Education:

• Graduated in Mechanical Engineering,
• The Hatfield Polytechnic (Sept 1970 - June 1974)
• Polytechnic Diploma in Design Engineering,
• The Hatfield Polytechnic - (Sept 1974 - June 1976)
• Postgraduate in Offshore Engineering, RGIT,
• Aberdeen - (Sept 1978 - June 1979)

Languages Spoken: English, Greek, Armenian, some Turkish.

Languages Written: Englsih, Greek, Armenian, some Turkish.

Training Schools:

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  Mud School, Houston Feb 1980

2 weeks Pre-Mud School

2 weeks Post-Mud School

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  Louisiana Land Rig May 1980

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  NI Baroid ADT School, London May 1982

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  RGIT Offshore Survival, Firefighting, Helicopter Escape Training May 1988

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  PIIB/SCOTA Well Control and Blowout Prevention CourseJul) 1988

• NI Baroid Completion/Workover Fluids Technology CourseApril1988

Other Oil Related Experience:

• 3 weeks, North Sea Training,
• Discoverer Seven Seas, 163/6-IA,
• BNOC Rouqhneck, IDC - Chris Chenery

Earlier Career Experiences:

• Mechanical A Production Engineering Design
• Draughtsman, Technical Illustrator.
• H.M. Forces, The Parachute Regiment, 10th Bttn.

North Sea Work History:

EXPLORATION

Special Drilling Problems Experienced:

Stuck pipe, torque/drag, high deviation torque, sloughing shale, caving hole, gas/s.w. flow, fishing, lost circulation, carbonate/bicarb. And anhydrite contamination, fractured formations -total loss circl., H2S gas, bit/stab. balling. High temp and High press well. Gas and oil kicks.