Iain MacDonald

MSc Completion & Well Intervention at Robert Gordon University

Aksay, West Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan

About

35 years Well Servicing experience, having worked in operations, business development, contract management, and business improvement. Broadly experienced in both technical and managerial aspects of Well Services, having worked around the world both onshore, offshore, & subsea in the UKCS, US, Middle East, Africa, & others. Specialties: Well Services Operations & Management, Artificial Lift, Business Improvement, Business Development, Contract Management, Training & Facilitation, Microsoft Office Skills.

Experience

  • Well Services Planning Superintendent at Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V. (KPO)
    Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Part of the Well Services Team for KPO, based in Aksai. Leading the group supporting the ongoing intervention work in the Karachaganak Asset (contracting, invoicing, contractor management, etc).

  • Senior Completions & Well Intervention Engineer at Shell Upstream Albania B.V.
    Aug 2017 - Jul 2024 · 7 yrs

    Tasked as part of the frontier exploration team to complete, stimulate, and test the high-H2S, high-CO2 Shpirag Field, prior to final investment decision and full field development.

  • Senior Well Intervention Engineer (SubSea) at Shell Nigeria Exploration & Production (SNEPCo)
    Jul 2012 - Jul 2017 · 5 yrs 1 mo

    Tasked to develop intervention techniques & equipment to allow Well Intervention, Workover, and Abandonment activities in the Shell Deepwater Bonga Asset, utilising a Riser-less Intervention Vessel instead of a Semi-Submersible Drilling Rig (+1,000mtrs water depth- +70 wells). • Regional SME for Subsea Well Intervention. • Contract Holder for 3 main intervention contracts. Planned & executed several major riser-based multi-well intervention campaigns, including acidisation, well suspension, workover, and abandonment. Delivered a multi-well Deepwater Riser-less Campaign (7 wells), setting a new Shell Water Depth Record of 1,250m, achieving Goal Zero & meeting budget.

  • Senior Well Engineer at Petroleum Development Oman
    Mar 2006 - Jul 2012 · 6 yrs 5 mos

    Shell C&WI Round 2 Trainer & Coach Tasked to deliver the Shell Completions & Well Intervention Round 2 Competency scheme for PDO. Required to develop all C&WI Staff to a standard acceptable for Round 2 Examination and Certification. W/Svcs Business Improvement & Planning Team Leader Tasked to lead a team with the mandate to review all the ongoing standalone and hoist activities in PDO and to increase utilisation and cost efficiencies across approximately 6,000 active wells. Within this structure we were responsible for the full implementation of the following:- Shell's Global Deliver the Limit for Wellservices, new technology trials, manpower competency mapping and development, business performance reporting, planning & scheduling of Standalone activities. Working daily with the regional Discipline Heads for Well Services and Production Technology, and reporting to the Director's Steering Committee, the emphasis is on the streamlining (& hence increased efficiency) of long-term recovery from the PDO Well stock.

  • Libya Operations & Bus.Dev Manager at Wood Group ESP Inc
    Jun 2004 - Mar 2006 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Transferred to WGESP after the lifting of the U.S. embargo on Libya. Tasked with the following functions: a) Analyse the Libyan Market for business potential b) Create business network covering Libyan Market c) Create Business Plan and establish Trading Entity d) Establish ESP Facility to cover North Africa Region e) Manage facility and North African Market for WGESP