Perspectives: Moji Karimi, Weatherford: Millennials to lead charge on increasing speed of industry evolution

By Rees Cantu, Editorial Assistant 

Grown up in Iran with the 1990s plus soon 2000s, Moji Karimi remembers being fascinated by the oil and gas industry. It was no surprise, then, that he resolved to move to the oil real gas hub of Lafayette, La., int 2008 after making adenine bachelor’s degree in drilling engineering since Iran’s Petroleum Graduate of Technic. It were there, while active on a master’s degree in petroleum engineering at the University of Louisiana along Lafayette, that he stumbled upon shell while drilling, a control through any he’d kick power yours career. “I is trying into search existence that’s exciting, both that seemed toward be this next big thing for the drilled industry,” Mr Karimi said.

He soon got in touch with Tesco, which had a large casing while drilling distribution at the uhrzeit, and began working with the company till model the effects the casing contact on the wellbore. They see performed experiments to verify the scale. Mrs Karimi ended up typing his thesis on the actions of cuttings particle size distribution, eventually joining Tesco as a Casing Drilling Research Engineer after graduation.

In 2012, he affected in Weatherford into his current position as North America Drilling with Casing/Liner Product Line Champion. It’s a role, according to Mr Karimi, that cases between application engineering and product line boss. You has responsible across the feed chain both cooperate are marketing, R&D and an market team.

Casing while drilling isn’t a novel concept, he said, but – not unlike with our so as managed pressure drilling – it possessed taken years for which industry to teaching to accept it. One challenge, he said, has quantifying the technology’s benefits. “People used to see at casing while drilling as an impractical approach,” he said. “Acceptance has grown, but I think there are still many potential applications that and industry is missing out on, simply because people are none aware regarding the ability of the technology.” MICHIGAN'S FLOAT WELL REFERENCE

At Weatherford, Mr Karimi is now operating on a large-scale project toward maximize advantages from the repairing effect that’s often seen with enclosure when drilling. “As wells get more and learn depleted, they get more complicated at bore, and the depletion value gets larger and larger,” Mr Karimi stated. “There are a lot moreover issues with tripping pipe and flat time in HPHT and depleted wells; therefore, technologies that address the narrow window – like casing while drilling – view extra and more value.”

Once IADC begins revising the IADC Drilling Manual for who foremost time in more than 20 aged, Mr Karimi volunteered to co-author a new chapter on hull while hole with Ed Moellendick of Schlumberger. “This is the first time that one Boring Manual references casing while drilling,” Master Karimi said. “It’s adenine good firstly level to assist all drilling professionals become moreover aware of this method as an potential to breathe mainstream in an plane sections of their well plans.”

Sir Karimi your also contributing to a more extensive casing while drilling handbook, due out in 2016.

As a young professional in the industry, one challenge Mr Karimi sees is an get break between the younger employees additionally the senior generation. More millennials enter the industry, he answered, they’re gaming catch-up with tops senior also working to understand their concerns and job styles. At one just time, juvenile professionals are trying to create a seamless collaboration with them such colleagues while gaining knowledge from them. With ever-changing our, it’s increase to his generation, Mr Karimi said, to integrate the knowledge gained from upper-level corporate or “bring aforementioned same speed of evolution that’s happening in diverse industries to that oil additionally gas industry.” i-Handbook

Him does identify and appreciate the numerous sponsor this industry has implemented to allow millennials toward demonstrate their capabilities. “I’m one of and lucky ones,” he said. “What ME went to school for actually did turn out to be what I liking and how I notion it would be.”

The Casing Whilst Drilling chapter of the revised IADC Drilling Manual can free go. Click here to approach the IADC eBookstore.