Curriculum Vitae

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Angus Marshall McKay PhD CEng CSci MCSM MIMMM

  • Date of Birth: 17 April 1971
  • Nationality: British

QUALIFICATIONS

  • 2005: Attained Chartered Scientist status.
  • 2003: Attained Chartered Engineer status.
  • 1993 – 1999: Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Ph.D. Geomechanics.
  • 1990 – 1993: Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, B.Eng. 2(i) (Hons) – Mining Engineering.

FAMILY

  • Married

CONTACT DETAILS

CAREER HISTORY

Feb 05 – Present: Springbok Drilling Ltd - Contract Drilling Engineer

  • Aug 10 – Current: Lead Operations Drilling Engineer – BG UK – Jackdaw uHPHT appraisal well.
  • Aug 09 – Aug 10: Drilling Engineer – BG Norge - Mandarin uHPHT exploration well.
  • Apr 08 – Aug 09: Lead Drilling Engineer – BG Norge - Bream NPNT multi-sidetrack appraisal wells.
  • May 08 – Apr 09: Lead Drilling Engineer – BG UK - Jackdaw sidetrack uHPHT well.
  • Nov 06 – May 08: Lead Drilling Engineer – BG Norge - Orange and Pi North NPNT exploration wells.
  • Mar 06 – Nov 06: Lead Drilling Engineer – BG UK - Moonraker, Octopus, Hermes & North Channel NPNT exploration wells.
  • Feb 05 – Mar 06: Operations Drilling Engineer – BG UK - Calloway HPHT exploration well.

Aug 00 – Feb 05: Applied Drilling Technology International

  • Oct 04 – Feb 05: Drilling Engineer (AFE Estimation – Tullow Oil & Ingen/Focus Energy)
    Detailed AFE estimates for various projects ranging from new drill wells through to investigative work on shutin wells with potential for side tracking.
  • Jan 03 – Oct 04: Drilling Engineer
    Drilling Engineer for the Tuscan Energy Ltd turnkey project to drill & complete three wells under the guidance of the Senior Drilling Engineer. Including responsibility for budget tracking of 9 AFEs simultaneously.
  • Oct 01 – Dec 03: Offshore Drilling Engineer (Armada Phase II) Well Site Drilling Engineer / Night DSV for BG-Group on board the Galaxy III over the Armada platform for 3 well development drilling campaign.
  • Jan 01 – Sep 01: Offshore Drilling Engineer (South Everest Phase II & Arbroath)
    Seconded to BP as offshore/onshore drilling engineer for the final stages of the South Everest subsea tieback development on board the Galaxy III and continuing onboard for the Arbroath Infill & Workover project.
  • Aug 00 – Jan 01: Trainee Well Engineer
    Initially assigned to the Santa Fe Monarch as deck crew gaining offshore experience from the Drilling Contractor’s perspective.
    Three week trip in Invergordon as part of a twoman team controlling logistics and cost tracking for the initiation of a shipyard project working on a 24 hours basis.
    Project on guidelines for bolting of flanges on Santa Fe installations as a follow up to the H&SE Safety Notice 2/2000. Completed in a three-week period.

Sep 97 – Aug 00: CORPRO SYSTEMS LTD

  • Field & Operations Coring Engineer
  • World Wide Locations of Experience: Ukraine, Singapore, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, UAE, Middle East, Syria, Sudan, UK North Sea, Dutch North Sea.
  • Responsible for worldwide rig site coring operations culminating in a solo & lead core jobs in Saudi Arabia and then UK & Dutch sectors of the North Sea. Relocated back to Aberdeen office where responsibility for contract tendering and support was detailed to myself.

COURSES

  • IWCF Subsea Supervisor March 2010
  • Offshore Survival June 2010 (inc. Norway)
  • Medical May 2011 (inc. Norway)
  • DaWinci 50 54 52
  • Vantage 0175924
  • Drilling & Petroleum Geology Drilling Practices I
  • Mud Logging & Well Site Geology Stress Check
  • Well Plan for Windows Well Plan I
  • Well Plan II NORSOK Regulations
  • Compass Directional Well Planning

PUBLICATIONS

  • SPE/IADC Conference, Abu Dhabi 1999; wrote and presented a paper on a novel sidewall coring system.
  • Paper No. 57554, Project on bolting of pressurised flanges. Internal publication within Santa Fe TechServ Ltd.
  • PhD Thesis on fracture mechanics.