1. Résumé Summary
EDWARD (BILL) MURPHY
Residential Location /
contact details:
1/26 Veivers Road, Palm Cove
Queensland, Australia
Mobile: +61 432 201 062 / +61 428 243 096
Email: billmurphy1@hotmail.com
Accreditations:
IWCF Well Control, Level 4 Surface BOP Stack
Wellsite Permit to Work Rev. 3
OHS Certificate IV
Operate Vehicles in the Field
Apply First Aid / CPR
Languages: English
Candidate Profile:
A hands-on and highly motivated Drilling Supervisor with over 23 years’ offshore and onshore
oilfield experience on various rig types.
My entire working career has been dedicated to the oil and gas industry. I have worked on
projects in Australia, Yemen, Kyrgyzstan, Brunei, Pakistan, Ecuador, Thailand, and Malaysia.
I have a thorough knowledge of drilling operations and has undertaken assignments for Santos
(CSG Queensland and Cooper Basin), KNOC, Seadrill, Nabors Drilling, Origin Energy,
Queensland Drilling, Tioman Drilling, Century Drilling, ENSCO, and Schlumberger.
Experience includes:
Extended reach applications utilizing rotary steerable assemblies and LWD.
Slim-hole drilling with minimal kick tolerances, and various other drilling programs through
exploration, appraisal and development stages.
Various completion assemblies including multiple zone injection, gravel pack and
expandable sand screens.
In depth knowledge of sour gas procedures.
Excellent knowledge of rig equipment and limitations.
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Preparation of drilling instructions for contractor and service companies.
Ability to develop, initiate and actively maintain safety programs to achieve an accident free
work environment.
Review and implement HSE, Emergency Response and Safety Management System Manuals
to comply with the oil and gas industry.
Excellent communication skills at all levels with management, contractors, and third party
service providers.
Computer literate and experienced in rig-based computerised reporting systems.
CAREER SUMMARY:
Aug 2013 Jan 2015 SANTOS LIMITED
Coal Seam Gas Operations, Roma, Queensland
Drilling Supervisor (Days), CSG Drilling
Responsible for managing operational drilling activities
including providing on-site direction and guidance, monitoring,
coordinating and auditing of drilling rig operations.
Rig management of crews to utilize company safety
management systems.
Recommended improvements to HSE systems.
Ensured that risks were understood and managed on the rig
site, utilizing the management of change process.
Planned operations ensuring all equipment for next
operation was on hand or had been requested.
Prepared drilling instructions for contractor and service
companies.
Liaised with third party personnel to ensure they were
prepared for operations and they had all items required at
well site to ensure timely completion of operations.
Mar 2011 Aug 2013 SANTOS LIMITED
New South Wales, and Queensland
Drilling Supervisor (Days), Santos - Energy NSW
Drilling Supervisor (Nights), Santos - CSG Drilling
Responsible for managing operational drilling activities.
Providing on-site direction and guidance.
Monitoring, coordinating and auditing of drilling rig
operations, personnel and equipment (rig and other
contractors) in the performance of drilling oil and gas wells
and associated activities.
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Aug 2010 Feb 2011 KNOC YEMEN LIMITED
Yemen
Drilling Supervisor (Nights)
Drilling horizontal 50 degrees into basement – open hole
testing and completions.
Reporting of drilling costs.
HSE, POB, tracking and reporting of productive and non-
productive times.
May 2010 Aug 2010 ORIGIN ENERGY
Australia
Drilling Supervisor
Assignment as Drilling supervisor on Origin’s coal bed methane
project.
Dec 2009 Apr 2010 QUEENSLAND DRILLING
Queensland, Australia
Consultant
Four month assignment to assist a large well drilling company
which had ventured into the coal bed methane industry.
Key roles included:
Review, implement and update HSE, Emergency Response
and Safety Management System Manuals to comply with
current oil and gas industry regulations and requirements.
Advise on equipment, well control procedures and API
regulations.
Mar 2009 Nov 2009 SPC KYRGYZSTAN (SANTOS LTD)
Kyrgyzstan
Drilling Supervisor
Supervised the commissioning and start up for SPC (Santos) of
Caspian Oil and Gas rig No.1.
Reviewed and implemented the safety management system
through the start-up phase, and monitored the crew
familiarisation process developing an accident free workplace.
Managed the upgrading of existing equipment and
commissioning of new additions.
Conducted full OEM auditing of electrical, mechanical and
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drilling systems.
Supervised lease and access road construction as well as
upgrades to existing roads.
Audited rig move contractors safety systems and equipment.
Planned mobilization and load out of rig to remote locations.
May 2007 Mar 2009 SANTOS LIMITED
Cooper Basin, Australia
Drilling Supervisor (Nights)
Responsible for managing operational drilling activities
including providing on-site direction and guidance, monitoring,
coordinating and auditing of drilling rig operations.
Sep 2005 May 2007 TIOMAN DRILLING (SEA DRILL)
Malaysia/Thailand
Tool Pusher
Tender Assist Drilling Rig in Malaysia.
Responsible for ensuring that the drilling operations were carried
out in accordance with the program.
Oversaw the participation of all personnel in the company safety
culture.
Jun 2004 Sep 2005 CENTURY DRILLING AUSTRALIA
Australia
Tool Pusher
Worked on land based rigs for various clients.
Dec 2001 Jun 2004 ENSCO
Asia Pacific
Tool Pusher
Worked on jack-up rig for the client’s drilling programs
throughout South-East Asia.
Dec 2000 Dec 2001 NABORS DRILLING
Ecuador
Tool Pusher
Tool Pusher duties for offshore platform drilling program in
Ecuador.
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Oct 1998 Dec 2000 CENTURY DRILLING
Australia
Tool Pusher/Driller
Working on land rigs in South Australia.
Feb 1997 Oct 1998 SCHLUMBERGER – SEDCO FOREX
Pakistan and Australia
Driller/ Tool Pusher
Driller for client’s drilling program in Pakistan and thereafter
transferred to Australia as Tool Pusher for drilling program on
experimental slim-hole drilling rig in South Australia.
Apr 1995 Feb 1997 CENTURY DRILLING
Australia
Driller
Worked on land based rigs in Australia.
Feb 1995 Mar 1995 PETRODRILL OFFSHORE
Brunei
Driller
Contracted for one month’s work offshore tender in Brunei.
May 1990 Feb 1995 OD&E DRILLING
Australia
Driller
Started career in the oil and gas industry as a Floorman and was
subsequently promoted to Driller.
Training & Development: IWCF Well Control L4 Surface BOP Stack (valid to Aug 2016).
Wellsite Permit to Work Rev. 3 (valid to Sept 2016)
Awareness of Chain of Responsibility Regulations (Santos)
Heat Stress Refresher Course (undertaken Sept 2014)
Heat Stress for Leaders (undertaken Aug 2014).
Santos: Code of Conduct (undertaken Oct 2014).
Apply First Aid / CPR (undertaken Oct 2011).
Operate Vehicles in the Field Cert PMASUP236B (valid until
Aug 2018).
OHS Cert IV, Australasian College of Health & Safety,
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Queensland.
Work Safely in a Confined Space.
Work Safely at Heights.
HUET BOSIET.
TapRoot Incident Investigator Licence.
MI Rig Site Mud School.
H2S Awareness.
IADC Modular Training Program – Tool Pusher.
A.R.S. Tool Pusher Level.
Drilling Management.
True Training (International Petroleum School).
STOP for Supervisors.
Alert Fire Fighting.
WorkZone Traffic Management
CHUBB Fire Fighting.
Rig Site First Aid and CPR.
Senior First Aid.
Defensive Driving.
Stuck Pipe Prevention.