Capabilities for Cluster members
- Well design and planning: casing programmes, drilling programmes, risk assessments and drill-on-paper sessions.
- Complex drilling: offshore and subsea wells, abnormal pore pressure, managed pressure drilling (MPD), salt and fractured formations.
- Well integrity management: annular pressures, barrier integrity, well stock categorisation, operational procedures and assessment for suspension and abandonment.
- Well delivery processes and digitalisation: corporate Well Delivery Process, management of change, electronic daily reports, non-productive-time analytics and schedule and cost performance.
- Technical assessment of equipment and contractors: specifications, tender evaluations, technical audits and liaison with regulatory authorities.
Professional experience
20 years in well construction, from assistant driller and drilling equipment mechanic to senior drilling engineer, team leader and project manager. Experience spans the full well lifecycle, from well and drilling-programme design to round-the-clock support, reporting, performance analysis and integrity management.
International experience in South Korea, Vietnam, the Netherlands and Iran; in Russia, projects on Sakhalin and in Murmansk, Saint Petersburg and Moscow. Worked on offshore and subsea wells in the North Sea, MPD, abnormal pressures in salt and fractured formations, and engineering studies for the Arctic shelf of the Barents Sea.
Implemented corporate well delivery processes and digital planning, reporting and schedule and cost control tools.