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CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME : ALLAN GIBSON DESIGNATION : Drilling Engineering Manager NATIONALITY : British AGE : 55 (D.O.B. 7th Aug 1960) TELEPHONE : +44 (0)797 947 6141 EMAIL : gibsona7@gmail.com QUALIFICATIONS : Bsc Degree in Mechanical Engineering Glasgow University. CERTIFICATES / : Du Pont Operations Safety Management. COURSES ATTENDED International Well Control Forum Drilling Supervisor. High Pressure / High Temperature drilling school. BP Well Productivity & Stuck Pipe Awareness schools. BP Casing Design school. Hostile Environment Training (Control Risks) EMPLOYMENT HISTORY :- Sept 12 – Present BP / Statoil / Sonatrach Wells Engineering Manager Wells Engineering Manager for BP joint venture with Statoil and Sonatrach in Algeria. Managed culturally diverse team of 26 x Drilling, Completion and Frac Engineers. Drilling was mainly horizontal development wells on 4 x land rigs and a Fraccing / Well Testing spread. Also was Technical Authority for Well Interventions Team. Drilling Managers were Keith Coghill (BP) and Sven Reber (Statoil). Mar 11 – Sept 12 Tullow Well Engineering Supervisor Well Engineering Supervisor for deepwater (1,000 – 2,000m water depths) exploration, appraisal and development wells in Ghana, Jubilee field. Supervised team of expat and local Drilling, Completion and Well Testing engineers. Managers : Alan Dowokpor, Anthony Clark, Chris Roos and Brian Teggart. Feb 04 – Feb 11 BG Snr Drilling Engineer Operations Drilling Engineer then Technical Contracts Engineer in Well Operations Department, Kazakhstan. Previously Regional Well Engineer supporting BG’s well operations in Kazakhstan and India. Managers : Dave Brittan, Chris Murphy, Ilter Soylemezoglu and Andrew Swale. June 03 – Jan 04 CAIRN Snr Drilling Engineer All preparatory work and operations for deepwater, semi-submersible, drilling operation. Drilling hazards included prolific “shallow water flow”. Prepared tenders for rig, all associated services and subsequent Bid evaluation. Specified equipment, ordered tangibles. Prepared drilling programme, well reports, casing design and cost estimates. Reported to John Dwyer.

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Dec 97 – Jun 03 WINTERSHALL Snr Drilling Engineer Russian drilling campaign in Urengoy, Siberia. Moscow - Prepared Technical Specs for construction of 2 rigs and planned 35 extended reach horizontal wells for Prirazlomnoye project, a gravity based, offshore, ice resistant, platform in Barents Sea, Russian Arctic. Germany, Dieksand field - Extended reach horizontal wells with >8,000m departure. North Sea – supporting jack-up rig operations. Libya - supporting 3 land rigs. Reported to John Gerstenlauer. Jun 94 – Dec 97 BP Ops Drilling Engineer Operations DE for Foinaven field – deep water (500m), extended reach horizontal wells. Planned first dual lateral well for Foinaven - reported to Dave Howes and Don Forbes. Prepared report entitled “Feasibility of dual lateral well in Marnock HPHT reservoir”. Prepared Front End Engineering Design Drilling work for Foinaven - reported to Carl Mountford and Graham Prentice. Prepared Design and Ops Safety Case submissions for Foinaven. Prepared Multi-well application to HSE for Foinaven development - reported to Alan Nelson. Created system to produce AFEs and track Daily Drilling Costs for Forties field - reported to Bill Kirton. Dec 93 – Jun 94 AGIP Drilling Supervisor Drilling Supervisor aboard Jack-up rig. Drilled exploration wells in Southern sector North Sea - Zechstein formation, encountered overpressured dolomite raft. Reported to Antonio Toniato Drlg Supt, Antonino Galletta Drilling Manager and Danielle Polignano Senior Drilling Engineer. Sept 93 - Dec 93 PREMIER Drilling Supervisor Drilling Supervisor aboard Jack-up rig. Drilled exploration wells in Southern sector North Sea. Reported to Graham Burgess, Ian Williamson, and Paddy Burns. Feb 91 - Sept 93 AGIP Drilling Supervisor Drilling Supervisor aboard Semi-Sub “Santa Fe 140”. Drilled directional wells in Toni Field, Northern North Sea. Drilling Supervisor aboard Semi-Sub “Henry Goodrich”. Drilled HPHT exploration wells in Central Graben North Sea. Drilling Supervisor aboard Semi-sub “Borgsten Dolphin”. Drilled appraisal wells in Block 16/17 of the North Sea, now known as Thelma Field. Reported to Antonio Toniato Drlg Supt, Antonino Galetta Drilling Supt, Paolo Nunzi and Francesco Illari, Drilling Managers. Feb 88 - Feb 91 HALLIBURTON Field Engineer Performed electric logging surveys. Locations : Egypt, Dubai and Oman. Dec 86 - Feb 88 JOHN WOOD GROUP Project Engineer Engineering team leader from inception of project through to production and sales. Product was high reliability pressure / temperature sensor for permanent downhole installation. Jan 86 - Dec 86 CHARTERHOUSE Drilling Supervisor Night Drilling Supervisor aboard jack-ups, "Ocean Benarmin" and "Apollo V". Locations:- Southern sector North Sea and Irish Sea. Reported to Paddy Barber, Drilling Manager. Nov 80 - Jan 86 BAKER ATLAS Field Engineer Performed electric logging services. Locations : U.S.A., Saudi Arabia, and North Sea. HOBBIES and INTERESTS Learning Russian language, Squash, Sailing, Snowboarding, and playing guitar.