Sahar Naqash

Skilled Drilling Supervisor with extensive experience in onshore crew management on day drilling and night drilling shifts. Motivated and forward-thinking with an aptitude in coaching and guiding employees. Safetyoriented with a commitment to zero incidents through proper training and supervision. Innovative and detailed with the ability to quickly identify risks and develop solutions.

Rig Safety & Training Coordinator (RSTC) at Helmerich & Payne, Inc (2025-05 – Present)

• Personnel Management: Providing rig orientation to new comers and visitors, maintaining short service employees tracking records and, training records of rig crew per the Aramco training matrix;
• Conducting in-house awareness/training session with crew and maintaining records;
• Sharing HSE/Safety alerts with crew and maintaining records;
• Inspecting portable and fixed gas detection system on a daily basis and maintaining records;
• Maintaining Lifting Gears Register to ensure all lifting equipment/gears are included in the register and, are inspected by approved third parties for safe use;
• Monitoring and maintaining CAT-III and CAT-IV inspection records for all major drilling equipment to ensure the major equipment are safe to be used and are inspected by approved third parties;
• Monitoring and maintaining measuring instruments registers including but not limited to; PRV Register, Flow meters Register, Pressure Gauges Register, Thermometers registers etc.;
• Reviewing and auditing Permit To work and Associated documents to ensure the PTW system is in compliance with Sinopec and Aramco requirements;
• Reviewing third party equipment and certificates using third party equipment installation checklist to ensure the equipment are in compliance with the Aramco requirements;
• Maintaining Fall Protection Register and conducting Fall Protection Survey to ensure the workplace has been provided with all necessary protections for working at height;
• Advising and assisting rig management in conducting emergency drills as per drills matrix and maintaining records;
• Carrying safety walk around, hazard hunts and Stop Work Authority Drills;
• Conducting Daily/Weekly/monthly safety inspections and maintaining records;
• Conducting daily pre-tour meetings, weekly safety meetings pre-job safety meetings, Pre-spud meetings and maintaining records;
• Inspecting Hazardous and non-hazardous waste storage/collections areas;
• Inspecting chemicals storage area to ensure it is maintained in accordance with the HAZCOM Program and Aramco requirements;
• Conducting in-house audits to ensure people, plant, process and procedures at the workplace are managed accordingly and, well prepared for audits including periodic QSI, RSI, WCEI and Gap Analysis audits;
• Monitoring and maintaining Management of Change document process, communicating / discussing MOC with rig crew and maintaining records;
• Maintaining records of weekly, monthly and annuals DORPS surveys;
• Reporting and maintaining records of incidents; assisting investigation team leader in the investigation process;
• Preparing, communicating and maintaining rig move plan and ERPs.

Derrick man at SINOPEC INTERNATIONAL OIL& Gas services (2022-10 – 2025-04)

Operates, monitors and maintains all drilling fluid systems and equipment associated with drilling oil and gas wells from a drilling unit; directs and coordinates work activities associated with drilling fluid system and equipment operations and works aloft in the derrick and/or at rig floor pipe racker console running and retrieving drill string sections from the wellbore.

• Clamped holding fixtures on ends of hoisting cables.
• Supervised crew members and helped in training them.
• Inspected derricks for flaws and cleaned and oiled derricks to maintain proper working conditions.
• Set and bolted crown blocks to posts at tops of derricks.
• Monitors mud pit level and advises Driller of loss or gain. Directs mud flow(circulation) from mud pits to hole and return as directed by Driller.
• Monitors trip tank as required by the operation and advises Driller of unforeseen changes in level. Assists on the rig floor as required.
• Assists cementing subcontractor representative with cementing operations as directed.
• Assist in rigging up, rigging down, and transporting of drilling rig and equipment.
• Maintaining and monitoring pit equipment including pumps, shales shakers, stirrers, charge pumps, and other equipment.
• Working on the drill floor as part of the drill crew carrying out duties for the driller. Tripping in/out the hole
• Makeup/Break down Bottom Hole Assembly. Carry out drilling connections.
• Line up various valves. Well, Control roles and responsibilities.
• Working in the shaker house monitoring drilling cuttings/carvings/fines size and color.
• Monitoring flow gain/loss. Taking mud weights and viscosity. Reporting any change to the driller.

Derrick man at Sinopec Pakistan (2020-06 – 2022-06)

Floor man at Hilong Oil Services & Engineering Pakistan Pvt. Ltd (2018-07 – 2019-01)

Rig material clerk/Admin at Hilong Oil Services & Engineering Pakistan Pvt. Ltd (2017-06 – 2018-01)

• Tracking Stock Levels
• Quality & Damage Control
• Data Entry
• Material inspection
• Organizing and manifesting backloads materials
• Worked closely with the Rig Manager (Toolpusher) and Drillers to anticipate upcoming needs and generate purchase requisitions for parts, fuel, and bulk materials (like mud or cement).

Bachelor in Technology 'Hon’ in Mechanical – Preston University Islamabad

Associate Engineering in Mechanical – Swedish Technical Institute Wah Cantt (PTB)

SSC – Telecom Boys High School Haripur

Diploma of Associate Engineer in MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY – WAH SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, WAH CANTT (2010)

Bachelor of Technology (Honours) in Mechanical Technology – University of Hertfordshire (2015)