Sharif Currey

Responsible for budgeting, invoicing, and cost structure for drilling operations including mobilising and demobilising rigs.

Life-cycle engineer for land-based drilling operations, including input to well proposal, well design (casing scheme, trajectory, fluids programme, materials & equipment, etc), execution of drilling operations. Also stand-in drilling supervisor when necessary.

Focal-point for drilling HSE. Proactively manage drillings risks via Safety Cases, Bridging documents, HSE management systems, HAZOPs, HAZIDs, etc. Responsible for monitoring, reporting and follow-up of key HSE data and actions.

Responsible for planning and supervising drilling, completion and workover operations onshore in Gabon.

Training and Knowledge includes:
- Casing Design fundamentals
- Well Control for drilling and workover operations
- Drillinstring design and failure prevention
- Directional planning and drilling operations
- Stuck-pipe and fishing
- HSE leadership

Planning and supervision of drilling, completion and workover operations offshore in the North Sea and Ireland.

Certification:
- Shell Well Engineering Round 1, January 2007
- IWCF Supervisor Level, Combined surface/sub-sea stack, August 2006
- Advanced Safety Leadership, August 2007

Produced oil and gas production and cash-flow forecasts for Wood Mackenzie’s quarterly publications

Responsible for Wireline logging operations and crew at the rigsite.

• Run and interpret wirline field logs
• Work with clients to identify and clarify their needs and deliver solutions
• Strong leadership of Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) practicies

As part of my Masters thesis I was responsible for designing, prototyping, testing, and integrating a niche market power mechanism for downhole nuclear measurements in a new Logging While Drilling (LWD) tool suite.

• Performed feasibility study
• Niche market design - high temperature, high shock, high pressure
• Presented design concepts and issues to management, engineers and clients
• Matched application and marketing objectives to the best design
• Negotiated and interacted with suppliers and manufacturers