Geochemistry Laboratory Supervisor
Premier oilfield group
Total years of experience :17 years, 6 Months
•Managing the performance of Geochemistry laboratories “XRF & XRD” in a safe, accurate and timely manner.
•Work with the technical team to evaluate the data and interpretation prior to delivery.
•Assist Managers in day-to-day coordination and management of business operational activities.
•Coordinate and manage project tasks to ensure project delivery within the allotted budget and timelines within the Gantt chart.
•Provide direction and guidance to internal teams to achieve performance targets.
•Plan and design methods to improve efficiency in lab production to meet company targets.
•Identify problems in the operations process and resolve them in a quick and timely manner.
•Ensure correct calibration schedules of all equipment and operation procedures for all process are being implemented throughout the lab on a daily basis.
•Inspect and monitor instruments and lab equipment daily and carry out periodic preventive maintenance and troubleshoot accordingly.
• Work with QHSE team to create a safe environment as directed by company management
•Prepares vendor evaluation for suppliers for Lab.
•Evaluating offset data before the start of drilling.
•Analyzing, evaluating and describing formations while drilling, using cuttings, gas, formation evaluation measurement while drilling (MWD) and wireline data.
•Comparing data gathered during drilling with predictions made at the exploration stage.
•Advising on drilling hazards and drilling bit optimization.
•Taking full responsibility for making decisions about suspending or continuing drilling.
•Advising operations personnel on-site and in the operations office.
•Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of measuring while drilling (MWD) tools, such as gamma and resistivity, as Geosteering becomes increasingly important.
Conduct training classes to the field engineers on the following service.
•XRF (X-Ray Fluorescence): service used to determine the elemental analysis for rocks or cuttings.
•XRD (X-Ray Diffraction): service used to determine the mineral composition for rocks or cuttings.
•SRA (Source rock analyzer): service designed to identify and characterize source rock and reservoir rock by heating geologic samples through a programmed Temperature in an inert atmosphere.
•Evaluate the employees through Weatherford Competency assessment program, and make sure that every employee has the ability to demonstrate his knowledge, skills and attitude and endorse his competence.
•Responsible for the creation, interpretation, and submittal of all reports and logs
•report feedback on drilling activity to all necessary channels onsite
•provide maintenance and on-site technical support in case of equipment failure
•have a proactive attitude towards the health and safety aspect of the job
•inform all necessary channels onsite in case of emergency or detection of a possible dangerous occurrence
•attend daily meetings and providing the client with daily reports
•manage and train all employees in the unit
•Evaluate and interpret drilling & geological data & report to the client thru RTDS.
•Revise all morning reports for all wells and communicate with the client for data interpretation.
•Evaluates Drilling data while drilling process & achieve all reports relevant to drilling, tripping operations.
•Examine geological samples and evaluate oil or gas shows & predict what of fluid.
•Prepare all reports relevant to the geological interpretation and drilling data.
•Real-time monitoring of drilling activity onsite
•Contributing to maintaining a safe working environment on the rig by interpreting the data at hand and giving feedback to the Data Engineer; drilling team and the company man
•Lending onsite technical support in case of equipment failure
•Assisting the Well-Site geologist during ‘coring operations’
•Collect, describe cutting samples, evaluate oil & gas show and report to the client.
•Watch drilling process, tripping process and drilling fluid parameters.
•Maintain and repair all mud logging equipment.
•Collect, prepare cutting samples, Maintain and repair all mud logging equipment.
I had worked as a teacher for Geology in secondary school before I moved to the petroleum industry.
I had studied the following courses in both geology and chemistry before I graduated Geology 1- Physical geology 2- Structure Geology 3- Petrography 4- Engineering Geology 5- Stratigraphy 6- Sedimentary Rocks 7- Basement Rocks whether " Igneous or Metamorphic" 8- Subsurface Geology 9- Structure Mineralogy 10- Crystallography Chemistry 1- Inorganic Chemistry 2- Organic Chemistry