Operation Manager

Seeking career advancements in a challenging assignment in a reputed organization

MITCHELL DRILLING INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD. since March 15th 2011

Operation Manager (Coal Bed Methane Exploration Project)

• Overseeing of drilling operations & Ensure best practice of drilling
• Planning & supervision of CBM field operations.
• Liaising with clients and sub contractors.
• Correspondences with the govt departments, Steering committee & DGH.
• Administration work at Head office and Project offices in connection with CBM operations.
• Statutory clearances related Explosive & other licenses.
• Carry out preparation of monthly, weekly & MIS reports, project scheduling.
• Schedule all drilling activities.
• Prepare maintenance plans.
• Provide leadership to Mangers / Supervisors
• Manage all aspects of Health and Safety
• Review drilling contracts & Invoices
• Budget allocation and planning
CONSORTIUM OF SHIV-VANI EXPLORATION SERVICES LTD, NEW DELHI, EXPRESS DRILLING
SYSTEMS, CANADA & MINERAL EXPLORATION CORPORATION LTD since May 12th 2008

Drilling Engineer (Coal Bed Methane Exploration Project)

• Monitoring daily progress of well operations.
• Preparing well data sheets & well diagram.
• Formulating requirements for mud, bits and cement.
• Obtaining relevant data, carrying out analysis on site and recommending immediate actions as necessary.
• Carrying out full engineering analyses of rig site data and preparing regular well reports.
• Liaising with specialist contractors and suppliers, such as cement companies or suppliers of drilling fluids.
• Designing or contributing to the design of casing (drill string), cementing plans, directional drilling plans, and drill bit programs.
• Preparing daily drilling report and drilling process instructions
• Reviewing and performing quality checks on all reporting produced from the rig and received from service companies,
• Selecting drill bit & perform Bit grading,
• Prepare casing tally and supervise casing running operations.
• Preparing Monthly and End of Well reports,
• Major problems encountered and successfully overcame were differential sticking, mechanical stuck pipe, hole instability, shale swelling.
• Monitoring safety regulations at site compliance with the Regulatory Body benchmarks.
• Preparing and reviewing invoices.

M. Tech (Gas Engineering; Exploration)
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun

B. Tech (Chemical Engineering)
Zakir Hussain College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University

HSC (Science); Aligarh Muslim University

SSLC; Central Board of Secondary Education

• Completed Drilling Technology certificate course from Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited ( ONGC) in Jul 2010 which included BHA design, Casing Design, Bit Selection & Grading, Down hole problems, Stuck pipe prevention, Cementing calculations
• Completed IADC WELL CAP certificate course on WELL CONTROL with 94% from Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) in Nov 2007.
• Completed three months internship at Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC).

• Attended “Oil & Gas Technical Conference and Exhibition 2008” organized by SPE at Mumbai.
• Handled a major project on “Gas Migration” at ONGC, Dehradun.