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CAREER OBJECTIVE: Geophysicist Status: Canadian Citizen
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
* Ph.D. in Geophysics, over 12 years industry experience in offshore and onshore seismic 2D/3D data analysis, processing and interpretation
* Strong exploration and field development skills, 10 years experience in managing and QC seismic processing projects
* Velocity model building and depth imaging skills, ability to integrate 3D seismic information with development geologic concepts
* Over 8 years of experience in 2D/3D structural / seismostratigraphic interpretation and reservoir description through the integration of seismic geological and well-log data, seismic inversion and well-log analysis
* Landmark and Charisma workstation experience, expertise with tying synthetic seismograms and VSPs to seismic information
* Ability to perform AVO, reservoir and development studies
* Detailed knowledge of multicomponent seismic data and reservoir imaging
* Experience in Mentoring Junior staff
* Strong planning, organizational and report writing skills
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
11/2005 – 5/2006 Geophysicist – QC Seismic Data Processing
Abu Dhabi- offshore WesternGeco / Client – ADMA OPCO, Abu Dhabi
- Supervised processing data from 4C 3-D OBC seismic survey 2005-2006 in the Persian Gulf with the system Omega/Linux onboard the GeoBluefin vessel
- Worked on velocity model building, 3-D velocity field modifications and seismic processing parameters
- Used synthetic seismograms to tie the well and seismic information
- Worked on detection and characterization of hydrocarbon reservoirs and seismic indications for natural geohazards in the surveyed area
- Produced technical reports and made recommendations for further work
8/2005 – 11/2005 Consulting Geophysicist
Abu Dhabi Fugro Survey Middle East Ltd/ Clients:Shell Explor. and Production, Rapsol
- Prepared the Desk Top Study for the Pipeline design and South Pars Gas Field Development Phase 13 including pipeline routes to Tombak (Iran)
- Worked for the Falcon Cable Survey Project in the Persian Gulf as a QC geophysicist and studied the seabed topography, morphology and shallow stratigraphy of sediments.
10/2003 –6/2005 Consulting Geophysicist
Sofia/ Houston Geo LINT Ltd.
- Intergration and interpretation of seismic, well log, VSP and geological data
- Studied platform carbonates and reefal structures of Miocene age
- Worked on reservoir modelling and AVO analysis
- Structural / stratigraphic interpretation and reservoir studies using both Landmark and Charisma workstations, depth conversion, well tying and map generations
6/2002 – 9/2003 Geophysicist QC
Halifax – offshore GSI Admiral, client - TGS Nopec, USA
- Processed 2D seismic data from Eastern Canada onboard for QC purposes with the system Promax 2D/UNIX environment
- Applied procedures for real-time display of airgun timing in the source array, water bottom picking for Navigation System Spectra, near trace gather, check the sensitivity of different streamer sections
- Interpreted Seismic 3D and Multibeam Bathymetry Data using Geoquest system
4/2001 – 4/2002 Database Analyst
Halifax Dalhousie University, Administrative Computing Services
- Wrote Oracle reports for the systems Student and Human Resources using Brio's SQR, SQL, SQL*Plus, PL/SQL in the UNIX, Novell and Windows NT operating systems environment
- Designed, analyzed, wrote code and tested queries to ensure accuracy and avoid errors and pitfalls
- Created detailed functional specifications and wrote technical specifications / documentations for new developed programs
1992 - 2000 Geophysicist, Project Manager
Sofia Geology and Geophysics Co.
- Processed marine and land seismic data from the Black Sea Basin and North Bulgaria applying system ProMax 2D and studied the potential for stratigraphic trapping of hydrocarbons.
- Applied ProMax 2D system for office and field seismic data processing and QC
- Reprocessed seismic data and worked on identification of near surface hazards such as faults, slumps, buried channels, gas pockets, seismic indicators for gas hydrates and mud volcanoes based on profiles from the Continental slope of the Black Sea
- Stratigraphic seismic interpretation using both sequence stratigraphy and trace attributes
- Interpretation of seismic data using Landmark system, correlation of oil and gas shows with seismic, VSP, geological and well information
- Processed VSP data and studied regions of structural complexity using the algorithms for velocity model building, forward modelling, pre- stack migration, depth imaging, seismic inversion, AVO and well-log analysis
- Worked on deep regional profiles construction, data transformation and correlation, multichannel filtering, forward modeling, depth migration and dip-moveout corrections
- Designed and created Geoscience relational database for the region of East Srednogorie integrating seismic, well- log and geological data with the system Finder/Geoquest
- Participated in preparing of geological-geophysical reports and data packages for the First, Second and Third licensing geological bids in Bulgaria
1986 - 1992 Geophysicist, Project Manager
Sofia Information and Computing Centre
Ministry of Metallurgy and Mineral Resources
- Performed processing of offshore and onshore seismic data from Bulgaria, the Black Sea, Libya and Iraq, applying the Geosource floating point system.
- Supervised and directed staff of geophysicists and application programmers regarding implementation of Geosource System in Bulgaria and North Korea
- Tested parameters and programs from the seismic application packages
- Prepared and delivered theoretical and practical training based upon client requirements
- Participated in International Geophysical R&D projects with Greece, Russia, Hungary and Romania for signal processing, improving signal-to-noise ratio and time-depth imaging
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Geophysics, Bulgarian Academy of Science, Evaluated from
Comparative Education Service, University of Toronto as equivalent to the standard required for Ph.D. degree from a Canadian University
M.Sc. in Physics, University of Sofia, Bulgaria, Evaluated from Comparative Education Service, University of Toronto
Post-Diploma Specialization in Geophysical Exploration Methods,
University of Mining and Geology, Bulgaria
Geographic Information Systems Technology, New Brunswick Community College Moncton, Canada
INDUSTRY TRAINING
- Java Programming, Continuing Technical Education, Dalhousie
University, Halifax
- OO Programming, Database Design and Development, Creating
Web Pages - Act E Inc. Advanced computer training, Toronto
- ProMAX 3D Seismic Processing and Analysis, Landmark
- Stratigraphic Interpretation of Seismic Data, lecturer R.Sherif
- Advances in Seismic Processing, lecturer B. Russell, Calgary
- Reservoir porosity and hydrocarbon effects in rocks, N. Neidell
- IBM courses in Database Design and Project Management, Vienna
- Geosource Training in processing seismic data, London
SAFETY TRAINING
Basic Offshore Survival Training, 5 days - West Pubnico, N S
COMPUTER SKILLS
- Languages: FORTRAN, C,C++, VB6, SQR, Java Script, Java, HTML 4.0
- Databases: Oracle8 Server; MS SQL Server 7; MS Access 2000
- Hardware: IBM, Sun, IBM PCs
- Applications: MS Office 97; MS Office 2000, ArcView, ArcMap, Geostatistics
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Operating systems: Windows; MS DOS; UNIX
- Seismic software: ProMax 2D / 3D, MicroMAX, Geosource, Command
- Modeling software: SrtatMode; ModelrW; AVO
Ph. D. thesis: Seismic Data Processing and Depth Image Enhancement. Application of
Seismostratigraphic concepts of interpretation to Lower Jurassic sediments for the
Black Sea Offshore and Central North Bulgaria
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