About Rig Tech Training Academy

Empowering the global upstream workforce with engineering-grade drilling systems education, certified simulator training, and field reliability audits.

Institutional Overview

Bridging theoretical oilfield engineering and heavy industrial field execution.

Rig Tech Training Academy was founded by veteran drilling superintendents, chief rig electricians, and technical auditors to solve the critical shortage of high-competency technical personnel in the global energy sector.

With world-class campuses in the Middle East and mobile instructional teams deployed across the Americas, North Sea, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, we provide Tier-1 drilling contractors, IOCs, and NOCs with certified competency pipelines across electrical drive systems, heavy mechanical overhauls, high-pressure well control, and automated cyberbase operations.

Rig Tech Training Facility

Senior Technical Advisory & Leadership

Our master instructors bring over 25+ years of offshore deepwater and onshore drilling asset mastery.

AbdelFattah Hosney
AbdelFattah Hosney

Senior Drilling Engineer & Technical Advisor

30+ years leading deepwater HPHT drilling campaigns and subsea well control operations internationally.

Mohamed Elmowafee
Mohamed Elmowafee

Inspection & Technical Services Manager

Expert in API RP 4G structural audits, NDT engineering, and rig intake acceptance compliance.

Saleh Elsayed Omar
Saleh Elsayed Omar

Training & Development Manager

Architect of IADC DIT certified curriculum models and high-fidelity cyber simulator integration.

Yahia Alhussainey
Yahia Alhussainey

Senior Business & Technical Advisor

Advising global drilling contractors on fleet competency assurance and asset reactivation.

Global Accreditations & Standards Alignment

IADC Accredited

WellSharp & DIT certified training provider for drilling & well servicing.

API Standards

Directly mapped to API Spec 7K, 8C, 16D, Standard 53, and RP 500/505.

ISO 9001:2015

Certified Quality Management System for technical industrial training.

IECEx & NFPA 70E

Hazardous area (Ex/ATEX) and high-voltage arc flash safety protocols.