Michael Farzaneh Email & Phone Number

United States

Texas, United States

• Directed drilling operations for multimillion dollar upstream fossil fuel projects. • Drilled upstream wells at faster rates than previous projects with reduced downtime.• Used engineer controls such as differential pressure, torque, and hookload to manipulate and guide technical instruments 10,000 ft underground in real time decision making. • Appointed as technical and data representative when company senior management isn’t available.• Utilized real time data generation to generate work flow reports for senior reporting. • 24/7 operations with data collection in real time decision making. • Independent worker with multimillion dollar real time decision making. • Generated daily and hourly reports for senior management decision making. • Directed junior employees in proper data degeneration and management. • Maintained professional relationships with senior management in remote locations to maintain rapid decision-making chain of command.• Made scientific and technical recommendations to office representatives and onsite junior peers to maximize uptime and save costs. • Balanced changing workflow operations with expected technical performance to make or suggest changes in forward plans to maintain performance and keep costs low.

• Directed geological operations for multimillion dollar upstream fossil fuel projects. • Led and directed independent data collection in remote locations in adverse weather conditions. • Geosteered multiple rigs at the same time in different parts of the well life. • Geosteered multiple rigs targeting different formations in a real time remote operations center. • Modified Excel macros and spreadsheets for XRF data integration of geologic data.• Utilized modern scientific data collection methods to gather necessary data.• Maintained up to date scientific procedures by reading published technical and scientific reports. • Used sensitive and powerful scientific equipment to generate data results from rocks, soils and samples. • Generated daily and often hourly reports for non-scientific staff to utilize in decision-making matrix. • Maintained open communication channels with different remote and onsite workers to maintain maximum performance and avoid costly downtime. • Identified workflow stoppages and worked with operator representatives to implement changes to increase performance. • Directed and led several drilling rigs. Made decisions affecting several multimillion dollar projects. • Generated reports in Excel for daily reporting to drilling engineers, superintendents and company representatives onsite.• Directed and trained junior geologists to perform their role at a higher proficiency. • Utilized modern scientific procedures, tests and data to ensure correct forward operations. • Ensured operations met company objectives and performance targets.• Led all wellsite geology operations, directing compliance with state and Federal regulations.• Data management in Excel and industry software to generate necessary operations data.• Led and directed procedures to ensure safety compliance and management of other subordinates.

North Dakota, United States

Geosteerer at Neset Consulting Service contracted as 3rd party service for ConocoPhillips remote operations center for Bakken and Three Forks assets. Role includes providing expertise and support to ConocoPhillips primary operations geologists for their operations success. Data analysis of well planning and acreage. Creating geosteering profiles for older wells for basin wide analysis and optimization.

Grand Forks, North Dakota Area

Part time job while in graduate school. Wilson Laird Core and Sample Library. Organization, storage and photography of cores and wellsite cuttings sent to North Dakota Geological Survey.

Grand Forks, North Dakota Area

I worked on a model in Petrel to determine viability of carbon storage within oil reservoirs in the Red River formation in the Williston Basin, North Dakota. Collected data from North Dakota Industrial Commission and Petra databases to build 3D model of Red River to begin analysis of storage capability. -Used Petra for structure maps, isopachs, and cross sections.

Master'S Degree, Geology/Earth Science, General

Activities and Societies: Graduate school. Teaching assistant. UND chapter American Association of Petroleum Geologists member. UND.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Geological And Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Honors

Research scientist at Rutgers Core Library. Worked alongside United States Geological Survey at Sandy Hook, NJ with purpose of analyzing.

High School Diploma