Curriculum vitae – Sebastian MILLS

Name:               SEBASTIAN John Carew MILLS

Company:         Oilconsult Ltd.

(Registered 15th May 2006 – number: 05816339)

Address:    3 Paul’s Terrace, TruroCornwall TR1 1HD, UK

Telephone/Mobile:   +(44) 7990 917109

Email:          

Business:  sebastian.mills@oilconsult.com

Personal:  sebastianmills@rhone.ch

Website:            www.oilconsult.com

Date of Birth:              29th March 1953

Nationality:                 British

Residence:                    U.K.

Marital Status:           Single

Courses:                        Rotary Drilling Well Control Surface BOP stack; level 4 Supervisor (expires 01/03/2026).

H.P.H.T Training Courses based in Mumbai – September/October 2012.

ISSOW Level 1:  3rd March 2011.

M.I.S.T. Certificate Number: I-4PC4

Vantage Number:  0018500

Full UK Driving License (no points).

U.K. Passport Number: 142465211           Valid until:  13th September 2033

U.K. Passport Number: 550229782           Valid until: 10th October 2027

I.T. Skills:                     Fully conversant with all Microsoft & Apple packages.

Languages:                   Written and spoken French.

References:                  

Kris Bone: Operations Director for UKOG plc.  kbone@ukpgplc.com
Stephen Sanderson:  Chairman UKOG plc.  ssanderson@ukogplc.com
Andy Sloan: Managing Director MWEM Ltd. asloan@mwemservices.com


PROFILE

I have over forty years’ experience of worldwide onshore & offshore oilfield & construction operations with specialist knowledge of drilling; well test and well intervention operations including coiled tubing, wireline, hydraulic workover and early production facility operations.

Since 2010 I’ve been responsible for the organization & supervision of numerous onshore U.K. & continental drilling operations with associated civils; rig construction & rig demobilization operations. I’m fully conversant with all current United Kingdom HSE and E.A. legislation along with traffic planning; site management and associated security planning.

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT TO THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES:

May 2024 to August 2024:

MWEM Ltd. www.mwemservices.com

Company Man (WSS)

Irlam #1 Barton Moss, Salford; Doe Green #1 to #4, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom.

Supervision of permanent abandonment of five wells for INEOS Energy plc.

(Marriott Drilling Rig 19)

January 2024 to February 2024:

Horse Hill Developments Ltd., 2nd Floor, Hays House, Millmead, Guildford, Surrey GU2 4HJ

Company Man (DSV)
Joint AME-UKOG project. Pinarova #1 wellsite; wellsite; Siirt; Turkey.
Supervision of completion of exploration well Pinarova #1 in eastern Turkey; Aladdin Middle East & UKOG plc.  

May 2023 to June 2023:

Horse Hill Developments Ltd., 2nd Floor, Hays House, Millmead, Guildford, Surrey GU2 4HJ

Company Man (DSV)
Joint AME-UKOG project. Pinarova #1 wellsite; wellsite; Siirt; Turkey.
Supervision of completion of exploration well Pinarova #1 in eastern Turkey; Aladdin Middle East & UKOG plc. May to June 2023. 

September 2022 to April 2023:

Angus Energy Ltd., 3 Chiswick Park: 566 Chiswick High Road; London W4 5YA

Company Man (DSV)

Saltfleetby 7V Sidetrack.
Supervision of a sidetrack on Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire. (Consortium Drilling:  Rig 4)

Company Man (DSV)

February 2020 to September 2021:

Horse Hill Developments Ltd., 2nd Floor, Hays House; Millmead; Guildford, Surrey GU2 4HJ

Company Man (DSV)

Joint AME-UKOG project. Basur-3 wellsite; Siirt; Turkey.

Joint Supervision of exploration well Basur-3 in eastern Turkey; Aladdin Middle East & UKOG plc.  (Oceanmec: Karahan ZJ40 drilling rig)

Company Man (DSV)

Horse Hill Wellsite; Horley; Surrey: HH1.

Supervision of workover on HH#1

Retrieved multi packer completion; re-perforated well; ran revised completion. (P.W.P. Workover rig)

Horse Hill Wellsite; Horley; Surrey; HH1.

Supervision of coil tubing operations on HH2z to cement off and isolate water producing zone.  Operations concluded on 8th March 2020. (Halliburton CT unit).

August 2019 to November 2019:

UKOG plc. 1 Farnham Road, Guildford, Surrey. GU2 4RG

Company Man (D.S.V.)

Horse Hill Wellsite Horley; Surrey. HH1

Supervision of HH1 isolation; rigged up and spudded HH2 with BDF Rig 28 directly adjacent; drilled 4 x 60 ft cores; cemented off vertical section; set whip stock and drilled HH2z horizontally for 2,200 ft. Completed same for future water injection purposes. (BDF Rig 28)

January 2018 to March 2018

Company Man (D.S.V)

Markwells Wood; Hampshire. MW1

Markwells Wood 1: Supervision of abandonment of a dual completion well; cut casing and retrieved same; set abandonment cement plugs. Cleared entire site and retrieved all useful materials for potential re use. (P.W.P. Workover rig)

March 2017 to November 2017

Company Man (D.S.V.)

Broadford Bridge; Pulborough, West Sussex. DSV Supervised drilling conventional oil exploration well: Broadford Bridge 1. Drilled BB1z; ran dual completion; well failed to produce in commercial volumes despite stimulation with coil W.P. Workover rig)tubing set up. (BDF Rig 28)

January 2016 to April 2016:

Company Man (TSV)

Horse Hill Wellsite; Horley; Surrey; Supervised extended well test on HH1; ran three different types of completions and supervised oil production through a well test spread from the Portland reservoir for road tanker export – still producing at a commercial rate.  (P.W.P Workover rig)

September 2014 to December 2014:

Horse Hill Developments Ltd, St. James’s Square, London, United Kingdom:                                                             

Company Man (D.S.V.)

Horse Hill, Horley, near Gatwick, Surrey
Supervised drilling conventional oil exploration well Horse Hill 1 (P.R.Marriott Drillmec 220 rig)  from September to December 2014.

January 2013 to August 2014:

Dart Energy Ltd, Stirling, UK:                                                             

Company Man (D.S.V.)

Airth 13/14 – Stirling (Coal Bed Methane Exploration Well); onshore Falkirk, Scotland. Churton 1 – Churton, Cheshire. (Coal Bed Methane Exploration Well); Lound 1 – North Nottinghamshire (Coal Bed Methane Exploration Well) Supervising directional drilling of sidetracks & intersections; cementing; well completion & abandonment operations. Canonbie 1 to 6 – Cumbria; well abandonment operations.

All the above utilising P.R. Marriott Drilling Group Mech 220 Rig.

September 2012 to December 2013:

North Sea Engineering Ltd (Norwell); Aberdeen, Scotland:                                                             

Night (and Day) Company Man.

Offshore Bay of Bengal for O.N.G.C. on Semi-Submersible GSF140. (G-18-1) . Night & Day Company man on H.P.H.T. well.

Also, responsible for ‘on site’ H.P.H.T training for both rig crews.

August 2012 to September 2012:

Dart Energy Ltd, Stirling, UK:                                                              

Company Man (D.S.V.)

Ealand 1; onshore North Lincolnshire. Supervising coring operations;
cementing & well abandonment operations.

May 2012 to June 2012:

Performance Drilling Ltd, Aberdeen,UK:                                                           

Night Company Man.

Northern Sector, U.K. on Jackup “Rowan Gorilla VII” for Apache
Corporation plc. Supervising drilling, running completion, wireline, well test operations & well abandonments.

April 2012 to May  2012:

Performance Drilling Ltd, Aberdeen, UK:                                                             

Company Representative.

Northern Sector, U.K. on Semi Submersible “Sedco 711” for Summit
Petroleum plc.

September 2011 to March 2011:

Viking UK Gas Ltd; Malton; North Yorkshire. UK:                                                             

Drill Site Supervisor.

Supervising Work Over operations & future planning for onshore
operations; Malton North Yorkshire.

February 2011 to August 2011:

Halliburton Consulting & Project Management Ltd, Aberdeen, UK:                                                             

Company Man. (D.S.V.)

Northern Sector, U.K. on Beatrice ‘A’ Platform for Ithaca/Halliburton
C.P.M.. Supervising Hydraulic Workover Unit, running new ESP completions.

May 2010 to November 2010:

Performance Drilling Ltd, Aberdeen, UK:                                                              

Day & Night Company Man.

Southern Sector, U.K. on Jackup “Energy Enhancer” for Perenco plc.
Supervising well abandonments on Severn Satellite Platform.

October 2009 to February 2010:

B.G. Oman, Block 60, Sultanate of Oman:   

Well Services Supervisor.  

Well Services Supervisor on remote desert location, supervising two
simultaneous well test operations, with responsibility for all aspects of the operation including H.S.E.

October 2008 to July 2009:

Performance Drilling Ltd, Aberdeen, UK:                                                             

Night Company Man.

Southern Sector, U.K. on Jackup “Galaxy II” for Centrica plc. Supervising drilling, running completion, wireline and well test operations.

Southern Sector, U.K. on Jackup “Ensco 70” for Perenco plc. Supervising drilling, running completion, wireline and well test operations.

Southern Sector, U.K. on Jackup “Energy Enhancer” for Centrica  plc.
Supervising running completion, wireline and well test operations.

September 2008

RWE, UK:                                                             

Well Services Supervisor.

Southern Sector, U.K. on Jackup “Al White”. Supervising running
completion, wireline and well test operations.

April – May 2008

Helix RDS, Aberdeen:

Project for Apache Petroleum North Sea Ltd.                                                                 

Preparing and writing an operations review and incident report for
Forties Field Operations.

December 2007

Helix RDS, Aberdeen:

Project for Composite Energy (Stirling) plc.

Rig Manager.                                                                        

Responsible for all operations of the onshore drilling rig – drilling into coal bed methane deposits at Airth; Stirling; Scotland. Also responsible for the workover/completion rig’s operations.

October – November 2007

Helix RDS, Aberdeen.                                                                                 

Project Planner for Scottish Power plc..

Responsible for planning all aspects of a proposed workover on the Hatfield Moors Gas Storage Facility, comprising possible Hydraulic Workover, Coiled tubing, Cementing and down hole camera operations.

June 2007 – September 2007

BG International. (Bolivia).

Field Well Services Supervisor.

Field manager in Bolivia supervising two workover operations. Responsible for Coiled tubing; logging; cementing; slickline and tree replacement
operations.

October 2006 –  May 2007

Helix RDS, Aberdeen.

Well Site Manager for Scottish Power plc.                                                                       

Well site Manager for the Scottish Power p.l.c. Hatfield Moors Gas Storage Facility take over from Edinburgh Oil and Gas Ltd.

Responsible for all aspects of the initial takeover and  future expansion of the facility.

April 2006 – July 2006

Gaz de France, United Kingdom                                                              

Well Services Supervisor

Southern Sector, U.K. on Jackup “Julie Robertson” in the Anglia Field.
Deviated well. Supervising running completion, coiled tubing, wireline and well test operations.

STAFF WITH THE FOLLOWING COMPANY:

 

September 2003 – March 2006

THE EXPRO GROUP

June 2005 – March 2006

PetroSa. South Africa.                                                                                                            Base Manager

February 2005 – June 2005

C.N.R. Cote D’Ivoire.                                                 Base Manager

November 2004 – February 2005

Office based Aberdeen / Great Yarmouth           Project Co Ordinator

July 2004 – November 2004

Office based South Africa                                       Project Co Ordinator

June 2004 – July 2004

Petronas, Niger                                                       Group Services Supervisor                                   

March 2004 – May 2004

CNR, Côte d’Ivoire                                                  Group Services Supervisor

September 2003 – March 2004

Sasol, Mozambique                                                Group Services Supervisor

1979 – May 2003

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT TO THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES:

June 2003 – September 2003

CNR, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire                                Group Services Supervisor

October 2001 – May 2003

Wintershall, Agip & Repsol, Attifel Base, Libya    Well Test Supervisor /
Operations Manager

Augst 2001 – October 2001

Veba Hanse Platform / Expro N.L., Netherlands

Commissioning and start-up tests.

July 2001

Wintershall / Expro N.L., Netherlands              Well Test Supervisor

Offshore SNS ector.

June 2001

Perenco S.A., / Geoservices S.A., Gabon             Well Test Supervisor

Onshore gas well test.

April 2001 – May 2001

Total / Geoservices S.A., Persian Gulf (Iranian Sector)
Well Test Supervisor

Clean up job.

March 2001 – April 2001

O.K.I.O.C. / Halliburton Khasakhstan, Offshore Caspian Sea
Well Test Supervisor

High H2S well (25%)

November 2000 – February 2001

Shell / Geoservices S.A., Gabon                               Well Test Supervisor

Production test onshore Rabi Field, Gabon.

August 2000 – October 2000

Al Furat Petroleum Co., Syria                                  Well Test Supervisor

Production testing services, Oman Field N.W. Syria

1998

Total / PDVSA /  Geoservices S.A., Venezuela       Well Test Supervisor

Supervised long term test on a high pressure / high volume exploration well in the Josepin Field; Central Venezuela.

1998

Shell / Geoservices S.A., Gabon                                Well Test Supervisor

Responsibility for planning of an offshore exploration project well test.

1998

UMIC Resources / Ranger CNR) / Halliburon, Côte d’Ivoire
Production Test Supervisor

Long term test to check on the potential of new offshore field.

1997 – 1998

Chauvco Resources  / Geoservices, Gabon             Well site Supervisor

Assignment also included getting production on stream as well as trouble shooting and teething problems for Chauvco Resources (Gabon) Production and Export Facility at Remboue.

1997

Arco / Expro, Tunisia                                                     Well Test Supervisor

Wildcat DST test offshore.

1997

Mobil / Geoservices , Nigeria                                      Well Test Supervisor

Offshore well test on two new wells. Also undertook well test training with local Operators.

1997

Chauvco Resources, Gabon                                         Well Test Supervisor

Three well testing and completion operation onshore Gabon with a view to obtaining the E.P.F. contract.

1997

Kelt Energy  – EPF / Geoservices, Gabon                  EPF Site Manager                                    

1997

AGIP / Geoservices, Tunisia                                         EPF Site Manager

Responsible for the overall operation of the remote producing facility in the Tunisian Sahara southern Tunisia.

1997

Amoco Netherlands                                                       Well Test Supervisor

Land based assignment for a gas completion well.

1997

British Gas, Tunisia                                                       Senior Test Operator

Offshore platform location, testing and long term clean up following a frac
job on three wells.

1996

Moll Petroleum Tunisia                                                Well Test Supervisor

Extended well test at a remote desert location in Southern Tunisia.

1983 – 1996

Well Test Supervisor

Schlumberger S.A. (Egypt, Pakistan.), Geoservices S.A. (Italy, Tunisia,
Venezuela), Halliburton Group (Kazakhstan, Côte d’Ivoire)and Expro
North Sea Limited
(Tunisia, North Sea)

1978 – 1983

STAFF WITH THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES:

1979 – 1983

Flopetrol-Schlumberger                                       Well Test Chief Operator

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, U.A.E., Pakistan, India, Oman and Kuwait.

1978

Santa Fe Drilling Corporation                             Trainee Drilling Engineer

Egypt and Saudi Arabia..