Adil Al Busaidi
Area Director – Indonesia
Muscat
Summary
With my 19 years of experience in the O&G drilling business both in Oman and overseas, I have mastered the ability to work effectively and professionally in teams from different social and educational backgrounds utilizing my technical knowledge and experience for optimum results. This has been shaped and strengthened through handling a variety of assignment during my career.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Country Director
Baker Hughes
Jakarta
09.2023 - Current
- Lead the execution of the company’s strategic vision, managing day-to-day challenges, and ensuring the organization's continued success in the area
- Develop and execute a comprehensive strategy aligned with the organization's mission and goals
- Identify opportunities for growth and expansion, ensuring sustainability and impact
- Oversee all aspects of operations, including cash flow, program implementation, and resource allocation
- Ensure compliance with local laws and regulations, as well as internal policies and procedures
- Build and maintain strong relationships with government agencies, local partners, donors, and other key stakeholders
- Represent the organization at conferences, events, and meetings to enhance its visibility and impact
- Provide effective leadership to a diverse team, fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment
- Enhanced team performance by providing ongoing training, support, and feedback to staff members.
- Evaluated program success using data-driven approaches leading to informed decision making around resource allocation.
- Cultivated strong working relationships with government agencies for enhanced cooperation on projects initiatives.
Drilling Services Product Line Manager
Baker Hughes
Abu Dhabi
12.2022 - 08.2023
- Implementing Company Yearly Vision and Goals: This involves translating strategic plans into actionable steps, ensuring effective communication of objectives, and dedicated efforts to achieve our targets
- Nurturing and managing client relationships, from ensuring their satisfaction to protecting the interest and profitability of Baker Hughes
- Overseeing the efficient utilization of our resources, both in terms of equipment and our talented team
- Serving as a bridge between various departments such as HR, legal, finance, sales, and maintenance
- Fostering a streamlined and efficient team structure
- Upholding safety, health, environment (HSE), and top-tier quality
- Overseeing contracts with external partners and vendors, ensuring they align with our goals
Drilling Services Product Line Manager
Baker Hughes
08.2021 - 12.2022
- Extend previous role to manage Kuwait Drilling Services Operations in Baker Hughes
Drilling Services Product Line Manager
Baker Hughes
11.2019 - 08.2021
- Manage the day-to-day LWD/DD, SLS and Coring operations
- Accomplish HSE and SQ targets set both by the company and the customer
- Manage the efficiency of people & assets utilizations to ensure flawless un-interrupted operations
- Assessment and validation of contractors products and service performance
- Strategic planning for ongoing and upcoming projects
Operations Manager
Cactus Premier Drilling Services
Muscat
06.2019 - 11.2019
- Operations Manager for workover hoist operations working for PDO in Oman
- The hoists operated in both normal risk and high risk well control operations
- The role included managing the contract P&L, meeting the client's expectations, the operation, and the personnel
Drilling Engineering Manager
SLB
Muscat
12.2018 - 05.2019
- Manage all drilling engineering related projects
- Monitor projects' KPIs and assess performance in regular basis
- Manage drilling community tasks and workload to be aligned with business requirements
- Assessment and validation of contractors products and service performance
- Strategic planning for ongoing and upcoming projects
Senior-II Drilling Engineer (Oil Team Lead)
SLB
Muscat
09.2017 - 11.2018
- Expanding my previous role to include all Oil Projects in Oman
Senior Drilling Engineer (Project Team Lead)
SLB
11.2013 - 08.2017
- Schlumberger is handling the biggest market share in directional drilling and measurements services in O&G business in Oman
- Drilling engineers provide technical expertise to ensure the achievement of well objectives and to maintain company’s service quality and leadership
- Client expectations management through project technical assessment to ensure project’s targets are met
- Engineering analysis in the planning phase to determine the drilling requirements, and technology compatibility
- Team members management by defining objectives, setting expectations and performance evaluation
- Technical support for tender preparation from the drilling and measurements side
- Data analysis and performance evaluation of the drilling service provided
- Recommendations of drilling optimization and improvements as per application
- Validation of well surveying to ensure a proper placement of the well and avoid collision risks with any nearby wells
Drilling Engineer
SLB
Muscat
03.2011 - 10.2013
- Drilling Engineer in Schlumberger is responsible for the design of well trajectory and BHAs, service selection per operator’s specifications
- This includes ensuring a safe drilling operation through proper planning and engineered drilling solutions
- Simulating the drilling operation (hydraulics, Torque and Drag analysis, etc) prior to drilling, setting the requirements to achieve well objectives and suggesting drilling solutions based on the available and latest technologies
- Performing drilling data analysis to identify the issues and difficulties encountered and make recommendations on how to optimize the drilling operation
- Prepare well trajectories as per the operator’s specification considering a specific type of service to be used and proper surveying methods to hit the specified reservoir targets and avoid any potential collision with nearby wells
- General assessment of other well-operations such as casing, cementing, BOP and Well Head installation, bit selection etc
- Is a requirement in this position and proper training was provided
Field Service Manager
SLB
Muscat
05.2010 - 02.2011
- Within this position I got exposed to management skills such as sales planning, people management, contractors’ management and assets utilization
- Client’s focal point for Drilling and Measurements services
- Management of engineers and specialists in the department by assigning their tasks and managing their duty and training
- Management of segment’s assets and ensuring the deployment is as per business requirements to achieve revenue target
- Revenue projection and preparation of sales plans
Directional Driller Engineer
SLB
07.2008 - 04.2010
- This was an official directional drilling task after the transition time spent as M/LWD engineer to familiarize with the rig operation and the DD work scope
- Manage Drilling and Measurements crew in the well-site to meet achieve well drilling objectives
- Execute the well trajectories for drilling none-vertical wells as per the well geometry specified in the well program
- Knowledge of all types of motors, RSS tools operating specifications
- Also understanding of BHA design and behavior in different formations and with different drilling parameters while drilling
- In charge of all the drilling procedures on the rig-site and the integrity of the wellbore that is being drilled from a directional point
M/LWD Engineer
SLB
09.2006 - 06.2008
- Working as an LWD (Logging while drilling) Field Engineer running different formation evaluation tools used while drilling
- Prepare and QC the integrity of data in the wellsite before delivering to clients
- Calibration of the LWD tools prior to mobilization to rigsite to ensure proper measurement
- As a field engineer, I interpret the data delivered to the client, such as Gamma Ray, Porosity, Density and Resistivity as a QC procedure prior to delivery
- Have been a cell manager of my crew and had the responsibilities of ensuring that the job is performed professionally as per to company’s standards and procedures
Education
Bachelor in Engineering Science - Electrical
The University of Western Ontario
Cabada 09.2002 - 06.2006
Skills
- Drilling Engineering
- Directional Drilling
- Formation Evaluation
- People Management
- Planning & Design
- Project Management
- Time Management
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Resource mobilization
Affiliations
- Society of Petroleum Engineering (SPE)
- IEEE
Petro Technical Training
- Basics of drilling, logging and rig operations (UK), 10 weeks, 01/01/07
- Advanced Log Interpretation (UAE), 2 weeks, 06/01/08
- Directional Drilling I (UAE), 4 weeks, 01/01/09
- Directional Drilling II (UAE), 2 weeks, 01/01/10
- Drilling and Well Engineering (FRANCE), 5 weeks, 01/01/11
- Performance Applied Skills Seminar (USA), 2 weeks, 01/01/12
- Extended Reach Drilling by K&M Technologies (UK), 1 week, 01/01/13
- Stuck Pipe Prevention by K&M Technologies (Muscat, Oman), 01/01/13
- Preventative Well Control (France), 1 week, 06/01/14
Years Of Experience
19 years
Personal Information
Nationality: Omani
Locations
- Oman
- UAE
- Kuwait
- Indonesia
Publications
- Resolving Torsional Vibration in Horizontal Limestone Reservoirs Prevents Severe Equipment Damages, IPTC, 19058-MS, 03/01/19
- Drilling Optimization in Action - Delivering 125 Field Records in 6 Quarters, SPE Conference Paper, 192791-MS, 2018
- 11 ERD Wells Engineered to Deliver 50+ Field Records in Qarn Alam cluster, Sultanate of Oman, SPE/IADC, 189319-MS
- Geosteering and Drilling Challenges in a Faulted Reservoir Northern Oman, SPE Conference Paper, 191002-MS, 2018
- High Quality Images While Drilling, SPE Conference Paper, 165615
Timeline
Country Director
Baker Hughes
09.2023 - Current
Drilling Services Product Line Manager
Baker Hughes
12.2022 - 08.2023
Drilling Services Product Line Manager
Baker Hughes
08.2021 - 12.2022
Drilling Services Product Line Manager
Baker Hughes
11.2019 - 08.2021
Operations Manager
Cactus Premier Drilling Services
06.2019 - 11.2019
Drilling Engineering Manager
SLB
12.2018 - 05.2019
Senior-II Drilling Engineer (Oil Team Lead)
SLB
09.2017 - 11.2018
Senior Drilling Engineer (Project Team Lead)
SLB
11.2013 - 08.2017
Drilling Engineer
SLB
03.2011 - 10.2013
Field Service Manager
SLB
05.2010 - 02.2011
Directional Driller Engineer
SLB
07.2008 - 04.2010
M/LWD Engineer
SLB
09.2006 - 06.2008
Bachelor in Engineering Science - Electrical
The University of Western Ontario
09.2002 - 06.2006
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