Nirav - Geologist

To working an organization, which gives an opportunity to explore talent, recognizes capabilities, believe in team work and continuous improvement dealing or combating with diverse circumstances arising in the Petroleum or Mining field.

KNOWLEDGE OF:
- Geoscientific terminology relevant to the Petroleum Industry, Geological
Processes, Aspects of Petroleum Generation, Migration, Accumulation and
Production, Logs, Wire line logs, Interpretation of the elements of
Petroleum exploration, Design of field appraisal and Evaluation of
Geological Controls on Hydrocarbon Volumes and Field performance, Analysis
of Geological input in Petroleum operations and Critical assessment of data
requirements from wells.
-Origin of the Oil and Gas Reservoirs, Properties of Reservoir Rock, Static
and Flow properties of reservoir fluids,Hydrocarbon volume model in the
reservoir, Flow behaviour of Hydrocarbon and Water through reservoir rock and
Production performance of vertical and horizontal wells, various recovery
mechanisms, Water Influx and Water Coning.
- Application and Use of Total Survey Station (Theodometer)
- Underground Coal Gasification and its Environmental factor
- Petrology & Mineralogy (Analysis in the Field and in the Laboratory)
- Engineering & Structural Geology, Plate tectonics, Geological Mapping
- Stratigraphy, Palaeontology
- Ore processes, Beneficiation and Mining methods
- Offshore facility concepts, Types of Fixed Offshore platforms with key
design, Fabrication and Installation issues and area of applicability,
Concepts of Marine Geology, Hazards affecting Marine facilities, Offshore
Pipeline Engineering, Key design parameters and Operation of Drilling Jack
up platforms.
- Properties of Petroleum fluids, change in fluid when passes through the
production/refining facilities to market and the impact of changes on the
fluid’s composition and properties, work of equation of state and their
strengths and limitations in predicting fluid properties, HYSYS standard
process modelling software to predict fluid behaviour and understand the
limitations in the prediction process, Able to critically assess a fluid
characterisation report.
- Drilling rigs, Functions of Rig Components, Drilling Hydraulics, Drill
String, Casing, Cementing program, Design of Typical Directional Well
Profile, Fundamentals of Well Completion.

- Software
o SESAM- GiNie - For Designing Offshore Platform.
o COMSOL Multyphysics - For Reservoir Simulation
o HYSYS – For Fluid Processing

- Graduate Diploma in Oil & Gas Engineering, University of Western Australia,
Perth, Australia.February 2009 – November 2009
- Master in Science (Geology), Gujarat University, India.
June 2006 – May 2008
- Bachelor in Science (Geology), Gujarat University, India.
June 2003 – May 2003

-Industrial visit at Weatherford Oil rig & Origin energy, Dongra, Western Australia.

-Demonstrated Model of Seismograph in 32nd State Science-Maths Exhibition, India.