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Egham, Gb

Egham, Gb

Sunbury-On-Thames, England, United Kingdom

Leading a subsurface team planning Exploration, Appraisal and development wells for the NEP CCS project.

Sunbury-On-Thames, England, United Kingdom

Senior Petrophysicist for the Northern Endurance Partnership CCS project (part of the East Coast Cluster). Provided petrophysical analysis over the Bunter Sandstone in the Southern North Sea. Provided volumetric inputs calculated from well logs and core for the UK CCS license round.Currently working towards a carbon storage permit for the project.

Sunbury-On-Thames, England, United Kingdom

Petrophysicist for the Northern Endurance Partnership CCS project (part of the East Coast Cluster). Provided Petrophysical evaluation of the Bunter Sandstone over the Southern North Sea for input into a wider regional model. This work supported the successful license application for blocks CS006 and CS007.Acted as the subsurface lead for the planning and successful execution of a shallow aquifer borehole (collecting whole core and fluid samples).In addition to my CCS responsibilities I planned and carried out analysis on a variety of global cased hole logging jobs (CBL, PLT and multi-finger caliper).

Sunbury, England, United Kingdom

Providing all petrophysics work for the "Net Zero Teeside" carbon capture and storage project.This involved delivering standard petrophysical properties over the "Endurance" area from well logs and core (Porosity, Permeability etc.) and then integrating these into a 3D static and dynamic model.Carried out work for a number of exploration and appraisal projects in the middle East. Delivered inputs for volumetric assessments based on log and core data.

Sunbury - United Kingdom

Provided petrophysical support for drilling and completions work in the Rumaila field (southern Iraq).Responsible for ensuring well integrity of new drill wells via the execution of cement bond logs. Considered a Cement bond log evaluation specialist and have analyzed >300 ultrasonic and CBL/VDL logs.Responsible for open hole data acquisition contracting. Provided technical specifications, assessment of contractor bids for technical evaluation and assisted in developing commercial model for commercial evaluation.Responsible for evaluation of new drill wells (clastic and carbonate reservoirs) and recommending intervals for completion (including acid stimulations).Whilst in this role I also worked on business development projects for the Abu Dhabi business.

Sunbury, United Kingdom

Provided operational support for exploration and appraisal projects in Angola and Russia.Carried out post-well analysis of these same wells to provide inputs into resource estimation and worked with the wider team to determine viability of the opportunities.

Muscat, Oman

Expatriate assignment in Oman, assisting with the ramp up of drilling activity required to deliver the wells needed for field start up.My time was split between field and office work. I was responsible for the planning and execution of wireline jobs on new wells. This included:Discussion with the wider team to agree data requirements.Working with contractors to safely plan the operations.On site Witnessing and QC of data.Analysis afterwards to recommend completion intervals for gas production.

Sunbury Uk

Provided support for exploration and appraisal projects in Angola and Egypt.This included:Seismic rock properties work on offshore turbidite reservoirs.A static and dynamic model build for a carbonate field in the appraise stage.Providing operational support for drilling operations in offshore exploration and appraisal wells.Interpretation of open-hole logs from exploration and appraisal wells to provide calculations for resource estimation.

Sunbury - Uk

Petrophysicist in the New Well delivery team for the Rumaila field, working in the UK based team providing operational support to the project in Iraq. My main responsibilities were:QC of wireline open hole logs, with emphasis on formation pressure and borehole sonic tools. Analysis of open hole wireline logs for use in recommendation of perforation and stimulation intervals for producers and injectors.

Canary Wharf

Assisted in the creation and running of a financial reporting system for all catering and cleaning operations for the London Olympics and Paralympics.Also assisted in the checking and payment of invoices from a variety of contractors.The role included working as part of a 24 hour operation, including night shifts.

Sunbury Uk

Summer Internship in Petrophysics at BP, placed in the Angola Business Unit. Specialised in detailed open hole and cased hole acoustic well log analysis, using both wireline and LWD tools.

Precious metal catalyst manufacture and secretary work.

Sunbury

Coaching badminton to children aged 9-16

Natural Sciences, Physics, Materials Science

A-Levels, Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Chemistry, General Studies