chief drilling rig electrician

I am an experienced and competent Drilling Electrician having worked on Drillships, Semi-submersibles (including 5th Generation D.P.) Jack –Ups, Platform and Land Rigs.

1967-1976 P&O Steam Navigation Company London Sailed as Junior
then Senior electrical officer on Passenger, Refrigerated cargo
vessels and Oil Tankers ending on LPG & LNG Carriers.

1976-1979 SEDCO (Iran) Rig Electrician
Worked on Land Rigs in Ahvaz area, also on Kharg Island
And Kish Island in the Arabian Gulf.

1979-1981 SEDCO (Spain) / Terramar Drilling.Chief Rig Electrician.
Worked on Semi-Submersible Drill Rig Sedco I Unit
Then worked on the Afortunada for Chevron/Eniepsa
In Drilling Operations and the Early Production Unit.

1981-1983 SEDCO (Dallas) Operations Division.
Worked as Project Engineer in support of the construction of
SEDCO 711, 712, 714 Drilling Units in the Hyundai Shipyard
In Ulsan Korea

1983-1984 INTERNATIONAL DRILLING COMPANY Chief Rig Electrician
Worked on Semi-Submersible Drilling Rig Chris Chenery.
On various locations in North Sea.

1984-1989 NATIONAL DRILLING COMPANY ABU DHABI Chief Rig Electrician.
Worked on various Jack-Up Drilling Rigs of Baker Marine, Hitachi Zosen and Marathon Le Tourneau design in Arabian Gulf.
.

1990-1991 HAMPCO / GENE HAMPTON
Commissioning Engineer for the OCEAN ALLIANCE 4th generation DP semi-submersible Drilling unit major enhancement project in Invergordon Scotland.


1992-2003 READING & BATES DRILLING COMPANY /
TRANSOCEAN DRILLING
Worked on the following rigs as Chief Electrician
In the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean West of Shetland.
J.W. MacLEAN Semi-Submersible
JACK BATES Semi-Submersible
SEDCO 714 Semi-Submersible

2003-2005 PARKER DRILLING CHINA Chief Rig Electrician.
Working on Rig 30-2 CONOCO PHILLIPS
XJIANG FIELD Offshore China

2005-2008 EDECO/ SIMMONS DRILLING Rig Electrician
Rig 35 SCR Land Rig drilling & completing Geothermal wells Munich Germany.

2009- 2011 VARIOUS CONTRACT AGENCIES.

SEDCO ENERGY 5th Generation DP Semi Submersible NIGERIA
ENSCO RIG 76 Jack Up SAUDI ARABIA.
SEDCO 700 Semi Submersible EQUITORIAL GUINEA.
SEACORE EXCALIBUR Jack Up CHERBOURG FRANCE.
M.G.HULME Upgraded Freide & Goldman Pacesetter NIGERIA.
SECDCO EXPRESS 5th Generation DP Semi Submersible ANGOLA.

• Govan High School Glasgow
5 ‘O’ Levels (English, Maths, Physics, Geography & French)
• Stowe College of Engineering Glasgow
ONC Electrical Engineering.

• Electrical Engineering Apprenticeship 1964-1969.
A Stephens Shipbuilders. Linthouse Glasgow.
P&O Steam Navigation Co.London.

• SCR School Rosshill/Hill Graham Maidenhead.
• Refrigeration & Air Conditioning JE HALL Dartford college
• Dynamic Positioning KONGSBERG Norway, HONEYWELL Seattle
• Top Drive Systems VARCO Montrose CANRIG Canada.
• High Voltage Systems Procedures Aberdeen College.
• EX Certificates EX01, EX02, EX03, EX04 Aberdeen college.
• Electrical Safety Rules and Principles of First Aid SHELL centre Aberdeen.
• Offshore Fire/Emergency Response Team Member(OPITO) Montrose.
• Offshore Lifeboat Coxswain (Twinfall) RGIT Montrose.
• Encana Risk Assessment Team Leader.Encana Aberdeen.

. I have good communications skills and a strong
work ethic along with the ability to work well under pressure, combined with an industry instilled culture of safety, planning and teamwork.I also have no problems
in working in different countries and cultures and fit in well with multi-national
crews.
Additional Information:
In addition I also have a background in the building and upgrade of Drilling Units
from concept thru to commissioning including equipement specification and
procurement.The equipement listed below is part of my experience range.


• V.F.D. systems from Siemens, Alsthom and Parker SSD drives..
• Top Drive systems from Varco, Canrig & Tesco.
• Hi -Voltage systems from Siemens, Terasaki, Alsthom & G.E. to 33KV.
• Dynamic Positioning systems from Honeywell, Kongsberg & Alsthom.
• P.L.C.`S from Fanucci,Alan Bradley, Siemens & Texas Instruements.
• S.C.R. drives from Rosshill,Bauteil, G.E, , IPS, Techpower and Baylor..
• Air- Conditioning & Refrigeration systems from Carrier, J.E.Hall, Carlyle, Sabroe & Linde.
• Cranes: Pedestal & Gantry from Liebherr, Kentz, Bucryus Erie, Kone,Seatrax,& Linkbelt.
• Cyberbase integrated drilling control systems Varco V-ICIS