Yukun Hong
About Yukun Hong
Yukun Hong is a Deep Water Drilling Engineer at ExxonMobil with extensive experience in the oil and gas industry, having previously worked at Halliburton, PETRONAS, and Shell.
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Yukun Hong is a Deep Water Drilling Engineer currently working at ExxonMobil. With a background in drilling engineering and extensive field experience, he specializes in deep water drilling operations.
Career at ExxonMobil
Yukun Hong has been working at ExxonMobil as a Deep Water Drilling Engineer since 2019. His role includes planning and executing drilling operations, ensuring safety and efficiency in deep water drilling activities.
Role at Halliburton
Yukun worked as a Senior Drilling Supervisor at Halliburton from 2015 to 2018. His responsibilities included overseeing drilling operations, ensuring adherence to safety standards, and managing a team of drilling professionals.
Experience at PETRONAS
From 2011 to 2015, Yukun Hong served as an Oil Field Operator at PETRONAS in Malaysia. During his tenure, he was responsible for the daily operations of oil fields, contributing to various drilling and extraction projects.
Positions at Shell
Yukun held two positions at Shell: Drilling Supervisor from 2008 to 2010 and Drill Site Manager from 2006 to 2007. In these roles, he managed drilling sites, facilitated communication between site operations and corporate offices, and ensured operational efficiency.
Key Projects and Initiatives
Yukun Hong has contributed to several significant projects. He evaluated well paths for a 25-slot platform offshore Russia, identifying over 15 unsafe intervals. He also devised a cost-effective and timely alternative well path scheme. In Southeast Texas, he planned and directed a record-setting HPHT horizontal gas well and executed selective open-hole stimulation of 10 intervals.