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IBRAHIM ALTHOWIQEB

IBRAHIM ALTHOWIQEB

Dammam,Saudi Arabia

Summary

Drilling Engineer professional at Saudi Aramco with over 5 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Managing drilling development projects for oil and gas fields, with a yearly budget over 60 million dollars per business cycle. Skilled in project management aspects, through enforcing Engineering design projections over drilling execution avenues. Focused on Innovation and leadership growth hubs, advocating the IR 4.0 primary strategic embodiments for shaping the future of the drilling industry. Computer Aided Design and 3D models' production are my great are of interest, which I always seek to develop professionally and administratively huge strides forward. Active directory in Saudi Aramco upstream drilling patents committee, in the shadow of marking three granted patents in the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Drilling Engineer

Saudi Aramco
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
01.2023 - Current
  • Developing comprehensive drilling programmes for drilling new development wells, including detailed integral strategies for delivering cost-efficient wells in a safe manner.
  • Managing a yearly budget of over 60 million dollars for developing the QTIF field through drilling new wells, while ensuring financial efficiency.
  • Addressing novel technology integrations for the purpose of improving business quality, along with solving serious drilling troubles.

Workover Engineer

Saudi Aramco
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
05.2022 - 12.2022
  • Lead workover rigs engineering activities by providing condensed plans of well maintenance and surveillance in Saudi Arabia's northern area oil fields.
  • Focused on providing non-routine diagnostic analytical solutions to preserve very old wells drilled years ago, and place them actively onstream again.
  • Designed several downhole technical completions, introduced for reviving depleted wells' productivity, and maximised it to commercial levels.

Drilling Rig Foreman

Saudi Aramco
Remote Areas, Saudi Arabia
05.2020 - 04.2022
  • Managed to lead several drilling rigs in the field at the level of operational planning, team management of rig crew, and enforcing safety practices.
  • Monitored the execution of drilling programmes for exploration, as well as development, oil, and gas wells.
  • Performed on-site regulatory compliance to ensure meeting the global environmental standards during the entire well execution phase.

Drilling Logistics Engineer

Saudi Aramco
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
06.2019 - 05.2020
  • Designed heavy equipment packages to support drilling and workover, onshore and offshore rigs activities.
  • Developed interactive drilling logistics bulletins to improve operational efficiency and reduce costs.
  • Analysed drilling logistics data trends to optimise the delivery systems, along with transportation means.

Education

Bachelor of Applied Science - Mechanical Engineering

Prince Mohammad University (PMU)
Khobar, Saudi Arabia
09.2013 - 01.2019

Diploma - Petroleum Engineering

Saudi Aramco Upstream Development Center
Saudi Aramco
08.2023 -

Diploma - Leadership

Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
08.2024 -

Skills

  • Project Planning Abilities and Risk Assessment
  • Conflict Resolution, and Decision Making
  • Computer-Aided Design Software Developer (SolidWorks)
  • Resource Management
  • Critical-Thinker
  • Innovator

Languages

English
Advanced
Arabic
Native

Accomplishments

Marked a total of three granted patents registered in the USPTO:


1. Drill Pipe with Dissolvable Layer (US11306555B2).

2. Extended Surface System with Helical Reamers (US11319777B2).

3. Rotary Dynamic System for Downhole Assemblies (US1113144B1).

Technical Puplications

Published two SPE papers, and presented both at two different conferences, in a full technical delivery session. Both papers published in OnePetro platform.


1. SPE-213458-MS:

"Process of Releasing a Stuck String Using Static Dissolvable Coating Layers".


2. SPE-215983-MS:

"Method for Cleaning the Downhole of a Well from Cuttings while Drilling Actions using Rotary Layers of External Mechanism".

Timeline

Diploma - Leadership

Nanyang Technological University
08.2024 -

Diploma - Petroleum Engineering

Saudi Aramco Upstream Development Center
08.2023 -

Drilling Engineer

Saudi Aramco
01.2023 - Current

Workover Engineer

Saudi Aramco
05.2022 - 12.2022

Drilling Rig Foreman

Saudi Aramco
05.2020 - 04.2022

Drilling Logistics Engineer

Saudi Aramco
06.2019 - 05.2020

Bachelor of Applied Science - Mechanical Engineering

Prince Mohammad University (PMU)
09.2013 - 01.2019
IBRAHIM ALTHOWIQEB