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CAREER OBJECTIVE
Looking for the challenging job to work as a Petrophysicist
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Diverse experience in petroleum exploration, drilling, and production. Proficient in both deterministic and the probabilistic petrophysics (carbonate and shaly sand reservoir). Extensive experience in predrill pore pressure and fracture gradient prediction, open-hole, cased-hole, and LWD log interpretation, RCA & SCAL analysis, core-log integration, formation evaluation, integrated reservoir characterization, and pressure transient analysis. Three-time winner of the student paper contest. Fluent in English, and Russian. Extensive experience working with UNIX, NT and workstation. Willing to relocate.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
- New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, New Mexico, USA
M.S. in Petroleum Engineering, 1993
- Moscow Institute of Petrochemical & Gas Industry (Gubkin), Moscow, Russia
M.S. in Petroleum Engineering with Honors, 1984
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2002-Present Shell/Petroleum Development Oman, Muscat
Petrophysicist
Manage petrophysical work both operations, & studies for the Harweel Cluster Carbonate Reservoir Development and Marmul Cluster Clastic Reservoir. Plan and monitor cost-effective logging, coring program and ensure best working practices are carried out. Manage the Harweel project SCAL and RCA studies. Actively involved in log analysis, perforation recommendation, well proposal, completion, drilling and maintenance of petrophysical database, and incorporation of log analysis results in the geologic interpretation and reservoir characterization of the Harweel Cluster Carbonate Development project. Succesfully supported well and reservoir management for the Marmul cluster waterflood reservoir. Proficient in Shell log interpretation software LOGIC and FLAME.
2001-2002 Schlumberger-WesternGeco, Houston, Texas, USA
Reservoir Engineer (Seismic Reservoir Services)
Actively involved in petrophysical interpretation, formation evaluation, fluid substitution, rock-model based 1D, 2D, and 3D pore-pressure and fracture gradient prediction and detection using a fit-for-purpose seismic velocity and log data, shallow waterflow identification, and seismic reservoir description. Successfully completed pore pressure and shallow waterflow projects in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean, and Oman, Offshore Trinidad, Turkey, Malaysia and the Northsea. Proficient in GeoFrame-PetroviewPlus, ELANPlus, PetroSonic log interpretation softwares.
2000-2001 Frontera Resources Corporation, Houston, Texas, USA
Consulting Petrophysicist
Designed and implemented cased hole logging and perforation program, supervised and witnessed cased hole logging and perforating, interpreted cased hole log, correlated cased hole log with open hole log, identified pay intervals for perforations. Responsible for petrophysical evaluation of the Kursenge and Karabagli oil fields located in Baku, Azerbaijan, operated by Salyan Oil Ltd – a joint venture between Amerada Hess Corporation and Frontera Resources. Provided petrophysical support to the workover operations groups.
1998-2000 Marathon Oil Company, Houston, Texas, USA
Advanced Petrophysicist, Sakhalin Island Operations
Responsible for petrophysical evaluation of the Piltun-Astokhskoye oil field, Lunskoye gas/condensate field located offshore Sakhalin Island, Russia (Sakhalin II project). Effectively designed, developed and successfully implemented formation evaluation program (logging, coring and DST). Actively coordinated logging and core analysis program with service company. Provided petrophysical support to the drilling, operations groups. As a key member of the integrated reservoir characterization team, actively involved in developing reservoir model integrated with log, core, DST, geological and seismic data. Proficient in GEOLOG, MULTIMIN, LOGLAN log interpretation software.
1997-1998 Halliburton Energy Services, Houston, Texas, USA
Log Analyst, Reservoir Applications Development & Support
Responsible for production log interpretation, formation test interpretation, pressure transient analysis. Assisted with the development and support of the production log interpretation software PLA in the Halliburton's Desktop Petrophysics (DPP).
1994-1997 New Mexico Petroleum Recovery Research Center, Socorro, New Mexico, USA
Research Associate
Actively involved in research effort (13 million US$ Class III cost sharing project between DOE and Parker & Parsley Petroleum USA) on a variety of research areas, many of which are directly related to well log interpretation (both open hole and cased hole logs), integrated reservoir characterization, transient pressure test interpretation, decline curve analysis, evaluation of horizontal well for the naturally fractured Spraberry Trend Area reservoir in Midland, West Texas. Experienced with modern shaley sand log interpretation, old gamma ray, neutron log and old E-log interpretation, fracture identification from well logs using FMI and FMS, core-log integration, 3D seismic-guided estimation of reservoir properties. Proficient in log interpretation software QLA2/PRIZM.
1991-1993 New Mexico Petroleum Recovery Research Center, Socorro, New Mexico, USA
Research Assistant
Designed and successfully developed downhole sampling system for collecting tracer samples at different levels of a well. Assisted in teaching Advanced Fractured Reservoir Characterization, Advanced Formation Evaluation and Well Testing courses and setting-up an undergraduate computer laboratory in the Petroleum Engineering Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology.
1985-1990 Bangladesh Petroleum Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Lecturer (Petroleum Engineering)
Designed, conducted and coordinated highly successful training courses on reservoir, drilling, and production engineering, formation evaluation, seminar for petroleum industry professionals.
1981-1984 Suleev Neft (Oil Co.), Almeteev, Tatar Republic, CIS
Field Operator (Summer Job)
Assisted in oil field production operation, collected data, prepared reports.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Attended training courses offered by:
Shell - SCAL (Special core analysis)
OGCI Training, Inc. - Reservoir Characterization
Schlumberger-GeoQuest - Interactive Petrophysics
Beicip, Inc. (IFP) - Basin Modeling using Temispack
GeoQuest - Advanced Petrophysical Interpretation using ELAN Plus
GeoQuest - GeoFrame Fundamentals
(RC)2 - Geostatistical Reservoir Modeling
Petroleum Technology Institute - Multimin-probabilistic petrophysical analysis
Halliburton Energy Services - Open-hole and cased-hole log business development
Schlumberger - Logging technique and interpretation
Core Lab - Reservoir evaluation
Hughes Tool Co. - Rock bit design and operation
AFFILIATIONS (active full member)
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Society of Professional Well Log Analysts (SPWLA)
Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
American Association of Petroleum Geologist (AAPG)
Sigma Xi
Competent Toastmaster (CTM)
STATUS
United States Citizen.
REFERENCES
Will be furnished upon request.
PUBLICATIONS
1) Banik, A., and Coy, G.: "SCAL sample selection using core sedimentology integrated with hydraulic flow units," poster presented at the SPE ATW " Challenging Reservoirs: Providing the Petrophysical Solutions" Dubai, UAE, 30 November - 3 December 2003.
2) Banik, N., Banik, A.,Wool, G., Schultz, G., Dutta, N., Marple, R, Casper, T., and Repar, N.: "Application of Anisotropy in Pore Pressure Prediction," paper presented at the EAGE 64th Conference & Exhibition, Florence, Italy, May 27-30, 2002.
3) Yang, S., Shih, C., Dutta, N., Chen, J., Schultz, G., and Banik, A.: "Vertical Velocity Analysis for Transversely Isotropic Medium: A Practical Approach," paper presented at the EAGE 64th Conference & Exhibition, Florence, Italy, May 27-30, 2002.
4) Banik, N., Wool, G., Schultz, G., Dutta, N., Banik, A., Shih, C., Chen, J., Yang, S., Casper, T., and Repar, N.: "Imaging 3D High Geopressure Zones in Sedimentary Basins," paper presented at the SEG/EAGE Summer Research Workshop, Geopressure: Conceptual Advances, Applications, and Future Challenges, Galveston, Texas, May 12-17, 2002.
5) Yang, S., Shih, C., Banik, N., Dutta, N., Chen, J., Schultz, G., and Banik, A.: "Application of Vertical Velocity Analysis for a Vertically Transversely Isotropic Medium," paper to be presented at the SEG 72nd Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, October 6-11, 2002.
6) Schechter, D.S., Guo, B., Cather, M., Banik, A.K., and Baker, R.O.: "An Integrated Geology-Reservoir Description and Modeling of the Naturally Fractured Spraberry Trend Area Reservoirs," paper 98-32
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presented at the 49th Annual Technical Meeting of the Petroleum Society of CIM and CANMET, Calgary, Alberta, June 8-10, 1998.
7) Guo, B., Schechter, D.S., and Banik, A.K.: "Use of Single-Well Test Data for EstimatingPermeability Anisotropy of the Naturally Fractured Spraberry Trend Area Reservoirs," paper SPE 39807 presented at the 1998 SPE Permian Basin Oil & Gas Recovery Conference, Midland, TX, March 25-27, 1998.
8) Banik, A.K., and Schechter, D.S.: "Utilization of old Cased-Hole Logs for Characterization of the Naturally Fractured Spraberry Formation, Midland basin, Texas," paper presented at the 1997 Fall Symposium, West Texas Geological Society, Midland, Texas, 30-31 October 1997.
9) Schechter, D.S., and Banik, A.K.: "Integration of Petrophysical and Geological Data with Open-Hole Logs for Identification of the Naturally Fractured Spraberry Pay Zones," paper SPE 38913 presented at the 1997 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, 5-8 October 1997.
10) Banik, A.K.: "Verification of Spraberry Rock-Log Model from Horizontal well Open-Hole Logs and Core," paper presented at the 3rd Naturally Fractured Reservoir Symposium jointly organized by Petroleum Technology Transfer Council and New Mexico Petroleum Recovery Research Center, Socorro, New Mexico, October 28, 1997.
11) Schechter, D.S., and Banik, A.K.: "Modern Computer-aided Transient Pressure Test Interpretation For Characterization of The Naturally Fractured Spraberry Trend Area," report of investigation No. PRRC # 97-4, New Mexico Petroleum Recovery Research Center, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, New Mexico, 1997.
12) Schechter, D.S., and Banik, A.K.: "What is Spraberry pay?," report of investigation No. PRRC # 96-28, New Mexico Petroleum Recovery Research Center, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, New Mexico, 1996.
13) Banik, A.K., and Schechter, D.S.: "Core-Log Integration for the Naturally Fractured Spraberry Trend Area," paper presented at the Naturally Fractured Reservoir Forum, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, New Mexico, April 19, 1996.
14) Banik, A.K., and Schechter, D.S.: "Characterization of the Naturally Fractured Spraberry Trend Shaley Sands Based on Core and Log Data," paper SPE 35224 presented at the 1996 SPE Permian Basin Oil & Gas Recovery Conference, Midland, TX, March 27-29, 1996.
15) Saleta, C.J., Banik, A.K., Cather, M.E., and Schechter, D.S.: "Application of Analytical Techniques to Evaluate the Heterogeneities of the Upper Spraberry Formation (Permian), Midland Basin, Texas," SPE 35225 presented at the 1996 SPE Permian Basin Oil & Gas Recovery Conference, Midland, TX, March 27-29, 1996.
16) Zellou, A.M., Ouenes, A., and Banik, A.K.: "Improved Fractured Reservoir Characterization Using Neural Networks, Geomechanics and 3-D Seismic," paper SPE 30722 presented at the 1995 SPE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, Dallas, TX, October 22-25, 1995.
17) Banik, A.K., and Heller, J.P.: "Downhole Sampling System For Collecting Tracer Samples at Different Levels," Proc., 1994 2nd Tracer Workshop, University of Texas, Austin, November 14-15, 1994.
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