About

My name is Phillip Brandon and I am the director of Terra Firma geological Ltd. 

PROFILE
I am an adaptable, self-motivated and focused senior wellsite geologist with over 21 years' experience in the Middle East (Oman, Qatar, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Egypt), East & West Africa, North Sea, Australia & USA - working on and offshore, and on more than 88 Oil & Gas wells in often remote global locations. Competent working on vertical, deviated, horizontal (Geo-steering) HP/HT and pore pressure wells and on Exploration, Appraisal, and Development wells - working confidently in both carbonate and clastic reservoirs. A proven natural leader, able to unite teams to deliver on time and within budget through effective communication and management.

Consultant to multiple clients including SHELL, BP, MOBIL, Chevron, KUWAIT Energy and Orlin oil, OXY, Carin energy, Energean Oil & Gas, Canadian Natural Resources (CNR), Tullow oil, RasGas, Hunt Oil, OMV, TOTAL, Apache, EnQuest, BG Group, Nexen, First Oil, Suncor/Petro-Canada, Talisman energy, ESSO, HESS, Melrose resources, Ophir, GulfSands Petroleum, PTTEP, Petroleum Exploration Mediterranean International (PEMI), Sonangol Shell, Marathon oil.

 SOFT SKILLS:
 Good Communication with G&G, drilling team and service hands

• Self-Motivated with initiative to work well without direct supervision
• Leadership including a general positive attitude and outlook
• Decision Making to weigh up the options, to assess all relevant information and, crucially, to anticipate the consequences, good and bad
•  Time Management & Ability to Work Under Pressure 
• Able to work as a team or often on a solo basis  

OTHER SKILLS

• Technical Proficiency: MS office suite, GEO (Geologix), WinLog, Qlog, Pierre, IDS, DIMS, Petrolink, InterACT, and Petrel (basic use), WellCAD, Log-plot 7, pore pressure software
• Successfully Picking casing points, coring points, section and Well TD
• Quick- Look Wireline Interpretation
• Geo-steering, HPHT, pore pressure
• Wireline witnessing, perforating correlation, and Quality Control
• Training and Development of national trainee geologists
• Proficient in written and spoken English

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATES:

• BSc in Geology: Kingston University London, United Kingdom (graduated 1996)
• Role of the Operations Geologist certificate 
• Effective Presentation cert
•  Assertive Training cert
• Life/Wellness Coach cert
• Building Self-Esteem cert
• Restaurant Management cert
• Astronomy cert
• Psychometric test (7/10)  

 
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
Operations Geologist: Senergy for Kuwait Energy - Latvia offshore well (Aberdeen office)                            Wellsite & Operations Geologist: for Petro-Canada (Syria 5 + years)
Global Commendation: Worked on drilling 2 wells in Senegal in 2014 which were identified as within the top 10 finds globally
Successfully Picking casing points, coring points, section and Well TD