Frazier Saldanha

Experience

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  National Institute of Oceanography

  Jun 1995 - Feb 1996

  PROJECT TRAINEE

  ▪ Performed sand-silt-clay ratio for ocean pipe laying work.▪ Prepared reports for oceanographic survey work.▪ Foraminiferal studies.

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  Geoservices (India) Ltd.

  Feb 1996 - Nov 1997

  MUDLOGGING GEOLOGIST

  ▪ Worked as a single man Senior mud logging engineer. ▪ Responsible for entire mud logging operations in a shift.▪ Assisted wellsite geologist in correlation of logs, cutting sample description and core descriptions.

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  Geoservices

  Nov 1997 - Feb 2007

  ▪ Supervised entire mudlogging crew and its operations on the rig. ▪ Promoted to Prevue Engineer and Flair Engineer prior to joining Baker.▪ Worked for reputed and tough clients like Shell Malaysia, Murphy Oil, Petronas and Shell Brunei. ▪ Supervised mud logging geologists, computer network and quality control of mud logging unit.▪ Completed most of the mud logging CAS trainings with excellent results.▪ Obtained excellent client appraisals regularly.▪ Conducted trainings for mud logging crew in Sudan and briefly held Field Supervisor position.▪ Mostly worked on Exploratory wells in both onshore and offshore fields.

  • UNIT MANAGER

    Jul 2006 - Feb 2007

  • Data Engineer

    Nov 1997 - Jul 2006
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  Baker Hughes

  Mar 2007 - Mar 2018

  ▪ Designated Lead on all high end LWD assignments. Mentored and trained 10 field specialists / Engineers to run high end LWD tools on all Baker services. ▪ Achieved 11 years without a transactional NPT record while operating all tools including ATK G3, ATK Xpress, ATK Curve, ATK eXact, ATK GT, ATK GT3, ATK GT4, ATK GT4G, SDN v3.0, ORD 1.5, CCN II, AZITRAK, ONTRAK, OTK II, TesTrak, StarTrak, MagTrak, SoundTrak, VisiTrak, ZoneTrak G (Near Bit Gamma), ZoneTrak R (Near Bit Resistivity), BCPM II with aDI, BCPM1, NaviGamma, and NaviTrak.▪ Upsold MagTrak, VisiTrak - deep azimuthal resistivity, StarTrak and turbine services for washout detection to increase annual revenue.▪ Operated the first ever VisiTrak job - deep azimuthal resistivity successfully in Kuwait on an octa combo job. Show less ▪ Achieved #1 in sales for all triple-combo, quad-combo, and penta-combo jobs. Total number of 8 jobs.▪ Led all Field specialists / engineers covering triple-combo, ATK GT, Modular Motor, CoPilot, SDN V3.00 (LithoTrak), OnTrak, and BCPM jobs. ▪ Consulted on nuclear job sites as a Radiation Protection Supervisor, led radioactive source loading and unloading from LithoTrak tools, and directed movement of the radioactive source. ▪ Operated MagTrak for QP in Well BH-124 6-inch hole section, in TOTAL for well ALK-22.L1 and UG-229 ST1, 6-inch section for KOC, RA-560, and 6-inch section in KOC. Show less Worked as Lead on Navi Gamma Jobs on Ras Gas, Wintershall Holding GmBH, QP rigs.Worked as a second man and independently on LWD jobs. Tools run in Qatar were Testrak, Ontrak I and II, BCPM I, BCPM2, Autotrak G3.0, Autotrak GT, LithoTrak –ORD, CCN, SDN, NaviGamma, Startrak, Azitrak, modular motor.Worked as second man on Total job in Qatar wherein AutoTrak Express was run. Handled shift independently without any special training course just on a short guidance by my senior. Worked as second man for Total Qatar on quad combo jobs consisting of Lithotrak (ORD, CCN, SDN), Autotrak G 3.0/Autotrak GT, modular motor, Startrak and BCPM2. Second man on most QP land/offshore jobs in triple combo.Successfully performed a source cap drill out in Qatar without any damage to the tool nor the radioactive source. Show less ▪ Part of a team that was successful in live radioactive source cap drill out on a job for TOTAL.▪ Designated Lead on Navi Gamma Jobs on Ras Gas, Wintershall Holding GmBH, and QP rigs, and as a second man and independently on LWD jobs. ▪ Supervised various tools including TesTrak, OnTrak I and II, BCPM I, BCPM II, AutoTrak G3.0, AutoTrak GT, LithoTrak, ORD, CCN, SDN, NaviGamma, StarTrak, AziTrak, and modular motor▪ Worked as second man for Total Qatar on quad-combo jobs consisting of LithoTrak (ORD, CCN, SDN), AutoTrak G 3.0 / AutoTrak GT, modular motor, StarTrak and BCPM II. Show less ▪ Directed operations as Lead Hand on hexa-combo job for Bunduq Company in Abu Dhabi and supported operations as lead hand in Bahrain on OnTrak for Motor jobs. ▪ Awarded the Bronze Core Value for identifying fault in a tool and saving a potential downhole failure on Dubai Petroleum Job in Dubai.▪ Supported British Gas projects in India using Auto Trak G3.0 + APLS and consulted on designer 3-D and multilateral wells using INTEQ’s high-end RCLS AutoTrak tools along with OnTrak, Modular Motor, and APLS. Show less ▪ Worked directly as 2nd Engineer in Egypt on loan from India on a directional only job without any training in MWD handling independent shift after an hour of training by the senior.▪ Completed the intensive 3 month Baker Hughes MWD Academy 1 with 90% marks. Was 2nd highest scorer.▪ Passed the Baker Radiation Competence Exam to be a classified radioactive source handling worker.▪ Worked on tools like OnTrak, OTK II, NaviTrak, SoundTrak, LithoTrak (ORD, CCN, SDN), AziTrak, StarTrak, TesTrak, Co-Pilot, BCPM, BCPM II, Modular motors, mud motors, ATK GT, ATK G3.▪ Saved Baker from potential loss of job as a trainee by being able to decode in spite of severe noise to the pulses. Show less

  • LWD Field Specialist General / Senior Radiation Protection Supervisor (RPS)

    Sept 2015 - Mar 2018

  • LWD – Field Specialist IV / RPS, Qatar & Kuwait --- LWD – Field Specialist III / RPS, Qatar

    Nov 2011 - Sept 2015

  • LWD - FIELD ENGINEER II – Grade H

    Oct 2010 - Oct 2011

  • LWD – Field Engineer II / LWD – Field Engineer I

    Jan 2010 - Oct 2011

  • LWD – Field Engineer I / MWD Field Operator II

    Jul 2008 - Jan 2010

  • MWD FIELD OPERATOR I

    Mar 2007 - Jul 2008
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  BTTELI ENERGY

  Jan 2023 - now

  LWD FIELD SPECIALIST GENERAL

  Working on SoundTrak, AutoTrak Exact, BCPM II, ZoneTrak G, AziTrak, ORD 2.6,, Solus, Cadence