Farhan Iqbal
Senior Drilling Fluids Engineer
Farhan Iqbal — Senior Drilling Fluids Engineer
Farhan Iqbal is a certified Senior Drilling Fluids Engineer with 10+ years of onshore and offshore field experience across Pakistan, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. He specialises in oil‑ and water‑based mud systems, HPHT and H2S well treatment, and drilling operations for vertical, deviated, and horizontal wells.
Current role
- Drilling Fluids Engineer (FSR‑III), BAROID Halliburton Worldwide Limited, Pakistan (Jul 2024–Present)
Selected past roles
- Senior Drilling Fluids Engineer, Great Wall Drilling Company, Iraq (Nov 2017–Jun 2024)
- Drilling Fluids Engineer / Senior Drilling Fluids Engineer, Optimum Engineering Standards, Saudi Arabia (Nov 2013–Feb 2017)
Core expertise
- Drilling fluid systems: OBM, WBM, completion fluids
- HPHT well programs and H2S management
- Stuck‑pipe prevention, fluid contamination control, and mud loss mitigation in fractured/unstable formations
- Solid‑control optimisation and environmental compliance
- Mud program design to ARAMCO and PETRONAS standards
- Real‑time mud monitoring and reporting (Mud Pro, Mud Pro Plus, WDP‑11)
Key training & certifications
- MS in Remote Sensing & GIS, NUST (IGIS)
- MSc in Seismology, University of the Punjab
- Basic & Advanced Mud School (IPA, Saudi Arabia)
- Certified Mud Lab Technologies; H2S & SCBA; IWCF Well Control Level I
- Mud software and real‑time monitoring system training
Major projects
- Mud engineering services for PETRONAS projects in Iraq
- Fluid support for Saudi Aramco wells
- Drilling fluids engineering for UEPL, PPL, Prime, and MEL projects in Pakistan
Contact
- Email: f4farhaniqbal@gmail.com
- Pakistan: +92 331 925 6668
- Iraq: +964 785 100 6944