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SUMMARY OF EXPERTISE
18 Years of total experience.
* Responsible for implementing and execution of water well drilling/work over programs given by Clients. Ordering materials required for Well Construction. Organizing and controlling the rig crew. Monitoring the daily drilling activity. Communicating with Client and Company.
* Collection of drill cutting samples, lithological description, preparation of litho log, Drill Speed Log, Drill Fluid log, Casing Tally, End of Well Waste Report, Completion Status Report, Office & Administration work. Technical Report Writing.
* Overall responsibilities of supervision, quality control, checking material, instruments and equipments. Assessing the performance, valuating and measuring the work related to borehole drilling and Aquifer testing in accordance and in compliance with the technical specifications and tender/shop drawing and bill of quantities. Supervision and inspection of drilling rigs and well development and well construction. Planning men, material and rig movements and to achieve desired drilling depths.
* Aquifer Test/Pumping Tests, Aquifer Analysis, Aquifer Characteristics.
* Handled various Water Supply Projects, Ground Water exploration &, Drilling. Capable to implement and execute Water Resources Development Programs. Participate and coordinate with local and inter-disciplinary agencies to review, discuss and to implement the project efficiently.
* Geophysical exploration including electrical resistivity surveys - wenner and schlumberger configuration, gravity exploration. Bedrock interpretation, assessing potential aquifer zones, delineation and demarcation of fractures, joints, etc.
* Project Planning, Execution & Management and feasibility studies.
* Capable to plan organize day to day drilling activities and monitoring the development of work, preparation of daily, weekly and monthly reports. Report writing and presentation.
* Monitoring of water quality and its suitability to different purposes. Carryout the studies of Effluent water from the industries and its hazardous impact on ground water and environment.
* Environmental impact studies, soil degradation and erosion, desertification, wind belts, wasteland mapping and land use and land classification, remote sensing studies.
EDUCATION
1984-86
Master of Science in Geo-Engineering and Resource Development Technology from the college of Engineering, Andhra University Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Course Work
Exploration Techniques, Water Resources, Aerial photo-interpretation and remote sensing, mineral resources, land resources and offshore resources, electrical sciences, environmental geosciences, geomathematics and computer applications, resources evaluation, mathematics, resource development systematic and methodology, energy systems, geometrical drawing and map projection.
Thesis
"Identification and aerial estimation of wastelands using remote sensing techniques".
1981-84
Bachelor Degree in Geology, Material Handling and Mineral Beneficiation from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India.
1990-92
M.S. Degree (not completed) in the Department of Earth Sciences from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
LANGUAGES
English, Hindi, Urdu, Telugu and Arabic (read and little understanding)
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE
December 2, 2004 to till date:
(Sultanate of Oman)
* Presently working as Tool pusher/Sr. Hydro-geologist with Desert Byrne Drilling Company LLC (DBDC). Responsible for implementing and execution of water well drilling/work over programs given by Clients. Ordering materials required for Well Construction. Organizing and controlling the rig crew. Monitoring the daily drilling activity. Communicating with Client and Company.
* Collection of drill cutting samples, lithological description, preparation of litho log, Drill Speed Log, Drill Fluid log, Casing Tally, End of Well Waste Report, Completion Status Report, Office & Administration work. Technical Report Writing.
* Aquifer Test/Pumping Tests, Aquifer Analysis, Aquifer Characteristics.
July 2003, to October 2004
(Sultanate of Oman)
* Worked as Technical Manager cum Geologist & with Oman Geo Consultants, for a prestigious National (Oman) Project "Al- Hoti Cave" Supervising, Inspecting and Quantifying the Contractor's work as per tender Specifications. Larsen & Toubro (L&T Oman) Carrying out Tunneling job and Hasan Juma Backer Contracting Company for the construction of bridge and Visitor Center.
February 2, 2002 to July 7, 2003
(Sultanate of Oman)
Worked as Consulting Hydro geologist cum Water Resources Specialist with Dr. Ahmed Abdel Warith & Consultants for the project of "Ash' Sharqiyah Sands Main Water Supply Scheme" under the clientele of the Ministry of Regional Municipalities, Environment & Water Resources, Directorate General of Water Resources Affairs, Sultanate of Oman.
Responsible for the execution of drilling program for two Water Well Fields - monitoring, supervision, inspection and valuating the contractor's work. Assessment and recommendations on the total desired discharge rate of production wells and preparation of technical report and presentation to client.
April 10, 1998 to January 1, 2002
(India)
Worked as Consultant in Water Resources Development and ground water exploration surveys and drilling programs and in Water Supply Projects in Rural Areas with "Ground water and Environmental Management Services", Visakhapatnam, India.
July 23, 1997 to April 4, 1998
(Saudi Arabia)
Worked as Gravity Observer Engineer with Arabian Geophysical & Surveying Company, Saudi Arabia.
December 10, 1995 to June 30, 1997
(India)
Worked as Chief Hydro-geologist with Ground Water and Environmental Management Services. Responsible for the development and drilling of rural water wells and water supply projects and Environmental concern projects.
August 8, 1995 to November 12, 1995
(Sultanate of Oman & Kuwait)
Worked as Geophysicist with schlumberger Geco-Prakla at Muscat (Oman) and Kuwait.
June 17, 1992 to August 8, 1995
(Saudi Arabia)
Worked as Field Engineer in Arabian Geophysical & Surveying Company (ARGAS), a subsidiary of PETROMIN. ARGAS was jointly working with French Company called CGG. The place of work is at the remote mobile camps in Ruba'al Khali, Saudi Arabian Desert.
Responsible for the preliminary processing of field seismic data using "MicroMAX".
Gravity operations in the field, using automated gravity meter "Scintrex" with version 2.1.
August 27, 1990 to April 20, 1992
(Saudi Arabia)
Worked as a Research Assistant in the Department of Earth Sciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Taught laboratory classes – Structural Geology, Remote Sensing, Aerial Photo-Interpretation and Physical Geology to Under Graduate (B.S) students.
Also completed some courses leading to an M.S. Degree in Earth Sciences – Advanced Petroleum Geology, Geophysical Exploration Techniques, Advanced Structural Geology and Geology of the Middle East, Arabian Gulf Sedimentation.
January 10, 1987 to August 1, 1990
(India)
Worked as an Investigator/Jr. Research Officer with the Institute for Coastal and Offshore Research, College of Engineering, Andhra University, Waltair, India. Assessment of Water Resources, Land use/ Land classification and Wasteland identification. Some of the projects involved in are River Basin Studies, morphometric analysis, Ground Water Exploration and Soil Erosion and Land Reclamation Studies.
MEMBERSHIPS
* Enrolled as a Consultant with United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), New York, United States of America.
* Member of Ecological Conservation & Rural Development Society (ECARDS), Visakhapatnam, India.
* License to act as Surveyor/Loss Assessor, under the section of 64 UM of Insurance act, 1938, by the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs, Insurance Division, New Delhi, India.
HSE Courses Attended:
* HSE Induction.
* H2s Awareness & Escape.
* Self Contained Breathing Apparatus.
* Defensive Driving Light Vehicle – Blacktop.
* Defensive Driving Light Vehicle – Graded Road.
* Basic Life Support Foundation Course.
* Basic Fire Fighting.
* Basic Life Support Refresher Course.
* Operationalization of HSE.
* Incident Investigation & Reporting.
* Attended Several Monthly HSE Review Meetings at PDO.
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