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Senior Petroleum Engineering Associate

 

 

Education

Degree in Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Buenos Aires University

MSc in Petroleum Engineering, Heriott Watt University, Scotland

Now doing an MBA in Oil and Gas Management at CEPMLP, Dundee, Scotland (more than 50% done)

Professional Profile

Communication and Team Work: Working on team projects and daily operations has allowed me to develop negotiation and persuasion skills. I have worked with people from many countries in multidiscipline teams, and also with consultants.

Languages: Spanish, English, French

Computing: Operation systems used: Eclipse package, Saphir, WellFlo, MBAL, Prosper, Petrel RE, OFM, Pan System.

Work Experience

MHA PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS, INC., Lakewood, Colorado:
(2007 - Present) Associate Petroleum Engineering Consultant
Project consultant – Integrated field studies, reservoir simulation studies, reserve audits, property valuations and tax studies, gas storage simulation studies, coalbed and coal mine methane development.

SHELL RIJSWIJK, the Netherlands:
(2005 to 2006) Senior Reservoir Engineer
Reservoir engineer for the Algerian Exploration project. Dry gas project with 15 wells in 2 blocks, 8 dry gas fields discovered. Some of the fields are tight sandstone with high permeability streaks and fractures.

PERENCO PLC, Gabon, West Africa:
(2003 to 2005) Subsurface and Planning Manager
Head of the Subsurface and Planning Department. Responsibilities: Well proposals, WO proposals, well intervention proposals, production prediction, secondary recovery projects, budgets, AFEs, TCMs. Supervising of Reservoir and Petroleum Engineers, and Development and Well Site geologists. More than 20 fields (+200 wells) operated by the company. Interact with the company’s Geoscience office in Europe.

PERENCO PLC, London, United Kingdom:
(2002 to 2003) Senior Reservoir Engineer
Working for both New Business and Geosciences Teams. Responsibilities: A) In New Business: Data rooms, study the fields, make recommendations, and run cashflows. B) In Geosciences: Study fields operated by the company, calculate reserves, propose development plan, Numerical Simulation, well testing. Work with consultants.

PECOM ENERGIA SA, Caracas, Venezuela:
(1997 to 2001) Senior Reservoir Engineer.
Team Member of Integrated Studies in three Oil Fields. Responsibilities: Development plans, Numerical Simulation (Eclipse, Grid), Economical Analysis, Work Over and Drilling programs, Disposal Water Injection. Other people in the team: Geologists, Petrophysicists and Geophysicists from different countries. Permanent contact with people working in the fields. Work with consultants.

PECOM ENERGIA SA, Neuquen, Argentina:
(1996 to 1997) Reservoir Engineer:
Team Member for Integrated Studies of Oil Fields in Bolivia, Brazil, Peru and Venezuela. These studies were done to evaluate oil fields for participation in Licensing Rounds. Responsibilities: Oil in Place and Reserve Calculations, Investments (Drilling and Work Over), Development plans, Economical Analysis. Team formed by engineers, geologists, petrophysicists, drilling, production and facilities people.

PECOM ENERGIA SA, Rio Negro, Argentina:
(1995 to 1996) Petroleum Engineer
Team leader of the Reservoir Engineering Group formed by three engineers, one Work Over supervisor and one technician. The team was responsible for Development Plans, Reserve Calculations, Budget Managing, Monitoring Secondary Recovery Projects, Work Overs. All these tasks were undertaken with interaction with other teams (production, facilities) of the company and people from service companies.

PECOM ENERGIA SA, Neuquen, Argentina:
(1992 to 1995) Junior Engineer:
Responsibilities: Monitoring Secondary Recovery Projects, Supervising and Interpretation of Well Tests, Stimulation Design, Well Interventions, Well Log supervising, Reserve Calculations (Proven Developed). All these tasks involved interacting with many people from the company and people from service companies.

Soletanche-Bachy, Neuquen, Patagonia Argentina:
(1990 to 1991) Junior Engineer:
Piedra del Aquila Dam: Responsibilities: Perforation and Injection parameters registration

Publications

  1. “Sensitivity Analysis on the two-phase flow properties on a Turbidite Reservoir” SPE paper 81020
  2. “A Novel Approach To Production Logging in Multiphase Horizontal Wells” SPE paper 89848