Marine and Land Seismic Acquisition Consultant

To work as Client Representative on land or marine seismic crews or Seismic Acquisition Specialist in Operating company.

Well-qualified Geophysical Engineer with 12 years experience in both Land and Marine 2D and 3D seismic. Having joined the CGG Land as Field QC and Processing Geophysicist in 1997 I worked with this company in different countries for various client companies until becoming Quality Assurance and Technical Advisor for Arabian Geophysical and Surveying Company, a subsidiary of CGG in Saudi Arabia. In 2004 I joined Lukoil Saudi Arabia Energy as Chief Geophysicist responsible for execution of land seismic data acquisition and processing projects. In 2007 I left Saudi Arabia and joined Marine Division of CGGVeritas as Senior On-board QC and Processing Geophysicist. Since 2008 I became independent geophysical consultant.During my career in seismic industry I held various technical and managerial positions for both Contractor and Client companies where I have gained extensive knowledge of 2D and 3D Land and Marine seismic acquisition operations and industry’s QHSE standards and requirements. Have hands-on technical experience, conducted personnel training and technical audits, hard working and self-motivated.

Sep 08 – Present MM-GEO LIMITED (UK): Geophysical Consultant
Apr 07 – Sep 08 CGGVeritas Marine (France): Senior QC and Processing Geophysicist
Oct 04 – Apr 07 Lukoil Saudi Arabia Energy Ltd. (Saudi Arabia): Chief Geophysicist, Manager of Geological Modelling and Database Department
Oct 02 – Sep 04 CGG Land/ARGAS (France): Quality Assurance and Technical Advisor
Aug 96 – Sep 02 CGG Land (France): Field QC and Processing Geophysicist,
Senior Field Geophysicist
Jun 96 – Aug 96 Russian-American Joint Venture “SAFAIRG” (Russia): Processing Geophysicist

1992-1997: State Academy of Oil and Gas named after I.M. Gubkin, Moscow, Russia. Specialization: Geophysical Methods of Exploration for Oil and Gas fields. Graduated as Geophysical Engineer.

2007: BOSIET (Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Training)
2006: Development Geology
2006: Introduction to Petrel Geological Modelling
2005: GeoFrame Fundamentals and IESX Basic Seismic Interpretation
2003: Team Management
2003: Sercel SQC-Pro Advanced Training
2002: Quality Management System
2001: Field GeoVecteur Software and Geoland (Advanced Training)
1999: Sercel SN 388 Recording System and VE416 vibro-electronics
1997: Field GeoVecteur Software for Seismic Data Processing

Safety & Medical Examination:
05.09.2008 Medical certificate #H-439740, expiry: 05.00.2010
03.05.2007 Basic Offshore Safety Induction Emergency Training and HUET,
Certificate #0527/07, expiry: 02.05.2011

Languages and Special Knowledge:
English language (fluent);
Russian language (native);
French language (some);
Good knowledge of computer, some programming skills;
Geovecteur Plus, Geocluster processing software, Geoland and Fast QC software (Petrosystems, CGG);
ProMax processing software version 6.0 (Landmark), some GMG and Golden Geophysical’s applications (refraction statics, velocity law picking, geometry);
MESA field management software, GPSeismic, Testif-I instrument QC, SPSPro, P1Tools, MultiSeis reporting;
Unix and Linux OS;
Geoframe software (2D/3D IESX, CPS, GeoViz), Petrel 2005 (Schlumberger);
Surfer, CorelDraw, MapInfo, ArcView;
Seismic data recording systems: Sercel SN388, Sercel 408UL, Sercel 428XL, Seal;
Vibrators I/O AHV-III and AHV-IV, Mertz, VE416 and VE432, Pelton VibPro, Sercel VQC88;Macha shooting system; Gunlink source controller; Trimble DGPS, Leica DGPS;
Processing hardware installation (workstations, tape drives, plotters, printers, NCDs and local networks).
IAGC and UKOOA HSE standards for land and marine seismic operations;