Kenan ALiyev's resume

I am seeking a job with a company that offers opportunity to apply gained knowledge and to work in new challenging and multi-lingual environment.

October 2006 – present
BP, GOM Performance Unit, Holstein Subsurface Team, Geologist
Assisting the team in development of drilling plans and monitoring daily operations. Mapping of depositional facies for future development targets, OOIP calibration of principal productive reservoirs, input to RMS models used for reservoir simulation support.

September 2005 – October 2006
BP, Azerbaijan Business Unit, UK, Reservoir & Wells Technical Directorate, Geoscientist
Ensure discipline consistency in analyzing and interpreting formation tops, petrophysical data (including well-logs, core, pressure data and fluid samples). Input and support the data management team covering Geology, Petrophysics, and Reservoir Engineering disciplines. Geophysical interpretation of current 2D and 3D seismic data set. Contribution to renewals/exploration project – new prospects evaluation and derisking of potential reservoirs.

September 2004 – September 2005
BP, AzSPU, Azerbaijan, Azeri Well Planning Team, Development Geologist
Led the appraise stage of well planning and execution. The duty included operation and wellsite geology activities, preparation of formation evaluation requirements and data acquisition strategy. Construction of geological maps and cross-sections for well planning purposes. 3D geological model interrogation and submission of geological prognosis. Quality check of planned trajectories and seismic volume ties.

June, 2002- August, 2002
BP, AzSPU, UK. Azerbaijan Exploration New Business Regional Team, Intern Geoscientist
Amu-Dar’ya basin study– The target was to evaluate the biggest hydrocarbon basin in the Central Asia. Prepare petroleum system diagram for each segment of the basin. Also, the task included assessment of the basin resources and estimation of the exploration potential of the basin

June 2001 – May 2002
SalyanOil Co. Ltd. Azerbaijan, Junior geologist
The duty was to conduct well log interpretation for operational purposes and also directly work with subsurface mapping team by providing petrophysical data. (Left to participate in Scholarship Program).

March 2001 – June 2001
SalyanOil Co. Ltd., Azerbaijan, Geologist-Trainee
Preparing LAS, ASCII, SMT files for a subsurface mapping team.

August 2002 –August 2004,
M.Sc. Petroleum Engineering. Department of Petroleum Engineering, (GPA 3.6/4.0) Texas A&M University, Texas, USA
Thesis: Evaluation of permeability anisotropy in the Tilje Fromation, North Sea.

August 2001 – May 2002,
Non-degree, Geology, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA
Scholarship Program for Azeri Geoscintists, sponsored by American Geological Institute, ExxonMobil and Chevron

September 1999 – July 2001,
M.Sc. Geology, Faculty of Geology, Department of Exploration Mineral Resources, (GPA 4.0/4.0), Baku State University, Azerbaijan
Thesis: 3D geological modeling gold-ore deposit in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan

September 1995 – July 1999
B.Sc. in Geology, Faculty of Geology, Department of Exploration Mineral Resources (3.7/4.0)
Research: The perspectives of geological survey in onshore oil field Sabunchi-Romani-Surakhani, Azerbaijan

Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers (Mentor of SPE Student Chapter); Global Well Planning and Execution Network; Geological Interpretation Network; Petrophysical Network Co-leader - Azeris Subsurface Network

Computer skills
Technical:
Openworks, GeoProbe, GOCAD, Geolog, EarthVision, Petcom (PowerLog), Geographix, IHSE Probe, Visual Basic Application, Geographix
Basic Awareness: Eclipse, FrontSim,

Others:
Microsoft Office, Corel Draw, Adobe, Canvas.

Accomplishments
American Geological Institute Non-Degree Scholarship
BP Scholarship for Petroleum Engineers and Geoscientists