PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
May 2016 - present PETROLEUM AND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY ADVISORS, INC.; RESERVOIR ENGINEER Consulting work for operators in Ukraine and Russia. Responsibilities include:
· Evaluation of reservoir properties and forecasting production performance of new wells
· Selection of wells – candidates for stimulation (fracturing). Assessment of reservoir properties and post-stimulation production forecast
· Sizing of ESPs for oil wells and for water supply wells
· Liquid unloading of gas wells (remedial coiled tubing)
· Well test analysis
· Decline curve analysis
Mar 2013 –May 2016 SCHLUMBERGER-NEXT; ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM
Performed skills assessments of reservoir and production engineers of client companies. Proposed training plans to close the skills gaps
· Mentored engineers of several national oil companies on various reservoir and production engineering topics: Nodal analysis, pressure transient testing, properties of reservoir fluids, reserves estimation, etc.
· Clients list over 15+ years (2000-2016) includes Schlumberger companies, public and private oil and gas companies (Chevron, BP, Chesapeake Energy, Devon Energy, Pioneer Natural Resources, Kerr-McGee, Lukoil, Yukos, Sibneft, etc.) and national oil companies (from Mexico, Venezuela, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, U.A.E.). While teaching encouraged use of participants’ data for exercises. This allowed me to work with real data from all over the world
· Built spreadsheets to perform probabilistic reserves calculation with stratified sampling, rank correlation of input distributions and error analysis
· Built spreadsheets to perform analysis of production data from oil reservoirs with natural water influx or waterflooding
Jan 2006–Apr 2013 SCHLUMBERGER-NEXT; SENIOR RESERVOIR ENGINEER
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Developed and taught (10+ deliveries) comprehensive project-based program for Schlumberger engineers. The program includes overview of all aspects of well evaluation – geologic analysis, log analysis, decline curve analysis, well test analysis, nodal analysis, and economic evaluation of various completion scenarios – stimulation, artificial lift, surface compression, and horizontal well
· Built spreadsheets to perform decline curve analysis (Arps, Fetkovich, Blasingame, SEPD, Duong)
· Built spreadsheets to perform open-hole log analysis (calculation of shale volume, porosity, water saturation, etc.)
Served as Adjunct Professor
· Taught same courses as in the previous role (see below), plus the following:
· Gas Reservoir Simulation;
· Horizontal Wells: Applications, Drilling, Completion, Productivity and Surveillance
· Introduction to Production Engineering;
· Natural Gas Reservoir Engineering;
· Probabilistic Reserves Estimates;
· PVT Properties of Reservoir Fluids
Dec 2000 –Dec 2005 SCHLUMBERGER-NEXT; INSTRUCTOR
Taught closed courses in Nodal Analysis, Well Testing, Reservoir Engineering for Schlumberger field engineers
· Taught the following open courses (multiple deliveries):
· Advanced Production Data Analysis and Nodal Analysis;
· Applied Reservoir Engineering;
· Waterflood Management;
· Well Test Design and Analysis
Aug 2000–Jun 2001 TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY; GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Conducted analytical and numerical research of stress-dependent permeability
Apr 1999 –Jul 2000 SCHLUMBERGER-IPM; RESERVOIR ENGINEER
Evaluated well stock to identify underperforming wells. Selected wells for production enhancement via optimization of artificial lift, re-perforation and fracturing. Monitored post-workover production behavior
· Designed, ran and interpreted well tests (buildup, multirate)
· Evaluated waterflood efficiency in several fields. Analyzed patterns’ performance, assessed injectivity, calculated voidage replacement, generated and analyzed various diagnostic plots
· Designed, ran and interpreted step-rate injection and falloff tests on injection wells. Proposed cleanup and stimulation solutions. Monitored post-workover injectivity behavior
Feb 1998 –Dec 1998 S.A.HOLDITCH AND ASSOCIATES (later SCHLUMBERGER-HRT); PETROPHYSICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIST Digitized paper logs, performed data preparation, quality control and log analysis
· Assisted in Holditch projects related to Russian oil industry, including technical translation of reports, review of pressure transient analysis methods used in Russia, analysis of well test and production data.
Oct 1996– Dec 1997 TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY; GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Conducted analysis of Russian oil tax laws
· Worked on algorithm and code for pattern recognition and automatic correlation of zones on logs from multiple wells
Jan 1995 – Mar 1996 TATNIPINEFT, TATNEFT JSC; RESEARCH ENGINEER
Applied developed numerical solutions to analysis of pressure transient test data while working for the oil industry project and design institute
Sep 1990 – Dec 1994 INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS, KAZAN STATE UNIVERSITY; RESEARCH ASSISTANT, JUNIOR RESEARCH ENGINEER
Developed analytical and numerical solutions for fluid flow in the subsurface with account for dependence of rock properties on pressure distribution in the reservoir.
EDUCATION
2005 PhD; Petroleum Engineering; Texas A&M University
1998 MEng; Petroleum Engineering (International Petroleum Management); Texas A&M University
1994 Candidate of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics; Mechanics of Liquid, Gas and Plasma; Kazan State University
1991 Diploma; Mechanics and Applied Mathematics; Kazan State University