CHIEF GEOLOGIST

Contribute to professionally managed petroleum exploration and production company in the area of petroleum exploration.This pursuit and endeavour shall be to the benefit of the scientific community with utmost devotion to unveil truth.

Professional Experience, Skills & Achievements:
Period Important Experience, Skills & Achievements:
1983-1989 Well site geologist of onshore exploratory wells of K-G basin: Exploratory & Development well planning, GTO preparation, Detection of Hydrocarbon zones & their assessment through cuttings/cores, well logs etc. Well site geologist in offshore exploratory wells: -Well planning, Operation of Mud Logging Units, High pressure prediction Preparation of Geological correlations, maps & cross sections.
1989-1990 Geological field mapping of Western Manipur hills in hostile environment
1990-1992 Supervision of geological operation of Upper Assam (Dhansiri valley Assam shelf area) Well planning, Co-ordination of Geo-technical activities, Formation evaluation & preparation of Well testing proposals. Well Completion Report preparation.
1992-1999 Exploration & Development Geology: - Production & Development work of North Kadi, Bechraji, Jotana& Linch fields, Updated/ Modified geological model. Reserve Estimation of fields of North Cambay Basin. Preparation of Geological Models, Seismo-geological Interpretation and Prospect generation.
1999-2004 Reservoir Management of oilfields, Preparation of Geological Models, Seismo-geological Interpretation and Prospect generation. Work over planning & monitoring: Study, identification of oil & gas well sickness. Preparation of work over plans. Execution & monitoring of workover operations. Team Leader for reservoir management of a depletion driven oilfield as well as water driven clastic oilfield
2004- to date Asset management of North Cambay oilfields both heavy and light oils. Producing 50.000BOPD from brown fields.

Academic Qualifications:
Degree University Year of
passing Division
I B. Sc (Honors) in APPLIED GEOLOGY INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES,
DHANBAD 1981 1St
Ii M.Sc. APPLIED GEOLOGY ………………..do………….. 1983 1St
Iii PG Diploma (PETROLEUM EXPLORATION) ………………..do………….. 1999 1St

• Training:
Apart from a multidisciplinary induction training program, obtained training in various facets of Geological and Geophysical exploration and Reservoir and Production Engineering. Also participated in a number of development courses on management.
• Papers published:
Presented & published about seventy technical papers in various conferences and journals in India and abroad.

Professional strengths:
• Opportunity generation in mature fields, develop geologic models integrating well, seismic and reservoir data, reservoir models for simulation.
• Reservoir management of enhanced oil recovery projects of heavy oil and improved oil recovery of light oil.
• Knowledge of basin modeling, Sub-surface mapping, and Hydrocarbon prospect identification. Regular proposer of exploratory locations with high success ratio on drilling.
• Monitoring drilling wells, Formation evaluation and Reserve estimation.
• Geological thought processing with the ability to identify strongly with the objectives and work within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Geological field mapping (surface)
• Written and oral skills for effective communication
• Strong background in Exploration and Development Geology as well as Operational Geology.
• Working knowledge of allied disciplines Geophysics, Reservoir Engineering and Well Logging.
• Techno-economic evaluation including stripper wells analysis.