1. Khaled MANLA
Tartous, Syria
E-mail: kammanla10@gmail.com
k.manla@afpc.net.sy
(+963-43 810343)
(mobile: +963944537740)
Summary
· Profile: male
· Nationality: Syrian
· Current position: Head of Drilling
· Company: Shell Syria (AFPC)
· Drilling Experience: 22 years
· Current Employer : AFPC (Shell Syria).
Education
Sep 1992 Al Baath University HOMS, Syria
· Bachelor Degree in petroleum engineering
Work Experience:
Jul 2003-present Shell Syria Der Ezzor, Syria
Apr2014-present Head of Drilling Department
· Define the activities and responsibility of the drilling department in
order to achieve cost effective, safe well construction and repair
activities, meeting agreed customer requirements.
· Manage the efficiency, appraisal and improvement of drilling
engineering and well work operation.
2. March 2012 – 1 Apr 2014 Senior drilling & work over Eng
· Assure that drilling contractors is complying with company HSE policy.
· Follow up all the HSE issues and confirm the correct actions has been
taken to close out all the outstanding items.
· Review with the contractor quarterly the contractor HSE plan and
evaluate the contractor performance in accordance with company
references and standards.
· Preparing and issuing well program.
· Discuss with the drilling supervisor all the drilling issues on the rig site.
· Contract holder for many service companies (work over rigs,
completion, ).
· carrying out full engineering analyses of rig site data and preparing
regular well reports;
· monitoring the daily progress of well operations and current daily costs,
comparing actual costs with cost expenditure proposals and
recommending changes or improvements to rig work techniques,
which could lead to optimisation of expenditure;
· coordinating and supervising the work of the drilling team;
· undertaking engineering design and the planning of wells (including
development work);
· working with multidisciplinary professionals to evaluate the commercial
viability of the well and monitor progress during drilling;
· Monitor and analysis drilling contractor performance and discuss with
the contractor how to make use from this analysis data to improve its
performance
June 2007-March 2012 Drilling Supervisor on drilling/work over
rigs
Started as stand alone drilling supervisor on land rigs to manage
the execution of the well to be drilled, worked over and completed
by the rig according th agreed programs , and within the guidelines
of the departmental management system.
· Co-ordinate & monitor rig site operations carried out by Land rig
using all other services in accordance with the company provided
plans / programmes
· Participate in preparation of HSE plan and supervise the implantation
on rig site.
3. · Participation in development of programme for cost effective drilling
systems.
· Co-ordination & control of company hired Rig & other Service
Contractor’s equipments, personnel & services for efficient drilling
operations
· Monitor work of Personnel in adherence with quality control, safety
and environmental guidelines.
· Plan, indent & mobilize material, equipment and services required for
scheduled drilling program.
· Ensure that all the Personnel operate in efficient and professional
manner and study their operational reports as per the standards
established by the company.
· Co-ordinate with management on daily progress and ensure contractor
complies with scheduled deadlines
Jul 2003-Jun 2007 Well Site drilling engineer
· Drilling String Design and components selection.
· Drilling fluids and drilling Hydraulics.
· Casing, Liner & Cementing Operations.
· Pressure Control Ops & quality assurance of well control equipment, wellhead
installation & testing.
· Directional drilling & surveys.
· Drilling material logistics & supply on rig site.
· HSE record, incident investigation.
· Rig inspection (Pre-Spud, weekly)
· Daily Drilling Report
Dec2001-JUl 2003 Syrian Petroleum Company(SPC)
Cementing Eng
· Execute calculations for cementing operations on both drilling and work over
rigs (vertical, deviated and horizontal wells).
· Calculate & Execute special cementing operation (squeeze cement,
abandonment plugs, …etc)
Dec1992-Dec 2001 Syrian Petroleum Company (SPC) Syria
Drilling supervisor
· Drilled many vertical, deviated and horizontal wells
· Programming daily drilling operations.
4. · Supervise the implementation of daily drilling operations and ensure that the
operations are carried out in adherence with programmes.
· Monitor work of Personnel in adherence with quality control, safety and
environmental guidelines.
· Plan, indent & mobilize material, equipment and services required for
scheduled drilling program.
· Ensure that all the Personnel operate in efficient and professional manner and
study their operational reports as per the standards established by the
company.
· Report drilling operation and HSE related issue to the Drilling Eng.
· Rig move planning and implementation.
Special Experience:
· Drilling relief well in Syria to restore the primary well control situation in
flowing well (potential blow out).
· UBD (under Balanced drilling).
· Commissioning and re certifying the rig for first start up.
· Drilling horizontal well.
· Supervised operation of deep well (TD is 5250m) which required special
precautions, procedures, chemicals and materials to drill and complete the
well.
· Dealing with problematic formation (potential kick).
· Wire line fishing operations (over stripping)
· Milling operations (milling packers, bridge plugs)
· Window milling and sidetracking operations (Whip Stock).
· Repairing many Dual completion wells.
· Abandonment many wells.
· Dealing with Shiranish reservoir, a local abnormally pressured shallow gas/oil
reservoir, requiring specific non-standard well control techniques.
· Cemented Completions.
Achievement:
· Ensure highest level of operational performance with out
compromising HSE standards.
· Training national staff.
· Optimizing some operation to safe time and cost.
5. · Zero NPT related to down hole problems. And ZERO LTI.
Qualifications:
June 2011 IWCF Randy Smith, Egypt
Round II Well Engineering Shell Learning Center- Holland 2007
IWCF EDC-Egypt 2007
Volumetric/stripping Shell Learning Center- Holland 2006
Expandable Tubular Shell Company Holland 2006
Stuck pipe prevention EDC – EGYPT 2006
IWCF Shell Learning Center- Holland 2005
Round I Well Engineering Shell Learning Center- Holland 2005
Directional drilling BECFIELD company – UAE 2005
RI well engineering exam/certificate SHELL, Holland June 2005
P130 (30dys) well engineering SHELL Holland June 2005
Courses
Course
IWCF RANDY
SMITH
IWCF RANDY
SMITH
IWCF EDC-EGYPT
Combined Stripping and
Volumetric Method
NAM-Schoonebeek
–
Holland
Office based work related to
drilling Ops.
AFPC Offices-
Damascus
Drilling Engineering and
Practices (4 weeks)
Shell Learning
Center-Holland
IWCF NAM- Holland
IWCF
Advanced Well Control Syria Field
Intensive Round II
preparation
Syria Field
Directional drilling Syria Field
Casing Design Syria Field
R I Exam & Basic well
Engineering course
Syria Field
Mud Engineering, Syria Field
Drill string Design Syria Field
Basic Well Control Syria Field
Basic Drilling Engineering Syria Field
6. HSE Training
· Unsafe Act Awareness.
· HSE workshop Supervisor role in safety at the worksite.
· Authorized Gas Tester.
· Introduction to first Aid .
· Safe Handling Of Chemicals.
· Unsafe Act Auditing .
· Fire fighting
· NORM for supervisor
· NORM tester
· Emergency response
· Introduction to environmental protection
· The role of the supervisors in safety at work site
· Permit to work system
· Hydrogen sulphide &breathing apparatus
· Incident Investigation and Reporting
Skills
Windows & office tools
MS Word and Excel
Well plan for windows, Stress check (casing design), Compass
(directional drilling) and SUCOP (survey quality control).
Language
Arabic Native
English Very good
Reference
columosullivan2003@yahoo.com (0096893929004)
Ian Weather head TDE/95 (00447711629140)
Ian Thomas (00447967116978- 00441736757565)
