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Curriculum Vitae for Fergus Allan

|Date of Birth | |

| |8 Nov 1965 |

|Education | |

| |2012 Heriot Watt University Edinburgh |

| |Msc. Petroleum Engineering with Distinction |

| |1982 – 1986 Heriot Watt University Edinburgh |

| |BSc. Hons. In Electrical and Electronic Engineering |

|Professional experience |Jun 2013 – Present BP Azerbaijan |

| |NWD Petrophysicist |

| |Seconded to BP in Baku via BP Xazar to manage the LWD & Wireline data contracts on the Shah Deniz Field. The Shah Deniz field is a |

| |gas condensate reservoir in the Caspian Sea with activity on platforms and semi-submersibles. |

| |The Petrophysics team manages the interface between BP and the contractors. This includes monthly service quality meetings, tracking|

| |of Non-Conformances, updating the Supplier Performance Management system, log quality control, activity forecasts, matching of |

| |equipment & personnel to expected workscope, creation of logging programs, invoice reviews and technical inputs to the procurement |

| |process. |

| |Internally within BP we provide input on logging programs to the NWD and Wells Teams, help to select the preferred method of |

| |acquisition and ensure that the end-users needs are met. |

| |A particular focus is the mentoring & development of junior and entry-level Azeri personnel. |

| |Logging operations are technically challenging and include full suite petrophysical logs, high-tension logging techniques, pipe |

| |conveyed logging, pressure testing/sampling, imaging, NMR, and pipe recovery. Acquisition is split between LWD and wireline. |

| |On completion of data acquisition programs I perform QAQC of all acquired data and provide summary interpretations using Techlog |

| |software. |

| |I have led several special projects and studies. These have included, |

| |Successfully defining the orientation of Shmax from image, caliper and X-dipole acoustic data to allow selection of a sidetrack |

| |trajectory to avoid a fractured loss zone. |

| |Identified and then fully developed a Gamma Ray – Caliper correlation which enabled hole volume computation without a caliper across|

| |the full open hole interval. This enabled successful cement jobs even when wireline logs could not get to TD. |

| |Performed an integrated interpretation of a reservoir where conventional analysis was failing to predict fluid type correcty. This |

| |used drilling, mud logging, core, wireline, LWD and PLT data to establish a workflow which enabled successful prediction of fluid |

| |type. |

| |Initiated and supervised a development project with a contractor to develop a new LWD formation tester with enhanced 10kpsi drawdown|

| |capability for high underbalance, low K formations. The tool and test protocols developed have been successful and this tool is now |

| |the primary source of formation pressure information for the Shah Deniz project. |

| |Project managed the deployment of Schlumberger LWD for a one-well trial. The objective was to drill to TD with complete data |

| |acquisition in a single trip and this was achieved. |

| |Supervised a wireline fluid sampling operation on the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli field using a guard-probe formation tester. This |

| |delivered fluid and gas samples in OBM with contamination below detectable levels. |

| |Engaged with all stakeholders (drilling / well integrity / production) and performed a study to identify the correct fit-for purpose|

| |cement bond log. This resulted in a saving of $2.5M/year by avoiding a more costly, but unnecessary alternative. |

| |Moved wireline cable seasoning out of rig time by driving the service provider to season cables at a deep test well in Germany. This|

| |saved $2.5M/year. |

| |Sourced new wireline hole finder technology which successfully enabled logging of 3 wells on wireline. This delivered a direct |

| |saving of $3m/well by avoiding an LWD wash down run. |

| |Managed the combination of Sperry and Schlumberger LWD in a single BHA. This made possible a single bit run to TD which was a record|

| |for Shah Deniz. |

| |Project managed the startup of wireline operations on the SD2 completion project. This included tension and gunlift modelling and |

| |the selection and testing of cables and 15k pressure control equipment. |

| |Developed and proved innovative depth correlation methodology to ensure accurate placement of short TCP intervals up to 1km distance|

| |from correlation point. |

| |Jan 2013 – Jun 2013 TGT – Abu Dhabi |

| |Gulf Business Manager |

| |TGT provide downhole data acquisition and interpretation services to customers such as PDO, ADMA, ADCO, ZADCO, Petronas and KOC. |

| |Their particular field of expertise are through barrier cased hole measurments based on acoustic, temperature and electromagnetic |

| |principles. These measurements are interpreted with their proprietary software to yield reservoir and well integrity information. |

| |Aug 2009 – Jan 2013 AlMansoori – Abu Dhabi |

| |General Manager | Logging & TCP |

| |Joined AlMansoori in August 2009 as Operations Manager. I was then promoted to General Manager and also given responsibility for the|

| |TCP division. This was essentially a startup company. We put in place all of the personnel, administration, licenses and systems |

| |necessary to provide Logging & TCP services. |

| |During this time we became technically qualified and awarded work from ADCO for PLT, Multi finger caliper, Pulsed Neutron and coil |

| |tubing PLT’s. Callout cased hole work was won for Crescent, BP Sharjah, Dubai Petroleum, Tullow and Western Zagros. In Iraq we setup|

| |the TCP organization and won & executed contracts for GEP-Aspect, Sterling, Heritage, OMV and Talisman. We won and executed a 2 well|

| |open hole exploration logging contract for Africa Oil in Northern Somalia. |

| |We performed two technical trials for ADCO with coiled tubing conveyed PLT’s. This was the first time that Sondex MAPS tools had |

| |been run in the UAE and we successfully qualified ahead of Halliburton and Weatherford. |

| |As part of the pulsed neutron qualification process for ADCO we did 5 back to back comparison logs with two competitors. We |

| |delivered accurate saturations to ADCO that met their expectations of accuracy and repeatability resulting in the formal |

| |qualification of our tool. |

| |In 2010 I spent four months in Northern Iraq as a logging consultant for Western Zagros. This involved interpreting spectral noise, |

| |temperature, PLT and pulsed neutron data during complex well control operations on a difficult well with up to 38% H2S . I |

| |supervised the local logging provider during their operations. |

| |In 2011 I assisted a major international operator in a block evaluation exercise in Kurdistan. I provided log evaluations and |

| |assessment of drilling and operational risk. |

| |In Puntland (north Somalia) we ran a full suite of petrophysical logs, VSP and formation tester. As well as being onsite for logging|

| |I interpreted the logs and formation tester using LogIC software to give the client a clear understanding of their well. |

| |I was particularly proud of our HSEQ record during my time at AlMansoori. We had zero LTI’s or RA/EX incidents. One of the |

| |foundations for this achievement was my personal efforts and commitment to field visits and participation in the company’s STOP card|

| |system. |

| |Jan 2004 – Aug 2009 FMC Technologies – Abu Dhabi |

| |Customer Support Manager Asia/Pacific & Middle East | Surface Wellhead |

| |Managed FMC field service engineers in APME. These engineers assist the customer to install, maintain, modify, repair and abandon |

| |FMC wellheads. |

| |Confident in the selection, installation, maintenance and repair of wellheads and xmas trees for land and mudline operations. |

| |Experience in trim selection for sour environment. Expert knowledge of API 6A and NACE MR0175 |

| |Experienced in designing and implementing well integrity management systems. Expert knowledge of API 14A and API RP90. Assisted |

| |customers with various insitu remedial techniques to restore well integrity. Introduced a digital alignment tool for quantifying |

| |wellhead alignment which has now become an industry standard technique |

| |Troubleshoot big bore, high pressure, metal to metal, clad wellhead system for customer in Indonesia. This included field weld |

| |repairs of cladded areas, design modifications and installation training to reduce installation times. |

| |Served on the organizing committee for SPE Applied Technology Workshop, Well Integrity Management (Jan 2006) and SPE Abu Dhabi |

| |section workshop on Advanced Completion Technology (April 2007) |

| |During this period I developed my petroleum engineering skills by enrolling in the MSc. at Heriot-Watt University. My level of |

| |interest in this course was reflected in my results and I was awarded the MSc. with Distinction. This project included |

| |interpretation of the following data, |

| |- open hole log data from 6 wells |

| |- formation tester pressure data |

| |- PVT |

| |- Core data (Por & K) |

| |- Pressure transient analysis of 4 welltests using Fekete software |

| |Jul 88 – Jan 2004 Baker Atlas |

| |Country Manager| Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea (Apr 02 – Jan 04) |

| |Located in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. |

| |Drove the introduction of high-end logging tools into Nigeria such as OBM Imaging Tool, X-MAC II, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. |

| |Sales Manager (Jan 01 – Apr 02) |

| |Located in Hassi Messaoud, Algeria. |

| |Confident in interpretation of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance logs, Cased hole saturation logs (Carbon/Oxygen and Sigma), Formation |

| |testing & Sampling, Production logs etc.. |

| |Introduced the slim Carbon/Oxygen into Algeria as customer had mixed injection and formation water salinities and could not use |

| |Sigma. |

| |Developed an innovative technique with Sonatrach in the Hassi R’Mel oil rim wells. We quantified the GOC depth using the RCI |

| |formation tester to do insitu phase separation tests. This gave a better solution than traditional methods and improved the vertical|

| |placement of the horizontal wellbore. |

| |Interpreted horizontal wells using the array induction and geological modeling to generate “distance to contact” logs. This |

| |optimised the placement of perforations away from gas prone intervals. |

| |Interpreted Formation Tester drawdown data using the novel “Formation Rate Analysis” technique. This uses the pressure vs. drawdown |

| |rate correlation to calculate mobility. This was adopted by Burlington as the primary source of mobility data in their wells. |

| |Provided a gas detection solution to customers in horizontals using pulsed neutron and resistivity logs. This allowed them to select|

| |TCP intervals away from zones which were likely to produce gas. |

| |I became the location expert in processing and interpreting NMR data using in house software running on Matlab. |

| |Collaborated with Burlington Resources to present paper at Journee Technique Puits in Hassi Messaoud on “A novel method to correlate|

| |NMR porosities with core data”. This technique uses the lithology-free porosity from the NMR to turn the density into a lithology |

| |indicator with Rhoma as the output. |

| |Fluent in the use of Emeraude production logging software |

| |Operations Manager (Mar 99 – Jan 01) |

| |Hassi Messaoud, Algeria. Responsible for safety, equipment, personnel and logistics decisions in an 8 truck wireline base. |

| |Expert in all aspects of open & cased hole logging |

| |Sold, managed and executed the first Horizontal Oriented Perforating TCP job in Algeria. |

| |Focal point for log quality control and customer technical queries. |

| |E/A/ME Logistics Manager (Apr 97 – Mar 99) |

| |Located in London, responsible for maximising return on existing assets and evaluating and justifying new ones. Used as relief |

| |Country Manager in Italy, Norway and Angola. |

| |Operations Manager (Aug 94 – Apr 97) |

| |Located in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Responsibilities similar to those in Hassi Messaoud but with less customer contact and more |

| |operational responsibility as the District Manager was based in Lagos. Operations on land, swamp and offshore. |

| |Spent first 6 months on a cold stepout to Pointe-Noire, Congo. This involved being the customer's focal point, opening a new base, |

| |setting up operations and hiring personnel. Logged two exploration wells for Ranger offshore Angola. |

| |Particular expertise in acquiring pipe conveyed logs and interpreting deviation effects in the data. During this three year period |

| |the PH base became a global leader in this method of conveyance. |

| |At this time interpretation of horizontals was in its infancy. Historically logging tools were designed to log vertical wells in |

| |horizontal formations. We saw the full spectrum of strange artefacts on the logs which were due to using standard tools and |

| |interpretation methods in a 90 degree rotated environment. |

| |Interpreted pressure regimes in many pilot wells to assist customer with TVD selection of horizontal well placement. |

| |Ran dipole acoustic on Schlumberger line and interpreted and presented data to XOM for use by them in AVO processing for fluid |

| |typing. |

| |Operations Manager (Jan 93 – Aug 94) |

| |Located in Deir ez Zor, Syria. Operations Manager in a 4 truck wireline base. |

| |General Field Engineer (Jul 91 – Jan 93) |

| |Deir ez Zor, Syria. Progressed from Senior Field Engineer to General Field Engineer. Capable of performing any open or cased hole |

| |wireline service on any well location. |

| |Introduced the Segmented Bond Tool to Syria from trial runs to customer acceptance. |

| |Expert in acquiring acoustic borehole imaging logs. We worked closely with the geoscience centre in Damascus to improve the image |

| |quality and Syria became the global centre of excellence for this service during my stay. |

| |We were challenged by the customer to introduce an alternative to the TDT pulsed neutron. We ran the PDK-100 in a back to back |

| |comparison with the TDT and then I interpreted the open hole logs using OPTIMA and the PDK to deliver a saturation analysis which |

| |compared perfectly with the TDT. This qualified the service for AFPC(Shell). |

| |I used this qualification project as the interpretation portion of my General Field Engineer promotion. |

| |In Syria I became expert in the interpretation of production logs. Initially this used some internally written software and then we |

| |migrated to Emeraude by Kappa. |

| | |

| |New hire to Senior Field Engineer (Jul 88 – Jul 91) |

| |Trained as a wireline field engineer in Montrose & Houston. Posted to Aberdeen on completion of training. |

| |After three years working offshore in the North Sea on jackups & semis I completed my Senior Field Engineer interpretation which was|

| |a diplog analysis and an OPTIMA open hole analysis of one of the template wells for the Bruce platform. OPTIMA was the first |

| |iterative log interpretation software to be introduced by Atlas. |

| |After promotion to Senior Field Engineer, posted to Deir ez Zor to startup the base. |

|Professional memberships |SPE member for 23 years with wide technical interests from production logging to well integrity. |

|References |Chris Smart (tboxranger@): Chris was the Petrophysics Expert in the Centre of Excellence at ADCO in Abu Dhabi. He is now with|

| |Gaffney Cline in Abu Dhabi. |

| |Jannes Kloos (Jannes.Kloos@): Jannes is the Base Manager in Brunei. He was previously Region Geoscience Manager for |

| |Baker Atlas in Qatar. |

| |Chris Scarborough (Christopher.Scarborough@): Chris worked for Boots & Coots and we worked together on an underground blowout |

| |for Western Zagros in Kurdistan. He now works for BP. |

| |Andy Moffat (andymoffat_rocks@): Andy was the Lead Operations Geologist in Shah Deniz until April 2015. |

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