Ole Kristian Brobak is a senior drilling consultant with over 40 years of experience in drilling supervision and engineering. He has extensive experience supervising drilling, completion, and abandonment operations on offshore platforms and semi-submersible rigs in Norway. Brobak holds a BSc in Petroleum Engineering and is fluent in Norwegian and English.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME: Ole Kristian Brobak
DATE OF BIRTH: 05.07.58
POSITION: Senior Drilling Consultant
Nationality: Norwegian
Address: Tungenesveien 89, 4070 Randaberg, Norway.
E-mail: ole.brobak@acona.com
Telephone: 0047-92666635
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SUMMARY
Supervision of Drilling, Workover, Completion, Intervention, and field
P&A Operations. Drilling, Completion, Workover and Intervention
Engineering. Drilling-/Production platform management. Project
planning and management.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2014 – Present ACONA AS
Senior Drilling Supervisor, Total, RWE-DEA, Tullow, Maersk O&G,
OMV (consortium)
Senior Drilling Supervisor, Leiv Eiriksson (Semi sub). Exploration
drilling. Norwegian Shelf.
2012 – 2014 ACONA AS
Senior Drilling Supervisor, Lundin, RWE-DEA.
Senior Drilling Supervisor, Bredford Dolphin (SemiSub) Exploration
drilling, Norwegian shelf.
2009 – 2012 ACONAWELLPRO AS / ACONA AS
Senior Drilling Supervisor, Lundin/Marathon/Talisman (Sept.09-
Today)
Senior Drilling Supervisor, Transocean Winner (SemiSub).
Exploration drilling, Norwegian Shelf.
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Rig intake coordinator, Lundin/Marathon/Talisman (May.09 –
Sep.09)
Coordinating the rig Intake of Transocean Winner (Semi Sub) on
behalf of the consortium between Lundin, Marathon and Talisman.
2000 – 2009 WELLCON/WELLPRO AS
Senior Drilling Engineer/Supervisor, Lundin Norge (April. 08 –
May 09)
Drilling Engineer. Jack up/exploration drilling. Senior Drilling
Supervisor. Jack up/exploration drilling. Maersk Gallant (Jack up)
Senior Drilling Supervisor, Talisman Norge, Gyda
(Nov. 04 – April. 2008)
Senior Drilling Supervisor on Gyda platform, Norway. Platform drilling,
Long reach wells. Completion and Intervention work (Wireline and
Coiled Tubing).
Senior Drilling Supervisor, Statoil, Heidrun, Norway
(Oct. 04 – Nov. 04)
Drilling Supervisor on Heidrun TLP. Platform/TLP drilling and
completion.
Well and Completion Engineer, Statoil, Stjørdal, Norway
(Aug. 03 – Sept. 2004)
Well Engineering/Completion planning and offshore Engineering
support for Heidrun TLP wells. Intervention (CT and WL) and
Completion work on Dual completion, Gravel pack and ML wells.
Senior Drilling Supervisor/Engineer, Total E&P, Norway
(Sept. 00 – Aug. 03)
Senior Drilling Supervisor on Scarabeo 6 (SemiSub) during drilling
and completion operation on the subsea fields Byggve and Skirne.
Participate in the planning of the two subsea wells Byggve and Skirne.
Ass. Team Leader planning the plugging of TotalFinaElfs Frigg DP2
wells (phase 1). Senior Drilling Supervisor on West Epsilon (Jack Up)
/ Frøy Platform when executing the P&A of the TotalFinaElf’s Frøy
field (10 wells).
Ass. Team Leader and Team Leader in “Lean Drilling/P&A” project
planning the plugging of TotalFinaElf’s Frøy field.
Senior Drilling Supervisor/Engineer, DANOP / DONG, Denmark
(April 00 – Sept. 00)
Well construction. Drilling Engineering and Drilling Supervision on the
Exploration Campaign 2000 performed by Danop/Dong on behalf of
several oil companies (Clam, Agip, Dong and Kerr McKee).
Stationed at DONG office in Copenhagen as Drilling Engineer and on
the Jackup rig Ensco 70 (Jack Up) as Senior Drilling Supervisor.
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2000 Senior Drilling Consultant, Wellcon AS
Founded the consulting company Wellcon AS, together with five
colleagues.
Jan 00 – April 00 NORSK HYDRO
Senior Drilling Supervisor
Drilling Supervisor Snorre TLP and Vigdis Subsea template (Snorre
TLP, Bideford Dolphin (SemiSub)).
1988 – 2000 SAGA PETROLEUM ASA
Senior Drilling Supervisor
Offshore Supervision of Saga’s drilling operations on Floaters, Jack-
ups and Production platforms.
Periodically Acting Drilling Superintendent in Stavanger office.
1999 – 2000 Subsea Template Completion and Drilling on Vigdis Field. (Bideford
Dolphin (SemiSub/RamRig)).
1999 Involved in contract evaluation and planning of Workover rig operation
on Snorre TLP.
1997 – 1999 Planning of Coiled Tubing Drilling Project Snorre TLP.
Full scale test at Rogaland research Center – Coiled Tubing Drilling.
Coiled Tubing Drilling Operation on Snorre TLP.
1997 Subsea template drilling/completion – Vigdis and Snorre UPA
(Scarabeo 5 (SemiSub), Vildkat (SemiSub)).
1992 – 1997 Production Drilling and Completion operations on Snorre TLP.
Horizontal drilling. Long reach drilling.
Snubbing and Coiled Tubing operations.
Workover operations (Snorre TLP).
1991 – 1992 Commissioning and testing of the drilling module on Snorre TLP.
Installation of gas and oil export risers.
1990 – 1991 Predrilling and pipeline pull-in operation on Snorre field template
(Scarabeo 5 (SemiSub)).
1988 – 1989 Relief well drilling and Killing of an underground blow-out in North Sea.
(Treasure Saga (SemiSub)).
Snubbing operation from a jack-up on an underground blow-out well.
(Neddrill Trigon (Jack Up)).
1988 – 1990 Exploration Drilling in Tampen-, Haltenbanken-, Southern North Sea-,
and Barents Sea-area.
HPHT drilling, Cold Climate drilling.
(Treasure Saga, Ross Rigg, West Alpha (Semi Subs))
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Modification, Commissioning, Contract evaluation and Acceptance
testing of Drilling rigs.
(Treasure Saga, Scarabeo 5, Snorre TLP.
1984 – 1988 SAGA PETROLEUM AS
Assistant Drilling Supervisor
Offshore Supervision of Saga’s drilling operations.
Operation Engineer in Stavanger and Harstad office.
Main activities: Exploration drilling in Tampen, Barents-sea and
Haltenbanken area.(Treasure Saga, Ross Rigg).
1985 – 1986 PTI, PETROLEUM TRAINING INSTITUTE
Instructor
1981 - 1985 SVERRE DITLEV SIMONSEN (SDS)
Assistant Driller
Offshore UK and Canada (Vildkat, Vinland).
1980 – 1981 GOLAR-NOR OFFSHORE
Assistant Driller
North Sea – Norway (Nortrym).
1980 GOLAR-NOR OFFSHORE
Derrickman
Offshore UK (Nortrym).
1979 – 1980 GOLAR-NOR OFFSHORE
Roughneck
Offshore UK/Norway (Nortrym)
1978 – 1979 NORTH-SEADRILLTRAINER
Rigmechanic/Instructor
Compulsory military service (Navy)
1977 – 1979 NORDENFJELDSKE DRILLING
Roustaboat
Offshore UK (Norjarl, Norskald, Nortroll).
1976 NORDENFJELDSKE DAMPSKIPS-SELSKAP
Deckhand
EDUCATION
1981 – 1984 Rogaland Regional College, Stavanger
BSc. Petroleum Engineering
LANGUAGES
Norwegian
English
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SOFTWARE SKILLS
Various Drilling report systems (Wellview, IDS, etc)
Excel/Word/PP
PERSONAL INTERESTS
Horses/Farming/Breeding/
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