SPE-GCS In-Person: HFTS-2: An Oxy Special Session

Speakers

Speaker Sriram Pudugramam, Simulation Design Manager, Occidental
Sriram's team supports the Texas Delaware Basin and Midland Basin Business Units on development planning decisions using geological and simulation modeling. His team also leads the effort for the conception and execution of EOR in Unconventional Reservoirs. His previous role at Oxy was a Reservoir Engineer in the conventional asset …

Sriram's team supports the Texas Delaware Basin and Midland Basin Business Units on development planning decisions using geological and simulation modeling. His team also leads the effort for the conception and execution of EOR in Unconventional Reservoirs. His previous role at Oxy was a Reservoir Engineer in the conventional asset where he managed the operations of the most mature CO2 flooded oil field in the Permian Basin. Previously, he also worked at Shell supporting assets in South East Asia and North Africa. Sriram has a Masters in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Sriram is also a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.

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Speaker Kanay Jerath, Senior Petrophysicist, Occidental
Kanay Jerath is a Senior Petrophysicist at Occidental with focus on developing petrophysical interpretations and workflows for the Permian Resources group. He received a Master’s in Petroleum Engineering from University of Texas at Austin in 2011 and has since worked with Anadarko Petroleum and Occidental in Gulf of Mexico, International …


Kanay Jerath is a Senior Petrophysicist at Occidental with focus on developing petrophysical

interpretations and workflows for the Permian Resources group. He received a Master’s in Petroleum

Engineering from University of Texas at Austin in 2011 and has since worked with Anadarko Petroleum

and Occidental in Gulf of Mexico, International Deepwater and Onshore assignments. He serves on the

editorial board of SPWLA Young Professionals Newsletter and is a technical reviewer for Formation

Evaluation publications for SPE and URTeC. An interesting problem he is currently working on is the use

of cloud-based software to automate interpretation of very large petrophysical datasets.

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Speaker Matt Jones, Completions Engineering Advisor, Occidental
Matt Jones graduated from Texas A&M University in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering. His background is in production engineering, completion engineering, and workovers. From 2014–2017, he supported Anadarko’s Eagleford asset in South Texas as a Production Engineer, and his primary focuses where production surveillance, remedial workovers, and …

Matt Jones graduated from Texas A&M University in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering. His background is in production engineering, completion engineering, and workovers. From 2014–2017, he supported Anadarko’s Eagleford asset in South Texas as a Production Engineer, and his primary focuses where production surveillance, remedial workovers, and artificial lift design and optimization.  From 2017–2019, he supported Anadarko’s Delaware Basin asset in West Texas as a Sr. Completions Engineer, and his primary focuses where hydraulic stimulations of unconventional horizontal wells, coiled tubing cleanouts, and other completion-based operations.  When Occidental acquired Anadarko in late 2019, he transitioned roles to be a Completions Engineering Supervisor for the Delaware Basin asset.  In May 2021, he moved to Occidental’s Worldwide Drilling & Completions Team as a Completions Engineering Advisor, where he supports completions company-wide.

 

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Speaker Yu Zhao, Reservoir Engineer, Occidental

Yu provides unconventional simulation and EOR process design support to TX Delaware and Midland Basin BUs. Yu also has extensive interests and experience in fiber optic (FO) data analysis and interpretation. Yu earned a PhD degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

Speaker Chris Ginn, Senior Geologist, Occidental
Chris holds a B.S in Geology from the College of Charleston and a M.S. in Geology from the University of Georgia. He began his career in 2013 and worked exclusively with Anadarko until subsequently joining Occidental via merger. He has spent most of his career working on fault and fracture …

Chris holds a B.S in Geology from the College of Charleston and a M.S. in Geology from the University of Georgia. He began his career in 2013 and worked exclusively with Anadarko until subsequently joining Occidental via merger. He has spent most of his career working on fault and fracture characterization projects and specializes in image log analysis, seismic interpretation, and core descriptions in onshore and deep-water venues around the world.

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Speaker Jichao Han, Senior Reservoir Engineer, Occidental
Jichao focuses on unconventional reservoir modeling and optimization in Permian Basin. He received Bachelors and Masters degrees in petroleum engineering from China University of Petroleum and a Ph.D. degree in petroleum engineering of Texas A&M University. He is a technical reviewer for the Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering and …

Jichao focuses on unconventional reservoir modeling and optimization in Permian Basin. He received Bachelors and Masters degrees in petroleum engineering from China University of Petroleum and a Ph.D. degree in petroleum engineering of Texas A&M University. He is a technical reviewer for the Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering and the Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering.

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