Tariq Hussain
Katy,TX
Summary
More than 24 years of onshore Drilling Engineering & Well Site experience of domestic and international with expertise in authoring and developing drilling procedures that meet all well objectives in accordance with local policies and regulations. Develop strategies to reduce single or multi well pad project cost through collaboration, conceptual ideas and strategic portfolio decision. Reputed individual with extensive Drilling Engineering planning and well site experience with abreast knowledge of new technology, equipment, techniques and information relative to critical well operations. Strong, self – directed team player and always eager to share my knowledge with peers for the benefit of the organization. Effective in both a leadership role as well as a team member.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Drilling Engineer
Vital Energy
Midland, Texas
01.2023 - 02.2025
- Drilling Engineering/Planning role focused on ERD in Permian Delaware basin.
- Design trajectory for extended reach wells to optimize reservoir contact considering geological, engineering and safety parameters.
- Identify potential geological hazards risks, including wellbore stability, formation pressure, and equipment failure, and develop mitigation strategies.
- Continuously engaged drilling performance through road map applications and ERD tool and technologies integration.
- Design & Execute 1st U- shape wells pad for Vital energy under budget that allows access to multiple zones within tight acreage position.
- Develop and implement slim vs conventional ERD design wells based on target zones, mud weight & ECDs to improve cycle time and saving over $1.5MM per well.
Senior Drilling Supervisor
Vital Energy
01.2019 - 01.2023
- Supervise Permian design ERW operations of land walking rigs that include documentation, operations, cost & assured the compliance with Vital operational guidelines and HSE policies.
- My accountability is to supervise all drilling aspects that includes but not limited to drilling, directional drilling, fishing, casing running, well issue remediation, well control, cementing, drilling fluids etc.
- My duty also incorporates arrange logistics for required equipment and material, meeting with contractors, maintaining quality control and people management.
- Execute sales and contractual terms and conditions with service providers within one month & saved over $8MM annual saving.
- Plan and proposed slim hole design in Permian without compromising production casing size to improve overall performance & cost ($200k).
- Implement brain storming session and implement lean sigma concept for field supervisors.
Staff Drilling Engineer
Laredo Petroleum
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Prepare fit for purpose drilling plans for ERW wells in accordance with best practices in industry and latest innovative technology to reduce overall drilling time.
- Full support to on-site supervisor & operation advisor technically and seek ways to utilize better solutions to improve drilling performance and reduce overall drilling cost.
- Plan and execute squeeze operation liner expandable well with root cause analysis approach and successfully shut off loss zone. Cost saving $2MM finishing full lateral compare to re-drill new hole.
- Plan and execute casing drilling project to prove effective stress caging in weak rock.
- Implement new procedures for stuck pipe in lateral for Permian Basin with 100% success rate ($MM saving).
Technical Advisor
BHP Billiton
01.2016 - 12.2016
- Main focuses on RCA (Root Cause Analysis) projects to investigate well integrity concerns and provide long term solutions and recommendations.
- Provide expert technical solution, barrier assessment and fit for purpose design for OCTG & unitize wellhead for unconventional development drilling to reduce rig time and material cost.
- Authored technical engineering documentation and scope of work to supply chain to roll out bidding for wellhead in accordance with API 6A, MR0175 and ISO 14023 international standard to take leverage of depressed commodity pricing that reduce tangible cost over 60%.
- Implement technical aspect and recommend CAL (connection acceptance level) and ad hoc testing for semi and premium connection for specific area for fit for purpose that saved tubular cost 5%.
- Administered well barrier risk assessment and update Well Integrity standards.
Senior A&I Engineer
BHP Billiton
01.2015 - 12.2016
- Deliver input to overall business process rules (Wave), focused on Idea generation and leverage Lean Sigma concept and consistency across work streams.
- Administered training across all work streams with respect to business rules (Wave), Lean Six Sigma etc.
- Coach and assist WSL with identification of a focus area for idea generation and leveraging benchmarking data.
- Verified high $ ideas content to see if it was scalable to momentum case and has the proper money step and saved D&C over $20MM in 2015.
Senior Drilling Engineer
BHP Billiton
01.2012 - 12.2015
- Lead 3-6 rig operations by administering team of 15-20 DE and TA teams for excellence and managed drilling operations by providing technical support to Superintendents and Engineers.
- Implement Extended Reach Well Design & Engineering by implementing rotary steerable and fit for purpose design motors.
- K&M ERD engineering approach – ECD management, FF Broom charts toque & drag, Surge & Swab & reaming for ERD ratio exceeding 3.
- Successfully deployed PSD philosophy to eliminate 1 casing string in a high gas alley that requires higher MW to drill in horizontal section MW window ranges from 13.0 - 13.8ppge, the strategy saved over $500K per well.
- Deploy managed pressure tripping concept based on time dependent with well flowing at TD saved over $500k per well.
Senior Drilling Engineer
ConocoPhillips
01.2011 - 12.2012
- Lead and managed 3-4 rigs operations for horizontal well planning Eagle Ford HPHT long lateral wells.
- Award achievement to drilled fastest horizontal well in Eagle ford 12.4 days through implementing pacesetter concept, technical limits and DWOP methodology.
- Introduce steel design bits and Even wall motor technology for longer runs compared to conventional motors.
- Initiate & administered geo-steering group for better collaboration and team success.
- Optimize casing design for high clay content in an unstable area from 3 to 2 casing string design without compromising any well control which saved $2 million in tangible and operational costs.
Senior Drilling Engineer
ConocoPhillips
01.2008 - 12.2011
- Lead three rig operations for Anadarko high pressure granite wash basin wells with vertical and horizontal design.
- Reviewing and developing challenging offset well information of previous operators in order to optimize well design.
- Customize PDC design and cutter life through impact & wear resistance concept and added back up rows for granite wash and Atoka high compressive strength formation 20-30ksi that overall reduces 2-3 days of rig time and total number of bits and cost over $300k.
- Revamp BHA to reduce stick slip, vibrations and improve ROP through optimizing drilling parameters.
- Introduce new technology opportunities MPD (Manage Pressure Drilling), MCD (Mud Cap Drilling) and WBS (Well Bore Strengthening) for the Anadarko Basin in tight fracture rock and in limestone vugs formation.
- Authored SIMOPS project in Barnett Shale for drilling and frac same pad.
Drilling Engineer
Eni Pakistan Ltd
01.2005 - 12.2008
- Well planning and drilling engineering program writing for HPHT conventional vertical and high angle directional wells in Bhit, Badhra and Kadanwari areas.
- Preparing end of well reports with drilling operation summaries, casing cementing reports, Bit and BHA reports and mud recaps.
- Prepare technical scope of work and bidding criteria for drilling services and tangible equipment.
- Engaged in planning long lead items like casing, wellhead, liner hanger, casing accessories for the exploratory and development planned wells.
- Deployed a new well bore design with provision of two contingency casing scenarios for an exploration well to be drilled for the first time in Badhra field (Pakistan) in abnormal pressure regime over 10K surface equipment rating.
D&C Engineer
BP Pakistan E&P Inc
01.2000 - 12.2005
- Manage well site engineer and supervisor role for over 3 years on drilling and workover rigs.
- Involved in conducting extensive field studies for fields in Badin (Sind) block.
- Administered detailed UBS (under balance study) for work over wells and development drilling projects to reduce reservoir skin damage without killing wells and improve production.
- Also implemented Shear Hopper Process and No Drilling Surprises (NDS) in BP for critical wells and provided Technical Limits (TL) process for well optimization and the AFE process.
- Established a benchmark study for BP Pakistan for saving directional cost over $300k per well by establishing fit for purpose surface location and avoid any directional work.
- Showed tremendous engineering skills on part of planning and execution of Fateh Shah-1 without any adequate drilling data and completed it with significant drilling performance days/10k 16.91 (BP Pakistan).
- Delivered a new well bore design for BP Pakistan in the Badin region which includes two retrievable packers ‘HS’ (Hydraulically Set) and ‘R-3’ (Mechanically set) contributing to a straddle role in a well bore design without compromising any technical issue.
Education
Mechanical Engineering -
NED University and Technology
Karachi, PakistanSkills
- Well planning: Permian, Eagle Ford, Haynesville, Fayetteville, Barnett
- HPHT well planner, including ERW
- Well site supervisor
- Rig site technical and operation support
- Drilling fluid and cement design expert
- Well integrity expert
- Fit for purpose, well head design
- OCTG Advance Casing Design Expert
- Risk Assessment Well Planning & Operations
- P&A Program & Execution
- Well Barrier Assessment & Requirement
- Pacesetter KPI’s
- AI (RPA robotic process automation) projects
- Lean Sigma
- Project Management
- Cloud technology projects – D&C
- Lead Root Cause Analysis assessment
- Conventional Workover Procedures
- Run Single and Selective Completions
- Lead and Manage HSE
- Sales and contracts negotiation & implementation
- Directional Driller
Affiliations
- SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineer)
- AADE (American Association Drilling Engineer)
Training
- Well Control Certified, Smith & Mason, 02/01/24, Midland, TX
- Advanced Casing Design-Viking, 04/01/16, Houston, Texas
- Loyd’s inspection workshop, 02/01/15, Houston, Texas
- McKinsey LEAN Training, 12/01/14, Atlanta, GA
- Wild Well Control (Well Control), 01/01/14, Houston, Texas
- Blade Stone Well Control Seminar, 01/01/13, Victoria, Texas
- Extended Reach Drilling Course, K&M Technology (Schlumberger Co)
- IADC Well Cap (Well Control), Chapman Associates, 01/01/10, Midland, TX
- Advance Drilling Fluids (CP), Drilling Specialties, 01/01/10, Bartlesville, OK
- Advance Well Control, Prentice, 01/01/10, Houston, TX
- Directional Drilling and Well Positioning, Angus Jamieson, 01/01/09, COP Houston, TX
- Water Base Mud School (MI), MI, 01/01/08, Houston
- Directional, Horizontal and Multilateral, OGCI, 01/01/06, Dubai
- Drilling Practices, OGCI, 01/01/05, Dubai
Hse
- Root Cause Analysis, BHP, 01/01/12, Woodlands, TX
- Safety Leadership Training, COP, 01/01/11, Victoria, TX
- Safety Leadership Training, COP, 01/01/08, Elk City, OK
- EMS Lead Audit, SGS, 01/01/07, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Eight Safety Golden Rules, 01/01/02
- H2S Course, 01/01/02
- Basic Safety, 01/01/00
- Advance Safety Auditing, 01/01/01
Certification
- Smith Mason - Well Control Certification Valid until 2026
Timeline
Senior Drilling Engineer
Vital Energy
01.2023 - 02.2025
Senior Drilling Supervisor
Vital Energy
01.2019 - 01.2023
Staff Drilling Engineer
Laredo Petroleum
01.2017 - 01.2019
Technical Advisor
BHP Billiton
01.2016 - 12.2016
Senior A&I Engineer
BHP Billiton
01.2015 - 12.2016
Senior Drilling Engineer
BHP Billiton
01.2012 - 12.2015
Senior Drilling Engineer
ConocoPhillips
01.2011 - 12.2012
Senior Drilling Engineer
ConocoPhillips
01.2008 - 12.2011
Drilling Engineer
Eni Pakistan Ltd
01.2005 - 12.2008
D&C Engineer
BP Pakistan E&P Inc
01.2000 - 12.2005
Mechanical Engineering -
NED University and Technology
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