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OBJECTIVE:
Keen desire to take up projects related to Marine Geophysical Surveys, worldwide.
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:
Extensive experience in marine geophysical data acquisition, processing and interpretation, mostly in a position of high responsibility.
Marine and coastal explorations using sub-bottom profilers, side scan sonars, magnetometers and single/multibeam echo sounders etc.
Extensive experience in engineering surveys, platform surveys, site surveys, and other oil and construction industry related surveys.
Worked on both sides of Client/Contractor divide, first as Geophysicist and then QC supervisor.
Extensive GIS experience, especially in performing digital interpretation of shallow seismic data in ArcView GIS platform.
Additional experience in programming, worked as a team leader to design and develop an ArcView GIS Application to perform shallow seismic interpretation, 3D modelling and reporting.
Extensive experience in a wide range of geophysical survey tools and data processing techniques.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Consultant Geophysicist (Freelancer), Singapore Oct 2003–Till Date
Take up projects related to marine geophysical data acquisition, processing and interpretation. Perform Quality control consultancy of technical performance including instrument acceptance, data quality assessment and crew supervision for Digital and Analogue seismic surveys.
Major Projects:
* Unocal, Thailand Feb-Apr 2005
High resolution seismic, side scan sonar and swath surveys, interpretation and Reporting.
* Exxon Mobil, Nigeria Jan-Feb 2005
Nigeria JV Seabed Clearance Survey.
* ETA, Dubai, United Arab Emirates September 2004
Geophysical Surveys at Umm Al Quwain and Ras Al Khaimah, U.A.E.
* BTW Hydrographic, New Zealand. July 2004
Tawa Tawa and Galleon Site Surveys, Off East coast of New Zealand.
* Asean Cableship Pte Ltd, Singapore June-July 2004
Pre installation cable route survey, Off Singapore.
* JP Nelson, Singapore June 2004
Side scan sonar survey at southern Tuas basin, Singapore.
* Zelan Holdings(M) Sdn Bhd, Malaysia June 2004
Sub-bottom profiler survey for Tanjung Bin power plant, Malaysia.
* Port of Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia May 2004
Debris clearance survey, Port of Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia.
* Total Fina & PT.Punj Lloyd, Indonesia Apr-May 2004
Sub-bottom profiler Survey for pipeline delineation, Mahakam Delta, Indonesia.
* Island Power Company Private Ltd, Singapore Mar 2004
Hydrographic survey, Off Jurong Island, Singapore
* Sakhalin Energy Investment Company, Russia Oct-Nov 2003
Magnetometer route survey and ROV survey, Sakhalin Phase 2 project, Russia
SMG PTE LTD SINGAPORE
Marine Geophysicist Nov 2000-Oct 2003
A professionally managed Geophysical and Geotechnical Consulting Company providing consultancy, survey, inspection and specialized testing services, primarily for the offshore exploration and construction industry.
Responsibilities:
Acquisition, processing and interpretation of offshore seismic, side scan sonar and single/multibeam echo sounder data. Processed seismic and sonar data will be imported to GIS and CAD platforms for interpretation, reporting and charting. Perform Quality control consultancy for Digital and Analogue seismic surveys. This includes the QA-QC of technical performance including instrument acceptance tests and data quality assessment and crew supervision.
Major Projects:
* Unocal Thailand Mar-Apr 2003
High resolution seismic, side scan and swath surveys for platform/jack-up rig site foundation investigation, in various Unocal blocks in Gulf of Thailand, Thailand.
* Hoang Long /Hoan Vu Joint Operating Company, Vietnam Jan-Feb 2003
Analogue and Digital Survey, Block 9 and 16, off Vung Tau, Vietnam.
* Unocal Thailand Oct-Nov-Dec 2002
High resolution seismic, side scan and swath surveys for platform/jack-up rig site foundation investigation, in various Unocal blocks in Gulf of Thailand, Thailand.
* Unocal Thailand June-July-Aug 2002
High resolution seismic, side scan and swath surveys for platform/jack-up rig site foundation investigation, in various Unocal blocks in Gulf of Thailand, Thailand.
* Unocal Thailand Jan-Feb 2002
High resolution seismic, side scan and swath surveys for platform/jack-up rig site foundation investigation, in various Unocal blocks in Gulf of Thailand, Thailand.
* Unocal Thailand Oct 2001
High resolution seismic, side scan and swath surveys for platform/jack-up rig site foundation investigation, in various Unocal blocks in Gulf of Thailand, Thailand.
* Unocal Thailand Sep-Oct 2001
High resolution seismic, side scan and swath surveys for platform/jack-up rig site foundation investigation, in various Unocal blocks in Gulf of Thailand, Thailand.
* Nippon Oil Exploration, Malaysia Aug 2001
Debris Clearance survey, Off Miri, West Malaysia.
* Unocal Thailand May-Jun 2001
High resolution seismic, side scan and swath surveys for platform/jack-up rig site foundation investigation, in various Unocal blocks in Gulf of Thailand, Thailand.
* Samedan / PTSE, Vietnam Apr 2001
Digital and analogue site surveys, Off Vung Tau, Vietnam.
* Unocal Thailand Mar 2001
High resolution seismic, side scan and swath surveys for platform/jack-up rig site foundation investigation, in various Unocal blocks in Gulf of Thailand, Thailand.
* Unocal Thailand Jan-Feb 2001
High resolution seismic, side scan and swath surveys for platform/jack-up rig site foundation investigation, in various Unocal blocks in Gulf of Thailand, Thailand.
* Samedan/PTSE, Vietnam Dec 2000
Digital and analogue site surveys, off Vung Tau, Vietnam.
* Unocal Thailand Dec 2000
High resolution seismic, side scan and swath surveys for platform/jack-up rig site foundation investigation, in various Unocal blocks in Gulf of Thailand, Thailand.
ELCOME SURVEYS PVT. LTD. BOMBAY, INDIA
Marine Geophysicist July 1997-Oct 2000
A professionally managed Survey Company, providing Specialised Consultancy and Project Management Services in the field of Offshore Geophysical Surveys, Data Processing and Interpretation.
Responsibilities:
Acquisition, processing, interpretation and reporting of the seismic, side scan sonar, magnetometer and echo sounder data. Seismic, sidescan sonar data recorded digitally by Delph 2- High Resolution Seismic and Sonar Data Acquisition Software are later processed in the office before interpretation, reporting.
Major Projects:
* Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd, India. Sep-Oct 2000
Site surveys and Pipeline route surveys, Bombay High, India.
* Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd, India May-August 2000
Site surveys and Pipeline route surveys, Bombay High, India.
* Enron Oil & Gas India Ltd., Bombay, India. Apr.2000
Seabed Surveys, Bombay High, India.
* Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd, India Jan - Mar 2000
Pre-Engineering Surveys, Bombay High, India
* Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd, India Aug - Nov '99
Integrated Vessel Project - Site surveys, Bombay High, India.
* Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, Doha. Dec 1999
Seismic Survey at Dhabhol, India.
* Afcons Infrastructure Ltd., Bombay, India Nov 1999
Seismic Reflection Studies at Trombay port, Bombay, India.
* Kvaerner Cementation India Ltd. May 1999
Sounding of Bed level of Khandi Lake, Maharashtra, India.
* Hindustan Petroleum Co-operation Ltd. Apr 1999
CPL and Route profile survey, Thane Creek, Bombay, India.
* Mazagon Dock Limited., India Mar 1999
CRMP Project–Pre-engineering survey, Bombay High, India.
* Kvaerner Cementation India ltd. Jan 1999
Search Survey of the disturbed piles of GCPTCL jetty, Dahej, India.
* Petronet LNG Ltd., Dahej, India. Oct 1998
Seabed Engineering and Oceanographic Investigations for an LNG Terminal, Dahej, India.
* HiTech Drilling Services India Ltd., Vizag, India. Sep 1998
Site survey and Rig Positioning Services, Offshore Vizagapatnam, India.
* Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Kandla, India. Aug 1998
Hydrographic and Route Survey for Conversion of Virtual Jetty to Permanent Jetty at Kandla, India.
* IFFCO, Kandla, India. ` June 1998
Survey for detection of mooring dolphin and walkway truss, Kandla, India.
* HiTech Drilling Services Ltd., Vizag, India. June 1998
Site survey and Rig Positioning Services, Offshore Vizagapatnam, India.
* Petronet LNG Ltd., Dahej, India. May 1998
Seabed Engineering and Oceanographic Investigations for an LNG Terminal, Dahej, India.
* Frederic Harris (India) Pvt. Ltd., Goa, India. Apr 1998
Seabed Engineering Survey for development of Murmagao port, Goa, India.
* Consulting Engineering Services (India) Ltd. Mar 1998
Seabed Survey for Proposed Ports at Cuddallore and Tuticorin.
* Enron Oil & Gas India Ltd., Bombay, India. Feb 1998
Seabed Survey, Bombay High, India.
* HiTech Drilling Services Ltd, Vizag, India. Dec 1997
Site survey and Rig Positioning Services.
* Enron Oil & Gas India Ltd, Bombay, India. Dec 1997
Seabed Survey, Bombay High, India.
* Kvaerner Construction International Limited, Dahej, India. Nov 1997
Geophysical Survey for Liquid Chemical Handling Jetty at Dahej, India.
* HiTech Drilling Services India Ltd., Vizag, India. Nov 1997
Site survey and Rig Positioning Services, Off Vizagapatnam, India.
* Enron Oil & Gas India Ltd., Bombay, India. Oct 1997
Relocation of abandoned wellheads in Panna, Mukta, Tapti fields and Pipeline search survey, Bombay High, India.
* Mosbacher India LLC., Madras, India. Sept 1997
Seabed engineering survey, Off Madras, India.
* Hardy Exploration & Production (I) Inc., Madras, India. July 1997
Seismic survey of proposed well site Allur 1, Off Madras, India.
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM BOMBAY, INDIA
Research Fellow Mar1997-June 1997
An autonomous institute which is a regular magnetic and meteorological observatory and World digital data centre performing geomagnetic observations from ocean bottom to outer space.
Subject: Seismicity and Plate Tectonism of the Indian subcontinent.
SURVEY EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE:
1. Analogue Surveys
* EG&G SurfaceTow/SubTow Boomer Systems.
* EG&G Multi-electrode Sparker Systems.
* Applied Acoustics Surface Tow Boomers.
* Geochirp Sub Bottom Profiler.
* ORE 3010 Pipeline profiler.
* EG&G/Geoacoustics/Klein Sidescan Sonars.
* SIMRAD/Sonardyne USBL Positioning systems
* ELSEC Model 7706 Proton Precision Magnetometer.
* SeaSpy magnetometer.
* GeoAcoustics Geoswath.
* Hydrosweep.
* Atlas Deso/Odom/Raytheon/Simrad Single and Dual frequency Echo sounders.
* Trimble 4000 RL GPS.
* Starfix DGPS.
* Gravity corers, Grab samplers.
2. Digital Seismic Surveys
* TTS System 2 High Resolution Seismic Recorder
* Kalamos Delta-t Quad multi Gun Controller System and Sleeve Gun array.
* Advance Promax System.
3. Industry related Softwares
* Triton Elics Delph - High Resolution Digital Seismic data acquisition system.
* Isis Sonar acquisition system
* Coda seismic and sonar acquisition system
* Fugro G-Log Seismic and Sonar Data Acquisition software.
* Geoacoustics Geoswath
* HYDROnav, Hypack, Fugro Starfix navigation softwares.
* Reflexw
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
M.Sc.(Tech) in Marine Geophysics from Cochin University of Science and Technology in first class in 1996.
B.Sc in Geology from Kerala University in first class in 1992.
M. Sc (Tech) Project and Seminar:
"Geomagnetism: Crustal anomaly studies - Cambay basin", at Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai, under the guidance of Dr. Mita Rajaram.
A performance of map analysis of F-, Z and Reduced-to-Pole F-anomalies and basement-depth estimation using Jeffrey. d. Phillips and I.V.R. Murthy's methods beneath a chosen profile.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Safety Courses:
* Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training (OPITO approved) at MSTS ASIA SDN. BHD., Johor Bahru, Malaysia (Offshore Sea Survival, HUET including EBS; Fire Fighting & Self Rescue, First Aid & Hypothermia and Boat Transfer).
* Basic Safety Training at Unocal Settapat centre, Songkla, Thailand (Offshore Sea Survival and HUET; Fire Fighting Course).
* Basic Safety Training at United Marine Academy, Bombay, India (Personal Survival Techniques; Personal Safety and Social Responsibilities; Medical First Aid).
OTHER PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:
* On-board training in research vessel ORV.Sagar Kanya of National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa, India.
Objective of the cruise was to study structure and tectonics of the western coast of India, off Goa (between lat 13°-18° N and long 67°-73°E). Echogram, hydrosweep, free-air anomaly and magnetic anomaly data were examined for different geological features.
* Seismic survey field training under the guidance of ONGC (Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.) Seismic survey party at Machilipatnam, A.P. and training in ONGC data processing centre in Chennai.
* Magneto - Telluric filed training in Koyna region during the study at Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai.
COMPUTER PROFICIENCY:
Operating systems: Dos, Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP, Linux.
Environment: Ms Office, Open and Star Offices.
Spreadsheets: Excel.
Languages: Visual Basic, Avenue, C and FORTRAN.
Other Softwares: ArcVeiw GIS, Surfer, Grapher, AutoCAD, Origin and Gint.
STRENGTHS:
Creative, Problem Solving and Innovative thinker.
Writing and Oral skills.
Competence.
Confidence
Commitment.
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES:
American Geophysical Union (AGU): Associate Member
European Geosciences Union (EGU): Member.
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