MOHAMED SADIK BIZANTI
PETROLEUM ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGICAL STUDIES
P.O. BOX 23167, SAFAT 13092, KUWAIT
TELEPHONE Office: (965) 2231-4605
Mobile: (965) 6670-6983
Home: (965) 2531-6057
E-MAIL: mbizanti@yahoo.com
KEY PROFILE
• Conducting operations: work on drilling rigs and platforms to prepare operations or take part in intricate operations. Supervise well drilling and help to solve day-today technical problems.
• Planning and design: produce drilling and completion programmes, forecasts the timescale and budget for operations, analyses and optimises methods and processes. Select the equipment and controls costs. Orders and supervises special studies by head office or engineering service companies. Manage the relative budgets.
• Contract management, project and drilling site supervision: Prepare tenders, produce technical specifications then select suppliers. Takes part in the fabrication and acceptance of equipment and manage relations with contractors.
• Operations supervision and engineering studies: supervising and assisting with operations and carries out studies for other departments.
• Drilling instructor / trainer: Drilling and IWCF well control trainer at all levels. Develop client-specific and advanced training courses and training materials. Industry experience includes cementing, well intervention, coiled tubing drilling and HPHT deep well control consulting and training.
CORE COMPETENCIES
· Drilling engineering design
· Well control
· Drilling mud design
· Safety instructor
· Production engineering design
· Team management and collaboration
· Project Administration
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Drilling Engineering (especially for deep wells and deep water)
- Managed Pressure Drilling and Underbalanced Drilling
- Well Control and Blowout Prevention
- Bit Performance
- Rock Mechanics
- Well Design
- Wellbore Integrity, Cementing, and Sustained Casing Pressure
PERSONAL DETAILS
Nationality: Libyan
Date of Birth: January 1, 1951
Marital Status: Married, 6 children
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering; University of Oklohoma, Norman, Oklohoma, USA. Completed in December 1983; Thesis title: “Fluid Dynamics of Well-Bore Bottom-Hole Cleaning”, Supervised by Professor Edward Blick.
M.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering; Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. Completed in December 1978; Thesis title: “Bits Designed to Reduce Bottom-Hole Pressure While Drilling”, Supervised by Professor Adam “Ted” Bourgoyne, Jr.
B.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering; Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. Completed in December 1974.
COLLEGE HONOURS
- Epsilon Tau ( Honour Society of Petroleum Engineers )
- Dean’s Honour Roll, Louisiana State & Oklahoma Universities.
- First prize winner, Graduate Student Paper, 1983 Laramie, Wyoming, USA
LANGUAGES – SPOKEN AND WRITTEN
English: Fluent Arabic: Fluent
ACADEMIC HISTORY
COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGICAL STUDIES 2002-Present
Faculty Member, Petroleum Engineering Department,
Shuwaik, Kuwait
AL-FATEH UNIVERSITY 2001–2002
Chairman, Petroleum Engineering Department,
Tripoli, Libya
AL-FATEH UNIVERSITY 1995-2002
Professor, Petroleum Engineering Department,
Tripoli, Libya
AL-FATEH UNIVERSITY 1991-1994
Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering Department,
Tripoli, Libya
LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY 1989-1990
Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering Department,
Ruston, Louisiana, USA
LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY 1983-1988
Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering Department,
Ruston, Louisiana, USA
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA 1980-1983
Drilling Instructor, Petroleum Engineering Department,
Norman, Oklahoma, USA
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY 1976-1978
Drilling Laboratory Instructor, Petroleum Engineering Department,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY 1975-1976
Teaching Assistant, Petroleum Engineering Department,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
DETAILED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
(2002-Present) College of Technological Studies, Shawaik, Kuwait
- Introduction to Petroleum Engineering
- Drilling & Well Completions
- Crude Oil Production Process
- Petroleum Engineering Calculation
- Safety in Petroleum Facilities
- Natural Gas Technology
- Well Control
(1991-2001) Al-Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya
- Well Control in Oil & Gas Industry
- Introduction to Oil and Gas Technology
- Drilling Fluids and Cementing
- Drilling and Rig Evaluation
- Natural Gas Engineering
- Advanced Drilling
- Petroleum Safety
(1983-1989) Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, USA
- Introduction to Oil and Gas Technology
- Exploration and Drilling
- Drilling Fluids and Cementing
- Drilling and Production Design
- Evaluation of Oil and Gas Properties
- Natural Gas Engineering
- Enhanced Oil Recovery
- Advanced Drilling
TRAINING EXPERIENCE
· Taught Petroleum & Engineering Courses & Seminars in Louisiana 1976-1978
· Taught Drilling Courses in U.S.A (1980-1990)
· Taught Well Control and other Petroleum Seminars (1991-Present) at National Oil Corporation – Tripoli Libya.
· Arabian Drilling and work over Company. Tripoli. (ADWAC)
· Introduced the IWCF to Libya oil sector (taught and supervised classes)
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Great Man-Made River (GMMR), Libya, (1997-2000)
Key Deliverables
- Designed hydraulics programs for water wells drilled for the great man made river.
- Trained assistant drillers for the drilling and water company.
- Investigated drilling accident where drilling mast was broken. Carried engineering analysis to discover the reason for the accident.
- Designed casing programmes for the wells drilled in Sirti basin.
- Familiar with Soil Mech drilling rigs
National Oil Corporation, Tripoli, Libya, (1991-2000)
Key Deliverables
- Drilling consultant to National Oil Corporation, Tripoli, Libya. Overlooked drilling activities of Agip , AGOCO, SIRTI , WAHA, Zewtina.
- Member of drilling committee.
- Member of production committee.
- Investigated blow out of three different wells drilled in Libya and presented technical paper in Tunis.
- Investigated multiphase production for Agip Oil Company in Libya and presented a technical paper in Franc.
- Worked as drilling trainer for well control in the petroleum and qualifying institute in Tripoli Libya.
- IWCF instructor for PTEQI for several years (1994-2000) .
- Taught drilling courses to petroleum engineers working in the oil and gas sector in Libya. (1991-2000).
National Drilling Company, Libya, (1993-1996)
Key Deliverables
- Drilling engineer for NWD (national drilling company) in Libya as Safety Engineer and drilling consultant.
- Presented safety paper on accidents encountered on NWD rigs.
- Worked close with the chairman of NWD for special advices and represent the NWD in the NOC meetings.
ARCO Oil & Gas Company, USA, 1990
Key Deliverables
- Company man for ARCO in 1990 in Syria. Drilled three wells in Alhasaka Syria.
- Worked as special drilling consultant with ARCO in Dallas USA for three summers.
- Investigated drilling problems and blow out in North Sea.
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy), USA, 1976
Summer work at Oxy Houston performed drilling engineering analysis.