Aryanto Kiwar

Highly analytical Senior Domain Expert, Process Auditor, and Petroleum Engineer (M.Sc., ITB) with over 25 years of extensive operational leadership, technical auditing, and complex system optimization. Google AI Certified Professional with proven competency in leveraging artificial intelligence, prompt engineering, and logical output evaluation to drive advanced data intelligence and process transformation. Expert in reviewing complex operational scenarios, conducting rigorous root-cause analyses (RCA), and translating intricate technical datasets into structured, client-ready strategic frameworks.

Uniquely positioned to provide high-quality, detailed technical feedback and evaluation to train, refine, and audit next-generation AI reasoning models across capital-intensive and highly regulated industrial domains.

Drilling Team Leader at Saka Indonesia Pangkah Ltd. (2025-02 – Present)

• Direct onshore and offshore campaigns, managing multi-rig operations and coordinating highly complex cross-functional teams (subsurface, logistics, and external service providers).
• Review, assess, and refine highly technical programs, AFEs, and risk management documentation to ensure absolute accuracy and operational relevance.
• Synthesize complex real-time operational datasets to identify process bottlenecks, proposing practical and actionable improvements to ensure alignment with corporate safety and financial guidelines.
• Leverage AI-assisted technical writing and analysis tools to streamline documentation, ensuring all end-of-well reporting and technical specifications are structured, logical, and clear.

Operation & Well Intervention Manager at Petronas Carigali Ketapang II Ltd. (2022-08 – 2024-12)

• Directed the technical review and final engineering approval of highly complex platform well intervention and services programs, acting as the primary authority on risk and accuracy.
• Optimized organizational and operational efficiency, driving large-scale process improvements that significantly minimized Non-Productive Time (NPT) on offshore production platforms.
• Prepared detailed business cases and technical reports for regulatory stakeholders, translating complex downhole challenges into clear, structured, and client-ready executive deliverables.
• Served as a senior technical mentor, coaching drilling supervisors and engineers on rigorous analytical methodologies and safe, structured process execution.

Well Engineering Specialist at Malaysia Petroleum Management (Petronas) (2020-01 – 2022-07)

• Regulated drilling and well activities across several Petroleum Agreement Contracts (PACs) in Malaysia, ensuring flawless alignment with national regulatory standards and industry best practices.
• Served as the final technical authority to review, assess, and refine technically complex drilling, completion, and P&A (Plug & Abandonment) program.
• Delivered high-quality, detailed technical feedback and rigorous evaluations of engineering submissions, identifying gaps and proposing optimization pathways prior to regulatory sign-off.
• Acted as an accredited career development assessor, establishing structured evaluation rubrics and technical mentorship pathways to train and coach young engineering professionals.

Senior Drilling Engineer (Consultant) at Saka Indonesia Pangkah Ltd. (2016-01 – 2019-12)

• Orchestrated end-to-end planning, contract optimization, and technical tenders for multi-well campaigns, translating complex commercial variables into structured project roadmaps.
• Reviewed, assessed, and refined complex technical scenarios for a high-stakes 6-well workover campaign with complex completion replacements.
• Led the evaluation and execution of slot recovery operations on production platforms using jackup rigs, managing operational risks and coordinating with multi-disciplinary engineering assets.
• Synthesized complex technical data to resolve critical downhole anomalies and optimize Extended Reach Drilling (ERD) workflows in challenging carbonate formations.
• Provided disciplined, independent leadership and quality control in the field, stepping in as Drilling Supervisor when necessary to ensure process compliance.

Senior Drilling Engineer (Consultant) at Pertamina West Madura Offshore Ltd. (2012-01 – 2015-12)

• Pioneered and evaluated the deployment of Directional Casing Drilling technology on high-angle wells (up to 89 degrees), writing detailed guidelines and templates to mitigate high-loss zones.
• Standardized institutional drilling templates and After Action Review (AAR) frameworks, optimizing how the organization captures, reviews, and applies historical operational data.
• Delivered 11 highly deviated development wells and complex exploration projects, auditing programs to ensure regulatory alignment and industry best practices.

Drilling Engineer at Santos Asia Pacific (2006-04 – 2011-12)

• Authored comprehensive, multi-disciplinary drilling programs and field-level logistics roadmaps for logistically challenging onshore and offshore operations.
• Synthesized diverse technical inputs from geology, subsurface, and safety teams to draft comprehensive project risk registers and equipment specifications.
• Served as Night Drilling Supervisor in the field (Moomba Desert, South Australia), maintaining disciplined, high-quality independent oversight and technical troubleshooting under high-pressure conditions.

Product Design Engineer at FMC Technologies (1999-08 – 2006-03)

• Designed complex surface wellhead systems and pressure control equipment utilizing strict physical, mathematical, and mechanical logic.
• Developed a highly efficient 3-in-1 wellhead system, demonstrating advanced spatial problem-solving and structured system design.
• Translated highly technical client parameters into logical blueprints, comprehensive testing procedures, and detailed user manuals.

Master of Petroleum Engineering in Petroleum Engineering – Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) (2013)

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering in Mechanical Engineering – Institute of Science and Technology National (ISTN) (1998)