Operations Geologist

Pursuing a challenging career in the field of Oil & Gas Exploration & Exploitation, where I can prove my metal for progress and prosperity of the organization in terms of professional excellence, merit, result orientation and accountability.

BP Pakistan, (Bharia Complex I, Karachi.)
January 2009 – To date

Operations Geologist
Working as a Operations Geologist with BP Pakistan based on rig where exploration and appraisal drilling projects are typically undertaken as well as office based preparing final well reports & completion logs to company’s specifications.

Key Responsibilities:-
• Responsible for analyzing, evaluating and describing formations while drilling using cuttings, gas, and wireline data; comparing data gathered during drilling with predictions made at exploration stage.
• Identify lithostratigraphic formation boundaries, casing setting depths and coring points as well as responsible for making decisions about suspending or continuing drilling in coordination with the exploration team.
• Liaising with drilling/petroleum/reservoir engineers to steer the well on their target to get maximum reservoir & achieve project goals.
• Provides advisory support and geological guidance on drilling hazards to drilling division through their representative on rig site.
• Quality Assurance and supervision of geological service companies including mud logging, wire line & LWD/MWD.
• Ensures fulfillment of drilling, geological/reservoir requirements and fully implementations of well programs; acting in effect, as the representative of the geology team; ensuring transmission of logs and reports to the management and to the joint venture partners.

Oil & Gas Development Company Ltd. (Blue Area, Islamabad.)
December 2006 – January 2009

Wellsite Geologist
Worked as a Well Site Geologist at OGDCL Exploration & Development fields at: QadirPur, Kunnar , Sono, Thal, Guddu, Thata & Sanghar.

Key Responsibilities:-
• Monitor geological well operation during drilling and acquire drilling and geological data through data acquisition system.
• Examination of flush cutting/core samples & Evaluation of hydrocarbon shows, gas and its chromatography.
• Witnessing Wireline logging & MDT operation and making a quick look analysis on the site.
• Prepare daily geological & final well reports, charts and other assignments.
• Comply with the HSE policies and records any deviation there-off, to create awareness among team and maintain discipline, confidentiality and repute of the company.

M.Sc. Geology (1ST Class), University of Karachi, Dec, 2003
B.Sc. (H) Geology University of Karachi, Dec, 2002

Trainee Geologist
Worked as a Trainee Geologist & completed one year training at PR & TI as well as worked on several projects with departments: Development Geology, Prospect Generation, Petrophysical Division & Geological Well Supervision.

Skills Acquired:-
• 2D Seismic Interpretation & Creation of Time/Depth Contour Maps.
• Generation of Isopach/Isocore Maps
• Generation of Structural/Stratigraphic X-Sections & Creation of Geo-seismic Sections.
• Formation Evaluation of Prospective zones: Water Resistivity, Hydrocarbon saturations, & Net-Pays




• Basic Wire Line Logs Interpretation
• Subsurface Geological Mapping
• Fundamentals concepts of Seismic Interpretation
• Reservoir Fluid Properties
• Introduction to Sequence Stratigraphy
• Introduction to Exploration Geochemistry
• Routine & Advanced Rock Properties (Fundamentals Of Core Analysis)

Litho & biofacies of the Laminated Hemipelagic Sediments from Makran Slope, North Arabian Sea. (Annual Technical Conference, 8-9 October 2004. Islamabad, Pakistan).

Offshore Mineral Resource Prospects of Pakistan’s Exclusive Economic Zone. (National Conference on Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Mineral Resources of Pakistan, 20-22 July 2004).