Experienced Reservoir Engineer

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Description

Results-driven engineer and adept leader with 10+ years of hands-on experience in advancing Petroleum and Geothermal reservoir
development through specialized expertise in reservoir modeling & simulation. My focus centers on IOR and EOR technologies,
ensuring flow assurance, optimizing production management, utilizing data science, and driving comprehensive field development
strategies. With a dual role as an engineer and a researcher, I've successfully navigated challenges in both conventional and
unconventional reservoirs, consistently delivering analytical and simulation-based innovative solutions. Demonstrating a history of
effective decision-making, I bring a proven track record as both an accomplished engineer and a project manager.
I am a goal-oriented & career-focused team player and leader with excellent communication skills and strong attention to technical
details. I am naturally analytical and passionate about learning and accepting new technical and management challenges. I am always
eager to contribute to achieving set objectives, both for my career growth and for the benefit of the organization. I am confident that
my skills and experience make me a valuable asset to any organization. 

Location
TX, NV
Experience
Ormat Technologies Inc., Reno, NV, USA • Project Reservoir Engineer May 2023 - Present o Reservoir & operations planning & management including high temp. production & injection wells performance optimization. o Proficient in developing conceptual models based on well tests, well logs, and production performance. o Coupled reservoir and wellbore modeling for high-temperature feed zones identification utilizing PTA and PTS wells logs. o PTS & PTA log analysis for sub-surface high temperature and crossflow feed zone determination for well completion. o Surface and sub-surface monitoring and reporting requirements management for federal and local state agencies. o Development of productivity and injectivity curves and power generation performance type curves. o Skilled in designing different types of well tests and providing engineering field supervision for their successful execution. o Expertise in analyzing well-test results to identify potential improvements and optimize production. o Ability to design & review LSPs & ESPs for long-term production optimization and capable of performing pump failure analysis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA • Lecturer & Academic Program Associate Jan 2023 – May 2023 o Development and Teaching multiple Petroleum Engineering courses including; ▪ Improved/ Secondary Oil Recovery and Enhanced Oil Recovery ▪ Petroleum Engineering Lab (Rock and Fluid Properties) ▪ Data Science for Petroleum Engineering o Supervised multiple EOR and data analytics projects for B.S. and M.S. students. • Graduate Researcher | Ph.D. Student | Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant Jan 2019 - Dec 2022 o Developed Smart Physics-Informed Compositional Dimensionless Type Curves and ML-based automated Plug & Play tool ‘W3H–Smart Unconventional EOR’ for Tight Oil EOR pilot designing – Patent Pending at USPTO. o Sub-surface CO2 Storage Mechanisms (CCS) to achieve Net Carbon Zero objectives through smart PXR-AI digitalization. o Hydraulic Fracture Design Optimization for a DOE-funded project ‘Smart Microchip Proppants Technology for Precision Diagnostics of Hydraulic Fracture Networks’ – awarded with 2022 SPE ADIPEC ‘Breakthrough Research of the Year’. o Multiple technical papers and a patent publication in peer-reviewed top-ranked engineering journals and USPTO, respectively. o Delivered Petroleum Engineering Lab, Secondary Recovery, and Enhanced Oil Recovery undergrad courses. Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) Offshore J.V. ExxonMobil, Abu Dhabi, UAE Apr 2012 – Dec 2018 • Reservoir Engineer (Res. Simulation & Field Development, Reservoir Management, Special Technology Projects, R&D) o Techno-economic re-development planning of a complex offshore reservoir in Abu Dhabi with primary, secondary, & tertiary recovery under complex situations including high water cut, high GOR, and in-situ asphaltene precipitation & deposition. o Full-field re-development with long horizontal (MRC) wells and transition from a 5-spot vertical to a horizontal line drive. o MRC wells' lateral and vertical placement as the function of complex reservoir fluid, rock, & petrophysical properties. o Designed infill field trails/ pilots for full field potential analysis at elevated production rates to study field depletion/ optimization scenarios and flow assurance issues due to resultant high GOR and water cut. o Asphaltene characterization & mitigation study conducted along with specially designed PVT/SCAL experiments for complex reservoir fluid under EOR conditions with CO2, N2, and different combinations of produced HC gases as EOR solvents. o Individual string-based oil production & water injection monitoring and performance management for the entire reservoir. o Surface hydrocarbon recovery performance analysis to meet the daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual targets. o Full-field maximum production capacity and technical rate testing with back allocation management. o Surface and sub-surface network modeling through numerical reservoir simulation and network nodal analysis. o Intermittent and inactive strings reactivation short- & long-term planning, management, and field implementation. o Mentored multiple young Reservoir Engineers for reservoir performance analysis and production engineering. The Petroleum Institute, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE Jan 2010 – Mar 2012 • Graduate Researcher | M.S. Student | Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant o A comprehensive horizontal wells placement study for one of the giants and complex reservoirs in Abu Dhabi offshores. o Asphaltene characterization and mitigation study. Conducted multiple PVT analyses and core floods, MS thesis project. o Graduate Teaching Assistant for Enhanced Oil Recovery and Numerical Reservoir Simulation courses.
Skills
The key areas of my expertise and skills include but not limited to; • Classical reservoir & production engineering • Conventional & unconventional EOR applications • Reserve estimation and production forecasting • DCA, RTA, PTA, and material balance calculations • Field development planning & implementation • IOR & EOR planning and implementation • Numerical reservoir modeling & simulation • Techno-economic competitive analysis • Flow assurance (asphaltene) & production optimization • Line shaft & ESP pumps designing with FS & VFD motors • Big data handling, data analysis, and data mining • Young engineers and engineering students mentoring o CMG, ECLIPSE, tNavigator, WinProp, PVTSim, IHS Harmony, Kappa, PipeSim, Prosper, PanSys, MBAL, FracPro, OFM, Finder, Spotfire, Gudrun, and all suits of MS Office, etc. o Excellent working experience with huge data handling & analysis using Spotfire and MS Excel through complex Macros. o Good understanding of Python language for machine learning and data mining applications.
Education
Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering Jan 2019 – Dec 2022 University of Kansas, KS, U.S.A. M.S. in Petroleum Engineering Jan 2010 – Mar 2012 The Petroleum Institute, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. B.Eng. in Petroleum & N. Gas Engineering Jan 2005 – Dec 2008 Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan