Kingsley Alaoma
Field Supervisor/Consultant (MWD/LWD /DDX)
Calgary,AB
Summary
Field Supervisor/Specialist with extensive field and operations experience in oil & gas drilling and logging services. Field experience across a broad range of downhole drilling & evaluation tools and services at onshore and offshore at several local and international locations for major oil and gas companies around Africa, The Gulf region, US and Canada. Operation team lead/ coordinator
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
22
22
Certifications
1
1
Language
Work History
Field Supervisor, MWD/DDx
Schlumberger, Drilling & Measurements
Calgary, AB
09.2022 - Current
- Working as MWD Specialist and cross training as Directional Drilling Specialist for Schlumberger D&M in Canada land operations – Western Canada
- Maintained accurate records of field activities, ensuring proper documentation was available for internal reviews and audits.
- Met with customers to resolve issues and build productive relationships.
- Planned and scheduled field activities according to set timelines and order of operations.
- Collaborated closely with other Field Supervisors to share knowledge, expertise, and best practices in order to optimize overall performance.
Directional Drilling Engineer /Operations Team Leader
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, ADNOC
Abu Dhabi, U.A.E
01.2020 - 08.2022
- Directional Drilling & LWD (DDx), Offshore operations Team lead, RTOC Technical support
- Completed design evaluations and recommended adjustments to improve costs.
- Provided technical support during rig operations, addressing challenges in a timely manner to minimize downtime.
- Implemented quality control measures to maintain equipment reliability and performance.
- Managed multidisciplinary teams for successful drilling projects, ensuring clear communication and collaboration.
- Participated in tender evaluations for selecting appropriate service providers while maintaining cost effectiveness.
- Contributed actively towards fostering a culture of continuous improvement within the drilling team, sharing best practices and lessons learned for increased operational efficiency.
Consultant/ Field Supervisor
KCA Legacy INC.
Calgary, AB
06.2019 - 12.2019
- Company Overview: Calgary, AB., Canada
- MWD & LWD Consultancy, Formation Evaluation, Remote technical support work, Log Processing, QC, final Log and LAS, End of Well reports and deliverables
- Calgary, AB., Canada
- Developed innovative strategies for clients, resulting in increased revenue and business growth.
Field Supervisor II (MWD/LWD & DDx)
Baker Hughes INC
Saudi Arabia
10.2018 - 05.2019
- Managed Measurement-While-Drilling job operations with field responsibility for Directional Drilling
- Rotary Steerable drilling & additionally working as MWD engineer for directional surveys, FE data quality checks, log plotting
- This cut down number of field employees saving more than $120,000 per engineer annually
- Monitored LWD logging operations to identify and solve problems, improve work methods, and ensure compliance with safety, company, and government regulations
- Increased field efficiency by 15%
- Collaborated closely with other Field Supervisors to share knowledge, expertise, and best practices in order to optimize overall performance.
Field Engineer (Logging Supervisor II / Operations Coordinator)
Baker Hughes GE
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
04.2017 - 10.2018
- Coordinated the Offshore Field Project (Saudi Aramco) which included managing tools, materials and people movements
- Managed team of more than 30 engineers – well planners, Application engineers, DDs, MWDs
- Ensured optimum utilization of office and field-based specialists and engineers
- Developed excellent sales, communication and negotiation relationship with Saudi Aramco Offshore team –Drilling Supervisors, Drilling & Reservoir Engineers, Geologists and Petrophysicists
- Responsible for daily reports, Customer satisfaction, service or job tickets, End of well reports, Post job reports, failure reports
- Troubleshot system malfunctions using state-of-the-art diagnostic tools, quickly resolving issues to minimize disruptions in service.
- The reduced time in reports delivery to the clients led to big improvement in Baker Hughes’ performance matrix and increased the 2019 job allocation by 25% displacing competitors
General Field Engineer / Logging Supervisor II / Technical Support
Baker Hughes INC.
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
01.2007 - 04.2017
- Worked remotely and managed 24/7 workload at BEACON Remote Operations Centre in Saudi Arabia
- Logging- While- Drilling Tool Operations onshore and offshore including formation pressure tests, NMR service, Propagation Resistivity, Gamma Ray, Neutron Porosity, Density, Drho, Pe, Temperature, etc
- Improved operational efficiency by implementing innovative engineering solutions and optimizing processes.
- Worked as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the geomarket for the safe management of radioactive sources used in logging tools for formation evaluation (data collected realtime during drilling operations acting as Certified Radiation Protection Supervisor & Assessor
- Installed new hardware, updated software, interpreted engineering data, managed system configuration
- Managed new technology roll-out of tools and software to rig based engineers and office-based users
- Provided real-time technical support for the MWD/LWD product portfolio and associated software
- Installed, tested, serviced BAKER HUGHES tools and equipment at the rig site
- Troubleshoot data transfer to client’s office both remotely and at the rig site, trouble-shoot the operation of the data transfer system
- Communicated customers’ needs to Baker Hughes technical and operations management
- Identified opportunities to add value to customers
- Ensured all work was of high quality, prioritized and completed correctly
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to achieve project objectives within budget and timeline constraints.
- Evaluated new technologies for potential implementation in the field, staying updated on industry advancements.
Field Service Engineer I, III (MWD/LWD)
Baker Hughes INC
01.2005 - 01.2007
- Responsible for LWD Log & Drilling Data Acquisition, memory processing, Log QC and final deliverables
- Consistently met deadlines and requirements for the completion of testing and reports through collaboration with clients, which resulted to customer satisfaction and repeat business
- Actively involved in networking field computers for real-time transmission to client office
Education
B.Tech. - Geology
Skills
MWD
Measurement While Drilling
Directional Drilling
LWD
Logging While Drilling
Drilling Tool Operations
24/7 Technical Support
Downhole Data Acquisition
BHA selection & Assembly
On site Supervision
Drilling Optimization
Formation Evaluation
Geoscience
Field Operations Management
Application Engineering
Well planning
Team building skills & leadership
Customer/ Client Support
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Operations planning
Field operations
Work order review
Quality control
Certification
Directional Drilling Academy (Tomball, Texas)
Notableaccomplishments
- Selected as sole Field engineer to train in the US Land for AutoTrak Curve & eXact (Rotary Steerable) drilling tool and subsequent introduction to Saudi Arabia operations.
- Reduced Non-productive Time (NPT) rate from 30% to 16% as well as saving maintenance costs by 40% through effective roll-out of AutoTrak Exact RSS coupled with Remote Operations Technical Support initiatives.
- Successful networking of field-based machines for data transfer to client and Baker Hughes’ real time data and support centers via VSAT achieving optimum field staff utilization.
Additional Competencies
- MWD, Measurement While Drilling
- Directional Drilling
- LWD, Logging While Drilling
- Drilling Tool Operations
- 24/7 Technical Support
- Downhole Data Acquisition
- BHA selection & Assembly
- On site Supervision
- Drilling Optimization
- Formation Evaluation
- Geoscience
- Field Operations Management
- Application Engineering
- Well planning
- Team building skills & leadership
- Customer/ Client Support
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Timeline
Field Supervisor, MWD/DDx
Schlumberger, Drilling & Measurements
09.2022 - Current
Directional Drilling Engineer /Operations Team Leader
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, ADNOC
01.2020 - 08.2022
Consultant/ Field Supervisor
KCA Legacy INC.
06.2019 - 12.2019
Field Supervisor II (MWD/LWD & DDx)
Baker Hughes INC
10.2018 - 05.2019
Field Engineer (Logging Supervisor II / Operations Coordinator)
Baker Hughes GE
04.2017 - 10.2018
General Field Engineer / Logging Supervisor II / Technical Support
Baker Hughes INC.
01.2007 - 04.2017
Field Service Engineer I, III (MWD/LWD)
Baker Hughes INC
01.2005 - 01.2007