Office
Expert
Pro/Engineer
Intermediate
Pro/Engineer
Intermediate
ANSYS
Intermediate
ANSYS
Intermediate
MATLAB
Intermediate
MATLAB
Intermediate
Corel DRAW
Intermediate
Corel DRAW
Intermediate
Excellent Analytical, Communication & Interpersonal Skills, Ability to perform under pressure
Expert
Excellent Analytical, Communication & Interpersonal Skills, Ability to perform under pressure
Expert
Proengineer
Expert
Proengineer
Expert

Languages

Arabic

Expert

English

Expert

Memberships

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Member

April 2010

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

Member

April 2010

Hobbies and interests

Running, jogging and walking,
Biking, swimming and jet-skiing
Drawing and sketching