Bio:

Tim Day is originally from Yorkshire in the UK. He graduated with a degree in Geology and immediately joined Anadrill Schlumberger in 1988 in the Southern part of the North Sea. After one year of sample catching and mudlogging he was moved to Japan as an MWD / LWD Engineer. Working extensively onshore and offshore all over Asia he became a Directional Driller offshore Thailand before taking the first office job as Anadrill country manager in India, followed by Iran and then moved to Thailand as a regional Operations manager. Another move occurred to Malaysia as the Schlumberger Quality, Health Safety and Environmental manager. The transfers continued - from Malaysia to Russia as the Sales and Marketing Manager for D&M, then to Saudi Arabia in the same position and then to London as the Global Account Manager for BP. Finally he has arrived in Abu Dhabi as the Manager for the Drilling Petro Technical Engineering Centre. He has a very understanding wife and three children who can best be described as global citizens. He is passionate about tennis, squash and badminton and he enjoys entertaining people and making them laugh.

Abstract:

The complexity of wells is increasing in terms of well design, well density, drilling environment and reservoir challenges, while performance is at the forefront of everyone’s thoughts. The planning of the delivery for the wells is of paramount importance. Historically, and ongoing in some areas, the service providers are selected to deliver the services on an individual basis allowing little to no integration / planning. A service company has taken the initiative to create in Abu Dhabi a specialized Drilling PetroTechnical Engineering Centre (PTEC). This centre has brought together the most highly qualified technical experts, processes and proprietary engineering tools with the goal of driving drilling performance to the next level. The collocated experts focus on delivering value to the customer while growing the business of all drilling related segments.  The segments involved are DD / MWD / LWD, Fluids, Bits and Downhole tools, Managed Pressure, Wellbore Stability, Well Placement and Mudlogging. The centre is responsible for providing customized, best-in-class drilling systems.