Experience

GEOENPRO PETROLEUM LIMITED

• India
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager Geophysics

  • Feb 2013 - Present

  Sector-126, Noida  Geophysical support to development operations at Kharsang Oil field in Assam-Arakan basin (NE India);  Preparation of draft technical contracts, evaluation matrix & scope of work and its finalization for seismic acquisition, processing and interpretation studies along with cross-functional (borehole seismic) technical domains;  Planning, Modeling and its QC for seismic data acquisition (2D and 3D). Extensive Field work & part of seismic crews as client representative for Seismic data… Show more  Geophysical support to development operations at Kharsang Oil field in Assam-Arakan basin (NE India);  Preparation of draft technical contracts, evaluation matrix & scope of work and its finalization for seismic acquisition, processing and interpretation studies along with cross-functional (borehole seismic) technical domains;  Planning, Modeling and its QC for seismic data acquisition (2D and 3D). Extensive Field work & part of seismic crews as client representative for Seismic data (2D and 3D) acquisition.  Seismic data processing (2D & 3D) and its QC activities including time and depth processing with state of the art algorithms;  Technical bids and techno-commercial evaluation of contracts;  Bore hole seismic & VSP (zero offset, offset, single component and multicomponent) survey planning, operation, data acquisition, processing and interpretation of results;  Seismic data interpretation for hydrocarbon exploration and development, which includes preparation of seismic well tie, time/ depth structure maps, T-D conversion, identification of prospects/ leads for exploration plays, volumetric estimation, identification of in-fill drilling development locations for brown field and prospect risking/ ranking;  Preparation of Field Development Plan and its submission to regulatory authorities;  Basic understanding of static model and its preparation;  Good understanding of work-over & production enhancement operations of an oil field and analysis of results;  Production Profile Forecasting Show less



Essar

• India
• Investment Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Manager-Geophysics

  • Aug 2010 - Feb 2013

  Mumbai, Maharsahtra, India Association with Strategy and Business Development group of Essar Energy (E&P). Work profile includes technical screening and due-diligence of global upstream opportunities offered in farm-in and/or bid rounds including both conventional and unconventional resource plays (shale gas, shale oil, oil sands and CBM. Job profile included:  Regional technical database creation, management and modification;  Static Model Preparation for CBM fields  Study and regional interpretation of… Show more Association with Strategy and Business Development group of Essar Energy (E&P). Work profile includes technical screening and due-diligence of global upstream opportunities offered in farm-in and/or bid rounds including both conventional and unconventional resource plays (shale gas, shale oil, oil sands and CBM. Job profile included:  Regional technical database creation, management and modification;  Static Model Preparation for CBM fields  Study and regional interpretation of identified pro-active regions and sedimentary basins and participation in Data rooms;  Geophysical data interpretation including Gravity, magnetic and seismic data sets, prospect identification and QC;  Technical evaluation of blocks on the basis of geological reports & studies, geophysical data interpretation, well reports and available global data package & in-house information;  Risk analysis, prospect ranking and probabilistic reserve estimation;  Assistance in geophysical data acquisition and planning in acquired blocks;  Comprehensive reports, evaluation notes preparation and presentation of the studies. Show less



Reliance Industries Limited

• India
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager-Geophysics

  • Dec 2006 - Aug 2010

  Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Worked as Interpretation and Business Development Geophysicist in International Business Development team for technical evaluation of upstream opportunities in different geographies including North America's unconventional plays, Latin America opportunities in offshore/ onshore Brazil, Peru and Venezuela, opportunities in offshore Bonaparte basin, Australia and offshore West Africa.



CDACINDIA

• India
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Member of Technical Staff (E-1)

  • Jul 2005 - Dec 2006

  Pune, Maharsahtra, India Job Profile included writing algorithms and High Performance Computing (HPC) applications for software development for seismic data processing softwares with special reference to Traveltime inversion.



National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research

• Research Scholar

  • Jan 2005 - Jul 2005

  Vasco-da-Gama, Goa, India Position involved working on project of Geophysical study of Laxmi ridge, western offshore, India to study the puzzling crustal structure of laxmi basin and laxmi ridge. Aquisition and interpretation of marine gravity, marine magnetic and marine seismic data sets was key work element. This project was Department of Ocean Development (DOD), Government of India funded and was also associated with the fact of getting extra acreage for Indian peninsular in offshore region… Show more Position involved working on project of Geophysical study of Laxmi ridge, western offshore, India to study the puzzling crustal structure of laxmi basin and laxmi ridge. Aquisition and interpretation of marine gravity, marine magnetic and marine seismic data sets was key work element. This project was Department of Ocean Development (DOD), Government of India funded and was also associated with the fact of getting extra acreage for Indian peninsular in offshore region corresponding to certain criteria laid by United Nations Commission for Limiting Continental Shelves (UNCLOS). Show less



CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute

• India
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Scholar

  • Dec 2003 - Dec 2004

  Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India Worked as Research Scholar for Non-linear inversion of well log data set using global optimization techniques of Simulated Annealing.