Brian Nicholas

I have 23 years total experience in oil & gas industry (15 years offshore drilling and workovers of oil wells field experience with GUPCO-BP Egypt Business Unit + 6 years onshore with Qatar Petroleum + 5 months UBD/CTD with Schlumberger + one year Drilling Engineer with Alstom power Zurich Switzerland + 6 years Senior Drilling Engineer with KOC + Senior Drilling Operations Engineer with Sino Tharwa Drilling Co.).

Work Experience

• Worked as Senior Drilling & W/O Engineer (Technical Support Team) with KOC at Kuwait.

• Worked as Consultant Wellsite UBD/CTD (Underbalanced/Coil Tube Drilling) Engineer at Schlumberger (ARAMCO) and Consultant Drilling Engineer in Offshore & Gas Drilling Engineering Department at Udhailiyah Saudi Aramco in Saudi Arabia.

Education

I hold a BA with honors in English and environmental biology from Dartmouth College, and an MBA with concentrations in analytical finance and accounting from Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

Achievements

• I joined Qatar Petroleum (QP) on May 20, 2008, worked as Onshore Operations Engineer – Dukhan Field then shared QP Research & Technology Dept.

• I was the manager of Fortis Investments in Boston, and has held various positions at notable companies worldwide