Oil and gas
10 drilling engineering experts
These ten professionals have done drilling engineering at oil and gas operators, as drilling engineers, team leads and managers. A reader can learn how drilling engineering teams plan and deliver wells at oil and gas operators.
Professionals to explore
01—10Basma Ali Banihammad
LinkedInExperience: Manager, Drilling Engineering · ADNOC Group
Manager, Drilling Engineering at ADNOC Group since 2024. Former Operations Manager at ADNOC Group (2021–2024), and Drilling Engineer at ADCO (2009–2024). The profile describes analyzing and designing drilling plans according to data and rate of production, and analyzing, designing and monitoring engineering well sites.
Colin Gilmore
LinkedInExperience: Drilling Engineering Supervisor - Delaware Basin · XTO Energy
Engineering Manager at ExxonMobil since 2025 and Wells Engineering Supervisor - Guyana Wells Team at ExxonMobil since 2022. Former Drilling Planning Engineering Supervisor - US Unconventionals (2021–2022) and Drilling Engineering Supervisor - Delaware Basin (2019–2020) at XTO Energy. The profile describes serving as engineering supervisor over 2 deep water drillships.
Darren Kisinger
LinkedInExperience: Drilling and Completions Engineering Manager · Woodside Energy
Drilling and Completions Engineering Manager at Woodside Energy since 2023. Former Senior Drilling Engineer at Woodside Energy (2022–2023) and at BHP Billiton Petroleum (2013–2022), and Drilling Engineer at Nexen Inc (2009–2013). The profile lists the current role in the Engineering and Technical department at manager level.
Edwin J. Cruz
LinkedInExperience: Drilling Engineering Manager - Gulf of Mexico (Thunder Horse) · bp
Drilling Engineering Manager - Gulf of Mexico (Thunder Horse) at bp since 2018. Former Drilling Engineering Team Leader - Gulf of Mexico (Atlantis) (2016–2018) and Sr Drilling Engineer - Gulf of Mexico (Mad Dog and Nakika) (2013–2016) at bp. The profile describes supporting drilling operations for the Thunder Horse team and work as a Senior/Lead Drilling Engineer in a South Texas Eagle Ford horizontal drilling program.
Farhad Farajov
LinkedInExperience: Lead Drilling Engineer · bp
Lead Drilling Engineer at bp since 2015. Former Planning & Operations Drilling Engineer (2010–2015) and Rig Site Drilling Engineer (2009–2010) at bp. The profile describes 13 years of offshore and onshore drilling engineering on projects including exploration, deep water, HPHT, extended reach drilling and managed pressure drilling.
Kanin Laonakornthum
LinkedInExperience: Team Lead, Drilling Engineering · Chevron
Team Lead, Drilling Engineering at Chevron since 2016 and Senior Drilling Engineer at Chevron since 2022. Former Drilling Engineer (2011–2016) and Drill Site Manager (2007–2011) at Chevron. The profile describes identifying opportunities in drilling performance, reliability and efficiency and providing solutions and implementation plans.
Luca Pavesi
LinkedInExperience: Drilling Engineering Manager · bp
Drilling Engineering Manager at bp since 2021, a role the profile ties to the North Sea and Asia Pacific. Former Drilling Engineering Team Leader (2016–2021) and Senior Drilling Engineer (2012–2016) at bp, and Lead Drilling Engineer at Eni Norge AS (2010–2012). The profile describes 16 years of experience planning and executing well projects, including floating rigs, platforms, jack-ups, land rigs and shale gas.
Remi Oyekanmi
LinkedInExperience: Drilling Engineering Manager · TotalEnergies
Drilling Engineering Manager at TotalEnergies since 2023. Former Senior Drilling Engineer at TotalEnergies (2022–2023), and Senior Drilling Engineer and Head of Support (2012–2019) and Drilling Engineer (Usan Deepwater Field) (2009–2012) at Total E & P Nigeria Limited. The profile describes over 18 years in onshore, offshore and deep-water drilling and completion engineering and operations.
Sebastian Scalabre
LinkedInExperience: Senior Drilling Engineering Manager · bp
Senior Drilling Engineering Manager at bp since 2023. Former Drilling Engineering Manager (2020–2023), Drilling Engineering Team Leader (2011–2020) and Lead Drilling Engineer (2006–2011) at bp. The profile describes leading a team of +30 drilling engineers responsible for the safe, efficient planning and execution of oil and gas wells on multiple fields.
Shaig Khanlarov
LinkedInExperience: Drilling Engineering Manager · bp
Wells Superintendent at bp since 2025. Former Strategic Planning Manager (2023–2025), Drilling Engineering Manager (2021–2023), Drilling Engineering Team Leader (2020–2021) and Senior Drilling Engineer (2016–2020) at bp. The profile describes 15+ years across bp’s global operations, leading both frontline well delivery and global strategic initiatives, including wells strategy.
Choose the right perspective
Match the well environment to yours, since deepwater, offshore platform and onshore shale drilling raise different engineering problems. Also match the level, because a lead drilling engineer can speak to well design details while a manager can speak to team structure, rig programs and performance across a field.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you build a well plan and decide on casing and mud designs for a new field?
- 02Which drilling performance measures do you track, and what changes have cut days per well?
- 03How do you work with rig contractors and service companies to manage drilling risk and cost?
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