Senior Petroleum and drilling engineer, 35 years experience in well engineering, Petroleum Engineering, drilling and completion operations supervision and management.
Strong expérience in well testing of offshore deep water and HP/HT wells, stimulation (hydraulic fracturation and acidizing), artificial lift (pumping and gas lift),.
Design of complex wells architectures such as extended reach, subsea deepwater and HP/HT wells including Resarch and Development for new equipment.
Head of Total drilling task force trained to intervene on blow outs. Managed several crisis cells and intervention teams for well blow out or major technological accidents (Tunu, Nkossa, Ibewa, Elgin…)
Managed risk assessment and emergency plans for several E&P development projects and operations. Involved in subsea blow outs recovery plan, attended on behalf of Total to several management committees in OGP and Industry consortium aiming to develop emergency equipment and to re-enforce Industry processes after BP Macondo blow out.
Managed human ressources in complex multicultural and operational assets, complexe technical and commercial contracts and relations with local authorities.
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Métiers (ENSAM) Paris 1977
IFP School Drilling, reservoir engineering and Field operations, 1979
Gave well engineering, completion work over, well testing courses in IFP School and inhouse in Total
Completion engineer and drthen drilling engineer in Elf Aquitaine from 1979 to 2000 with alternate positions in engineering duties in head quarters and operational tasks on sites in Africa (Congo, Angola) and North Sea (The Netherlands).
Drilling Manager in Elf Petroland (Netherlands) from 1994 till 1998, running four exploration and development offshore rigs.
Head of Well architecture and operations in Elf Aquitaine Head Quarters from 1998 till 2000.
Deputy to Total Drilling Vice President from 2000 till 2002and then Total Drilling Vice President from 2002 till 2004.
Technical Director in Total E&P Congo from 2004 till 2004 in charge of Geosciences, Planning Development and Operations.
Deputy to the Operations and Development Total senior Vice President from 2008 till 2011, Vice President for E&P Mining activity during this period.
General Manager of Total E&P Libye in Tripoli from 2011 till 2013.
