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Worked With
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Mahmoud Salah Abdallah

Mahmoud Salah Abdallah

Qaloub

Summary

Results-driven senior well-test operator with over 5 years of specialized experience and more than 9 years as a maintenance technician for well-test equipment. Known for delivering efficient and professional work, with a proven track record in managing complex operations and maintenance tasks while consistently ensuring optimal performance and safety standards. Seeking a challenging senior test operator position within a reputable organization to leverage extensive expertise and contribute to operational excellence. Committed to continuous improvement and innovation in well-testing processes.

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Mechanical Technician & Field Operator

Petrofac (Client: Petrosuman Company & Al Nasr Refinery Company)
2023 - Current
  • Operated and maintained field equipment during oil and gas production facility operations.
  • Hands-on experience with DCS operation, instrumentation, and troubleshooting.
  • Maintained and repaired all types of valves: Ball, Gate, Check, CV, SDV, BDV.
  • Serviced and operated various pumps and heater treaters.
  • Gained comprehensive knowledge of EFP components, including separators, treaters, tanks, and transfer systems.
  • Participated in field testing, equipment startup, and supervised the mechanical maintenance team.

Well Test Senior

EXPRO
01.2020 - 2023
  • Leading company in providing services and products that measure, improve, control, and process flow from high-value oil and gas wells, based on 1,001-5,000 employees.
  • Knowledge of the Expro Group Health & Safety Manual.
  • Understanding of the company's operating and maintenance procedures. Understanding the principles and theory of well-testing operations.
  • Understanding the pressure testing sequences and the company's procedures on the pressure test equipment and material types.
  • Understanding the pressure rating well test
  • Good communication skills are required-written & verbal. Requires completion of Well Test schools I & II

Well Test Operator

EXPRO
01.2019 - 01.2020
  • Developing and implementing testing plans, procedures, and standards to ensure the quality of data collected during the test reading and interpreting data from computer screens to identify problems and ensure compliance with safety regulations.
  • Performing tests on new wells to determine if they are structurally safe for use
  • Communicating with other members of the drilling team to coordinate testing activities.
  • Monitoring and maintaining equipment to ensure that it is functioning properly during testing.
  • Supervising and directing activities of team members during drilling operations.
  • Recording data from various devices used to monitor drilling activities during a test
  • Monitoring pressure gauges and recording data to ensure that drilling parameters are within safe limits
  • Operating equipment such as pressure transducers and flow meters to collect data

Senior Maintenance Technician

EXPRO
01.2014 - 01.2019
  • Operating on surface Well Test Equipment maintenance and operations such as
  • Flow head
  • Surface Safety Valve System
  • Data header, Choke Manifold
  • Test Separator
  • Steam Heat Exchangers
  • Indirect-Fired Heater
  • Surge Tanks
  • Atmospheric Gauge Tank Coflexip hose
  • Transfer electric and diesel Pumps
  • Test Burners, Desander, Sand Filter
  • Control panels and chemical injection pumps in surface well testing jobs.
  • Applying the safety instructions to personnel and facilities.

Maintenance Technician

Expro
01.2012 - 01.2014
  • I have experience of SSD VIV, Choke Manifold Choke Frak, Test Separator Surge Tanks Sand Filter, Coflexip hose 2012/2014

Education

General Mechanical Engineering -

Tanta Proficient School
Cairo
01.2007

Skills

  • Collaborative teamwork
  • Effective problem resolution
  • Meticulous attention to detail
  • Friendly, positive attitude
  • Time management
  • Multitasking

Languages

Arabic - Native Speaker
English - Basic

Training

  • Expro Group training center:
  • Well-test training course (WT1, WT2, WT3).
  • Instrumentation and control course.
  • MSDS course.
  • Pressure test and fitting.
  • Risk assessment and job safety analysis.
  • Hydrocarbon hazard analysis.
  • Tropical basic offshore safety induction.
  • First Aid.
  • HSE fundamentals course.

Worked With

Apatchi, Shell, Webco, Danagas, Ades, Suco and Petroznima Petrobrel, Bapetco, Khalda, Gpc, Rashbetco, Qarun, Agiba, Wesco

Key skills and Competencies

  • Worked in many jobs on rig and rig-less operations (Gas and oil wells - high flow rates, high pressure, and temperature).
  • Carry out Early production facilities (oil and gas plants) including design, Executing, and running, manually and by using computer programs, performed many jobs in numerous clean-out jobs.
  • Performed PVT sample as per standard (ASTM) from test separator.
  • Familiar with the precautions required for special jobs, such as acid worked in many of EPF as a night shift and supervisor.
  • Repair and maintain all well-test equipment.
  • Worked in many cleanups with the ESD shutdown panel, descender, and choke manifold Applying the safety instructions to personnel and facilities
  • Attending many minor and major fracturing jobs in clean-up and flow-periods operating on various good test equipments such as test tree, ESD, descenders, sand filters, choke-manifold, heat exchangers, test separators, surge tanks, transfer electric- and diesel pumps and burners.

Timeline

Well Test Senior

EXPRO
01.2020 - 2023

Well Test Operator

EXPRO
01.2019 - 01.2020

Senior Maintenance Technician

EXPRO
01.2014 - 01.2019

Maintenance Technician

Expro
01.2012 - 01.2014

Senior Mechanical Technician & Field Operator

Petrofac (Client: Petrosuman Company & Al Nasr Refinery Company)
2023 - Current

General Mechanical Engineering -

Tanta Proficient School
Mahmoud Salah Abdallah