Yarick Ionnikoff Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Provide consulting services to several major E&P companies operating in North Africa, Middle East, Russia and India
• Projects range from exploration, appraisal, field development planning, mature field rejuvenation, production optimization to reserves estimation
• Services include due diligences for farm-in and acquisition, cross-border flux estimation, integrated full field geotechnical reviews, geocellular model construction and exploration/appraisal/development opportunity.
• Study fields include oil and gas super-giant in the Middle-East (onshore and offshore, clastic and carbonate), tight deep-water gas accumulations in Vietnam, carbonate systems in Russia and stratigraphically complex.

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Provide consulting services to several major E&P companies operating in North Africa, Middle East, Russia, India and Vietnam
• Projects range from exploration, appraisal, field development planning, mature field rejuvenation, production optimization to reserves estimation
• Services include project management, integrated full field geotechnical reviews, geocellular model construction and exploration/appraisal/development opportunity identification
• Study fields include large to giant oil and gas fields such as Alrar-Wafa (Algeria/Libya), Hassi-Messaoud and Rhourde-Nouss (Algeria), Kharampurskoye (Russia) and small to medium size fields in the Berkine and Illizi.
• Coordinated multi-millions USD integrated reservoir study projects (planning, execution, QA, customer liaison), with very positive client feedback
• Peer reviewed numerous client and in-house projects, including Discrete Fracture Network models for Kashagan, Kozhasai (Kazakhstan) and Hassi Toumiet (Algeria)

London / Moscow

• Lead a team of talented Russian geologists, geophysicists, and petrophysicists operating Ruspetro wholly owned assets in the West Siberian Basin
• Carry out routine department head functions (performance management, mentoring and skill development planning, work planning, budgeting, software pool optimization)
• Identify, specify and initiate specialist studies aiming at improving field recovery and unlock unconventional potential
• Peer review internal and external technical work (integrated modeling, reserve calculation)
• Designed a novel workflow enabling the real time correlation of horizontal well data in True Stratigraphic Thickness domain using azimuthal/image logs that resulted in more reliable decision making and better placement.
• Pioneered use of full waveform surface microseismic monitoring of fracture stimulation jobs yielding improved mapping of individual fractures and optimized stimulation parameters and well placement

Aktau, Kazakhstan

• Senior Geologist
• Responsible for the update of the full field Dunga reservoir models supporting the identification and planning of further field optimizations (drilling sequence, horizontal and vertical wells planning and targeting as.
• Responsible for the overall subsurface data acquisition strategy and implementation – Set up an integrated database system that supports logging decisions
• Liaison with partners and local authorities for technical matters related to development studies and field optimizations
• Mentor staff in routine geosciences work such well log correlation, seismic interpretation, integrated reservoir modeling and risk and uncertainty analysisStudy Team Lead
• Define and coordinates all specialist petrophysical, geological and geophysical studies involving external or corporate resources - Studies support field re-development, near-field development and near-field appraisal

Bangkok

• Senior Development Geologist
• Delivered (in record time) integrated regional 3D reservoir models of the Jasmine oil fields, Wassana and Nong Yao prospects, performed iterative validation loops with the reservoir engineers by means of reservoir.
• Identified appraisal and development targets, assisted in planning trial infill horizontal wells and in defining the overall drilling strategy and data acquisition programs – Results exceeded expectation and triggered.
• First implementation of a chronostratigraphic correlation framework that unraveled significant additional drilling potential and improved data integration and consistency overall resulting in a new dedicated field.
• Defined and supervised all intra and extra-muros reservoir modeling projects (Jasmine, Ban Yen, Wassana and Nong Yao oil fields)
• Established novel 3D velocity modeling, volumetric assessment, uncertainty analysis and QC workflows that were successfully audited and reviewed and are now group standards

Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand

Principal Geologist / Infill Team Leader Arthit gas field.- Responsible for defining development activities for Arthit offshore gas field (North Malay Basin - 6 TCF), ensuring gas production targets are met.- Planned, optimized, drilled and evaluated development/infill wells for several platforms in high pressure, high temperature, high CO2 areas..

Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand

• Team leader Development/Appraisal Projects (5 oil and 1 gas projects)
• Coordinating all primary development activities in PTTEP Siam assets, plan and monitor operations for at least 25 wells + 20 work-over per year
• Conducted studies for further field development (2 waterflood studies) through to final Field Development Plans
• Formulated near-field appraisal campaign, identified and matured numerous prospects leading to doubling PL areaPrincipal Geologist and Reservoir Modeling focal point
• Worked in various geological settings (Miocene thin-bedded lacustrine deltaic sequences, Oligocene alluvial fan/fan delta, Miocene stacked alluvial-fluvial reservoirs, Permian fractured metamorphic basement)
• Projects range from exploration, near field appraisal, primary, secondary development (waterflood, hydraulic fracturing) gas development in tight rocks

Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand

Lead geologist and 3D modeler in the Sirikit Main waterflood project. - Performed high resolution sequence stratigraphic correlation and reservoir characterization study using core, logs and seismic facies.- Defined key reservoir and development uncertainties, as well as mitigation plans/actions.- Delivered mutliple scenario 3D reservoir models of these.

Rijswijk NL / Houston TX

Production Geologist in Reservoir Modeling Team.- Involved in technology development in the field of reservoir architecture modeling.- Defined high resolution sequence stratigraphic framework and conducted reservoir characterization studies for carbonate fields in the Middle East, Far East and North-America.- Delivered fine scale and upscaled geological.

Rijswijk, The Netherlands

Structural geologist / Software Developer in the Structure and Traps Team.- Developed a novel structural geological modeling toolkit that can handle any kind of structural complexity (incl. salt and inversion tectonics).- Involved in various R&D projects on fault reactivation, stress inversion, etc. Lead several extra-muros reserch projects such as.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009 SPE Asia: J. Iamboon, Y. Ionnikoff “ Using spectral decomposition to unravel reservoir architecture details. A case study in Arthit Block 15A Area, North Malay Basin”- 2008 SEG Asia: F. Saiffudin, Y. Ionnikoff "Exploring stratigraphic play beyond seismic.

Msc, Petroleum Geosciences And Computer Sciences

Mag. degree at ENSG (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Géologie) in Nancy.

Msc, Geosciences And Geotechniques

Bsc, Physics (Geophysics Major)

Field covered: - Geophysical surveying techniques (seismic methods, acquisition, processing, interpretation), Magnetic, gravity surveying.