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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Position: Nationality: Home Address: DUNNE, Charles L Drilling Manager British Spain

CAREER SUMMARY
A Drilling Manager or Superintendent with considerable offshore experience and an understanding of broader industry development issues and project management. 27 years of oilfield experience

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Aug 2002 - Present: Drilling Manager Premier Oil Natuna and Premier Vietnam Responsible for the Operational Management of a two well exploration programme in Natuna Sea with a semi-submersible. Responsible for the project management of multiple well programmes offshore Vietnam with both jack ups and semi-submersibles new country entry for Premier Oil. Managed pressure drilling, development extended reach drilling and intelligent completions, semi-submersibles 300 m + water depth. Drilling Superintendent Seconded to Kufpec Indonesia Seconded to Kufpec Indonesia as Drilling Superintendent for land drilling and workover operations on Seram Island, Eastern Indonesia using an underbalanced drilling system in a fractured subnormally pressured limestone reservoir. A development well re-entry required a medium radius build of 26 deg/100 ft whilst utilising an underbalanced drilling spread with crude oil and nitrogen injection. Over 170 people were required to be accommodated on site with all the attendant logistical and HSE implications to be controlled.

Oct 2001 2002:

June

June 2000 2001:

Oct Well Engineering Group Manager Premier Oil Responsible for the Functional management of the Well Engineering Group of Premier Oil including: Resourcing for Worldwide Operations Technical and Functional approval of Design and Procedures for operations in Pakistan, UK Central North Sea , West Africa and Indonesia ensuring compliance with Well Engineering Group Standards and Procedures. Audit of Business Units and proactive recommendations for improvement Technical Assistance for New Ventures - Malaysia, Myanmar , Albania , West Africa, India. Maintain and develop technical standards and procedures to improve performance in Premiers Global Well Engineering and Operations.

CHARLES L DUNNE

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July 1998 June Drilling Manager 2000: Premier Oil Natuna Sea Indonesia Drilling Manager based in Jakarta responsible for the overall control and direction of all Premier Oil Indonesia drilling and testing operations. Operational activity was extremely diverse including jackup exploration and appraisal drilling in Natuna Sea and Offshore East Java, platform workovers and development wells including high angle and horizontal wells, and subsea well workover, drilling and completion. Sept 1997 June Drilling Superintendent 1998: British Gas International Indonesia Drilling Superintendent based in Jakarta for drilling operations in Muturi Irian Jaya and South Java. Initially assigned to drilling one well with a swamp barge, and latterly with overseeing the reactivation of a drill ship in Singapore and drilling wells in Irian Jaya and South Java. Oct 1995 1997: Aug Drilling Co-ordinator British Gas E & P UK Armada Drilling Co-ordinator responsible for all drilling input to the management of the Armada gas condensate development which required tieback of pre-drilled wells to a platform using a tender assist harsh environment jack-up. The position demanded direct action on diverse items including scheduling and resourcing of all workscope, tieback and completion design and procurement, functional internal audit responsibility, and review of detailed operational procedures. Additional responsibilities included jack - up to platform engineering interfaces, preparation of combined operation legislative requirements, and drill cuttings seabed clearance using a DSV. Oct Drilling Supervisor British Gas E & P Ltd Drilling Supervisor on the Armada template pre-drilling with a semisubmersible rig drilling extended reach wells to over 20,000 ft. Feb Senior Drilling Engineer British Gas E & P Ltd Senior Drilling Engineer for the concept and detailed design of an extended reach drilling project consisting of the two phases of predrilling with a semi-submersible and tieback of the wells to the platform using an harsh environment rig. Responsible for a major portion of the well planning and design, procurement of equipment and services and technical and legislative documentation. Additionally responsible for the drilling interface with the platform design required for tender assist operations. Aug Senior Drilling Engineer British Gas E & P Ltd Senior Drilling Engineer for the planning of a HPHT well in the Central North Sea. Responsible for all aspects of the well design, equipment specification and procurement, legislative documentation, preparation of detailed operational procedures, Well Control documentation and training requirements. Night Drilling Supervisor on the Semisubmersible Benreoch.
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Feb 1995 1995:

Aug 1992 1995:

Oct 1991 1992:

CHARLES L DUNNE

April 1991 Aug Senior Drilling Engineer 1991: International Petroleum Limited Senior Drilling Engineer with IPL on a single string exploration well on the East coast of India. Based initially in Singapore to prepare the drilling procedures and other documentation and to assist with the mobilisation of the Jack-up drilling rig and load out of drilling equipment for the entire well programme onto a warebarge anchored in Singapore. Located in Madras, India, as the operations Drilling Engineer, reporting to the Operations Manager. March 1991 April Night Drilling Supervisor 1991: Murphy Oil Night Drilling Supervisor working on the Transocean 6 jack-up in the Southern North Sea Mar 1990 1991: Mar Drilling Engineer Conoco UK Ltd Drilling Engineer onshore based, offshore when required. Responsible for the detailed operational procedures and engineering support for exploration and appraisal well drilling and testing of vertical and directional wells in the Northern, Central and Southern North Sea. Generation of drilling costs for Subsea development projects in the Northern North Sea. Weekend duty Drilling Engineer for platform jackup, semi-submersible drilling, workover and completion operations. Mar Project Engineer International Drilling & Downhole Technology Centre Project Engineer for well planning, rig evaluation and selection, and site layout for this drilling research, development and training centre. Aug Drilling Engineer BP Exploration Limited Drilling Engineer for the Forties Field, developing technical documentation for gas lift completions, electric submersible pump completions, and workover operations. Offshore Drilling Engineer for workover operations on the Forties Field. Nov Offshore Drilling Engineer Britoil Offshore Drilling Engineer working on semi-submersible and jack-up rigs in the Northern and Southern North Sea. Experience of High Pressure Zechstein in the Southern North Sea. Aug Design Course Instructor Prodrill Ltd Well Design, procurement of rig, services and equipment, and preparation of drilling procedures for UK land wells. Preparation of a Prodrill Casing Design Manual and Casing Design Course Instructor. Dec Operations Engineer Shell Expro Aberdeen Operations Engineer responsible for the performance reviews of all drilling and workover operations in the Northern and Central North Sea, providing management with technical recommendations for improving performance in these operations.

Aug 1989 1990:

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Aug 1988 1988:

Jan 1988 1988:

Mar 1987 1987:

CHARLES L DUNNE

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Aug 1986 1987:

Mar

Well Operations Engineer Shell International - New Zealand Well Operations Engineer responsible for preparation of procedures and field supervision of wellsite operations in the Maui and Kapuni gas fields including workovers, PLT and pressure transient testing. Wellsite operations engineer for exploration well drilling with the JFP11 Jack-up rig.

Mar 1985 1986:

Mar Wellsite operations engineer Shell Expro Aberdeen Wellsite operations engineer assisting the supervision of well drilling, completion and workover programmes on the North Cormorant platform in the Northern North Sea with some experience on semi-submersibles. Petroleum engineer Texaco North Sea UK Petroleum engineer - six months wellsite experience on the Tartan platform in a wide range of production operations, well testing and interpretation. Petroleum engineer for the Tartan field and joint venture representation.

Oct 1983 Mar 1985:

QUALIFICATION: 1982 - LEEDS UNIVERSITY, BSc (Hons) Mineral Engineering (1st Class) 1983 - HERIOT - WATT UNIVERSITY, M.Eng in Petroleum Engineering LANGUAGES: Basic French, Spanish, German, and Bahasa Indonesia. COMPUTER LITERATE Computer literate with a personal computer for use of word processing, spreadsheet, drawing and engineering applications.

MEMBERSHIP Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Technical Author 1997 SPE/IADC Conference. Co Chairman SPE /IADC Jakarta 2002, Panel Discussion - Drilling Risk Management , The Way Forward. Associate Member of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

REFERENCES
Provided upon request.

CHARLES L DUNNE

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