Ruiridh Ross Email & Phone Number

Stavanger/Sandnes, Rogaland, Norway

Predominantly onshore and in house Operations Engineer performing detailed analysis of client drilling operations. Roles include (but are not limited to):• Performing mechanical, thermal and hydraulic analysis of client drilling/completion operations. - Swab/Surge / ECD / Hole Cleaning / Torque & Drag / Thermal Expansion etc• Optimization of client operations as well as flat spot identification.• Focal point for Drilling Contractors / Clients & Third Party companies for all Sekal operations on certain assets.• Provision of training to drillcrew regarding use of Sekal product offerings (onshore & offshore)• On-site drilling optimisation offshore where requested.• Attendance to client DWOP both in Norway and abroad.• Guest lecturing on behalf of Sekal at local university (Mar 2024).Projects:1. Deepsea Aberdeen (Equinor AS) - Mar 2023 - 2. Deepsea Atlantic (Equinor AS) - Mar 2023 -Ongoing drilling engineering support for two high-performance rigs focussing on minimising ILT during drilling/tripping operations through hydraulic optimisation. Focal point between Sekal Operations in Aberdeen and Odfjell Drilling/Equinor in Norway.3. Brage Platform (Okea) - Feb - Mar 2024Initially brought offshore to improve crew familiarity with Sekal product line and enhance utilisation, later focusing on supporting operations through hole cleaning analysis and other means during challenging drilling conditions.4. West Hercules (Equinor Canada) - April 2024Utilised in dual role as part technical support, part salesperson. Mobilised to Canada to assist with kicking-off Sekal involvement and providing support/guidance to client who were unfamiliar with our product offering and setup in this region prior to drilling a challenging well.Later involvement in pre-well planning and setting up service.

Stavanger/Sandnes, Rogaland, Norway

Drilling Telemetry & Optimisation Engineer operating in the UK and Norwegian offshore sectors. Duties included:• Performing offset well tool and drilling performance analysis. • Rigsite logistics and planning for all wired drillpipe telemetry (WDP) applications (including inventory tracking and planning).• Installation, testing, maintenance and calibration of surface system equipment.• Testing and verification of downhole tool performance and data.• Pre- and post-run documentation preparation and submission.• Active monitoring of wellbore stability, downhole tool vibration and pore pressure trends. Information then communicated to client, drilling contractor a third parties to effect performance improvement. • Participation in client safety programmes. • Proactively participating in the company’s employee development program, ensuring compliance and continued professional development.5 Rigs / 25 wells.Reason for joining: Exciting role in cutting edge technology in a foreign market presenting many challenges in my field of choice.Reason for leaving: Highly erratic schedule made planning personal time difficult combined with desire to test myself in onshore setting.

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Remote analyst providing NPT and risk mitigation analysis and drilling engineering services to client operations based around the world. Duties Included (by product):DrillScene• Creation of high quality dynamic “digital twin” modelling combined with real-time modelling to assess and identify deviation of actual values from expected values throughout the wellbore.• Analysis of Hydraulic, Torque & Drag and Hole Cleaning leading to proactive optimization of parameters and assessing opportunities to improve client operations/behaviours.• Playback of previous client operations on same field to benchmark and gain insights into upcoming operations.• Capturing and recording lessons learned for client operations, ensuring continuous improvement.Clients: Equinor (Norway, 17 Wells), Woodside (Australia, 2 Wells)DrillTronics• Monitoring, control and optimization of rig Drilling Control System (DCS) behaviour to optimize drillfloor operations directly.• Fault finding and troubleshooting.• KPI benchmarking and benefit analysis of driller vs DrillTronics performance.Clients: Equinor (Norway, 15 Wells)DrillExpect• Pre-emptive simulation and optimization of client operations using DrillExpect modelling software.• Independent analysis and verification of DrillScene/DrillTronics modelling.Clients: Equinor (Norway, 11 wells), Woodside (Australia, 2 Wells).Reason for joining: Exciting opportunity to join a small, growing company with an increasingly global presence while providing engineering focused services.Reason for Leaving: Opportunity to follow two personal goals - living and working outside of the UK in a job role I had desired since early in my offshore career.

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Mud Engineer employed exclusively in the UK North Sea in across different pressure regimes providing mud design and maintenance services. Other duties included:• Maintaining mud, spacer and completion fluid specifications within client requirements. • Providing daily DFG analysis and modelling of hole cleaning, swab & surge and hydraulics.• Pre-emptive planning to fulfil mud volume & additive requirements, ensuring sufficient quantities are available for all possible scenarios at rig-site. Design, supervision and execution of all rig-site fluid mixing and displacement/cleanup operations.• Maintaining accurate rig-site chemical inventory and sales tickets, ensuring submission of same in a timely manner.• Active monitoring of wellbore stability and pore pressure trends, altering fluid composition to pre-empt or counter issues. • Participation in client safety programmes. • Providing onsite technical support, calibration, maintenance, installation and troubleshooting of equipment.• Preparation of operational and fluid performance reports as well as KPI analysis.• Proactively participating in the company’s employee development program, ensuring compliance and continued professional development.2 HPHT Wells/2 Exploration Wells/3 Development Wells/5 Rigs.Reason for joining: Opportunity to advance to a position of increased responsibility with well-defined progression routes.Reason for leaving: Lack of promotion opportunities relative to other regions and no opportunity to transfer within company.

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Employed exclusively in the UK North Sea in across different pressure regimes providing real time well monitoring services across all client operations. Other duties included:• Providing analysis of torque & drag, hole cleaning, swab & surge and hydraulics.• Producing and submitting JSA documentation and safety cards where appropriate.• Providing onsite technical support, calibration, maintenance, installation and troubleshooting of equipment. • Monitoring of wellbore stability and pore pressure trends, providing analysis to client representatives and drilling contractors in order to implement corrective changes. • Creating various graphical logs, written reports and miscellaneous documentation for client representatives and performing QC of same.• Participating in the company’s employee development program, ensuring compliance and continued professional development.• Maintaining unit inventory and sales tickets, ensuring submission of same in a timely manner.• Supervision and training of new Data Engineers and logging geologists, providing feedback and guidance when required.11 Wells / 2 RigsReason for joining: Natural progression, gave me the opportunity to experience more than just drilling operations while also assuming more responsibility.Reason for leaving: Frustration with lack of support for developing skills and lack of opportunities for advancement within the organization.

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Employed exclusively in the UK North Sea, tasked with collecting, analysing, interpreting and processing geological samples and data from the well-site and down-hole tools (including importing of data from 3rd parties), along with the gathering of extra data such as geochemical, mud and gas samples as well as calcimetry. Other duties included:• Playing an important role in maintaining a safe working environment on the rig by interpreting the data at hand and providing feedback to the Data Engineer, Company Man, drilling crew and Wellsite Geologist.• Providing onsite technical support, maintenance and troubleshooting in the event of equipment failure. • Active monitoring for signs of wellbore instability and pore pressure changes through cuttings analysis providing information to Wellsite Geologist, Company Man and drilling crew in order to effect corrective changes.• Creating written reports and miscellaneous documents for clientele and providing QC of submitted material.• Active participation in the company’s employee development program.• Supervision and training of new logging geologists, providing feedback and guidance when required.22 Wells / 10 RigsReason for joining: Opportunity to do something more consistent with my educational background, with substantial potential for career advancement.Reason for leaving: Promotion to Data Engineer.

Bsc (Hons), Geology & Petroleum Geology, 2:1

Bsc, Chemistry, Ungraded

Msc, Petroleum Engineering, Ongoing Studies