Robert McAllan

About Robert McAllan

Experienced drilling engineer with 20 years of learnings and exposure to well construction activity, through planning, operations and production. Broad engineering knowledge from a wide variety of well types and locations. Procedurally driven through early well planning and the phased approach to project management. Strong project leadership skills, coordinating multi-functional teams to deliver major capital projects. Culturally aware having worked in multiple diverse locations and skilled at developing good relationships across functional teams and between planning and operation leadership.Most recently working in Angola leading a multi-well project across several assets, developing well programs utilizing offline rig capabilities to increase performance advantages and reduce costs. Well versed in the risk management process and delivering safe operations on budget. Key drilling engineering competencies include; casing design, cost estimating, rig tendering, contract management, modelling and end of project analysis.

Experience

1. Drilling Engineer - Eastern Hemisphere

   Chevron

   Sep 2025 — Present · Houston, TX, US

Education

• Robert Gordon University

  BSc Honours, Applied Physics

Skills

• Offshore Drilling
• Petroleum
• Probabilistic Cost and Time Estimates Using Excel and P1 Software
• Directional Drilling
• Completions
• Oil & Gas
• Well Testing
• Oilfield
• Petroleum Engineering
• Fluids
• Drilling
• Onshore Operations
• Onshore
• Landmark
• Appraisal Wells Drilling
• Gas
• Exploration Wells Drilling
• Rig
• Drilling Engineering
• Completion
• Upstream
• Operational Rig Experience
• Procurement
• Deepwater