RESUME - MARIUS TULCEANU

DRILLING ENGINEER
Achievements
Ive drilled wells, onshore and offshore, deviated and horizontal.
I wrote the first Romanian software for directional drilling.
Co-author SPE paper 110014
Personal data
Date of birth: May 06, 1965, Age: 46
Citizenship: Romanian
Marital status: married, no children
Profile
Dynamic, capable to work hard, under pressure, overtime
Analytical skills, I can learn fast and I have imagination
I can make good decisions and I am full dedicated to my company
GCA, India,
Drilling Adviser
Sep 2011 Current

I am providing the drilling input for the Phase III of the Mumbai High development project of
ONGC (ERD wells, drilling Basal Clastic and Basement) and technical support for the final part
of the Phase II of drilling.

Bunduq, UAE,
Senior Drilling Engineer
Aug 2010 May 2011
Tasks
Writing the drilling, workover and completion programs for oil & gas wells.
Writing work programs, and leading drilling operations for one jack-up in the Persian Gulf.
IDS Weatherford, Algeria,
Senior Drilling Engineer
Feb 2010 July 2010
Tasks
Writing the drilling, workover and completion programs for gas wells.
Writing work programs, and leading drilling operations for two land rigs.
Mellitah Gas, Libya,
Senior Drilling Engineer
Oct 2009 Jan 2010
Tasks
Writing the drilling, workover and completion programs, AFEs,
Writing work programs and leading drilling operations for two land rigs.

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Winstar, Tunisia,
Senior Drilling Engineer
Sep 2008 Jan 2009
Tasks

Writing the drilling and workover programs, AFEs.

Writing work programs, reports, evaluating performance and leading drilling operations for two
land rigs.
Checking the service companies invoices, making audits, recommending corrective actions.

Delta H, Hungary
Senior Drilling Engineer
Apr 2008 Aug 2008
Tasks
Collecting data available from the offset wells
Writing the basis of design, and the drilling program for an appraisal HP-HT well (4000 m TVD,
11000 psi, 200 deg C, sour gas).
I was the first member of the team and my first hitch lasted 65 days before a back to back was
found for me.
The superintendent joined me after these two months. Meanwhile I partially wrote the drilling
program, contacted the available service companies in Hungary, sent service inquiries,
Prepared the documentation and the requirements for the wellhead and Xmas tree, designed
the casing program, the mud, estimated the pore and fracture pressure, analyzed the service
bids and made award recommendations.
GSPC, Gujarat - India
Senior Drilling Engineer
Feb 2007 Apr 2008
Responsibilities:
I was in charge with two jack-ups (Atwood Beacon and Perro Negro) writing the drilling and
work programs and leading the operations.
I led a team of 6 drilling engineers (Indian nationals mostly), mentoring them and getting their
support in collecting data and issues follow up.
My team and I were trained in using the Landmark package.
At the end of 2007 the drilling superintendent I was working with, left GSPC and I had to take
over his operational responsibilities until my leaving, because GSPC did not find another
superintendent for a few months.
Tasks

Writing drilling & workover programs for appraisal HP-HT wells (5200m TVD, 200C, sour gas)
Preparing the AFE, bids evaluation, redesigning well trajectories, writing reports (weekly,
monthly), analyzing technical failures, performance follow up, writing drilling procedures,
sorting out logistic issues, kick off meetings and the debriefing of EOW.

TOTAL, Abu Dhabi - UAE

Drilling Engineer
Nov 2003-Jan 2007
Tasks
Writing drilling & workover programs, drilling Well Architecture Proposals, AFE, discussing with
the services providers, making technical audits, replacing the CM when required, writing
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technical studies (water management, 36 casing), redesigning well trajectories, writing

reports (weekly, monthly, EOW), analyzing
Job records
Technical failures, modifying CMS procedures, solving logistic issues.
Updating daily reports, bit performances, updating the drilling performance database (actual
vs. BCT).
Analyzing the results, writing work programs and taking corrective actions. Writing the
presentations for kick off meeting and the debriefing of EOW.
CoST, Milan Italy
Analyst- Programmer
Dec 2001 Oct 2003
I was the leader of a team for making a software system for an Italian hospital using VB6 and
SQLServer2000.
Then I worked at implementation of a SCADA system in some Italian glass factories belonging to
a French company.
Stan-Constan S.R.L, Ploiesti-Romania
Directional Drilling Engineer
June 2000 November 2001
I have drilled over 20 deviated wells with small depth (from 1800 ft to 2200 ft) using T50
(transportable) Romanian rigs, NMDC, MSS and Russian turbines, in the South West of Romania
(Oltenia region).
Expert- Serv S.R.L, Ploiesti - Romania
Drilling Project Engineer
August 1997 May 2000
I designed drill strings, casing, hydraulics and well paths for about 35 wells drilled onshore in
Romania.
During this time I also have improved and wrote new software.
PETROSTAR, Ploiesti-Romania
Drilling Project Engineer
July 1996 June 1997
I used to write drilling programs for onshore wells.
ICS Services, Constanta- Romania
Directional Drilling Coordinator
July 1993- June 1996
I used to write DD projects and to coordinate the activity of a team of 12 Directional Drillers.
Ive been in charge with the logistics and personnel coordination, contracts follow up and
amendment, dealing with the clients and invoicing.
PETROMAR, Constanta- Romania
Drilling Project Engineer
June 1991- July 1993
I designed drill strings, hydraulics and well paths for about 15 wells drilled in the Black Sea.
During this time I was trained as directional drilling engineer.
I have learned to work with MMS, MSS, DOT and downhole motors NAVIDRILL and TURBODRILL.
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Together with another two engineers I wrote a program to get real time data from DOT,
bypassing the original computer which was replaced with an ordinary PC (a 40286 processor)
and instead of few sparkling led we could see the well path in real time.

PETROMAR, Constanta- Romania

Drilling Engineer offshore in the Black Sea
Feb 1990- June 1991
Leading drilling process.
Setting of the drilling parameters WOB, RPM, flow rate, updating the drill string report,
drawing the tools ran to bottom - ID, OD, length, writing drilling report.
Also I used to make balanced cementing plugs, coring, fishing bit cones, prepare and lead
casing running or cutting.
I drilled using Romanian F320 DEWL rigs, wells having 3000 meters MD and about 600 meters
displacement.
PETROMAR, Constanta- Romania
Junior Drilling engineer within Drilling Office
Sept 1989- Jan 1990
I learned how to apply my theoretical knowledge.
Education
Graduate from Drilling and Production engineering University of Oil and Gas, Romania
Diploma M.Sc. in PETROLEUM ENGINEERING
Other abilities
I can use Wellcat, Wellplan & Compass (Landmark package), ODDA, Wellview, Synergi, Visual Basic6,
vbscript, MySQL, SQLServer 2000, Windows9x-2000-XP, MS Word, Excel, MSAccess.
Training and Courses
Directional drilling engineer in-house training 1992.
Sea/ huet survival 2004
Cause tree analysis -2004
H2S -2006
Fire fighting & FA 2006
StressCheck, Wellcat, Wellplan & Compass training (RPS Energy) 2007
HP-HT (Aberdeen Drilling Schools / GERMI)- 2007
ENI training for ERD (Milan, 2009)
Foreign languages
English speaking, writing well
Italian good, French - basic
Note: has given WTS Energy the exclusive rights to officially submit the CV to Addax Nigeria.

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