Mud engineer
Oct 27th, 2008 | By Offshore Jobs | Category: Offshore Engineer, Oil and Gas Jobs
One of common offshore job is mud engineer. A mud engineer (correctly called a Drilling Fluids Engineer, but sometimes referred to as the “Mud Man”, though women also do this job today) works on an oil well drilling rig, and is responsible for the drilling fluid, also known as drilling mud which lubricates the drill bit and clears cuttings from the borehole.
The mud engineer (or drilling fluids engineer) is usually a college or technical graduate, who has been on a special training course, known as “mud school”. Prior to drilling, a program will be worked out according to the expected geology. As the hole gets deeper, more mud is required, and the mud engineer is responsible for making sure that it is made up to specification. The chemical composition of the mud will be designed so as not to destabilize the hole. It is sometimes necessary to completely change the mud to drill through a particular subsurface layer.
As drilling proceeds, the mud engineer will get information from the mud logger about progress through the geology and will make regular physical and chemical checks on the drilling mud. In particular the Marsh funnel viscosity and the density are frequently checked. As drilling proceeds, the mud tends to accumulate small particles of the rocks which are being drilled through, and its properties change. It is the job of the mud engineer to specify additives to correct these changes, or to partially or wholly replace the mud when necessary. He or she must also keep an eye on the equipment which is used to pump the mud and to remove particles, and be prepared if the geologists’ predictions are not entirely correct, or if other problems arise.
It is sometimes necessary to stabilize the wall of a borehole at a particular depth by pumping cement down through the mud system, and the mud engineer is in charge of this process.
The mud engineer is well supported by the mud supply company with computer aids and manuals dealing with all known problems and their solution, but it is his or her responsibility to get it right in a situation where mistakes can be very costly indeed.
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Mohamad Saad Hussein Metwally
+2) 010 18 38 295 / (+2 02) 226 85 692 EGY
18-Kmal Hassan Ali St, Sheraton, Cairo, Egypt
Tel
(++966 50) 2037980 KSA
E-mail: msh1844@yahoo.com
Profile: Senior Drilling Fluids Engineer
Date of Birth: 25- October - 1977
Education: BSc. in Chemistry and Geology Cairo University 1995-2000
El Askarya High School High School Cert. Suez -Egypt
Computer Literate
Languages: Arabic (Native language)\
English (spoken, written)
Work Experience: Egyptian Mud Engineering Co. Senior mud Engineer.
July 2002 – Current
• Work as senior mud engineer in EMEC Co, in Saudi Arabia with Saudi Aramco Company in most Saudi areas (Harad, Qatif, Fadhili, Safaniya, Uthmaniya, etc) and in Egypt for General Petroleum Company.
• Experience with different well types with horizontal wells up (almost 5000ft as open hole) and vertical wells, multilateral and exploration wells.
• Most types of mud with weights up to 19.2ppg (145pcf) - spud mud, KCl mud, low solids non dispersed, gypsum mud, calcium chloride/calcium carbonate muds, salt saturated mud and oil base mud.
• Different workover and completion brines. Also casing, tubing clean out fluids and testing.
• Involved in most drilling problems - stuck pipe in different formations, shale problems and lost circulation.
As part of my degree undertook work training experience:
General Petroleum Company
July 1997 - August 1997 - Exploration and Geology Dept
July 1998 - August 1998 - Chemistry Dept
El Naser Petroleum Co. (Trained in Water, Products, Gases and Research lab)
August 1998 – September 1998
Belayim Petroleum Company (geology department).
July 1999- August 1999
Curriculum Vitae
Name : Mohammed Hassan Mohammed Rashad
Nationality : Egyptian
Address : PORTSAID-EGYPT
Date of Birth : 27-5-1986
Marital Status : Single
Military Status : Postponed
Mobile number : 0127528283
Home Number : (066) 3610062
Email : MHRASHAD@YAHOO.COM
Job Objective
A position where I can make use of my skills and developing myself to increase my knowledge and to be an effective person in the organization
Education
: Suez Canal University, Egypt University
: Faculty of Science college
: Geology Department
: Good Grade
: 2008 Graduation Year
: HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL ACCORDING TO EBS SYSTEM Graduation Project
(Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
: Excellent Project Grade
Spoken Languages
: Mother Language Arabic-Degree
: Fluent English-Degree
: Elementary spoken And Written French-Degree
Technical Skills
Windows (All) + Microsoft Office
GEOLOGICAL & GEOPHYSICAL SKILLS
Well logging, Mud logging, Basin analysis, Subsurface Geology, Petroleum geology, Stratigraphy
Petrophysical Studies, Petrographical Studies , Coal Geology, Structural Geology, Hydrogeology
Geochemistry, Economic Geology, Descriptive Mineralogy, Plate Tectonics, Radioactive Deposits
Sedimentology & Sedimentary Environments, Mining & Engineering geology, Gravity& Magnetic .
CHEMICAL SKILLS
AnalyticalChemistry, Organic Chemistry, In Organic Chemistry, General & Physical Chemistry
SAFETY CERTIFICATIONS
OSHA ” Occupational Safety and Health Administration”
OSHA (10 hours OSHA General Industrial “29-CFR-1910″ )
OSHA (10 hours OSHA Construction “29-CFR-1926″ )
Reference
Mr. Wagdi Fouad Seffain Director of Safety
Health and Environment of American University at Cairo
Preparing to:
National Association of Safety Professionals (NASP) (Workplace and Live Plant Occupational Safety and Health)
NASP (Safety Management) Risk Assessment / JHA Jobsite Hazardous Analysis.
TRAINING EXPERIENCE
MUBARAK BUBLIC LIBRARY _ VISUAL BASIC , Computer skills
GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT – Mapping using GIS systems { ERDAS } , Museum Works
BELAYIM PETROLEUM COMPANY _ Summer Training
Field Trips _ (4) Geologic Field Trips { Camping & Studying }
Body Language , Communication and Negotiation Skills
Regards……
Mohamed Hassan Mohammed Rashad
( All data are certified delivered upon request)