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RESERVOIR ENGINEER
SUMMARY
Fourteen years of combined experience in petroleum engineering and G&G (U.S. & international.) Experience includes integrated 3D reservoir modeling, numerical simulation, reserves assessment, field development, reservoir studies, and production.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BERRY PETROLEUM COMPANY - Bakersfield, CA USA 2006 - Present
Reservoir Engineer
* Increased productivity in a lease by 15% by recommending optimum depths for steam cup placement.
* Ran Aries cases to determine ROR and generated an economic model to manage reserves.
* Mapped remaining oil column using cased-hole logs which provided depth values for optimal horizontal well and steam placement.
Engineering Consultant - Rancho Cordova, CA USA 2002 - 2006
* Reservoir assessment and property valuation in Wyoming and Nebraska. Designed and implemented a program in VB.net to assess reserves and return on investment.
* Computer-based design and simulation using a physics-based engine.
YEMEN HUNT OIL COMPANY (YHOC) - Sanaa, Yemen 2000 - 2002
Reservoir Engineer
* Supervised the trajectory (MWD), path, and depth of several directional wells in the field including Alif 183H which produced over 3000 barrels of oil per day.
* Recommended remedial operations and created a multi-user database to prioritize wells according to specified selection criteria, which improved work-over efficiency.
* Team member in designing a work program to lay an 8" gas pipeline from Mawza field to a manifold. Increased the value of the property six-fold by revising its reserves (P/Z analysis.)
HALLIBURTON COMPANY - Houston, Texas, USA 1996 - 1999
Geoscientist/Reservoir Engineer
* Increased the value of a property (as part of a team) for a client in Venezuela by over $80 million through re-engineering (waterflood), increased reserves, and locating hydrocarbon zones.
* Provided essential cash flow criteria used to write company's economic guidelines by designing an algorithm to facilitate initial project screening.
* Cut the amount of time spent on a project by 50% by integrating and streamlining the geologic model with the simulation model using "GeoLink."
* Created 3D reservoir models for Shell, the "Visualization Room," a marketing campaign CD (Oil & Gas Journal, Issue November 23, 1998, pages 6-7), and the Halliburton Web Site.
(Graduate Program and Teacher's Assistantship, Montana & New Mexico, USA) 1992 - 1996
SECONDED TO THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES: 1989 - 1992
BRITISH PETROLEUM (BP) – London, U.K.
Geophysicist and Field Operations Assistant
* Acquired field data in the Red Sea and designed/implemented a Time-Depth velocity model.
PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. - Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA
Seismic Data Processing
* Delineated productive reservoirs using a Landmark workstation and presented profitable solutions to management.
MINISTRY OF OIL AND MINERAL RESOURCES - Sanaa, Yemen 1987 - 1989
Geco Mapping System Manager
* Mapped fields using computer-aided techniques on a MicroVAX, which attracted investors.
* Represented the Ministry at the European EAEG Technical Conference in The Haig, Holland.
* Presented lectures and tutorials to new engineers and scientists joining the Ministry, which enhanced their knowledge and understanding of the Ministry's operations.
* Team member in implementing a $60,000 project with Schlumberger that focused on calculating volumetrics of major gas fields (for the purpose of marketing the gas.)
* Promoted to Chief Geophysicist.
* Promoted to Geco Mapping System Manager - a computer application to plot surface/subsurface maps, block assignments, and coordinates of relinquished areas.
HUNT OIL COMPANY - Denver, Colorado, USA 1985 - 1986
Geophysicist
* Developed a mapping procedure based on an overlay method and a successful well was drilled. Analyzed petrophysical properties for fields in SE Colorado & Nebraska to show extent of pay zones. Integrated seismic and well data, built cross-sections, and proposed drilling sites in NE Montana.
EDUCATION
M.S. Petroleum Engineering - 1996
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology - Socorro, New Mexico, U.S.A.
Bachelor's degree in Geophysics - 1985
University of Colorado - Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
O/S & Computer Languages: UNIX, DOS, Windows, VB.NET, FORTRAN, and PASCAL.
Applications: VIP numerical simulator, Eclipse, Geolink, Landmark Stratamodel, AutoCAD 2D/3D, Autodesk physics-based simulator, Holditch Simulator, familiarity with PEEP and Petrel, Aries, OFM, Excel/Access/PowerPoint/Word, WEM Nodal Analysis
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
* Prepared experiments and lectures and maintained lab equipment as a college lab instructor.
* Minimized drilling costs by planning the trajectory of a directional well and wrote a computer program to estimate the cuttings concentration.
* Surveying: Alidade/plane table, Brunton Compass, and photogrammetric methods.
* Certified in well control (drilling, completion, and workover); meets MMS requirements.
* Fluent in English and Arabic; fair in French.
* Availability: January 2008 or sooner if needed.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member Society of Petroleum Engineers. SPE Section Treasurer while with YHOC.
Member of the Halliburton/Brown & Root Volunteer Council and contributor to several community foundations (1997 - 1998).
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