Responsible for overseeing the end to end development of new polycrystalline diamond cutter products and working with clients globally to ensure seamless implementation from both a technical and commercial perspective.
Part of the De Beers Group, Element Six is an innovative company specialising in providing synthetic diamond, cubic boron nitride and other super hard materials for industrial use.
Responsible for overseeing the end to end development of new polycrystalline diamond cutter products and working with clients globally to ensure seamless implementation from both a technical and commercial perspective.
The ReedHycalog business unit offers innovative products, services and technologies that help Operators and Drilling Contractors optimize the drilling process. Their products span three major areas: drill bits, borehole enlargement, and coring services.
Overseeing four oil and gas drill bit product lines: leading the development and implementation of new and innovative products to market, as well as re-vitalising existing legacy products.
Providing cross site (UK/US) leadership for long term projects within the Product Line Engineering group. These projects had a broader and more strategic remit than the majority of work carried out by the department.
Responsible for rebuilding the Evaluation Engineering department in the northern Middle East area after resignations and intra-company moves left the department understaffed. Required the integration of a multinational and technically competent team drawn from many different backgrounds.
Requiring an understanding of the different applications and drilling practices associated with the Oil & Gas, Coal Bed Methane and Geothermal operators working in East Australia and PNG. Responsible for generating sales, providing technical proposals and technical presentations.
Conduit for information transfer between the Field Sales and Engineering groups. Responsible for collating and disseminating material relating to the success and failure of our products within the Middle East region. Building and maintaining close relationships with key personnel in Directional Drilling companies; ensuring that our products remained competitive on the different directional systems.
Designing and developing numerous fixed cutter PDC bits in each of our major fixed cutter PDC product ranges. Assigned deputising authority for the Solutions Engineering department in 2002 and retained until departure in 2006; and instrumental in developing a career development plan for the department.
Hycalog were the global leader in fixed cutter/PDC drill bit design manufacture and service. The company developed many innovations for the Oil and Gas industry covering everything from bearing design to proprietary manufacturing processes, as well as introducing onto the market the first polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) drill bit.
PDC drill bit application and evaluation; recommending the most efficient and cost effective solution for the customers objectives. Providing applications and sales support for customers in the UK, CIS and Kazakhstan. Bit run supervision at the rig site to ensure that our products were utilised correctly and that the optimum operating parameters were maintained.
Schlumberger is the world's leading oilfield services provider. The Anadrill division was responsible for providing Directional Drilling, Measurement and Logging while Drilling and Mud Logging services to the worlds leading National and International oil companies.
Assigned to BP’s Wytch Farm Oilfield in Southern England; with frequent short assignments to offshore oil rigs in the North Sea. Working closely with the numerous service companies to provide 24/7/365 coverage of drilling and completions operations to ensure safe and efficient drilling practices. Assigned my own unit in 1997 for BP’s Short Radius “In-fill” drilling project, responsible for the entire Mud Logging service.