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Accountable for transitioning ex-BG reservoir engineers in the Americas onto Shell's methods, requirements, and tools for accounting and reporting of resources and reserves both for internal use as well as external corporate compliance. BG portfolio of assets in the Americas consists of Unconventionals in the U.S. and Canada, Deepwater GoM, Brasil, and Nova Scotia, Gas and LNG feeder projects in Central and South America. In addition to the above accountability for the Americas, I am directly responsible for transitioning ex-BG REs looking after assets in Trinidad & Tobago, Bolivia, and Gulf of Mexico.

Reservoir engineer working as a member of the global group of consultants with regional regional responsibility for upstream resources and reserves accounting and reporting compliance for Shell in the Americas. Providing technical support to some 125 reservoir engineers across north and south America; taking active role in driving Shell's enterprise-wide change effort for synchronization and consistency of reserves accounting practices and compliance reporting. Developing tools for internal strategic consumption as well as external regulatory disclosures.

•Coordinated the integrated planning of construction, drilling, completion, and testing of four exploration campaigns•Developed utilization optimization strategies for four drilling rigs in Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia•Analyzed capital monthly expenditures and produced financial advisories and venture performance KPIs for GM and VP•Developed integrated scheduling of key operational milestones in Shell’s Latin America portfolio worth 0.7 billion dollars•Coordinated the technical and non-technical risks management practices and developed probabilistic exploration plans

•Performed geoengineering evaluation of potential resource plays in the US onshore for organic and inorganic growth •Applied petroleum economics and risk-based evaluation metrics to develop play descriptions and volume assessments•Provided on-going competitor intelligence advisories to senior leadership focused on unconventionals business climate enabling faster decision making and early entries to several favorable basins.

•Built failure-prevention scenarios for extended reach horizontal drilling of poorly consolidated formations, resulting in increased borehole stability, drilling safety, and decreased rig time.•Developed casing designs, drilling fluids formulations, and economic optimization of drilling parameters resulting in optimum rig time and cost.•Conducted while-drilling fluids mechanics and hydraulics engineering for drilling performance optimization resulting in on time and on cost well deliveries•Developed skills in Project and HSE management, performance evaluation, and well-site operations leadership•Accountable for cost estimation and performance, contracts negotiations, and technical evaluation of bids

•Provided geological engineering support into strategic selection of well locations for the 2009 Exploration Program•Undertook a statistical sedimentological study of the overburden at the Jocelyn North Oildsands Mine•Developed fence diagrams, block models, and regional cross-sections for mine and slope stability optimization studies•Constructed a joint Engineering-Geosciences database for management of well and geologic data

•Led a five million dollar project to design, procure, and install a high performance geochemistry unit•Designed PVT experiments to study thermal stability and breakdown behavior of proprietary surfactants•Studied molecular interfacial behavior of various heavy crudes under live simulated reservoir conditions under SAGD•Drafted internal reports on experimental results and contributed to the budget proposal development for FY 2008

•Participated in field data acquisition campaigns using a variety of geophysical surveying technologies•Processed raw data and assisted in geological interpretation of seismic and wide array resistivity surveys•Drafted technical reports on surveys conducted and geophysical/geological interpretations developed•Conducted client feedback presentation sessions and facilitated After Action Reviews

•Conducted in-shop testing, diagnosis, and trouble-shooting of various open hole well logging tools•Assisted with pre-job planning, tool string selection, calibration, and virtual pre-logging simulations•Worked as well-site technician during the data acquisition period and assisted with onsite QA/QC of well logs•Designed and implemented a web-based Preventative Maintenance Management System for fleet of well logging tools

•Served as technical liaison to clients regarding well data acquisition and interpretation•Developed knowledge of cased hole well log interpretation with the Geoframe suite of applications•Learned the fundamentals of reservoir modeling and simulation on research projects using Eclipse•Drafted help files for petrophysical interpretation behind casing and development of perforation plans

•Developed extensive knowledge of formation evaluation principles and technologies•Participated in client data analysis meetings in association with senior geologists•Learned the engineering principles of drilling fluids formulation and wellbore pressure control tools•Developed knowledge of pore pressure prediction principles and techniques•Studied and drafted report on capabilities and limitations of state-of-the-art well logging tools