Iskandar Shirali


Iskandar Yagub oglu Shirali November 21, 1960, – the head of Integrated Drilling Trust of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic , the doctor of science, the Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Engineering , professor of Gas, Petroleum and Mining Faculty of Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University.

General information

I.Shirali began to work in 1983 as a driller assistant in Caspian Oil Production Association of the Sangachal Offshore Drilling Administration. In 1984 he worked as a head of this department, and in 1990 he was appointed as a deputy head of the engineering department of the 2nd division. In 1991–1992, I. Shirali worked as a head of Baku branch of 'Zond' manufacturing enterprise in St. Petersburg. Since 1992, he started to work as chief engineer in Qum Adasi offshore drilling department, and since 1993 already the head of department, since 2006-as a head of the Absheron drilling department. He is a general manager of SOCAR Complex Drilling Works Trust since 2007.
In 2001 he received degree of Candidate of Technical Sciences and a doctor's degree in 2014. Since 2014 he is a Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Engineering, since 2015 – professor at the Petroleum-Gas and Mining Faculty of Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University.
Iskandar Shirali is an author of 71 scientific works, 9 patents, 9 monographs, 8 textbooks.

Career

During his career as a general manager at SOCAR Complex Drilling Works Trust, they drilled the giant gas field and handed over to customer – Umid field in 2010. The trust also had a special role in the discovery of such a giant field – Bulla Deniz gas field. Today the extensive drilling works of the fields as Gunashli, Western Absheron, the field of Neft Dashlari and gas storages in the Qaradagh District of Baku are continued under the leadership of Iskandar Shirali.
I. Shirali is the author of many theories and methods in drilling field. With him, Complex Drilling Works Trust drilled horizontal well on the Pirallahi field.

Awards