Sathish Arumugam

P&P Perfection!

Sathish joins the 100 club after achieving 100% in his P&P paper, congratulations! Sathish currently works as a Seni...

Kenneth Weir

Riding into the 100 club!

We’re delighted to welcome Kenneth to the 100 club after achieving 100% in his P&P paper, congratulations! Ken...

Allan Brands

Tops marks for Allan!

Huge congratulations to Allan for joining our 100 club after achieving 100% in his P&P paper! Allan is currently a S...

Philip Downie

Racing into the 100 club

Philip joins the 100 club after achieving 100% in his P&P paper, congratulations! Philip is currently working as a d...

William Latham

Joins the 100 club!

Huge congratulations to William for joining our 100 club! William currently works as a Drilling Supervisor for Harbour E...

John Holland

Sailing into the 100 club!

We’re delighted to welcome John to our 100 club after achieving 100% in his P&P paper, congratulations! John i...

Michael Anderson

Welcome to the ADS 100 club!

Michael is our first member to join the 100 club in 2023 after achieving 100% in his Principles and Prodecures paper, co...

Khoo Chong Chuan

Top marks for Khoo!

Khoo joins our 100 club after achieving 100% in his P&P paper in our training centre in Kuala Lumpur, huge congratul...

Adrian Robert Ene

Secures his spot in the ADS 100 club

Huge congratulations to Adrian Robert Ene for achieving 100% in his P&P paper and joining our ADS 100 club. Adrian i...

Michael McCulloch

Keeping it local!

Michael is our second person to join our 100 club in 2022 for scoring 100% in his Principles and Prococedures paper, con...

Jonathan Mayers

Top marks for Jonathan!

Jonathan is our first member of the 100 club for 2022! He is currently working as a senior drilling supervisor on HPHT w...

Ivan Lunev

Joins the 100 club!

For the past 10 years Ivan has been working for Sakhalin Energy Investment Company. He started as a Production Technolog...

Pete French

7-Time P&P Champion Breaks the ADS 100 Club Record!

Huge congratulations to Pete French who recently achieved 100% in his P&P paper for the 7th time!! An incredible ac...

Kevin Meehan

P&P Perfection for the second time!

We’re delighted to announce that Kevin Meehan passed his P&P paper with a perfect score of 100% for the second tim...

Ken Hayward

One of our own joins the ADS 100 club!

Ken is our latest member of the ADS 100 club, congratulations! Ken is a Well Control instructor for us at Aberdeen Drill...

Agus Riyadi

A perfect score across the board for Pak Agus!

We’re delighted and extremely proud to announce that Aberdeen Drilling International instructor, Agus, recently sc...

Nigel Sharman

Rides into the ADS 100 Club!

Congratulations to Nigel Sharman who passed his P&P paper with a perfect score of 100% and has joined our ADS 100 cl...

Alaa Jasim Falyyih

Meets the P&P Challenge!

We’re delighted to welcome Alaa Jasim Falyyih to the prestigious ADS 100 Club! He scored an impressive 100% in his P&a...

Douglas Brown

Eyes on the Prize!

We’re delighted to announce that Douglas Brown has achieved 100% in his P&P paper and joined the ADS 100 Club! He ...

Bas van der Woude

Achieves 100% for the 4th time in a row!

Special congratulations to Bas, who has achieved 100% in his Principles and Procedures paper for a fourth time! Since...

Don Walker

Takes P&P exam in his stride!

Don Walker has worked offshore for 10 years, starting off as a Roustabout, and has worked his way up to his current posi...

Jack Cronin

The art of performing perfectly and donating to performing arts too!

Jack has worked for Shell for almost 15 years now, starting offshore as a hands-on trainee and then working his way thro...

Christopher Ness

The sun shines on his P&P success!

Christopher is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and Senior Drilling Engineer currently working at Cairn Energy.  He grad...

Mustafa Ahmadov

Raising the bar for instructor candidates!

We’re extremely pleased to announce that Aberdeen Drilling School instructor, Mustafa, recently scored 100% in all...

Nicholas Riley

Something to celebrate!

Nicholas is a Drilling Superintendent who currently works at Enquest. He graduated in 1999 from Edinburgh University wit...

Dave Cormack

Dave is "somebody who cares"

Congratulations to an old friend of Aberdeen Drilling School, Dave Cormack, who recently scored 100% for a THIRD time on...

Marius Jaugelis

Top marks for a Top guy

Marius has 14 years’ experience in the offshore oil and gas industry, starting out as a ‘roustie’ in the Forties f...

Geoff Coker

Soaring to Sunny Skies of Success

Geoff works as a Senior Drilling Supervisor and was most recently working for Ophir Energy in Thailand. He has over 24 y...

David C. Portwine

Top marks for David!

David recently achieved a perfect score of 100% in the IWCF Principles & Procedure paper at Aberdeen Drilling School...

Stuart Waltho

A Triumphant Return!

After narrowly missing the 100% score in 2015 (by one question!), Stuart Waltho returns 2 years later to nab the cash pr...

Patrick McGrath

P&P Perfection for Patrick!

Patrick is currently employed as Staff Wells Engineer / Well Ops Supervisor with Shell UK.  He started in the oil &...

Michael Ari Dhanto

Revved up and ready to take on the P&P Challenge!

Michael is currently working as a Well Engineer at Schlumberger. He started at Schlumberger IPM working as a trainee rig...

Edem Edemidiong

100% in Principles & Procedures AND in Equipment!

Edem recently scored 100% in BOTH of his IWCF written assessments for Drilling Well Control – an impressive achiev...

John White

Aces the P&P Paper!

John recently scored 100% in IWCF’s Principles & Procedures paper at our centre in Aberdeen! He is currently worki...

Suei Ru Wong

A Shining Example!

Suei is the second female to join the ADS 100 Club and is the very first woman to achieve the perfect 100% score in IWCF...

Martin Geddes

From the Altitude of the Alps to the Dizzy Heights of a perfect P&P Performance!

Martin graduated in 1995 from local university, Robert Gordon’s, with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He then join...

Ben Martell

Ben has a "Flare" for P&P!

Wells Operations Manager Ben started his career in the oil industry 22 years ago, working initially as a Survey Engineer...

Stan Stuart

It's a new record for Stan! 100% scored in 2014, 2016, 2020 & 2022!

Stan (pictured here in his ‘working togs’) started in the offshore industry in 1989 with MSR on the semi-submersible...

Michael Kassell

The P&P paper proves to be plain sailing for Mike!

Mike is a consulting Drilling Superintendent and he achieved an impressive 100% in his IWCF P&P paper in December, 2...

David Lim

David leads the way!

In 2014 David Lim was the first person to achieve 100% on the IWCF Principles & Procedures paper at our new training...

Roger Anderson

A perfect score of 100% for the 2nd time!

Roger joined Shell in 2008 as a Well Site Drilling Engineer working offshore on a variety of rigs and platforms. He then...

Muhammad Yazdaan

Celebrates a P&P win!

Muhammad is a Senior Drilling Supervisor working for PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd (PCSB) and based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysi...

Lindsay Allen

It's smooth sailing!

Lindsay is currently working as a senior toolpusher and recently scored a perfect score of 100% on his Principles and Pr...

Ryan Hart

Hearty congratulations to Ryan Hart!

Ryan is a well engineer currently working for BG Group and in May 2016, scored 100% on his Principles and Procedures pap...

Nick Hughesdon

Huge scores for Nick Hughesdon!

Nick scored a very impressive 100% in his P&P exam paper in April, 2016. He is currently working as a Senior Toolpus...

Richard McLellan

Richard ranks with the best of them!

Richard started working offshore in 1987 on jack ups and platforms, and was recently working as a senior toolpusher for...

Hammad Zafar

Hammad sets a perfect example!

Hammad is currently working as a senior night drilling supervisor for MOL Pakistan. He first embarked on his career in O...

Stephen Sutherland

Stephen has it sussed!

Stephen has worked offshore since 1995, working as part of a drill crew for 7 years, completing his HNC in electronic en...

Callum Macandrew

Callum nailed it - getting 100% in P&P

Callum joined Applied Drilling Technology International (ADTI) in 2007 after obtaining his MEng Mechanical Engineering d...

Fraser Smith

Fraser blows P&P paper out of the water with a pefect score!

Fraser is currently a Well Engineer working with both the Subsea Design Team and Drilling Efficiency and Optimisation Te...

Robert Chadwick

Riding waves of success!

Robert is a Consultant Drilling Supervisor currently working with Dea UK in the Southern North Sea. He joined the indust...

Thomas McIntyre

Thomas takes the P&P paper in his stride!

Thomas is currently a Night Drilling Supervisor for Nexen after starting out as a Graduate Drilling Engineer in 2011. Al...

Hogni Hansen

Hogni rises to the challenge & builds for the future!

Hogni is a Freelance Drilling Superintendent and Drilling Engineer.  He started with Maersk Oil in 1993, drilling and c...

Raj Tripathi

Instructor Raj becomes top student for a week

Raj is an Oil & Gas Instructor with 25 years of field experience and 7 years of teaching and facilitating experience...

Mike Thorogood

A thoroughly good achievement!

Congratulations to Mike Thorogood of BP! He has now twice received £250 from ADS for a perfect 100% score on his IWCF W...

Rovshan Ibrahimov

A credit to his profession!

Rovshan graciously thanked all ADS staff for their support throughout his time at ADS and we would like to return the th...

Hans Rehbock

Hans show his support for the 'Friends of ANCHOR"!

Drilling Manager, Hans, achieved a perfect score in his P&P paper in May, 2014. Hans began his career after achievin...

Wallace Smith

Wallace scores a hat trick! 2002, 2004, 2014!

Wallace “Hat Trick” Smith is a Drilling Superintendent and in 2014 scored 100% in his P&P paper for the third ...

Dustin Pottmeyer

"Marathon" trip through Europe is fitting reward for Dustin!

Dustin is a drilling supervisor for Marathon Oil working in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.  Previously, he work...

Naveed Hasan

Family is the secret of success for Naveed!

Naveed Hasan is D&C Well Engineering Team Leader with United Energy Pakistan (UEP). He started his career in the Oil...

William Palfree

William escapes the estate to conquer the P&P paper!

William is a Senior Drilling Supervisor. He started out as a mud logger and moved on to Well Testing. After moving back ...

John Fraser

John Fraser unfazed by P&P challenge!

John is presently working as a consultant Decommissioning Engineer for ConocoPhillips based in Aberdeen, which he joined...

Mark Thomas

100% fit for the job!

Mark is a Driller for Ensco, and has been for an impressive for 19 years so far in UK waters. He lives in Lowestoft, Suf...

Douglas Nunn

Douglas shows 'em how it's done!

Doug is managing director of Acona UK Ltd, a well engineering company with offices in Aberdeen and Great Yarmouth. . A m...

Rafal Rak

Rafal racks up the points on his P&P paper!

Rafal’s drilling adventure began at the Academy of Mining and Metallurgy. After completing a master degree in drilling...

John Shields

A performance of Olympian strength in P&P

Congratulations to John for getting 100% in his Principles & Procedures paper in 2006 and AGAIN in 2014. John is cur...

Catherine De Martino

A perfect score for a second time!

Catherine joins the 100 club for a second time after achieving 100% in her P&P paper, congratulations! Catherine is ...

Adam Koncz

Adam Koncz ploughs through his P&P paper to achieve 100%

Adam graduated in Electrical Engineering in 2010 and as an Oil Engineer (MSc) in 2012. He began his career as a roughnec...

Dominic Hayes

Dominic Hayes nae bother with his Principles & Procedures

Dominic is a Senior Well Engineer who achieved 100% in his P&P paper in September 2014. He joined the industry just ...

Stuart Greaney

Stuart crosses the finish line in style!

Stuart is currently a Senior Drilling Engineer at Tullow Oil and he recently scored 100% in his Principles & Procedu...

Andrew Parkinson

A perfect performance from Parkinson!

Andrew is currently working with Shell on the Brent field as Well Operations Manager. He started in the industry over 25...

Radi El-Sayed

Radical results for Radi!

Radi is currently working with GDF SUEZ E & P UK Limited as a Senior Drilling Engineer for the Cygnus field developm...

Philippe Millot

Philippe the Victorious!

Philippe is currently working as a Senior Drilling Supervisor. He achieved 100% in his Principles and Procedures exam in...

Lewis Steven

Lewis reaches the peak of Well Control perfection - for a second time!

Congratulations go to Lewis Steven who wins £250 from ADS for scoring 100% on the Principles & Procedures paper in ...

Malcolm Hill

Rising to the P&P challenge!

Malcolm Hill has been employed by BHP Billiton Petroleum for the past four years. He is currently involved in deepwater ...

Rolandas Vadeikis

Sharp shooter Rolandas proves his accuracy

Rolandas began working offshore 13 years ago as a painter on the jack-up drilling rig “Noble Ronald Hoope”. He has w...

Jan Tamminga

Celebrating a tall achievement with a tall glass of bubbly!

Jan Tamminga is a Field Manager for Shell Upstream Turkey and has been with Shell for 26 years. His last three job roles...

Sebastian Degroote

Congratulations Sebastian

Drilling Engineer, Sebastian joined Total in March 2011 and is currently working on HPHT projects on the Elgin/Franklin ...

Jason Tarr

Congratulations Jason!

After Jason left school in 1984 he started working for Shell. With 16 years’ drilling experience Jason is now a Senior...

Seamus Collins

Congratulations Seamus!

Seamus Collins has been in the offshore oil industry for 15 years. During this time he has worked for Atlantic Drilling,...

Philippe Maheo

Globe Trotter Philippe's most recent travel destination. The ADS 100 Club!

Philippe is currently OIM for Transocean on a semi-submersible in India. He started out in 1980 on a land rig in France ...

Alexandre Bouvet

Congratulations Alexandre!

Alexandre Bouvet is currently working as a drilling engineer for TOTAL E&P Russia, in Moscow. Although he is based i...

Mark Batten

Congratulations Mark!

Mark’s career started with BP in 2008, on the Challenge programme, working at Wytch Farm as a wellsite drilling engine...

Warren Power

A powerful P&P performance!

Warren is Senior Toolpusher with Maersk Drilling in Norway on the Mearsk Reacher.  He is happily married to Catriona wi...

Oliver Tomlins

Oliver races ahead!

Oliver Tomlins started his career as a trainee Driller with Shell in November 1973. He was based in the Netherlands and ...

Gerardus Burger

Nothing is impossible when you aim for perfection!

G.H.M. (Gerardus) Burger is the latest addition to the ADS 100 CLUB. Father to three children – Nathalie (18), Mer...

Johan Kr Mikkelsen

Great Memories of an "All Time High Score"

We recently had the pleasure of meeting Johan Mikkelsen at a Drilling Conference in Stavanger. Johan earned his drilling...