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Education and Qualifications:
1985 Business Administration,MBA,School of Advanced Management, University of Alberta
1969 B Sc., Geology and Chemistry Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
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Work Experience:
Feb 2008-Present
Alpha United Oilfield Services, Tripoli, Libya, seconded to Arabian Gulf Oil Company(AGOCO), Benghazi, Libya.
Change of Contractor.See job duties below.
Sept 2000- Feb 2008
Teknica Petroleum Services Ltd, Calgary, Canada seconded to Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO), Benghazi, Libya.
Project Manager.Management of Nafoora giant Oil Field, third largest oil field in Africa, rotational basis with Reservoir Eng.Dept. Responsible for reservoir development, vertical and horizontal drilling programs, water injection, water disposal of produced fluids, water source wells, drilling operations, geological modeling, log analysis, working with engineers on simulation, history match, detailed structural, stratigraphic and facies geological mapping and cross sections, engineering mapping (water cut, isobaric pressure, GOR, PhiH & Kh) maps, well plots showing raw and calculated log curves displaying moveable, non moveable oil and water, water break through (flushed zones), Frac candidates, 3D/4D detailed seismic evaluation of maturing oil field, 5 year and 10 year production forecasts, ESP pump and gas lift operations, dump floods, and routine field operations, including well supervision, geological prognosis gas and mud unit analyzers, coring operations, bi-annual presentations to National Oil Company (NOC).
Oct 1996- Sept 2000
Teknica Petroleum Services Ltd, Calgary, Canada seconded to Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO), Benghazi, Libya.
Project Manager. Project Technical Manager of 9 man onsite rotational Petroleum Consulting Team including reservoir engineers, geophysicists, petrophysicists and geologists reporting to AGOCO Chairman. Work consisted of small and large oil and gas pool reservoirs, concession geology, seismic mapping evaluations, petrophysical evaluation of existing wells for net and bypass oil and gas pays, oil and gas reserves determination from planimetry with work culminating in a final multi disciplined report on various concessions within Libya's Hamada and Sirte Basins, including OOIP determinations, economic evaluations, high technology applications, technology transfer to local staff. Work involved application of TEKSEIS, SEISLOG and LOG AN software using Sun workstations for seismic, geology and petrophysics.
Jan 1996-Sept 1996
Petroleum Consultants (Far East), Singapore.
Consultant. A multi-national Swiss based Oil and Gas Consulting firm with regional offices in Singapore. Author of country geological and reservoir technical reports on West and East Java, Indonesia. Provided review and comparison of Indonesia and Malaysia fiscal regimes considered the two harshest fiscal regimes in the world.
Jan 1995-Dec 1995
Hall-Houston Malaysia Ltd, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Consultant. Houston Texas Based. Provided offshore oil field development plan to Malaysian Government on behalf of Hall-Houston Malaysia Ltd for company operated oil and gas multi well development project at Concession SB-4, offshore Sabah (Borneo). Reported to the Regional VP of Hall-Houston.
Jan 1990- Dec 1994
Petronas Carigali, National Oil Company of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.
Consultant and Energy Advisor. Geological and Geophysical assignment with international overseas joint venture XOS Dept. on country projects in China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, PNG, Australia, and North Africa (Libya, Tunisia), Syria. Assisted with acquisition of Vietnam offshore blocks One and Two, South China Sea, in Sept 1991-92. Involvement in Dai Hung Vietnam Field Development Mega Oil Project with BHP/Carigali. Worldwide reservoir and prospect evaluation. High technology applications and technology transfer & training of local staff. Author of two-volume report on geological and hydrocarbon reservoir potential of Western Indonesia (1994). Provided input to Malaysian government on deepwater fiscal regimes, (policies later enacted in 1995). Liaison with ESSO Petroleum Research institute (EPI). Provided oil and gas economic and fiscal data to Canadian High Commission, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for Canadian Oil Company joint venture opportunities.
Aug 1986-Aug 1989
Mobil Oil, Tripoli, Libya. (now Petro Canada).
Senior Staff Geologist. Conducted regional geological and reservoir studies within the Sirte Basin to a major extent, and in the other sedimentary basins such as the Ghadames, Murzuq and Kufra Basins. Regional correlations into Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt and the offshore. Concession evaluations, prospect generation, preparation of drill programs, technology transfer. Worked on Amal and Ghani oil field reservoirs for gas lift and water flood. Worked briefly on field drainage disputes between Mobil and AGOCO. Petrographic studies of Amal and Nubian sandstones, detailed review of Gialo field algal mound reservoirs in Concession 12 and Intisar reefs in adjacent Concession 103, exploration trends.
1986
Triton Energy, Calgary, Alberta.
Consulting Chief Geologist. Geological and seismic mapping projects for shallow gas exploration in Eastern Alberta using "bright spot" Direct Hydrocarbon (DHI) techniques. Oil exploration in Northern Alberta and Saskatchewan for shallow gas and heavy oil deposits. Land Deal negotiations, Provincial, Federal and Indian land sales and land acquisitions. Liaison with Company headquarters in Houston Texas.
1979-1984
Unocal, Calgary, Alberta.
General Manager. Exploration and Development. Managed Union Oil's exploration and development projects in Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, Williston Basin in Saskatchewan and NE BC. Discovered major extensions to oil fields at Lubicon Lake and Red Earth, Alberta and a number of new gas fields. Oversaw land sales and deal negotiations in Western Canada, company liaison with Provincial governments, Technical manager for company oil and gas portfolio in Canada, technical liaison with Unocal Research Center, Brea, California. Worked briefly on assignment with UNOCAL Bangkok on the Erewan offshore gas sands.
1977-1979
Natomas Oil Company, Calgary, Alberta.
Chief Geologist Responsible for start-up of shell company (Apache Corp.) in Calgary. Land sales and land deal negotiations, seismic and geological data acquisitions, staff hires, land purchases, economic evaluations, prospect generation.
1973-1977
CIGOL/Norcen Energy Resources, Calgary, Alberta.
Exploration SupervisorTeam Leader for integrated exploration group exploring in Western Canada. Advisor to management on acquisition of Great Plains Development Company of Canada (subsidiary of Burma Oil). Co-discoverer of Upper Devonian major Nisku Pinnacle Reef oil play trend (with Chevron) in Western Sedimentary Basin.
1969-1973
Pan American Petroleum Corp/Amoco, Calgary, Alberta.
Intermediate Staff Geologist.Entry level position with Amoco as Junior Geologist. Assigned to giant oil field (Pembina) and later Foothills oil fields, Strachan and Ricinus, (Foothills structural Geology in Canadian overthrust belt), repeat oil pay sections within thrust plates, well site geology for coring and casing points, petrophysical training in Tulsa, OK, sandstone and carbonate training, also training in District, Superintendent and President meetings, team member in compiling 60 well drilling farm in program to Brascan.
Skills Profile:
Professional Affiliations
* American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)* Alberta Association of Professional Engineers( APEGGA) * Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists(CSPG)* Indonesian Petroleum Association (IPA)* Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)
Languages:
English and French (fluent). Arabic and Bahasa (basic familiarity)
IT Skills:
* Operating Systems: Unix, Linux 10.1 and Windows* Wk station oriented: Sun Sperry, PC Laptop, Desk Top,* proprietary software: Tekseis, Seislog, Log An, Petrel and Landmark, OFM* Windows Programs: Excel, power point, word, outlook, Coral Draw, Auto cad, Paint.
References: Available on request.
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