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QUALIFICATIONS / SKILL SET
Extensive experience in handling on land electrical rigs, well design and completion.
Thorough knowledge in GTO preparation, casing design, bit selection, drill string design, BHA selection and cementing operations.
Widespread experience in handling down hole tool assembly and design for various jobs and requirements like fishing, DST, packers, bridge plug, mud motors and liner hangers/ tieback.
Effective and continuous monitoring, controlling and trouble shooting drilling operation/ complication.
Proficient in rig dismantling/building, spudding, drilling, casing lowering, liner hanger, cementing, coring, fishing, milling, side tracking, drill stem testing, production testing and abandon procedures.
Experienced in handling multiple rigs, planning, provisioning of men - material and operation monitoring.
Comprehensive knowledge in budgeting, material procurement for on land oil well drilling.
Extensive knowledge in databases -Oracle 8i, MS-Access, DbaseIV and MS-Office: Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Handled drilling information system in Oracle.
A proven team player, good at communication and interpersonal skill.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1997-Till date Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), Madras, India
Sr.Drilling Engineer
Planning and Procurement cell of Drilling Business Group, Southern Regional Business Center and responsible for
Planning and Programming of rigs in South Regional Business Center and day-to-day operation monitoring.
Material Planning and Procurement for the two Projects (14 rigs) under Southern Regional Business Center
Monitoring Budget and Budget Utilization of the Drilling Business Group of the Region
Well design and completion for high pressure and complicated wells
Detailed study of well complication and trouble shooting
Preparing presentation material for corporate planning, for technical discussions, for decision making and advice to rigs by the Regional Office
Documentation and computerization of drilling data for decision support system
Field Experience : Narimanam, Kovilkalapal,Nannilam, Bhuvangiri, Ramnad, Kamalapuram, Cauvery Project, Tamilnadu, India and Pasarlapudi, Lingala, Kesanapalle, Ravva, GS-15, Nandigama, Tatipaka, Krishna Godavary Project.
Drilled approximately 150 wells- depth ranging from 1800 to 4800mTD during the 4 year period with 15 rigs which included both vertical and directional wells.
Field Work involved frequent visits to drill site for trial bit runs (premium PDC bits) and for trouble shooting complication like fishing/ side tracking, well activity, bit failure. Involved in downhole tool design and lowering for fishing operation, sidetracking operation, casing jobs, liner hanger/ tieback, open hole and cased hole DST, plugs.
First time drilled a extended reach offshore well (ERD) from onshore point using MWD.
Base office work involved Planning and Programming of rigs, budgeting, material procurement, Well design- GTO preparation, casing design, bit selection, drill string design, BHA selection, mud parameters and cementing and well completion for HPHT wells
Salient features during the period:
ERD well saved Rs 80 million in one well
Putting drilled producing wells into production using EPS instead of usual 18 months gestational period.
1993-1997 Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited, Madras, India
Drilling Engineer
Planning and Procurement cell of Drilling Business Group, Southern Regional Business Center and responsible for
Planning and Programming of rigs in South Regional Business Centre and day to day operation monitoring and day to day operation monitoring
Well design and completion for high pressure and complicated wells
Detailed study of well complication and trouble shooting
Preparing presentation material for corporate planning, for technical discussions, for decision making and advice to rigs by the Regional Office
Documentation and computerization of drilling data for decision support system
Field Experience:Narimanam, Kovilkalapal,Nannilam, Bhuvangiri, Ramnad, Kamalapuram, Cauvery Project, Tamilnadu, India and Pasarlapudi, Lingala, Kesanapalle, Ravva, GS-15, Nandigama, Tatipaka, Krishna Godavary Project.
Drilled approximately 160 wells- depth ranging from 1800 to 4800mTD during the 4 year period with 15 rigs which included both vertical and directional wells.
Field Work involved frequent visits to drill site for trial bit runs (premium PDC bits) and for trouble shooting complication like fishing/ side tracking, well activity, bit failure. Involved in downhole tool design and lowering for fishing operation, sidetracking operation, casing jobs, liner hanger/ tieback, open hole and cased hole DST, plugs.
Worked along with international blowout control teams ¡V Neal Adams and Red Adair during Pasarlapudi and Mandepeta blowout.
Base office work involved Planning and Programming of rigs, budgeting, material procurement, Well design- GTO preparation, casing design, bit selection, drill string design, BHA selection, mud parameters and cementing.
Salient features during the period:
Introduction of 18-5/8¡¨casing instead of 20¡¨casing
Premium PDC bits and saved Rs 50 million compared to conventional bits usage.
Drilling shallow offshore wells from shore using onland rigs, saved Rs 200 million.
Onshore cluster locations and rig movement by dragging, saved Rs 40 million.
1989-1993 Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited, Jorhat, India
Driller, Tool Pusher/ Tower pusher
In charge, on-land Electrical Rig of Drilling Business Group, Eastern Regional Business Center and responsible
For planning and execution of oil well drilling and rig movement
For men- material planning and provisioning for rig requirement
Trouble shooting and operations monitoring during drilling
Compiling well completion reports and documenting well history from the drill site
Field Experience: Khoraghat, Uriumghat, Barolla, Danshree Valley Project, Assam, India
Drilled 12 wells- depths ranging from 3800 to 4600mTD during the 4 year period which included cluster location of 6 wells for the same drill site of which 5 were directional wells.
Rig site work consists of rig dismantling/building, spudding, drilling, casing lowering, liner hanger, cementing, coring, fishing, milling, side tracking, drill stem testing, production testing and abandon procedures
Encountered many fishing operation to due inherent complications associated with deviated wells. Used down hole tools like drilling jar, fishing grapple, fishing tap, overshot, wash over pipe, mill, junk sub, junk basket during fishing operations. For side tracking, down hole tools such as mud motors, bent sub, stabilizers, monel, totco survey equipment were used. In addition, liner hanger jobs, tieback, DST, setting packers and bridge plugs while production testing were done. Used expandable casing packer- ECP.
No accident record during the above period.
TRAINING
Performance Enhancements
for Executives of ONGC: International Management Institute, New Delhi, India.
Advanced Drilling Fluid
Technology : Institute of Drilling Technology, Dehradun, ONGC, India
Environment Management
Awareness : Institute of Petroleum Safety and Environment, Management, Goa, ONGC, India.
Well control : Institute of Drilling Technology, Dehradun, ONGC, India
Directional Drilling : Institute of Drilling Technology, Dehradun, ONGC, India
Drill Fluid : Institute of Drilling Technology, Dehradun, ONGC, India
Drilling Application &
Computer Software : Institute of Drilling Technology, Dehradun, ONGC, India
Drilling Technology : Institute of Drilling Technology, Dehradun, ONGC, India
EDUCATION
Anna University, College of Engineering, Guindy, Madras, India
Bachelor of Engineering (4 year) in Mechanical Engineering
Anna University, College of Engineering, Guindy, Madras, India
Master of Business Administration (2 year)
References will be provided on request.
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