My name is Fuad Hamd Al-Bayati. I am 28 years old and I was born in Dyala, Iraq.

In
2002 I finished the secondary school in Kirkuk, Iraq. Because that my older brother
works in the largest oil company in Kirkuk (North Oil Company), He advised and
encouraged me to study petroleum engineering, so I joined the petroleum
engineering collage at Baghdad University and graduated in 2006 , I earned BSc
degree in petroleum engineering with grade (80.972%) and rank (5) in a class of
(110) students.
In 2008 I employed in NOC. I work as an assistant engineer in Fields Division /
Petroleum Engineering Department.
I am planning to further my academic studies and I would like to pursue master
degree in petroleum engineering in US. I chose this program because I have a great
passion for this discipline and it is related to my background study and to my
profession. By pursuing master degree I will be able to serve my country to develop
the oil industry either by continuing to serve my present company with a greater
knowledge and exposure or by teaching in Iraqi universities, which that is also a
great ambition of mine.
A thirst for knowledge has been my driving force since an early age. I thrive on
gaining more knowledge everyday and my biggest motivation is the continuous
struggle to be the best among my peers - a characteristic that drove me to
graduate at the top five in my class. During my four years of undergraduate studies
in the petroleum engineering collage at Baghdad University, I learnt basics in
several core petroleum engineering subjects like well logging, drilling, petroleum
production engineering, petroleum reservoir engineering, geology, geophysics,
enhanced oil recovery, numerical methods and reservoir simulation and petroleum
economic.
My main responsibilities at work are supervising well testing and wire line
operations, Design of Well Testing programs, Interpretation of Well Test Data. Now I
spent more than four years as an assistant engineer in north Oil Company and
waiting to be promoted to engineer soon.
To achieve my goals, I decided to pursue MSc degree in petroleum engineering and I
chose US to do so that its academic studies have reached advanced stages and that
its universities are considered as outstanding universities which are well known over
the world.
I believe a Masters in Petroleum Engineering will not only provide me with an indepth knowledge of the field I have been working in for the past 4 years, but also an
opportunity to gain broader understanding of the industry as a whole. I am hopeful
that after completing my Master's Degree, I will rejoin the industry as a more
knowledgeable professional and I can teach in the best universities in my country or
abroad.