Advisor Drilling Engineer

 Skilled in establishing rapport and building long-term client relationships. Excellent problem-resolution skills; adept at assessing needs, communicating value and facilitating quality improvement through a win-win approach.

Advisor Drilling Engineer
Opti Drilling Engineering [Lahore, Pakistan – Jun 17 to date]


Senior Principal Drilling Engineer - Drilling Performance
Schlumberger Drilling & Measurement [Muscat, Oman – Oct 15 to Jun 17]


Principal Drilling Engineer - Sub-Sahara Africa Region
Schlumberger Drilling & Measurement [Lagos, Nigeria – Oct 12 to Oct 15]


Principal Drilling Engineer – Drilling Optimization
Schlumberger Drilling & Measurements [Luanda, Angola – May 10 to Oct 12]

Senior Drilling Engineer III - Operations Support
Schlumberger Drilling & Measurement [Tripoli, Libya – January 08 to May 10]

Senior Drilling Engineer II – Planning/Performance Management
Schlumberger Drilling & Measurement [Tripoli, Libya – Nov 04 to Jan 08]


Senior Directional Drilling Supervisor / Dual Service Manager (DSM)
Schlumberger Drilling & Measurement [Youngsville-LA, USA, April 2002 to October 2004]

Senior Drilling Engineer I / Directional Drilling Supervisor (In House for ChevronTexaco)
Schlumberger Drilling & Measurement [New Orleans-LA, USA, Mar 01 to Apr 02]



Field Engineer (MWD/LWD/DDS)
Schlumberger Drilling & Measurement [Gulf of Mexico-LA, USA, Nov 97 to Mar 01]

Senior Well Planning Engineer / Directional Driller
Schlumberger Drilling & Measurement [Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, Feb 95 to Nov 97]



Software Engineer / Well Planning Engineer / Directional Driller
Sperry-Sun Drilling Services [Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, Aug 92 to Feb 95]

• Increased the efficiency of the location and reduced costs by discovering and solving a niche in the manual inventory tracking by developing new software (in FoxPro) capable of live time tracking and placing orders with no margin of error, automatically.
• After the rapid success of said inventory program, I was challenged with developing software for R&M, to track the hours on different components of MLWD/DD tools, at the request of the regional management of the company.
• After evaluating the efficiency and user-friendly interface of the program, it was implemented for use on a worldwide basis; which resulted in an early promotion to join field as a directional driller.
• Drilled Slant and vertical wells for performance drilling with mud motors and helped prepare drilling engineering proposals for upcoming wells while in the office.

Bachelor of Computer Sciences (3.2 GPA) American International College Jul,92 Lahore, Pakistan
Bachelor of Double Math (1st Division) Punjab University Jul, 90 Lahore, Pakistan

K&M ERD Seminar Apr, 15 Lagos, Nigeria
SPP May, 13 Sugarland, USA
DO July, 12 Beijing, China
Drilling Domain Workshop Nov, 11 Sugarland, USA
KSST Mar, 11 Accra, Ghana
BHAV & BHATV Mar, 10 Dubai, UAE
DO X Sep,09 Paris, France
ADS-PD Xceed May,09 Dubai, UAE
DE2 Mar,07 Bottesford, UK
QHSE Auditor and Inspector May,06 Dubai, UAE
Drilling Engineering Center Manager’s Workshop May,06 Dubai, UAE
Surveying Service Quality Mar,06 Dubai, UAE
DE1 Apr,05 Bottesford, UK
Environmental Risk Management for Managers May, 04 Sugarland, USA
SDPM Mar,03 Sugarland, USA
QHSE for Managers Dec,02 Sugarland, USA
SQM Aug,02 Sugarland, USA
Sales 2Nov,01 Sugarland, USA
Sales 1 Nov,01 Sugarland, USA
DSE3 Jun, 00 Sugarland, USA
OFS-2 Mar, 99 Sugarland, USA
DSE2 Mar, 99 Sugarland, USA
DSE1 Mar, 98 Sugarland, USA
OFS1 Jan, 98 Sugarland, USA
DD Specialist Mar, 97 Sugarland, USA