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EMAIL AVAILABLE PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE Stoneybrook Stn. Pkwy, Huntersville, NC 28078 Summary With over 11 Years of strong experience as Petroleum Engineer (Reservoir + Production + Completions + Operations + Project Economics) with strong industrial, research and academic background Published Papers on the topic predicting the onset of liquid loading in various-inclination Gas Wells with 59 Citations & growing Full cycle experience of reservoir & production engineering and well operations in exploration and development (operations, well testing, reservoir modeling & simulation, FDP, Production forecast & completions design) projects integrating data from well tests, cores, and static G&G data Experience of conventional and unconventional reservoirs in diverse locations - United States of America, Russia, Oman, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Ecuador, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Canada & India Expertise in Multiphase flow through pipes and porous media and planning and executing well test and intervention operations Team player in multi-disciplined / multi-cultural teams, capable of articulating ideas to junior and senior technical staff and managers Also Focusing on narrowing CO2 Emissions, enhancing Sustainability and Carbon Capture PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCESenior Project Advisor Aug 2022 PresentSAS Advisors FZ-LLC and Knight Energy Inc. Analyzed [technical] & assessed Oil and Gas assets in United Kingdom, Ukraine & Ecuador and evaluated the economic project potential for a client seeking investmento Conducted Reserves study based on PRMS guidelines and evaluated the PDP, PUD, PDNP and Probable reserves based on the production trends for the clients to understand the existing reserve base and derived asset cash flow model o Evaluated possible waterflooding recoveries & water injection patterns for the assets in Ecuador Prepared pitch deck encapsulating project economics and key upside production dynamics to be shared with the investment committee to secure investment Conducted a detailed evaluation of various Oil and Gas producing cxonventional and unconventional properties in the North American Oil& Gas basins for a client [Streamline Oil & Gas] in Lower 48 Williston, Eagleford, Permian, Appalachian, Anadarko, Granite Wash [Stack- Scoop], Anadarko, Arkoma, Dj Basin, Utica and Mississippi. Prepared Production profiles for client in the middle east with high number of wells incorporating an extensive drilling program with 3 onshore Rigs Planned and supervised the workover operations to a client increase active well count and double the oil production Conducting cost optimization and inventory check to reduce well downtime for the client to minimize the OPEX per Well and hence maximize the Profit margin in the revenues from the oil sales Maintaining an un-hindered support to operations team to exchange well related essential data and provide suggestions for priority tasks Assessed and analyzed extensive well test data (PTA & RTA) for the clients to estimate possible reservoir extent and available pore volume for injection design to augment the declining reservoir pressure Digitized the available formation data with an objective to prepare a section wise formation map to determine best drilling locations in the blocko Using the available log properties, offset well production history and the decline rate to forecast the well production and estimate the cash flow at NPV 10% Conducted an economic review on many oil & gas wells, available upsides and mineral interests for a client (buyers point of view) looking into acquiring some producing wells in the USAChief Specialist Reservoir Engineering Aug 2018 Aug 2022 RN -BVK LLC, Moscow Working in the Kurdistan, Iraq asset division with Naturally Fractured Reservoirs (Heterogeneity Level: High) Performed Asset Evaluation for 5 blocks (more than 25 fields and over 60 wells) o Conducted Well Test Analysis (PTA, RTA and DST) for Oil and Gas + Condensate Well tests o Performed Subsurface Data analysis involving QA/QC of Data and integrated analysis of Pressure-Temperature Data to predict and define well behavioro Reviewed petrophysical model from Reservoir engineering aspect to evaluate the water breakthrough in producers and make realistic predictionso Integrated analysis of Pressure and Production historical data using Simulations (Eclipse, Kappa, MBal and Prosper) to predict Well production-pressure behavior and need for Artificial lifting (ESP and Rod lift) in oil wells o Derived P10, P90 and P50 STOIIPs and EURs using Normalized Rates Cumulative Methods to enhance the research of G&G team with reserve estimation for Jurassic Oil and Triassic Gas Condensate Fields Performed Field Planning and Development Strategies o Planned drilling strategies and locations in geologically and geomechanically derived hydrocarbon stores o Designed DSTs (with stimulation), interference test and operations of Well testing (PTA and RTA) for producer wells. Developed work over programs for wells to be activated to production stream o Designed, Simulated and Proposed a Multilayer Acid frac for the Tight Gas Condensate Reservoir and evaluated distance from Gas Water contact using PTA to optimize safe Frac design o Designed Horizontal wells up to 600-1800 ft and predicted Productivity index to define the optimum completion Equipment o Involved in FDP and developing production profiles (Integrated 3D and 2D simulation) for the Economic division to understand the project IRR and NPVo Created Field production facility model on GAP with pipe dimensions to examine the reasons for Facility Gas Kick Key Complex Engineering Milestoneso Designed PVT for Gas Condensate Reservoir (high GLR) o Used Shekhar et al. to propose issues of Liquid loading in late life of field to estimate reliable EURs o Analyzed the Production Scheme for Triassic Gas Condensate Reservoirs o Carbon Emission reduction Due to high GOR, revised and proposed technology for Gas Capturing and utilization to run segments above dew point and enhance liquid recovery Proposed Gas utilization project to upper management to reduce Flaring and enhance electricity supply in region Working on a proposal to convert Deep wells (Partially abandoned) into Geothermal Well and evaluating the Economics aspects of the project IRR Evaluated other field in Region like Atrush, Akkas, BinaBawi, Chemchamal, Soudeiyah, Kirkuk, Peshkabir, Tawke, Shaikan, Bejil, Sheikh Adi, Linava, Sufaya, Jebel Simrit, BardaRash, Swara Tika, Mangesh, Mirawa, Jisik, Gulak, Gali Structure, Rovi and More Presented the data, analysis and plans to Ministry of Natural Resources Kurdistan, upper management, and Investment wing to seek way forward Total decision-making worth more than 150 Million USD Reservoir Engineer (Full Time) Dec 2017 Jul 2018 Petrotel Inc., Plano, TX, USA Operations and Testing of Gas wells (tight carbonate) o Provided engineering support to the Oman Operations team for well testing methods for Jet Pump tubing lifting operations and de- liquification of wellso Designed Gas well test cases and analyzed the results using pressure transient analysis tool to import the matched well model into reservoir simulatoro To improve productivity, suggested standard Acid frac job based on successful Gas producers in Oman Software Evaluation, Simulation & Predictiono Created simulation case for water flooding and analyzed the time for pressure build up numerically and analytically o Conducted evaluation of In-house software for well testing, reservoir modeling, simulation and post processing and compared it with the state-of-the-art industry software Presented the evaluations to the senior management for engineering approvals. Overall decision-making experience of worth over 10 Million USD.Part Time Consultant Nov 2017Tulsa, OK, USA Technical Consulting Experienceo Conducted well test analysis (PTA) for available well tests and determine the storativity in fractures and matrix, reservoir pressure, thickness and interiority flow coefficient.o Analyzed the production history of the mature wells and conducted decline curve analysis to predict EUR of wells and field (Naturally fractured carbonate - Kazakhstan).o Designed well models for 4 wells with 12 years of production history and matched the latest productivity index in 3D simulations. Graduate Research Assistant (Sponsors: TUCRS, Conoco Phillips and Chevron) Aug 2014 Nov 2017 University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, USA Analyzed extensive field and lab data from shale gas condensate producing fields to develop a mechanistic model and empirical correlations for accurate prediction of liquid loading in gas wells in Williston, Eagleford, Permian, DJ basin, Utica, Haynesville and Stack/Scoop Successfully developed a model to predict onset of liquid loading and its location in the well for vertical, inclined and horizontal wells with high accuracy Wrote a commercial level software for the model which yields critical velocity and location of liquid loading in a well Analyzed the foam flow field and lab data with an objective to develop mechanistic model for foam flow INTERNSHIPS Reservoir Engineer Intern, Cairn, India Feb 2014 May 2014 Reservoir Engineer Intern, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, India Aug 2013 Nov 2013 Reservoir Engineer Intern, Oil India Limited, India Jan 2013 Aug 2013 Wireline Segment Intern, Schlumberger, India Sep 2012 Jun 2013 The internships above captured best practices and aspects of Field Evaluation and development methods with a detailed inclusion of other segments like Geology, Petrophysics, Petroleum and Mechanical engineering EDUCATIONThe University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, USA Completed Aug 2016 Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering GPA 3.75/4.00 Course Work: Advanced Reservoir, Production and Drilling Engineering, EOR/IOR, Integrated Reservoir Modelling, Two Phase Flow modelling, Partial Differential Equations and Geo Mechanics Jaypee Institute of Information and Technology, Noida, UP, India Completed Jun 2013 Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communications PUBLICATIONS Improved Prediction of Liquid Loading in Gas Wells, 2017, Authors: Candidate's Name , Mohan Kelkar, W.J. Hearn and L.L. Hain; SPE Productions and Operations Prediction of Onset of Liquid Loading in Vertical, Inclined and Near Horizontal Wells, 2016, Authors: Candidate's Name and Mohan Kelkar; Presented at SPE North American Artificial Lift System Conference ACADEMIC PROJECTS EOR, CO2 and Waterflooding Simulation based recovery comparison in Eclipse and CMG PETREL RE Modelling and Simulation offshore Norwegian Oil Field with 42 Wells Performed Nodal Analysis on PIPSIM to decide optimum tubing size for maximizing production in a well Gas Lift system sensitivity analysis and design conducted on PIPSIM to evaluate the right valve depths and injection rates Designed a tool for pad drilling strategy to obtain real time Mechanical Specific Energy for optimization of Drilling performance Designed a drilling application to determine UCS and optimum ROP of a formation by given drilling parameters and bit-rock interface lawsSOFTWARE/PROGRAMMING SKILLS PETREL, ECLIPSE (SLB), CMG, PIPESIM, Kappa Engineering, MBAL, PROSPER, GAP, PVTSIM, PVTP, REVEAL, ARIES, IHS Harmony, OFM, OLGA, Tableau, PYTHON, MATLAB, Visual Basic, C, Microsoft Office Willing to Learn more software tools like Landmark Nexus CERTIFICATIONS PVT Modeling of Gas Condensate Fluids, Rosneft Nov 2020 ARIES, Halliburton and University of Tulsa Nov 2016 WEATHERFORD ARTIFICIAL LIFT Course, Weatherford and University of Tulsa April 2015 PETREL- RE, Schlumberger Sep 2013 Seismic Interpretation, Schlumberger Aug 2013 Field Development Concept Course, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons Aug 2013 |
