Barun Dutta

Senior Drilling Engineer at Kuwait Oil Company

Summary
Diversified experience in Drilling Operations and Engineering in various capacities in Deep Exploratory, Development and Offshore Drilling. Well experienced in Contract Management and in Tendering process for sourcing of Drilling & other services (from both the Company & Contractor sides). Knowledge of Budget provisioning to operate fleet of rigs. Currently working as a Senior Drilling Engineer, with Deep Drilling Engineering Team of Kuwait Oil Company, Associated with jobs for sourcing, Contract Management and Processing of Invoices for 3000 HP Rigs (Currently 12 in operation).

Specialties
Tenders & Contracts for Drilling & Related Services

Experience
Senior Drilling Engineer at Kuwait Oil Company September 2008 - Present (4 years) Contract management of 12 Nos of 3000 HP Rigs, Prepare Tender Document, Request for proposals, Evaluate bids, Prepare Contract Document, Mobilization of awarded Projects, Check Budgets periodically, Prequalification of Contractors, Process invoices etc. Deputy General Manager (Drilling) at Essar Oil Limited August 2006 - May 2008 (1 year 10 months) Procurement process of onshore and offshore rigs, prepare final Sale Purchase Agreement, Escrow accounts agreement, cost estimation for refurbishment of procured old rigs, Compilation of Pre-qualification documents, focal point for preparation of Technical & Commercial Bids, Vessel Construction project for construction of two 350 Feet Jack Up Unit, Assist Head - Drilling in Drilling Operation activities. Senior Engineer-Projects & Planning at MB Petroleum Services LLC, Muscat, Oman February 2005 - August 2006 (1 year 7 months) Preparation of Technical and Commercial Bids for various Oil field Services like Conventional & Under balanced Drilling, Work over / well services, Well Test, Slick line, Mud Engineering, Mud logging services, Completion workshop & Running Services, Coiled Tubing and Stimulation Services etc. Preparation and review of Documents for HSE Management, Quality assurance, Human Resource Management (Competence Assessment & Training), Enterprise Asset Management, Operating procedures etc. Carry out calculations for
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Rig selection & sizing. Estimate capital investment on new projects and work out Return on Capital Expenditure, Profit & Cash margins and mobilization of projects after award to commence execution. Preparation of Contract and Subcontract documents. Participation in e-Tendering process - Reverse auction and Single on line bidding. Superintendent Engineer (Drilling) at Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited, Mumbai, India February 2003 - February 2005 (2 years 1 month) Worked on Offshore Rig requirement, Indenting, Tendering, Technical evaluation of bids of 18 Offshore Jack up Rigs, Budget provisioning for fleet of Offshore rigs, Third party inspection, Naval defence clearance, liaising with DGH for obtaining EC etc., Power user of PS module of SAP software. Rig manager / Tool Pusher / Driller at Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited, Assam, India September 1988 - January 2003 (14 years 5 months) Shift Driller and Tool Pusher with jack up Rig Sagar Gaurav and Sagar Ratna to carry out offshore development drilling, completion, work over, section milling, well control operations, LDST etc. jobs. Shift Driller, Tool Pusher and Rig Manager Rig A-1320-UE Rig in Geleki oil field in Assam for onshore development drilling and completion (High Pressure). Shift Driller with E-2000-IV and BI-2000-I Rigs in West Bengal Project for Deep Exploratory Drilling (All depth-6000 M).

Education
Indian School of Mines B. Tech, Petroleum Engineering, 1983 - 1988 Activities and Societies: Shot Put / Javelin / Discus throws, One act plays

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Barun Dutta
Senior Drilling Engineer at Kuwait Oil Company

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