Muscat, Masqaţ, Oman
Senior Production Geologist and Geological Modeler. 20 Years international experience in Oil & Gas Industry (Middle East, North Africa, North Sea, Europe and Central Asia) with in depth experience of integrated geological reservoir modelling, field development, EOR, integrated reservoir studies, reservoir characterization, seismic interpretation and coaching. Achiever & deliverer, with excellent track record of value creation. • Delivered FPD studies and appraisal studies for natural depletion, water flood, thermal and chemical EOR for both clastic and carbonate oil fields. • Recognized expert for geological reservoir modelling with, in depth experience with different reservoir modelling technics and delivered geo-modelling courses. • Established new innovative workflows for geological modelling, uncertainty modelling, analogue based modelling, well correlation and permeability prediction. Improving delivery time and quality. • Technical assurance for production geology • Continuous improvements in: production, cost, well placement, pattern design, field development plans, appraisal plans, static models and geological understanding. • Very familiar with Shell’s opportunity realization and integrated reservoir modeling (IRM) prosses (uncertainty and risk management processes / decision-based modelling). • Excellent interdisciplinary collaboration and team player. • Coaching and mentoring local staff Specialties: Publications • Author for " Integrated geological modeling for higher confidence development decisions" ADIPEC 2018 Abu Dhabi • Author for “Fault Seal Analysis N-Field Case Study” L.H. Bellmann W. Kouwe, G. Yelding, presented at EAGE Fault and Top Seal Congress in Montpellier, France 2009 • Joint author for “The Akshabulak Channel Model – An Interdisciplinary Approach To Handle Complex Reservoirs” S. Baltrusch, L.H. Bellmann, R. Klöckner, E. Ǿyvann, R. Thränhardt, presented at the EAGE congress in Paris, France 2004
Senior Production Geologist, Study Centre • Delivered field development studies and appraisal studies for natural depletion, thermal and chemical EOR for both clastic and carbonate oil fields. • Delivered geological reservoir models for dynamic simulation, achieving excellent history match results. • Delivered Advanced Geological Modelling courses in PDO. • Delivered reservoir characterization studies for both clastic and carbonate fields. • Quality control and quality assurance for geological modelling & field development. • Seismic and structural interpretation. • Risk and opportunity management. • Delivered well reservoir surveillance plans. • Well planning, well delivery and well operations. • Coaching and mentoring Omani G&G staff. Key achievements: • Collaborated with project team on a thermal EOR project, that was awarded the second price at ADIPEC 2018, in the category: Driving Performance and Efficiency. Project cost saving was 750 mln USD. • Massive improvement of every project, by implementing geological concepts and incorporation of all available data. Improving: well placement, pattern design, development plans, appraisal plans, history match and forecasts. • In depth experience with different reservoir modelling technics: object based, pixel based, multi point statistics, hierarchical modelling workflows and combined static – dynamic modelling workflows. • Improved and generated new workflows for geological modelling, uncertainty modelling and permeability prediction. • Very experienced with Shell’s opportunity realization process and integrated reservoir modelling processes. • Petrel power user. Experience with Kingdom, Landmark and Charisma. • Generated opportunity of 140 mln bbl STOIIP. • Collaborated the project teams to mature a total of 200 mln bbl recoverable oil.
• Integrated reservoir study and field development study for clastic and carbonate oil and gas fields. • Development Geologist (asset coordinator role) providing well proposals for several wells resulting in essential increase of reserves and improved recovery by water injection. • Advanced Geological Modeller providing static reservoir models for dynamic simulation, well planning and optimizing field development. • Seismic interpretation and structural interpretation. • Prospect evaluation and risk analysis. • Mentoring and coaching local and expats staff on geological modelling. • Skill pool representative: Geological modelling group. Fault and top seal analysis group.
Gaz de France Netherlands Responsible geologist for three Carboniferous and Rotliegend multi-layer gas fields, off-shore North Sea Preparing well proposals resulting in essential increase of reserves. Providing & updating geological reservoir models to optimised field development. Prospect evaluation resulting in essential increase of reserves. Petrophysical interpretation with Power Log. ´Responsible witness for offshore well logging operations. • Regional evaluation of Jurassic plays and leads offshore North Sea.
Geological evaluation and reservoir characterisation of Jurassic to Cretaceous multi-layer reservoir oil fields onshore Kazakhstan Preparing geological reservoir models as input for dynamic simulation. Sedimentological analysis of cores & preparing core descriptions. Sedimentological and petrophysical characterisation of channel reservoirs. Well log correlation and sequence statigraphy. • Geological evaluation and reservoir characterisation of Zechstein Stassfurt carbonate gas reservoir off-shore Germany.