Rafael Centeno Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

* Serve as the Petrophysical Technical Assurer level 2 (PP TA2), delineate parameter ranges for volumetric estimation inputs and contributing to early prospect maturation * Lead petrophysical projects to streamline workflows and increase standardization. * Foster team collaboration for petrophysics across the Americas (Gulf of Mexico-US, Mexico, Colombia, Suriname, and Argentina), to advance prospect maturation * Play a vital role in the data acquisition advisory panel (hyper-care team), facilitating knowledge exchange between exploration and development projects to elevate data quality and address operational challenges * Coordinate technical support from overseas teams for data management and processing to enhance GoM corporate database. * Established best petrophysical practices by coaching and mentoring younger staff

Houston, Texas, United States

* Lead a team of 3-4 direct reports, conducting regular reviews and open discussions to ensure adherence to best practices through technical mentoring * Establish petrophysical team dynamics to incorporate learnings and create synergies across all the Latin America regions (i.e. Mexico, Colombia, Suriname, Argentina) to manage all the projects maturing and executing in parallel in a very fluid rig schedule. * Coordinate with LWD, WL, and ML service providers for new country entries, overseeing contract management and logistics * Serve as Petrophysical Technical Assurer (PP TA2) for all petrophysical exploration activities in the well maturation workflow

Houston, Texas, United States

* Lead petrophysical support for Exploration and Appraisal and Volume to value (V2V) teams, focusing on reservoir characterization and uncertainty range in hydrocarbon volume assessment and prospect maturation through the Shell opportunity framing milestones * Facilitate planning and execution of drilling operations for the Mexico exploration campaign, acting as a crucial liaison between subsurface and drilling operations teams * Synthesize regional datasets for Tertiary (sand) and Mesozoic (Carbonate) plays to refine petrophysical inputs (Por, NtG, Sw) for probabilistic volumetric assessments * Oversee contract implementation with service companies during the drilling campaign in new country entry.

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

* Enhanced Shell's influence in the Libra project (NOV) appraisal strategy by actively collaborating with Petrobras petrophysical team and partners to define optimal data acquisition strategy and implement subsurface best engineering practices * Led the petrophysical team, coordinating support for E&A and Dev. teams across diverse activities such as well execution, modeling, hydrocarbon maturation, risk assessments, and operator engagements. * Established strong petrophysical pool by coaching and mentoring young staff * Provided crucial support for multibillion Brazil lease sales activities, navigating a highly competitive environment with critical reservoir property ranges for subsurface and economic evaluations * Integrated regional datasets for various basins to refine petrophysical inputs (por, NtG, Sw) in probabilistic volumetric assessments. Defined petrophysical models (permeability correlations, SHM, uncertainty ranges) for Integrated Reservoir Modelling deterministic methodology.

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

* Overseeing petrophysical aspects in block BMS-54 appraisal strategy and well planning, including carbonate reservoir rock typing for flow unit definition and developing saturation height functions * Establishing reservoir parameters for static and dynamic full field models, actively driving petrophysical discussions in Integrated Reservoir Modeling workflows and associated technical review sessions * Contributing to contract negotiations and awards with logging contractors.

Houston, Texas, United States

* Provided technical support for three exploration teams across Shell operated and non-operated ventures, contributing to the establishment of reservoir formation parameter ranges ("Pre-salt recipe") for evaluating Brazil prospects and supporting lease sales * Delivered petrophysical inputs for numerous prospects on seven blocks * Actively participated in coded projects and datarooms, evaluating farm-in and farm-out opportunities.

Houston, Texas, United States

* Executed WL data acquisition program for high-profile E&A wells in the GoM offshore * Led as the petrophysicist for Julia and Robusto drilling operations, overseeing planning, execution, and after action review * Provided essential petrophysical support for E&A GoM project maturations, including projects such as Julia, Robusto, Belalcazar, Vicksburg, and Kaskida.

Houston, Texas Area

Performed different measurement types for routine and special core analysis lab e.g. Including P&P measurements, formation factors, capillarity curve determination. Also, I was responsible for quality control check on lab datasets.

Puerto Cabellos

As intern in “El Palito” refinery, I conducted an assessment on the gas distribution system within refinery units in order to optimize its design to prevent sonic flow plugs during unexpected shut downs.

Ms. Petroleum Engineering

Bs Chemical Engineering