Vijay Kumar Keerthivasan Email & Phone Number

Sandnes, NO

Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway

• Lead a team of engineering managers, driving strategic initiatives and shaping the product roadmap
• Product line responsibilities include gas lift systems, chemical injection solutions, completion glass barrier valves, flow control and wellhead monitoring systems

Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway

Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway

• Led the R&D and product departments, driving technology development for global markets
• Managed a product portfolio that encompassed completion glass barrier plugs and flow control solutions
• Oversaw personnel and budget responsibilities for the department

Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway

• Established a multi-disciplinary R&D engineering team in Norway, managing both personnel and budget responsibilities
• Responsible for developing the completion product portfolio, with a focus on multistage fracturing (i-Frac™, Ragnarok™) and advanced completion (ReAct™) product lines
• Instrumental in start-up and commercial roll-out of several new technologies by effectively engaging with customers and sales departments across the globe
• Elevated the advanced completions product line (ReAct™) resulting in multimillion-dollar revenue generation, a feat accomplished through the establishment of electronics and software competencies, along with the.
• Strategically planned and managed the engineering department's budget while driving operational cost optimizations
• Implemented a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system - Siemens Teamcenter®, resulting in significant improvements in engineering response time and efficiency

Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway

• Led R&D projects for downhole well completion products, specializing in multi-stage fracturing sleeve systems, remotely activated electronic sleeves and high-strength dissolvable materials. Projects also included.
• Formulated and executed test programs, achieving compliance to industry standards including ISO 14998/API 19AC, ISO 14310/API 11D1, and Equinor's TR2385.
• Conducted design reviews and delivered technical presentations to customers, facilitating better understanding and buy-in for new solutions
• Collaborated with the sales team on tenders and the implementation of completion solutions
• Provided operational support by swiftly resolving issues arising during field deployments
• Trained the engineering team and efficiently delegated tasks

Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway

• Designed a flow loop system for experimental research, focusing on studying the correlation between rheology and pressure loss behavior in complex drilling fluids
• Conducted experiments to validate a proof of concept with the goal of automating drilling fluid property measurements

Singapore & Aberdeen, United Kingdom

• Responsible for the development and testing of well completion and intervention equipment with expertise in production packers, remote-operated formation isolation ball valves, bridge plugs, straddles and accessories.
• Key projects include Evo-Trieve® bridge plug, straddle and FS2® formation isolation barrier valve which were qualified according to ISO 14310/API 11D1 and ISO 28781/API 19V standards respectively
• Integral in start-up of a new intervention engineering team in Singapore
• Supported in-house machining and manufacturing departments on non-compliance reports (NCRs)

Singapore

Led a student design project to automate assembly line production at the GE factory in Singapore

Singapore

Contributed to an ultrasonic acoustic technology project, involving numerical modeling and experimental work

Singapore

Underwent training in mechanical installations on offshore oil rigs, including semi-submersibles and jackups

Master Of Science (Msc), Petroleum Engineering - Drilling & Well, A

Master´s Thesis: Applications and Selection of Dissolvable Materials in Well Completions

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Mechanical Engineering, First Class Honours