Fluids Engineer Supervisor

ZOUAGHI ABDERRAZAK
Mobile +213699987858(Algeria).
+968 91396954 ( Oman)
Email syriata@gmail.com

PERSONAL INFORMATION

D.O.B March 4, 1976.

Nationality Algerian.
Marital status Married with 04 kids.

Resume:
Highly motivated with 17 years of experience in drilling fluids and waste engineering. I have
worked for the biggest oil operators in the world (Aramco, TOTAL, Anadarco,Petronas
,Shell, PDO,OQ ,PERENCO , Sonatrach ,Hess, Repsol , AGIP, ENI , VALCO, …etc ). I
have worked for many years with several drilling fluids systems of the three sisters;
Schlumberger, Halliburton and Baker Hughes. I am a team player and proven leader with
extensive technical and operational experience willing to be the best at what I do. I am
looking for new opportunities, new challenges where i can share my knowledge and learn new
experiences.
EDUCATION

Chemical engineer – Specialty: Environmental & Waste management engineering in 2000.

Chemical engineering thesis: Shell gasification process (SGP).

Courses and Certifications:

 Mud school with AVA- NEWPARK (2005 ) in Hassi Messaoud.
 Advanced drilling fluids courses in ARAMCO drilling fluids department (2009) in Dahran
( Drilling fluids campaign
Workshops)
 IWCF well control certificate expired in 2009 (to be renewed if required).
 H2S & CO2 Awareness and Escape certificate – Expired in 18/11/2022
 ORT & HSELF-E PDO HSE Courses Expired in 2021.
 Malaria Awareness Shlumberger safety Courses
 BOSIET & HUET- EBS certificate (ESTC Malta, valid until December 2016) to be
renewed if required.
 Firefighting – (included in BOSIET –HUET)
 First aids (included in BOSIET –HUET)
 Medical offshore certificate –expired in December 2014 (to renew if required).

COMPUTER SKILLS
 Proficient in computer Application. Computer Skills Office Software .
 Operating Systems (Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista), FOLTRAN-77 chemical
Engineering design
 Mudpit AVA-NEWPARK software.
 Vertual hydraulics MISWACO software.
 ONETRAX 1.6 MI-SWACO software.
LANGUAGES:
 Arabic : (Mother language).
 English: good (Fluent in reading, writing & speaking).
 French: Excellent (Fluent in reading, writing & speaking)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
April 2022-Till now :
Company :OQ Oman oil
Company Position : Fluids
Supervisor
Type of Wells : Development and exploration wells ( Bisat & ABB fields ).
Company : OC99 /MI SWACO Schlumberger Congo
Position : Fluids Consultant for Perenco Offshore in Dagda
Rig Type of Wells : Development offshore wells .

October 2021-April-2022
Company : OC99 /MI SWACO Schlumberger Congo
Position : Fluids Consultant for Perenco Offshore in Dagda
Rig Type of Wells : Development offshore wells .
January 2021- October 2021:
Company : IDFS ( integrated Drilling Fluids Services ex MBPS)
Position : Fluids Supervisor Consultant for OQ ( Oman Oil ) in Sultanate of Oman
Type of Wells : Development and appraisal onshore wells
Field : Bisat , Abbutabul

Duties :
 Technical support and mud troubleshooting for 6 drilling rigs and 1 workover .
 Ensure that Fluids & Cement programs and procedures are available, understood and
adhered to by personnel involved.
 Chemical management and logistics support.
January 2019- March 2020
Company : SEAOWL
Position : Fluids Consultant Supervisor for PERENCO in Gabon ( in-house mud company).
Types of Wells : directional wells , onshore oil developments
Field : DIGA clusters .

Duties:
 Ensure fluids programs are fully followed, revise and review it if needed (very
challenging drilling operations, chemicals shortage, new formulations, pilot testing,
testing new chemicals, waste and environment regulations.etc. ).
 Revise cement slurries and spacers programs.
 Chemical Waste management and logistics support.

- Used Mud system : KCL Polymer mud , Versapro RDF ( MW :1.16-1.45 sg )

 Completions Fluids: NACL/KCL at 1.06-1.09 sg, VERSA OUT breaker Schlumberger
technology.

November 2015 –December 2019:

Company: IDFS ( Integrated Drilling Fluids Management ex MBPS ).
Position: Waste & Fluids supervisor for PDO
Types of Wells : North of Oman onshore fields ( Gas wells , HT wells, Oil and Gas
development , Gas exploration wells )
Fields : Lekhwair, Khulud, Saih nihayda, Mabrouk, Barik, Natih, Fahud, Khauther, Fakhr, Saih
Rawl, Ghaba north , Burhaan, Ufuq, Yibal, Al Huwaisah,
Duties:
 Technical support and mud troubleshooting for 30 rigs and 10 workover rigs.
 Fully involved in mud programs improvement and revise it continuously when critical
drilling operations dictates.
 Ensure that Fluids & Cement programs and procedures are available, understood and
adhered to by personnel involved.
 Chemical Waste management and logistics support.
Augest 2015- October 2015
Company: EMEC: (Egyptian Mud Engineering and Chemicals) in Algeria
Position: Drilling Fluids Consultant
Type of wells: Exploration and development vertical wells (4500 m , Heavy OBM :2.30 sg )
Field : Hassi Berkine , Est Si Fatima

September 2011- March 2015

Company: SCHLUMBERGER MI-SWACO in GABON
Position: Drilling fluids specialist Consultant.
Operating companies: SHELL ,VALCO , Maurel & Prom ,Eni , TOTAL
Type of wells drilled: Deviated and horizontal (onshore, offshore 3000- 5189m), High
Temperature wells ( Max BHCT achieved 180 c) , drilling through High temperature squeezing
salts long sections formations (Carnallite dirty salts)
Fields: ONAL, MBOUKOU, ANGUILLE, RABBI,

Used Mud System

1. Gypsum-mud.
2. Ultradrill system ( HPWBM MI SWACO )
3. KCL /KLASTOP/ Glydril .
4. DRILPLEX(MMO) system ( Mixed Metal Oxide) MI SWACO .
 5. FLOPRO (MI SWACO Na/K Formate mud ).
6. VERSA-CLEAN (MI-SWACO).
7. KCL/PHPA.
SEPTEMBER 2007-AUGUEST 2011
Company: MB PETROLEUM SERVICES LIMITED in SAUDI ARABIA
Position: Senior Mud Engineer
Operating company: ARAMCO
Onshore Wells : Deep High pressure Gas wells ( reservoir pressure 12000 psi ,
6500 m TVD ,heavy OBM mud 2.15 sg ), oil ERD wells ( 33000 ft TD ) , UBD wells
( first wells in KSA in Haradh filed), High temperature gas wells ( explorations wells
5600m TD & 190 C BHST) , gas and oil Development Deviated wells( 4000m-5600 TD)
, H2S wells, HPHT gas wells ( 23000 psi , 210c BHCT) in Haradh and Uthmania
fields.
Fields: Uthmania, , Khurais, , Hotta, Haradh, Nauyym,Shaiba, Manifa
Used Mud Systems
1- Emulsion mud (direct emulsion).
2- Heavy KCL polymer mud (135 pcf).
3- Non-damaging polymer mud .
4- CaCL2 saturated mud .
5- Duratherm (MI) .
6- PERFORMAX (BHI) .
7- HYDRO-GUARD (Baroid) .

8- PERFORMADRILL( HPWBM Baroid) .

9- K. FORMATE mud in KSA ( CABOT Company)
. 10-MAX-BRIDGE (BHI) .
11-tight emulsion (Baroid).
12-CARBO-Drill (BHI).
13- all-oil drilling/coring (Baroid) (57-63 pcf ) .
14- Low toxicity oil based (invert emulsion) mud with safra oil in Manifa field.
15- Gypsum mud system.
Used Completion Fluids
1- NACL, CACL2, KCL/NACL blend, acid jobs, casing/tubing pickling jobs.
2-All-oil fluids,
3- CACL2/CaBr2 blend .
4- Drill-in /high temperature fluids (Na/K Formate mud) .
5 -EnZymeSM G : ENZYME filter breaker system to maximize well cleanup efficiency for BJ
company .
6 -Frac fluid Systems in gas exploration wells.
NOVEMBER 2005-SEPTEMBER 2007
Company: AVA-NEWPARK
Country: ALGERIA
Position: Junior / Senior Mud engineer
Type of wells drilled : Oil Horizontal wells( 5300m, heavy OBM 2.30sg ) , HPHT wells (
reservoir pressure13000 psi , heavy OBM 2.20sg ,183c BHCT ) , Deep gas wells ( 5000-7000 m
TVD) , oil development High temperature wells ( 4000-5200m , 155 c BHCT ).
Fields: Hassi Messaoud , Ain Salah , Reggan , Brids5, Roud Enoud, Gassi Twil , Stah ,TFT, Ain
Amenas.
Operating companies: SONATRACH, AGIP , REPSOL YPF, AMERADA HESS.
Used Mud Systems :
1- Non-damaging polymer .
2- DEEP DRILL .
3- AVOIL ULT (AVA).
4- KCL /PHPA.
5- NACL, CACL2, KCL/NACL blend (completion).
6- Milling fluids (completion).
7- AVABIOVIS system (completion).

November 2003 –November 2005

Company: the environment direction of Constantine state –Algerian Environment ministry
Position: Environment and Waste engineer
Country: Algeria
Main duties:
-The design of treatment stations of domestic wastewater and industrial toxic wastewater (foods
industry, leather, metallurgy.)
- Toxic gas treatment in industrial factories (gas industry, foods…)
- Industrial and domestic waste treatments (cooper industry, plastic, public waste…)

March 2001- September 2002:

- Military officer in the Algerian navy forces.

Drilling Problems Encountered:

- Sensitive shale drilled formations (most wells drilled in Algeria).
- drilling High temperature squeezing salts long sections formation (Carnallite dirty salts)
- Contaminants like anhydrite, CO2, H2S, pressured salty influx (CACL2, NACL) (most wells
drilled in Saudi Arabia).
- Permeable formations (dolomite, limestone) risks of differential stuck, severe losses
- H2S wells.
- High angle/extended wells (average 31000 ft total depth in Manifa injector wells)
- Knowledge and experience in lost circulation control.
- Kick control.
Familiar with critical drilling operations like:
-Over-balanced drilling (with Hydro-guard and Max-bridge drilling fluids systems).
-Under balanced drilling (UBD drilling with Weatherford UBD equipments).
-HPHT wells, HT wells, HP wells
-Cutting disposal/reinjection.
-Milling
-Coring.
-Mud cup drilling.
-Multi lateral well drilling (average three lateral in Uthmaniya,Manifa,Nauyym fields ).
- Slimhole drilling.

Hobbies :
Swimming – Jogging - Gardening