Fernando Oliva CV Chemical Engineer MBA Oil&Gas

I am a highly skilled Professional with more than 10 years’ experience in the Exploration and Production Sector. Experience acquired working at PETROBRAS ARGENTINA as Project/Process Engineer in the Onshore Upstream Surface Facilities Division.

PETROBRAS, ARGENTINA - Upstream Development Division - E&P Sector
UPSTREAM DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER
(2009 - Present) Petrobras Corporate in Buenos Aires. Technical assistance for upstream facilities projects.
In this position, my role has a wide strategic vision of all projects in the upstream company portfolio. Working with interdisciplinary group of other divisions, such as Reservoir, Drilling and Production to define and review project proposals. Besides being responsible for defining and managing new facilities development projects, I am involved in various technical-economic optimization projects with the main objective of overseeing all facilities of a basin region to ensure that all technical requirements are met in concordance with the Upstream Business Plan.

PETROBRAS, ARGENTINA - Upstream Development Division - E&P Sector
PROCESS AND PROJECT ENGINEER
(2004 - 2008) Petrobras Applied Technology Center based in Neuquén.
In charge of upstream facilities projects for new and existing development of oil and gas fields (Neuquén and Austral Basin in Argentina). Responsible for the planning, directing, managing, supervising and controlling the development and implementation of a diverse range of upstream surface facilities projects from conception through to completion and handover to the operating sector. As a leader of a project, my strong contributions to success were management and process engineering, mainly in conceptual/FEED phase.

Trinity Biotech Plc., Ireland.
(Sep 2002 - Sep 2003) CHEMICAL TECHNICIAN
*Work place at chemical laboratory, in the production area dedicated to biotechnological processes.
*Working Within a team, following quality manuals and standardized procedures.

POSTGRADUATE STUDIES
MSc in Reservoir Engineering (Mar 2010 - Dic 2010)
Finished (610 hrs.)
Lectured by the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Oil and Gas Department, Buenos Aires.

Executive Master in Business and Administration (Aug 2001 - Aug 2002)
Finished (700 hrs.)
Dictated by IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain.

Master in Technology and Management of Energy Companies (Aug 2001 - Aug 2002)
Finished (800 hrs.)
Dictated by the Superior Institute of Energy (ISE), Repsol, Spain.

Master Executive in Technology and Quality Management (Mar 2001 - Jul 2001)
First semester exams taken and passed (300 hrs. out of 600 hrs.)
Dictated jointly by the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) and the School of Industrial Organization of Spain (EOI), Buenos Aires.

GRADUATE STUDIES
Chemical Engineer with Honors (Joaquin V. Gonzales Award) (Feb 1996 - Mar 2001)
Graduated from the National University of La Plata (UNLP), Buenos Aires.