Ibrahim Tantawi has over 34 years of experience in petroleum engineering. He holds a Bachelor's of Science in Petroleum Engineering and has completed post-graduate studies. Some of his achievements include managing drilling operations, implementing innovative ideas to solve challenges, authoring technical papers, and conducting feasibility studies. Currently he works as a Drilling Engineering Consultant for Halliburton and provides expertise on offshore drilling operations.

1. Ibrahim Y. Tantawi
itantawi@yahoo.com---itantawi55@gmail.com
Mobile +201001305687 --00966550293734
Education:
• Bachelors of Science, Petroleum Engineering, May 1978 with general grade of “Very Good)
• Post Graduate Study on “Hole Instability in Egyptian Western Desert”
Date of Birth: May 4, 1955, Egyptian.
Work Experience: 34 years
Employer Job Title Period Remarks
TPS-
Halliburton
Drilling
Engineering
Consultant
(Specialist)
Nov. 2013-
Till Now
Working woth KJO-Khafjy Joint Operation
Drilling Engineering –Study/operation (4-
Offshore Jack Up’s)
Individual
(Amapetco-
Egypt)
Drlg. Gen. Mgr. June 2012-
Oct. 2013
One Offshore Jack-up rig; (Generation-5)
Drilling in Gulf of Suez-Egypt
Halliburton Drlg. Oprs.
Supt.
Jun. 2011-
June 2012
3-Rig, Drilling Lump sum, turnkey wells for
Aramco-KSA, Vertical & Horizontal
(Delivered 30 Wells/Year)
SOC-Libya
(consultant)
Snr. Drilling
Specialist(Supt.)
April 2010-Feb.
2011
Work as Supt. Running Four Land rigs; drilling,
One of them doing UBD
Hellenic
Petroleum S.A
–Egypt
Operations Gen.
Mgr. E & P
May 08-
March-2010
Responsible for the committed Exploratory
drilling programme in the Egyptian Western
Desert; Drilled the 1st
deep exp. (Spud-in Aug. 1st
2009). The 2nd
well started Feb. 27, 2010
Individual
Drlg. Consultant
(Supt.)
Nov. 06 – May
08
Waha Oil Co. In Libya as Drilling Eng.
Advisor. (8 Land Drilling Rigs); Vertical &
Horizontal Wells, and Deep Exploratory wells.
Oct. - Nov. 06 Performed a Feasibility study for W.G. El-Zeit field;
assessment of the existing wells and set strategic plan
and well design for future development drilling.
Oasis Petroleum Co. Egypt.
Halliburton Drilling Project
Manger
April 06-Aug.
06
Drilling Directional Gas well in Mediterranean –
Egypt- Petrobel Co.
ZADCO-UAE S. Drlg. Eng.
(Group Leader)
March 96-2005 5-Jack up rigs, Offshore Abu-Dhabi-UAE.
Drilling Horizontal (Single, Dual, and Multi
laterals wells).
Gulf of Suez
Petroleum Co.
GUPCO
Drlg. Eng. Mgr. 1994-1996 10-offshore Jack-up rigs, Gulf of Suez-Egypt.
Drilling Exp. & Dev. , some deep wells. Also,
several complicated wells (Hook type &
Horizontal wells)
Drlg. Supt. 1990-1994 3-rigs-Western Desert-Egypt
Drill Site Supv. 1989- 1990 (On Loan to WEPCO) Drilled 3-Gas wells, Abu
Qir Gas Field , Mediterranean-Egypt
Employer Job Title Period Remarks
Gulf of Suez
Petroleum Co.
GUPCO
Drill Site Supv. 1989 Western Desert Egypt
Sr. Drlg. Eng. 1985-1988 Western Desert – Egypt
Drill Site Supv. 1984 Offshore-Gulf of Suez
Sr. Drlg. Eng 1983 Offshore-Gulf of Suez- Egypt
Field Drlg. Eng. 1982 Offshore-Gulf of Suez-Egypt
Drlg. Eng. 1981 Head Office-Cairo-Egypt
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2. Innovative Ideas/achievements:
Here is a few examples
• Lead/coaching Implementation of Hout field study outcome during drilling the first
data acquisition well (out of 3-planned wells) where started with several challenges
for data collection; a- Hammered the 30” conductor by Rig to replace the damaged
old conductor, b- Cured losses in Tayarat formation using Therma-set technology, c-
Cored shallow reservoirs (Gudiar, Rumaila, Mishrif & Ahmadi) for the first time in
KJO, d- Recorded LWD Log, recorded reservoir pressure using Baker Fast Track
LWD tool, e- The hole was open for more than 2-1/2 months till run 13-3/8” CSG., f-
Extended the casing point to ± 6200 ft instead of 2000 ft as per the field historical
data and Run and cemented 13-3/8” casing successfully
• Performed a review for the old HPHT proposed well in Khafji & Doraa fields.
• Performed a detailed assessment study for redevelopment of suspended oil field to
check the feasibility of re use the existing old well (37 Wells) with conclusion and
recommendations for Field re-development program. Jan. 2014.
• Lead/coaching Halliburton (LSTK team) handling Aramco Lump sum/Turn Key
project to achieve the contract year (2nd
year) objective with minimum NPT –
(Delivered 30 wells + 200 Days + 27,000 Extra ftg) I.e 36 wells + Extra ftg. Exceed
the contract year planned delivering -30 wells per year.
• Initiated and implemented several ideas for curing Loss of circulation in Waha oil
company fields-Libya, in Hellenic exploratory wells in Egypt.(western Desert); and
SOC-Libya. (2006-2011).
• Initiated the ZERO emission (OIL & GAS) without introducing new equipment to the
existing clean-out package while clean-up and production testing of ZADCO well
since Dec. 2000 up to date.
• Introduction of LWD to replace the Wire line logging. (Dec. 2000 up to Date).
• Abandonment of Arzanah Field in Offshore Abu Dhabi…Total 24 wells, Saved 39
Rig days out of 200 Days (total project Days). (1998-1999)
• Introduction of Enzyme treatment to remove the Water base mud cake and enhance
Acid stimulation, There is no accessibility means for each individual lateral/branch
since 1997 up to date.
• Utilization of Pip Tag marker to correlate using MWD to set Whip/Anchor stock and
eliminated wire line operation. (USD$15 K/Well) since 1996 up to date.
(ZADCO/ADMA-OPCO Drilling operation).
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3. • Introduction of light weight cementing and Ran Long liners instead of Open hole
liner and tie back to cover creeping Salt section in Gulf of Suez(G.O.S) aved
USD$80-100K per well. (1995-1996).
• Utilization of SBS-Steerable Drilling Turbine to drill complex wells in GOS (Hook-
type profile), One PDC bit/Single run. (1995-1996).
Training:
• Well Cap-Well control Certificate Nov. 2011-2013
• Amoco Water Base Mud School. Tulsa, OK., USA. 1983
• Amoco Drilling Optimization School. Tulsa, OK., USA. 1983
• Petex Drilling Operations and Down hole problems School. Tulsa, OK., 1983
• P&R Drilling Practice School. Cairo, Egypt 1983
• IPR Applied Drilling Technology School. Cairo, Egypt 1987
• Attended many computer software short courses as DOS, LOTUS123 BASIC
language ...etc. Cairo, Egypt 1990
• GUPCO Management Performance system (GPM), Field Base-Egypt, specialized
courses and on Job training 1991-1994
• RANDY SMITH "Stuck Pipe Prevention School" Cairo, Egypt - 1991
• RANDY SMITH Well Control School. Cairo, Egypt - 1991
• RANDY SMITH "Stuck Pipe. Prevention School" And Drill String Inspection
course. Cairo, Egypt - 1993
• “C.I” Continuous Improvement Management Program. Field Base-Egypt, specialized
courses and on Job training 1994-1996
• PRINTICE “ Well Control School” Cairo, Egypt- 1994
• AMOCO “TRUE School Training to reduce the Unscheduled events (NPT). Cairo, - 1994
• “Petroleum Risk and Decision Analysis” at Texas A&M University. TX., USA - 1995
• “Horizontal Well Completion” at Texas A&M University. TX., USA - 1995
• Visit several Service Company Plants at USA, as HYCLOG, CAMCO, REED INT.,
CAMRON IRON work SECURITY BITS, BAKER HUGHES INTEQ., HUGHES,
SMITH INT. BITS, and FRANK’S INT. ....etc. Houston TX and Laffitie,
Louisiana, USA -1995
• Extended Reach Well. Abu Dhabi, UAE-2001
• “Drilling Fluid Engineering”; MI Fluid School. Abu Dhabi, UAE - 2002
• “Reservoir Drilling and Completion Fluids” MI Fluid. Abu Dhabi, UAE 2003
• In addition, attended several seminars in all phases of drilling and work over
operations (Bits, Mud, Wellhead, ......et c) Ranging from one day to 3 days
throughout my employment with GUPCO, Egypt and ZADCO, UAE.
• Participated and shared in several technical works shops related to drilling
technology, horizontal drilling, Challenges of Development of Carbonate Reservoir,
……..etc. last work shop was in Feb. 2010 in Sharm el-sheikh
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4. Published Technical Papers:
• “A mechanical model of shale instability problems offshore Abu Dhabi” Presented at
10th ADIPEC , Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference held
in Abu Dhabi Oct. 2002. SPE # 78494
• “Hole Instability in Upper Zakum Field Offshore Abu Dhabi; Need Integrated
Solution” Presented at 9th ADIPEC Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition
and Conference held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, 15-18 October 2000. Also, Presented at
Middle East Drilling Technology Conference in Bahrain, March 2002.
• “The successful redevelopment of existing wells using multilateral drilling
techniques” presented at ADIPC-8 in Abu Dhabi 1998 and at MOES in Bahrian 1999.
• “New Treatment for Removal of Mud-Polymer Damage in Multilateral Wells Drilled
Using Starch-Based Fluids” Presented at IADC/SPE Drilling Conference held in
Dallas, USA, 3-6 March 1998. Published at SPE Drill & Completion Magazine
September 2000.
• "PHPA" mud utilization in GUPCO Western Desert Fields" presented at EGPC 11th
Petroleum Exploration and production conference held in Cairo in Nov. 1992.
• "Hole Instability in GUPCO Western Desert Fields" presented at EGPC 10th
Petroleum Exploration and production conference held in Cairo in Nov. 1990 and at
Mediterranean Petroleum Conference held at Tripoli, Libya in Jan. 1992.
Studies:
• Drilling Feasibility study for West Gebel El-Zeit Field, Assessment the existing well
bores and set future strategy for producing and develop the Field---Oasis Petroleum
Company, Egypt. Nov. 2006.
• Initiated/Participated (Focal Point) in a detailed “Hole Instability Study” Offshore
Abu Dhabi (2000-2003) jointly between ZADCO-SSE/DC and JODCO-JONC-JRC
research Center. Published 2-papers as mentioned above. Held 2-work shops in June
2001 and June 2002. Issued intermediate repot to ADMA-OPCO and shareholders
with conclusions and recommendations. Showed good result during year 2001-2002.
• Completed a four phases study between Cairo and Tulsa, OK, USA. Worked in
AMOCO Research Center (5- months) and used AMOCO "ESD" Eng. Simulator for
Drilling to review, optimize and standardize GUPCO drilling plan for Egyptian
Western Desert wells. (Issued a standard drilling operation manual).
Professional Membership:
• Egyptian Engineering Syndicate
• Society of Petroleum Engineers “SPE”
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5. Ibrahim
Tantawi
 Completed a detailed Engineering assessment study for 37 Hout Field old
wells.
 Completed an assessment and review of HPHT project with conclusion and
recommendation based on new finding and innovative idea.
 Loss of circulation in Re-entry wells K-143 & K-068; (Saving 13.6 Days & US$
6,148,961)
A- K-068; Managed the losses and be able to drill more than 2000 ft 5/7/8” hole
for the first time in KJO. Run and cemented 4.5” Liner with shoe @ 84 deg.
Successfully.
B- K-143 well; Managed Losses (Partial to complete) using Baker fluids
Solsqueez for the first time in KJO; Drilled more than 2000 ft, including 1500’
Lateral hole to well TD @9450 ft. Run and cement 4.5” Liner with shoe @
Landing point (89 Deg.) successfully.
N.B : Comparing these two wells with K-138, where We spent 33 days
(cost “7 mm Dollars).
Personnel Achievements
2013-2015
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6.  No Well Control Incident. No environmental Impact
 Hammered 30.5 “ Conductor by the rig for the first time in KJO; Job done
safely and professionally.
 Drilled from conductor shoe to top Rahduma that minimized the surface casing.
Run & Cement 18-5/8” successfully.
 Curing Complete L.C into Tayarat for the first time in KJO is outstanding
achievement. The hole is open since 4/3/2015 till today 15/5/210 (74 Days) which
helped to:
 Extend Casing point to 6100’ instead of 2000 ft as per hout historical data.
 Drill 16” hole to Bahra and recorded O.H wire line logs to 5024 ft.
 Cut the planned Cores (15 Core bbls instead of 8 trips planned) through out the
Upper Reservoirs ; Gudail, Mishrif, Rumaila, & Ahmadi. Total 658 ft.
 Recorded LWD (Resistivity, Density-CNL, GR…etc. across cored section.
 Recorded 37 Pore pressure for shallow reservoirs using Baker FastTrack-LWD.
 Run and cemented 13-3/8” Casing with shoe @6190 ft Successfully
 Curing Hydrocarbon bubbles observed from Soil Coring Hole. It was done off
line without any extra cost or rig time.
Personnel Achievement
Hout Well H-038 (2015)
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Sent: Sunday, March 4, 2012 5:47:36 PM
Subject: RE: LSTK Daily Report March 04, 2012
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7. Gentlemen,
Sorry to be late on my Congratulations to the team on delivering 30 wells for the second contract period of LSTK. This new computer
is getting the best of me so far.
As of February 26th, we delivered our 30 well requirement to Aramco. Considering how we started the period with 30% NPT in
February and March 2011, I am sure many of us weren’t sure we would get there but we did. In addition, we delivered over 200
additional out of scope days, this is equivalent to 6 more wells for the year. Our average NPT for 2011 was 12.1% compared to
Aramco’s 11.1% but this does not tell the whole story. Our average NPT for the last 9 months was 6.7% compared to Aramco’s
11.5% and we delivered 5.5 % in February. This is truly an outstanding achievement, one we should all be proud of.
In addition, I would also like to recognize the LSTK team and Sino Team specifically for achieving more than 24 months without a
recordable incident. Another truly outstanding achievement. DSV’s, please congratulate the Sino teams on location on my behalf.
We will be out very soon to congratulate them in person.
Here are a few statistics for this contract period to remember:
Total Footage Drilled 293,553 ft.
Total Extra Footage 25,463 ft.
Out of Scope Days >200
Let’s pause for a moment of silence to celebrate ……………………………………………………………………………then we need
to move on to the third year. Seriously, I will be traveling around in the near future to congratulate all of you for your contribution.
Congratulations once again, this is truly a team effort and it is being recognized by Aramco and Halliburton.
Regards,
Kevin Glass
Sr. Project Manager
LSTK South Ghawar - Saudi Arabia
Halliburton Consulting & Project Management
+966 3 838 9665 (w)
+966 055 025 3978 (c)
US 832-244-3610 (c)
kevin.glass@halliburton.com
"Promise what you can deliver, deliver what you promise"
From: Ibrahim Tantawi
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 9:46 AM
To: William Rose; Kevin Glass; Mark Phillips; Bert Bertrand; Clem Whitmire; Ezzine Farhani; Henry Longden; Mike Hopkins;
Salahuddin Khan; Zakaria Maouche; Moetaz Mohsen; Mason Gomez; Ben Soileau
Cc: Rodney Uchytil; Gasser Badrashini; Joe Rainey; Paul Koeller; Ehab Farouk; Digby Simmonds; David Gibson; Medhat Sanad;
Gustavo Achong; Kevin Harrison; Clark Neish; Dwayne hall; Mike Atkins; Nelson Monroy; Tony Montgomery; Tom Chandler; John
Waddington; Kumaran Palanivel; Sathyaparathpara Chakravarthy; Michael Strachan; Omer Farooqi; Tarek Samy Aly; Amir Hassan;
Rizk Aly; Mirza Baig; Abdel Hamid R Abeidoh; Ahmed Khalil; Bader Al-Mutairi; AiJaz Rizvi; Ibrahim Tantawi
(itantawi@yahoo.com); Ali Al-Yami; Abdulrhman Almogpeel; Abdulmajeed AlAnazi
Subject: LSTK Daily Report March 04, 2012
Gentlemen,
Here is the updated morning report for our current operations on South Ghawar LSTK Project.
SINO – 1, Well UTMN-1745 (VE/Injector), CO2-EOR Pilot Project, Bid TD 7,000 ft MD, PTD 7,458 ft MD, Current TD 0 ft
(Progress 0 ft)
Days from Spud: 0.0 days, Planned Days Dry Hole: 33 days + 2 days Completion (Total 35 days)
Resume Moving operation early morning.
R/D and Move Rig to UTMN-1745.
R/D 90%, R/M 70%, & R/U 20%
Yesterday, the operation suspended due to Bad weather.
Plan: R/M and R/U rig to UTMN-1745.
SINO – 12, Well HRDH-440 (PHZ), Bid TD 12,300 ft, PTD 9,958 ft MD, Current TD 7226 ft (Progress 0 ft)
Days from Spud: 15.08 days, Planned Days Dry Hole: 22 days + 3 days Completion (Total 25 days)
Run W/ 7" Liner to bottom.
POOH W/ 8-1/2" Dir. Drlg. BHA. Run W/ 7" Liner.
Plan: Cement 7" liner. POOH W/ 7" Liner setting tool.
SINO - 19, Well KHRS-699 (PWI-I), Bid TD 13,000 ft MD, PTD 14,692 ft MD, Current TD 1800 ft (Progress 830 ft)
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8. Days from Spud: 2.83 days, Planned Days Dry Hole: 33 + 2 days C/O Trip (Total 35 days).
Drlg. 12-1/4" V. Hole to 1800'. Using 58 PCF Spud mud. w/ full returns.
N/U & P/T BOP's stack as per Aramco standard. RIH w/ 12-1/4" Drlg. BHA D/o Cmt & Floats inside 13-3/8" CSG, P/T CSG. Drlg.
12-1/4" Hole.
Plan: Drill 12-1/4" Hole to CP. Perform Wiper trip.
Regards,
Ibrahim Tantawi
Halliburton Project Management
South Ghawar LSTK Project
Drilling Superintendent
Mobile: +966 555.09.5262
Aramco Office: +966 3 572.0690
ibrahim.tantawi@halliburton.com
ibrahim.yousef@aramco.com
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