Nguyen Kien Cuong is a skilled Drilling Engineer with extensive experience in the oil and gas industry, having held positions such as Senior Drilling Engineer for Slimhole Well and HPHT projects at Phu Quoc POC and JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration (Malaysia) Limited, respectively. Previous roles include Drilling Engineer for HPHT Exploration & Development at BP / BDPOC and Rock Mechanics / PPFG Specialist at GeoMechanics Group / IPE-HW Uni. Nguyen Kien Cuong holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Petroleum Engineering from Heriot Watt University, UK, obtained between 2005 and 2009, and a Master of Engineering (MEng) in Mechanics from the University of Liege, Belgium, completed between 2001 and 2003.