The employment history began from attending the Drilling Fluids Technology training held in September 1975, organized by IMCO Services, in Houston, Texas – USA.

Today, with a total of over 48 years of vast fluids competency, obtained from working experiences with different drilling fluid providers in different countries. This combined with experiences as a Fluids Specialist for Oil Companies complete the fluids skill on both perspectives. The combination of these experiences is now brought forward and offered to Oil Companies acknowledging the importance of having a Fluids Specialist in their Drilling Team.

Water Based Systems

• Saturated Salt/KCL/Polymers (PHPA, Glycol)
• KCL/Polymer/PHPA
• Seawater based muds
• HT Polymers
• High Performance WBM
• Lignite-Lignosulphonate
• Lignite-Surfactant
• Mixed Metal Hydroxide
• Mixed Metal Silicate
• Mud cap
• Aerated and Foam drilling
• CaCl2/CaBr2
• Potassium Formate (KCOOH) and Manganese tetra-oxide (Mn304)

Non-Aqueous Fluid System

• Invert Oil Emulsion
• Environmul System
• Synthetic OBM System

Completion/Work-Over Fluids

• Invert Oil Emulsion
• Brines: NaCl, CaCl2, CaCl2/CaBr2, KCOOH fluids system
• Enzyme System

Solids Control Equipment

• Worked as solids control engineer
• Equipment operated: Shale Shakers, Mud Cleaner, Degasser, Desander, Desilter, Centrifuge, and Dual pod filtration unit.

Wellbore Problems

• Loss of circulation
• Well kick
• H2S (up to over 50,000 ppm in N. Iraq) and CO2
• Wellbore strengthening/reinforcement
• Under-ground blow-out
• Highly reactive shale
• High pressure formation of up to 19.0 ppg (in N. Iraq)
• Wellbore with BHT of 450 deg. F (Arun field)

Loss Circulating Pill used

• Conventional loss circulation products
• Bentonite-Diesel-Oil
• Bentonite-Diesel-Oil-Cement
• Spun limestone based
• Polycrystalline cellulosic fibers
• Cross-link polymer

Designed drilling fluid system to drill the following wellbore

• Vertical hole
• Directional hole
• Wellbore with horizontal section length up to 11,000 ft.
• Drilling multi-lateral sections of up to six laterals in one horizontal wellbore

As a Training Instructor for in-house training:

Conduct Presentations for:

• Pre-spud meeting
• Evaluating final well reports
• Post mortem
• Meetings
• Chemical hazards

Computer Literacy for Technical Support

• Ability to operate Microsoft Excel, Word, and Power Point
• Operating company’s proprietary softwares;
  • Baroid: DFG+, Wellsight, Blueprint
  • Petrochem: MudPro, HydPro, Well ID Interpreter, Well ID Engineer
  • Paradigm software of Paradigm company, UK

Non-technical Experiences

• Managing traffic of products on onshore and offshore operations
• Introducing new products
• Laboratory works
• Provide technical supports: fluids-related software
• Provide Drilling Fluids training to Drilling Engineers

Technical Certifications

Managerial Certifications

Achievement

As a Country Manager, acted as a Team Leader to lead a group of employees to prepare and achieved ISO certification for Petrochem Performance Chemicals Ltd LLC in Doha, State of Qatar 2006.

The ISO certifications issued by Bureau Veritas Certification in August 2006 were for the following:

• ISO 9001: 2000 — Quality Management System
• ISO 14001: 2004 — Environmental Management System
• OHSAS 18001: 1999 — Occupational Health and Safety Management System

Recognition

Received The Outstanding Contribution Award given by Wintershall AG of Germany to Petrochem Performance Chemicals Ltd LLC – Doha, State of Qatar 2006.

The award was given upon successful contract management for Supply of Drilling Fluids Product and Engineering Services to support Wintershall AG’s drilling operations located in offshore Qatar.