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Solomon Prasad Directional Driller

Solomon Prasad Directional Driller

House Address: APT 1464 Lakeshore Circ San Jose

Summary

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Thirty-Nine + years' experience in Oil & Gas field, nineteen (19) years in Directional drilling and the rest of (20) years in various positions in various countries, from 1985 to till date.

Directional Drilling for Oil and Gas. Onshore & Offshore Batch Drilling Exploration wells and Oil & Gas produces, Power Water Injector, Pad Drilling, Horizontal Wells Short Radius and Long Radius, S & J type wells with Mud Motor and iCruise / Geo-pilot (Rotary Steer able Assay), Extended Reach wells, Re-entry wells, whipstock side track and open hole

side-track, Gyro while drilling (GWD), Gyro-Steering, Single-Survey blind kick-off with Motor, Vertical Kick-off with (RSS), Multi-Lateral wells (Sperry MLT System) and open hole Whip-Stock (Gas wells).

Capable of operating software: Insite, Compass, CAMS & Logix 4.1 Following and adapting to the Halliburton HSE / HMS, 5 Checks-To-GO, 9 Life Rules and Saudi Aramco company HSE polices & regulations, requirement and work in different country's environments.

Highly skilled Directional Driller with a proven track record at Halliburton / Sperry Drilling Services, adept in optimizing drilling parameters and enhancing ROP. Demonstrated excellence in multitasking and client interaction, achieving record performance in challenging Saudi Arabia formations. Renowned for innovative BHA design and effective team coaching, ensuring safety and operational efficiency.

Overview

40
40
years of professional experience

Work History

Directional Driller

Halliburton / Sperry Drilling Services
Al-Khobar
12.2005 - Current
  • I joined Halliburton / Sperry Drilling services from December 2005 as Directional Driller, grade F-14 and moved to F-17 within few years, first worked in workshop for a week to learn about RSS (Geo-Pilot) & Motors and associated directional drilling tools
  • Started on land rigs directly as second DD (Oil & Gas fields) couple of jobs in performance drilling and moved to short radius, (30 - 45 deg DLS), S & J type wells, onshore PAD/Batch-Drilling, from 28” / 22” /16” / 12 ¼” / 8 ½” / 6 1/8” / 4 ¾” build & hold, build & turn and horizontal sections
  • I have performed Directional-Drilling in open hole side-track and cement plug side-track and retrievable whipstock re-entry Directional-Drilling in 12 ¼” / 8 ½” / 6 1/8” hole sections and extended reach wells and open hole Whipstock Side-Track Directional-Drilling
  • Offshore, Exploration & offshore Platforms Batch-Drilling, Oil & Gas fields, nudging in 22” hole sections continue building in 16” & 12 ¼” hole sections and horizontal sections in 8 ½” & 6 1/8”
  • Multi-Lateral and retrievable whip-sock re-entry drilling in 8 ½” & 6 1/8” hole sections and Directional-Drilling in 8 ½“ open hole Side-Track with RSS (Geo-Pilot), continue Build & Turn
  • Handled the day-to-day running of RSS Geo-Pilot & iCruise and Motors, ensuring high levels of productivity and optimizing drilling parameters to enhance the ROP progression
  • Improving in drilling operations and resolving issues of directional drilling and mitigate torque & vibrations to deliver top-notch customer service
  • Saudi Arabia formation is very challenging and very close each other's and some reservoir thickness is 2ft to 3ft and the BHA behavior varies in built & turn rates, in spite of all Improved through consistent hard work and dedication to achieved record ROP in all most all hole sections
  • Responsible for creative BHA design & hydraulics, Compass, Insite, CAMS and Logix 4.1 for prominent well profile

Oil & Gas field Driller

SEDCO Schlumberger (Transocean)
Dharan
05.1997 - 11.2005
  • As a Driller responsibility, priority monitored rig crew safety and coached workers on pickup & lay down BHA's procedures and drilling operations, preventing (0) accidents and injuries
  • Managed and monitored drilling contractors and service company personnel in daily Rotary & Slide drilling operations, including, casing & cementing and completion
  • Monitored, executed and documented in IADC daily drilling operations
  • Trained rig crew members every type of drilling operations, equipment maintenance and safe working practices and supervised site personnel in rig move & rig up, ensuring compliance with company and customer polices & regulations
  • Delivered an exceptional level of drilling service to each customer by listening to concerns and answering questions
  • Conducted flow checks on every connection and controlled well-control equipment to meet operational standards and avoid production delays

Oil & Gas field Assistant Driller

SEDCO Schlumberger (Transocean)
Brunei
03.1996 - 10.1996
  • As a Assistant Driller responsibility, priority monitored rig crew safety and support workers on pickup & lay down BHA's procedures and drilling operations, preventing (0) accidents and injuries
  • Managed & support and monitored in daily drilling operations, including, casing & cementing and completion
  • Monitored, executed and documented in IADC daily drilling operations
  • Trained rig crew members every type of drilling operation, equipment maintenance and safe working practices and supervised site personnel in rig move & rig up, ensuring compliance with company and customer polices & regulations
  • Delivered an exceptional level of drilling to each customer by listening to concerns and answering questions
  • Conducted flow checks on every connection and controlled well-control equipment to meet operational standards and avoid production delays

Assistant Driller & Derrick-hand & Floor Hand

Ensco (Dubai) & Marine Drilling (India) & Saipem (India)
Mumbai
02.1985 - 04.1996
  • As a Assistant Driller responsibility, priority monitored rig crew safety and support workers on pickup & lay down BHA's procedures and drilling operations, preventing (0) accidents and injuries
  • Managed & support and monitored in daily drilling operations, including, casing & cementing and completion
  • Oil & Gas Assisting Drilling Power Water Injector Wells, Multi-Lateral, Horizontal Wells with Mud Motor and completion string
  • Have worked in BHA and Pipe Tally in MS-Excel and have also done the daily check list, weekly check list and weekly mast inspection in computer
  • Monitored, executed and documented in IADC daily drilling operations
  • Trained rig crew members every type of drilling operation, equipment maintenance and safe working practices and supervised site personnel in rig move & rig up, ensuring compliance with company and customer polices & regulations
  • Delivered an exceptional level of drilling to each customer by listening to concerns and answering questions

Education

iCruise Course -

Halliburton University
Cameron, Texas
11.2018

DD-1 course -

Halliburton University
Muscat, Oman
06.2007

Diploma - Air-condition & Refrigeration

Hindustan Engineering Institute (HIET)
Chennai, India
06.1982

Higher Secondary School -

St Thomas Higher Secondary School
Chennai, India
05.1980

Skills

  • Directional drilling
  • Optimizing drilling parameters
  • PDC Bits
  • TCI Bits
  • Bi-Center Bits
  • Tool-face management
  • ROP enhancement
  • Slid drilling
  • Rotary steerable drilling (RSS)
  • Torque mitigation
  • Vibration mitigation
  • Differential sticking prevention
  • Annular velocity maintenance
  • Efficient hole cleaning
  • Multitasking
  • Well planning
  • Client interaction
  • Geo-steering
  • Well target achievement
  • Schedule delivery

Languages

  • English
  • Tamil
  • Telegu

Personal Information

Title: Directional Driller

Timeline

Directional Driller

Halliburton / Sperry Drilling Services
12.2005 - Current

Oil & Gas field Driller

SEDCO Schlumberger (Transocean)
05.1997 - 11.2005

Oil & Gas field Assistant Driller

SEDCO Schlumberger (Transocean)
03.1996 - 10.1996

Assistant Driller & Derrick-hand & Floor Hand

Ensco (Dubai) & Marine Drilling (India) & Saipem (India)
02.1985 - 04.1996

iCruise Course -

Halliburton University

DD-1 course -

Halliburton University

Diploma - Air-condition & Refrigeration

Hindustan Engineering Institute (HIET)

Higher Secondary School -

St Thomas Higher Secondary School

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