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OBJECTIVE: Looking for a better job.
EXPERIENCE:
2000 to present Senior Geophysicist, Department of Energy:
Current activities Include:-
- Project Preparation;
- Geophysical Supervision;-
- Geophysical Quality Control;
- Seismic Processing;
- Seismic Interpretation;
- Negotiate Petroleum Contracts;
- Carry out Petroleum Economic Analysis;
- Draft and Amend Petroleum Laws, Regulations and Contractual Documents;
- Conduct Promotional Campaign for Petroleum Exploration;
- Follow-up of Petroleum Exploration;
- Petroleum Operations Management Committee Member;
- Evaluate Technical Reports Submitted by Oil Companies;
- Restructuring Committee Member (2001 – 02); and
- Network System Administration.
Geophysical Advisor (on part-time basis) to Geoserve Groundwater and Geological Survey Consultants:
- Prepared Hydrogeophysical Projects;
- Carried out Hydrogeophysical Surveys for domestic water supply at many localities in Eritrea:
- Prepare Technical Reports; and
- System Administration.
1999 – 2000
- Graduate Research Assistant, University of Oklahoma, School of Geology and Geophysics:
Conducted research on seismic data processing with special emphasis on multiple attenuation.
1997 – 1998 Adjunct Research Scientist, University of Oklahoma, School of Geology and Geophysics:
- Conducted research on seismic data processing and interpretation.
1993 – 1997 Senior Geophysicist - Hydrocarbon and Geothermal Section (Ministry of Energy and Mines of Eritrea)
- Participated in the Preparation of Petroleum Laws, Regulations and Model Contract.
- Interpreted Seismic Sections.
- Negotiated Petroleum Contracts.
- Participated in the Preparation of the Geothermal Exploration Project in Eritrean Rift System.
- Reviewed and assessed different geological and geophysical reports and papers on the Eritrean Red Sea and environs.
- Participated actively on the formulation, preparation and drafting of the integrated technical report entitled " The Hydrocarbon Potential of the Eritrean Red Sea".
1989 - 1992 Senior Geophysicist, Geothermal Division - Ethiopian Institute of Geological Surveys
- Reprocessed the Alto - Langano Geothermal field (Ethiopia) Geophysical data with additional information from exploratory wells.- Conducted Microseismic survey at Tendaho Geothermal Prospect (A project by Aquater, an Italian Company).
1985 - 1988 Geophysicist - Geothermal Division; Ethiopian Institute of Geological Surveys
- Participated actively in geophysical data collection and processing conducted by Ethiopian Institute of Geological Surveys and ELC (Electro Consult, an Italian Company) in four geothermal prospects (Gedemsa, Dofan, Fentale and Tullu Moye);- Processed and compiled resistivity, self-potential and gravity datacollected in Aluto - Langano and Corbetti areas (Ethiopia);
- Participated in the Ethiopian National Gravity Survey, leading the team; and
- Participated in Geophysical survey conducted in Corbetti Geothermal Prospect (Ethiopia), leading the team..
1982 - 1984 Junior Geophysicist - Geothermal Division - Ethiopian Institute of Geological SurveysConducted geophysical survey (resistivity, self-potential, induced polarization, gravity and thermal methods) for the Ethiopian Geothermal Exploration Project in Aulto - Langano Geothermal field.
EDUCATION:
Studies Completed
- Geophysics (University of Oklahoma, January 2000, MSC
- Petroleum Policy and Management (Stavanger, Norway, 1996, Diploma
- Advanced Training and Research on Geothermal Technology and Geophysical Exploration (United Nation University,Iceland), 1984, Certificate*
- Physics and Math (Addis Ababa University, 1982), BSC
Prfessional Training
- Kingdom (Seismic Interpretation Software); Houston, 2003, Certificate
- Petroleum Economics - PetroCash, (London), 2001,Certificate
- Network Administration (ETSS), 2001
- Omega /Seismic Processing Software/ (OU), 1998, Certificate
- Advanced Seismic Stratigraphy (London), 1997, Certificate
- Introduction to Seismic Stratigraphy (London), 1997, Certificate
- Seismic Data Processing Concepts (Houston, USA), 1997, Certificate
- EDP Concepts & Computer Software (Asmara, Eritrea), 1996, Diploma
- Petroleum Accounting (Asmara, Eritrea), 1996, Certificate
- Petroleum Economics - PARCA (Asmara, Eritrea), 1995, Certificate
- Geophysical Methods for Groundwater Survey (Eritrea), 1994, Certificate
- Programming in BASIC & FORTRAN (Ethiopian InstituteOf Geological Surveys, EIGS).
- Minisis (EIGS)
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Operating System Software: MS-Dos; Windows including NT.
Application Software: Microsoft Office; Resistivity and other electrical methods; MapInfo, ArcView, Surfer; PARCA & PetroCash – Petroleum Economics Software;
GM: Gravity data reduction;
- Omega – Seismic Data Processing;
- Kingdom – Seismic Interpretation;
- GX2 – Seismic Modeling; etc.
Programming:
- BASIC, FORTRUN, and Matlab.
ASSOCIATIONS: Global Member of Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
PUBLICATIONS:
- Model Guided Seismic Multiple Attenuation of the Southern Eritrean Red Sea, 2000, Masters thesis, University of Oklahoma.
- The Role of Geophysics in Geothermal Exploration, 1993, Second Eritrean Geoscience Congress, Asmara.
- Resistivity Results of Alto-Langano Geothermal field, 1992, Second Ethiopian Geosciences and Mineral Engineering congress, Addis Ababa.
- The Role of Microseismic survey in Geothermal Exploration, 1992, unpublished project report.
- Geological and geophysical results of Corbetti Geothermal Prospect, 1986 New Zealand Workshop.
- Interpretation of Schlumberger Soundings and Combined Head - on Profiling, 1984, UNU Iceland.
- Wrote numerous technical reports.
- Prepared computer programs such as that for Gravity data reduction.
- Attended a number of Workshops (AAPG, SEG, AFRICA UPSTREAM etc).
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