Engr Emmanuel Sagoe Paintsil
Reservoir Engineer
- 8 year Industry Experience.
- Current Work – Cementing Technical Professional, Halliburton Ghana – 7 years.
- Reservoir Engineering Facilitator
Iraq managed to collect a lot of revenues from oil exports last year due to higher prices, but the Iraqi economy remains heavily reliant on oil income, which represents a massive 95% of the country’s federal budget revenue.
Higher oil prices led to a budget surplus for Iraq, OPEC’s second-largest producer after Saudi Arabia, last year, according to the financial statements of the federal government reported by news outlet Shafaq News.
Oil revenues accounted for an overwhelming 95% of Iraq’s federal budget, the data showed, raising renewed concerns among analysts that the Iraqi economy is too dependent on oil.
Iraq has just announced the signing of several deals with foreign companies as part of plans to boost both crude oil and natural gas production considerably. Iraq is OPEC’s second-largest oil producer, pumping 4.5 million barrels every day. In previous years government officials have said production capacity could grow to 5 million bpd and even 6 million bpd , but little has been done to advance these plans.
Gas production growth appears to be especially important because right now, Iraq is heavily reliant on neighbor Iran for its gas needs, which puts it into a vulnerable position.
Apart from plans to significantly boost oil and gas production, the federal government should also look to start diversifying the economy away from oil to secure growth and employment even when oil prices crash, analysts say.
Iraq’s oil revenues were estimated at around $105 billion last year, according to the federal government, due to the hike in oil prices in the spring after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Despite the budget surplus for last year, Iraq’s economy continues to face major challenges, including high unemployment rates, runaway inflation, and too little diversification away from fossil fuels.
“Iraq’s economy remains in the grip of a self-perpetuating cycle of fragility,” the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a recent report on the country.
“The absence of meaningful reforms, in turn, has held back economic development and reinforced dependence on oil—a critical vulnerability in a world that is fighting climate change,” according to the IMF.
Purchase the HSE in Oil and Gas application form at our Accra, Ghana Office.
Cost of Application Form: US$50 (GHS800).
Office Address:
GOOGPro Ghana, GNPA Building Room 260 at Kokokomlemle, Near ATTC and Star Assurance, Accra.
Digital Address: GA – 0724744 Ghana.
Call +233 55 248 4485 or WhatsApp +233 54 159 5804
Completed application form must be scanned and submitted to careers@googpro.org on or before March 11, 2025.
Training program starts March 17, 2025
Training and certification fee is US$600
Field work starts May 01, 2025
Engr Emmanuel Sagoe Paintsil
Reservoir Engineer
Dr. Ahmed Zakaria Noah
PhD Petrophysics (Waseda University), M.Sc in Petroleum Geology, B.Sc in Geolog has accumulated 15 year of successful work experience in Oil and Gas drilling wells and well site Geologist, Data Engineer, Mud Logging Coordinator, Reservoir Engineer, Survey Engineer, worked in the areas of hydraulic fracturing in tight-gas reservoirs, MWD, Senior LWD Engineer, Direction Engineer along strong experience in Open Hole Logging Interpretation throughout overseas with different clients in different country locations.
Publications:
Mohamed A. Kassab and MostafaG.Temraz and A. Nooh: Preliminary Study of Capillary Pressure Derived Parameters: Lower- Middle Miocene- San El Hagar-1 well, East Nile Delta, Egypt. EPRI, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt British University, Cairo, Egypt, 2012. Egy.J. Appl. Geophys., Vol. 11, No. 2, 201-217, 2012.
A.Z. Noah: Optimizing Drilling Fluid Properties and Flow Rates for Effective Hole Cleaning at High- Angle and Horizontal Wells, Journal of Applied Sciences Research, 9(1): 705-718, 2013
A.Z. Nouh, Mostafa Gouda Temraz, and El-Abbas Moustafa: Evaluation of Seepage Oil from Source Rock in the Southern Gulf of Suez, Egypt, 2013.Egy. J. Appl. Geophys., Vol. 11, No. 2, September 2012, 201-217
El-Abbas Moustafa, Ahmed Noah, and Adel Salem: Evaluation and Analysis of Oil Shale in Quseir-Safaga and Abu Tartur Western Desert, Egypt, 2014, Scirp-JSEMAT-1180219-20140316204601.
Ahmed Noah; Mostrfa Gouda Temraz and El-Abbas Moustafa EVALUATION OF SEEPAGE CRUDE OIL FROM SOIJRCI, ROCK IN TIIE SOUTI{ERN GULF OF SIIEZ, EGYPT, oI AppLS cL,28( 12)2 013.
Noah2, A., And Fathelbab3, S Pre-Drill Pore Pressure Prediction Using Seismic Velocities Aboashor1, N., El-Werr1, A. Egyptian Journal Of Geology, V. 58, 2014, P. 104-115, 2014. Pore Pressure Gradient Estimation Using The Modified D-Exponent Technique In El-Arish Area, North Sinai, Egypt. Aboashor1, N., El-Werr1, A., Noah2, A., And Fathelbab3, S. Egyptian Journal Of Geology, V. 58, 2014, P. 117-126.2014
Enhancement of yield point at high pressure high temperature wells by using polymer nanocomposites based on ZnO & CaCO3 nanoparticles., A.Z. Noah, M.A. El Semary b, A.M. Youssef c, M.A. El-Safty, Egyptian Journal of Petroleum (2016).
Using Nanomaterials to optimize Mud Rheology at HPHT wells throughout experimental work. A.Z.NOAH1, M.A.ElSemary2, A. M. Youssef3and M.A.EL- SAfTY4, International Journal of Innovative Research & Development, ISSN 2278 – 0211, Vol 5 Issue 4, www.ijird.com.
Reduction of Formation Damage and Fluid Loss using Nano-sized Silica Drilling Fluids, Adel M. Salem Ragab, and Ahmed Noah, Petroleum Technology development Journal.
A.Z. NAOH :Formation Evaluation and Lithology Determination for selected wells at Aghar Field, Western Desert, Egypt, , www.ijird.com May, 2016 Vol 5 Issue 6, ISSN 2278 – 0211 (Online), 2016.
Dr. Ahmed Nooh, PhD1, Dr. Carlos Monroy, PhD2, Michael Anwr Alphonse Anees, BS1, and Wafik Girgis, BS1: A Proposed Design for a Smart Shock Absorber Using an Electro-Rheological Fluid , 14th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education, and Technology: “Engineering Innovations for Global Sustainability”, 20-22 July 2016, San José, Costa Rica. 2016.
Moataz Kh. Barakat (1)and Ahmed Z. Noah (2) Reservoir Quality Using The Routine Core Analyses Data of Abu Roash “C” in Badr El Din-15 Oil Field, Abu Gharadig Basin, North Western Desert, Egypt, 2016.
Nana Osei Kuffour Poku has over 10 years in the oil and gas industry specifically in drilling solutions, well construction and maintenance. He holds MSc Oil & Gas Engineering from Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland. BSc Petroleum Engineering, KNUST, Ghana (West Africa). He worked at National Oilwell Varco (NOV), from 2012 – 2018 as drilling solutions engineer & account manager. He currently works at GNPC as a Petroleum Engineer. He is a member of SPE, Energy Institute and AGOGPro.
Send the following details to careers@agogpro.org
Mr Larry Wolfson has 34 years experience in planning and supervising and well construction, including ERD, slim-hole and subsea wells. He received a BS in mechanical engineering from California State University Northridge, an MS in petroleum engineering from the University of Tulsa, and he is a registered petroleum engineer in California.