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ASIWAJU de. gbogbo eyin omo ooduaaaa. e ku ojo meta oooooooooooo.

ayomifull:
Anyone with idea of how i can let my mind be at peace and 4get about recession?
btw im i the only one with this fever?

The only antidote is to plan and prepare to address your fears/what ifs.
State the worst case scenario-which is losing your job and put necessary things in place like- saving enough money in your account, upgrading and learning new skill that could keep you afloat , looking for another job on time etc. Once there is an action/contingency plan in place, the fear will dissappear.

Note: If it can happen, It will happen (unless you do something to address it),

ellisville:
hello to everyone here. my name is Ellis Femi, a third year student studying Petroleum Engineering in the University Of Port Harcourt. drilling courses are nice and sometimes when i carry my text book on drilling engineering, i tend to get attracted to it. but it is really wide with all thise formulas. sometimes i wonder if one is meant to get all those stuff in one brain. what i want to know is which of these options seem interesting. when some of our lecturers teach, they will tell you that reservoir engineering is the bomb, production and drilling. but i think i am attracted to drilling engineering. i want everyone here to put me through. coz am just done with reading drilling fluids, hydraulics, and drilling cost estimation. is there hope for the nigeria student reading petroleum engineering in nigeria. plz i need an answer. thanks for now ,

Femi, welcome on board. At your (student) level, you need to get familiar with the crazy and complex drilling formulars. On the field, there are softwares to do the calculations for you. My favorite right from B.Sc and M.Sc levels has been drilling and completion engineering . I just love it. Your choice depends on which aspect of petroleum engineering you find interesting. By the time you go through your degree programme, you will be able to determine that. All the fields are good and challenging.
There is hope for you in Nigeria and else where. Just be very good and deligent at what you DO.

blackky187:
Dr Ferlie,
The wells are going to be oil producers

It will be a good experience for you. keep us posted

okeyz:
rite now i am worKing with an inspection company,that does inspection of barges,cargoe ships, NDT stuff and the like,

but i really want to get into the upstream main stream activity like drilling and completions, i am a completions man when i was with my former company,b4 the owner went into politics, and since then i find it difficult to get back in even with my experience(not much though) about 4-5 years,

they keep asking for wellcap and iadc certificates and no company is willing to train you for such certificate ,and the training is quite on the high side financially ,and one gets to renew it every 2 years,, so if one does the training and does not get a job b4 the thing expires where does that leave me,
well i still need to do the training and get the cert since thats the in thing for drillers these days,

sir any leads that can helpm me in that direction ??, i will really appreciate it

Okeyz,

It will be easier for you to come in as a Completion Engineer based on your previous experience in well completions and workover.

I will let you know of any opportunity as soon as possible. what part of completion were you involved before?

okeyz:
thanks sir for prompt comment, actually i really love drilling but due to lack of proper info on how to get started again i decided to delve into other areas, but with mentors like u around i am thinking of going back,
anyway there is this website www.wellcontrol.com that does well control online and they still issue wellcap certificates but i don t know how effective the training would be, please i will be more than grateful if i can have the address for the well cp training , also will the certificate give one the egde to get a drilling job both withinm and outside nigeria?
thanks for ur response,

The well control certificate with hands-on experience on the field and office ( well planning and design stage) will definitely give you an edge anywhere. What are you presently into?

blackky187:
Hi all,presently i work as a petroleum engineer with a marginal field operator in Nigeria.Planning to pitch a full career in drilling engineering and right now involved in the planning of drilling 3 wells of an average of 13000 ft and a re-entry of one well.Quite a challenging exercise for a newbie in drilling

blackky187,

Good to meet you. You have taken the right step. drilling engineering is very challenging. You need to know a lot about every aspect of drillling. You will be more or less a generalist. Nowadays, there are drilling softwares to make life easier. Are the wells going to be oil producer or water/gas injector?

okeyz:
nice thread!! @ Dr ferlie and co, i have been longing to see this thread on NL ,was wondering if there is any hope for the profession in Nigeria,most of tghe drilling jobs are been taken by indians and filipinos,even as roughnecks which is very bad for th petroleum engineering graduate in niaja.

I have been involved in drilling and completions and i love the job,i was wondering if there is any hope of getting back in to the field as most coy have started asking for wellcap certificates!!, which is indeed difficult to get in Nigeria cos most coys send their staffs abroad to get certified, This forum is a nice way to share experience and challenges and give information to newbie drilling engineers and those that have interest in entering the field, the field is indeed very rewarding but its not a job for the faint hearted and lilly livered cos there are lots of risk involved,

Dr ferlie and abbeydot i greet once again kudos to y'all ,lets get the crude pumping
out their reservoirs!!

Thanks Okeyz

There is a great and bright future for Nigerians in drilling engineering. The local content thingy in the oil and gas sector will help us a lot. There is a place in PH where you can get your well control certifications ( fundamental and supervisory level) . I will find out and get back to you; though I got mine in Houston.

alaura:
i am presently working with Atlas copco in Nigeria if u need any mining or drilling equipment u can let me know.

Alaura,

Can you supply a drilling rig ( drillship) that can drill in water up to 10,000ft in depth?

we are talking about oil and gas drilling here.

not too late. i am waiting for it. monday is the D day!!

Chosen09,

Please send the clues to me: drferlie@yahoo.com

Abbeydot,

I have been to land rig, semi-submersible rig and a drill ship during the course of my career.

My first challenge ever was casing design for an HTHP, sour gas and multilateral wells in the desert of saudi arabia. Getting the casing strings and liners that meet the expected burst, colapse and tensile load ( and still within AFE ) was tough.

I am currently engaged in well planning and design phase for for deepwater ( 3500 ft - 5500ft of water ) project offshore Nigeria.

2babie,

ko si repete, mo ngbo lucky dube lowo lowo bayi. ki lo nsele ni odo ti e?

PERVERT9:
bawo ni?awon omo alaigboran nko?se nkan wo inu nkan?se ise nlo dede?

awon omo alaigboran wa oooooooooo. won ni kin ma ki yin. ki lo nsele ninu ilu wa yi? e jami siiiiii

PERVERT9:
dokita fadi sorry mo mean ferlie se ehin ko ni doctor to fadi omo kan ya ni ile iwosan ti oruko re nje kolo nle ko dowo maternity clinic to wa ni ajegunle,mo ti gbo nipa yin gan ni o ;

ore mi ***wunmi, bawo ni? e ku ojo meta.
emi ni dokita naa. se ise wa fun mi ni?

chosen09:
My friend received an email today, his is on Friday.

Mr Chosen09, Congrats to your friend. do you know what to expect during the interview? I am expecting my own letter too.
God bless you.

chosen09:
Mobil has started calling Drilling Engineers for interview.

Is that true? when is the interview date?

debosky:
Dokita feeli se dokita alabere tabi dokita agbari (psychiatrist) ni eyin se?

dokita nipa obinrin ni emi gynaecologists

imole

hotteju:
gbogbo yin ese gan nii ooo
modupe, inu mi dun gan

omidan hotteju, inu awa naa dun gannnnnn lati gbayin si inu wa yi. se e gbona felifeli gege bi oruko yin?

tubabie:
lol. Oya turaka kosi tun oju ese, ma frown at me mo!

ti o ba ti kiss mi ma turaka

argent:
Se o n jelosi mi ni?

mo njelosi e oooooo. bawo ni 2babie se ma kiss eee , e mi loye ko kiss now

tubabie:
@Argent & Dr. Ferlie
Se wa pa?

Omidan 2babie, ki lode to je wipe argent nikan ni o kiss

mo wapa. bawo ni ise, ile ati body?

dayokanu:
E ku deede iwoyi o se alaafia ni e wa

Ojogbon dayo, e yin naa e kaabooooooo.alaafia ni a wa ooooooo. awon iyawo yin nko?

hotteju:
newbie ni miii ooo
ki lon shele?

hotteju, kaabo si inu ilu wa yii. se daadaa ni gbogbo ile wa?
ko si wahala ninu ilu wa yi, igbadun ati alaafia ni awa.
omo ilu wo ni eyin nse? se okunrin tabi obinrin ni eyin?
e kaabooooooo.


topsy25,
awo mi, agbo to feyin rin, agbara lolo muwa. emi naa mura ija fun e

e mi nikan tan laarin omidan meta; 2babie, bluespice and moyola. e ma gbadun jare.

I have decided to create a thread for drilling engineers and drilling supervisors ( company man ), so that we can share experience and best practices.

I am currently working on a BOD for a deepwater field development - drilling and completion.


Guys, come in and let's discuss.

Mukina2 unban sauron by dr ferlie

nike4luv old timer how is you?


singer

mo ni lati jeun now. igbadun lo wa o. se ibeyan wapa sha. mo sure wipe o ti nlo ijab nitori sandstorm

bluespice:
lol!!!!! christian ni mi oh
mi oni joye alhaja anytime soon
im in the middle east thats y the dates r skewed
tubabie mon ki e oh

henhen nibo ni middle east, mo sese de lati kuwait ni
ibe yen gbona baje.

tubabie:
@all
Ekaale gbogbo ile, bawo ni ojo isimi eni yii?

omidan tubabie, kaabo, se daadaa niiiiiii. ojo isimi wa pa. mo gbadun iwaasu pasito mi lon. iwo nko?

bluespice:
shush bi ti bo?
a kin lo s'ijo leni ni bi oh
ojo jimoh laman lo ni bi
sugbon mo wa pa

musulumi ododo ni wa. asalamalekun oooooooooo
se o ti losi mecca medina
mo fe ki o alhaja very soon oooooo