PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Jun 2013- Dec 2015 Marathon Oil Corporation, Senior Petrophysicist
Integrated Reservoir Characterization group
Integrated project Petrophysicist: GOM, Gabon, Kurdistan, Unconventional plays projects.
Tight gas & oil reservoirs.
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Wind River, Green River Basins, Granite Wash plays: petrophysical analysis, petrophysical model with integration of core data, provide data for geological mapping.
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Oklahoma tight gas (Red Folk, Skinner formations) waterflood project: routine prtrophysical evaluation, analyze permeability and facies identification based on it, facies correlation between wells, work with multi-discipline specialists to correlate petrophycics, production and injection data to optimize injection strategy.
Unconventional shale plays.
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Eagle Ford, Austin Chalk, Pearsall: created universal rock physic model for unconventional shale (in collaboration with Lev Vernik) that allows to predict elastic properties and geomechanical parameters from petrophysical parameters, mineral composition, kerogen, crack density and effective stress, coded it in Techlog; participated in creating new in industry very successful technique with minimum log data to identify the best landing zone for EGFD formation and for completion purposes in lateral wells.
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San Juan and Piceance Basins, Gabon and Congo: worked for exploration team with multi-discipline specialists to analyze different type unconventional reservoirs with different levels of maturity, provided petrophysical model and interpretation, rock physics and geomechanics modeling.
Conventional reservoirs.
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Deep water GOM: petrophysical model, fluid substitution and rock physics modeling, core and reservoir engineering data integration, OWC estimation.
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Kurdistan project: provided data for reservoir simulation modeling, analyzed and corrected effect of kerogen on petrophysical properties in some formations, analyzed possibility of saturation estimation and OWC from log data.
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Gabon de-risking project to make decision about purchasing new blocks: petrophysical analysis, shear wave prediction, fluid substitution, synthetic modeling.
Oct 2011 –Jun 2013 Marathon Oil Corporation, Senior Petrophysicist
EGFD Asset – EGFD IPT, Integrated Project Team
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Performed routine petrophysical analysis, built petrophysical model for lateral wells, create model to calculate mineral composition to use for completion optimization.
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Integrated theoretical data, core measurements, logs, DFIT to build geomechanical model (static and anisotrophy parameters, Shmin, frac gradient). Coded it in Techlog to create stress profile in any wells with high confidence.
Sept 2010 –Oct 2011 Marathon Oil Corporation, Senior Petrophysicist
Upstream Technology, GoM Oyster/Arnold 4D Integrated Project Team
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Petrophysical analysis on both Oyster and Arnold fields.
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Rock physics model – elastic properties prediction from petrophysical properties with pressure sensitivity, fluid substitution workflow with performing saturation height model to study the time-lapse effect.
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Well tie. (Gocad)
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Built the geo-cellular model and performed Petrophysical Seismic Inversion. (Gocad)
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History matching.
Mar 2008 –Sept 2010 Marathon Oil Corporation, Senior Petrophysicist
Operations –GOM Asset Teams
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Performed routine petrophysical analysis for deep water wells in the GoM
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Performed saturation height models, Lorenz plots, rock physics models, fluid substitution models, provide parameters for reserve booking, etc.
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Participated in creating drilling, logging, coring programs.
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Log QC and quick analysis for new drilling well.
Jan 2005 –Mar 2008 Marathon Oil Corporation, Advanced, Senior Petrophysicist
Upstream Technology
Re-located from Moscow office to Houston.
Russian fields projects (Kamennaya, Potanai, etc.), GOM, Indonesia, New Venture projects.
Performed Petrophysical analysis, planning and acquisition data for new wells, core data integration, apply new techniques in the characterization and analysis of reservoirs.
Dec 2000 –Jan 2005 Moscow Representation of OJSC Khantymansiyskneftegasgeologia, Head of Petrophysics
Moscow Branch of Marathon Oil Corporation,Moscow, Russia
Petrophysical input to annual programs for all licensed areas of the company: coring and core analysis plans; logging contractors selection; coordination of thematic work on core study, reserves evaluation and etc., performed for the company by third parties; technical support in the identification, evaluation and execution of new business opportunities, including M&A activities, license rounds, etc.; input to the internal and external Corporate reporting process, including Board meetings, annual reporting and etc.; input to the ongoing analysis, evaluation, selection, introduction of a special software.
Aug 1997 –Dec 2000 Moscow Branch of PetroAlliance Service Company Ltd., Moscow, Russia, Petrophysicist
Geological Modeling Department
Development of log interpretation technique for the Company’s fields (West Siberia, Timano-Pechora Region); rock physics, fluid substitution.
Mar 1997 – Aug 1997 Contract work in Moscow, Petrophysicist
Off-shore fields in the Indian ocean: complex, fractured carbonate reservoirs.
Correlation in the inter-well space, development of log data interpretation methods, interpretation of log data, provision of key lithologic picks, evaluation of reservoir properties, log data interpretation of complex carbonate reservoirs, pore space classification and etc., rock physics modeling for AVO-analysis.
May 1994 – Mar 1996 Sevmorneftegeofizika trust, Murmansk, Russia, Petrophysicist
Correlation in the inter-well space, performed routine petrophysical analysis for the offshore fields of the Barents and Kara seas in the Timano-Pechora Region, rock physics modeling for AVO-analysis.
Jun 1991 – May 1994 Arcticmorneftegasrazvedka, Murmansk, Russia, Petrophysicist Computer Processing Group.
Routine petrophysical analysis for the fields in the Timano-Pechora Region, recommendation for the coring program and completion.
EDUCATION
Sep 1984 – Jun 1989 I.M. Gubkin Moscow Institute of Oil and Gas
Master of Science Geophysical Exploration and Survey Methods of Mineral Deposits, Well logging specialty.