YU (Lisa) LI, PH.D.
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RESERVOIR ENGINEER/ PROJECT LEADER
Accomplished, multi-dimensional, and multi-national professional/leader
with proven talent in identifying and developing opportunities to
accelerate expansion, increase revenues, and improve profit in the oil
industry.
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
Classic Reservoir Engineering - Reservoir Simulation - Reserve evaluation -
Reservoir Studies Reservoir Management - All EP Phases of Exploration -
Appraisal Development - Production Enhanced Oil Recovery and Business
Planning - Highly Responsible - People Oriented - U.S. Citizen
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
WOODSIDE ENERGY USA, Houston, TX . 2009-Present
Largest publicly traded E&P Company in Australia and a world leader in LNG
production, employing 3,000+ staff worldwide, with $1.7B+ revenue.
Senior Reservoir Engineer
Lead reservoir engineer in Houston, providing support to GoM exploration
team in ensuring exploration wells and building up technical capabilities.
Researched and analyzed GoM Exploration Deepwater Paleogene prospects.
Influenced GoM joint venture projects as non-operator for a new drill
target, bust field production for existing fields. Led non-operating field
development and secured a development well AFEed for non-operating
participation. Managed deepwater development and producing assets with
routine RE work.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
. Instrumental in increasing rock compressibility from 3x10^-6 to 5&10^-5
1/psi, and oil recovery from 8% to 15% for a deepwater exploration well
drilling project.
. Improved field management and secured a deepwater infill drill well
approval by introducing Decline Curve Analysis, analogue log study via
Oil Field Management model.
. Championed the construction and launch of the first full field reservoir
simulation model for Woodside utilized to integrate geological complexity
into reservoir dynamic study.
. Working in integrated team with geophysist, geologist, petrophysist,
production, drilling and completion and cost engineers
. Handle project results to top management and partners.
BP AMERICA, Houston, TX . 2006-2009
One of the world's largest energy companies, providing customers with fuel
for transportation and energy for heat and light. Employing about 100,000
staff worldwide
Senior Reservoir Engineer
Oversaw GoM DeepWater Central and Shelf DeepGas in Houston; scoped GoM
Exploration DW / DG for Paleogene, Miocene, Cretaceous reservoirs based on
modeling and analogue studies. Provided support for Deepwater and DeepGas
(XHPHT) teams during tenure. Maintained multi to $200M dollar GoM discover
wells including technical processes, analogue studies, fluid
sampling/storage, and test assessment.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
. Instrumental in five out of six successful exploration discoveries,
surpassing 25% industry standard, by confidently leading pre-drilling and
post well evaluation.
. Championed the probability of a naturally fractured reservoir to showcase
high recovery scenario for the Tucker discover with exhausted
geomechanical work and reservoir simulation model.
. Supported significant annual GoM lease sales by contributing PI work to
assist bid setting with reservoir quality and estimated resource volumes.
. Successfully led pre/post assessments for Blackbeard, Antietam, and Will
K GoM DeepGas plays, applying worldwide Deepwater (Egypt) and HPHT
(MobileBay) analogues.
. Positioned BP above competition through successful execution of
surface/subsurface integrated modeling for the deliverability assessment,
including MBAL and Prosper, and Crystal Ball modeling for a full
uncertainty range.
. Saved company millions of dollars by optimizing fluid storage plans for
exploration and early appraisal GoM wells. Ensured no important PVT tests
missing or overdoing.
. Well understand geophysics, geological info, petrophysical core analysis,
and well logs.
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. Run economic evaluation via peep, petroVR, and Aries.
. Strength in communication in oral communication, presentation within and
cross organization.
SHELL E&P INTERNATIONAL . 2001-2006
One of the world's largest energy companies, operating in 100+ countries.
employing 100,000+ staff worldwide
Senior Reservoir Engineer/Coordinator/ Researcher, Houston, TX, 2006
Served as a key process owner and primary focal point for all SEPCo
planning process. Provided support for Economists tasked with construction.
Ensured tool set/systems were aligned appropriately and integrity was
upheld for SEPCo's and EPX submission. Oversaw latest view and plan for
SEPCo North America. Drafted and published a detailed financial workbook.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
. Instrumental in the development/launch of Pmasters from PEEP cases, along
with leading quality control.
. Coordination for SEPCo business planning of Exploration, Development, and
Production phases cross GoM.
Senior Reservoir Engineer/Team Leader, Houston/ Nigeria, TX, 2005-2006
Led PVT research project accountable for numerical investigation of PVT
sample quality for gas condensate reservoir against Shell internal
reservoir simulator. Appointed to Reserve Review Team Leader to manage six
RE crew RCAN members and 15 SPDC local reservoir engineers at SPDC Nigeria
and assisted six assets, 90+ reserves, and internal review work.
Facilitated internal reservoir simulator testing and integrated
subsurface/surface reservoir modeling.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
. Presented with the highest company award at level 3B from EPT-Research
director Paul Ching, along with a personal appreciation letter from Shell
EP CEO Malcolm Brinded, for the on-time delivery of $1M project.
. Instrumental in applying compositional modeling to investigate an oil-
based mud (OBM) contamination problem, thus attaining a MoReS model. Held
leading edge on best practice for GoM sampling.
. Introduced a cross company global PVT data base to collect data from
Shell Nigeria and offering a rich reservoir analogue database to the
Reservoir Engineers works in deepwater.
Senior Reservoir Engineer, the Netherlands, 2001-2004
Managed field development study for NAM (50% Shell, 50% Exxon Mobil) assets
in the Netherlands. Developed a field reservoir simulation model for DA-OH
ZEZ2C tight gas carbonate reservoir. Initiated and successfully modeled
dual k, naturally fractured reservoir with POLY3D fracture prediction
package, achieved 70% of infill drilling success with high angle drilling.
Managed planning phase for tight gas fields at NAM in east of the
Netherlands
Administered yearly business and asset reference plan with (GENREM), an
integrated subsurface/surface simulator for asset business planning.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
. Established new records during planning of surface/subsurface integrated
model for annual business objectives with an inclusion of operations at
field to well level.
. Achieved 70% oil success at the naturally fractured reservoir by
proposing and implementing dual porosity, a dual permeability reservoir
simulation model for infill drilling into carbonate reservoir, and
maximized the rate for a well penetrated fracture.
. Researched and delivered short and medium-term development projects.
. Monitored field and reservoir performance and conducted well testing
analysis.
Geological Modeling Engineer, Houston, TX, 2001
Administered a reservoir feasibility study for a $15B proposed project for
China's west to east pipeline. Built a 3D geological models for two of the
seven gas/gas condensate reservoirs of Terim Basin utilizing Landmark
StrataSim Model. Collaboratively constructed a static geological model in
Petrel to deliver rapid decisions for access to W2E China 4000 kilometer
pipeline project...
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
. Successfully conducted technical assessment with the integrated static
and dynamic modeling for seven Gas and Gas Condensate fields. Directly
impact business decisions.
EXXON MOBIL, PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY, Houston, TX . 1998-2001
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World's largest publicly traded integrated petroleum and Natural Gas
Company .Employing 100,000+ staff worldwide
Senior Project Reservoir Engineer
Managed multiple reservoir projects including Alaska Prudhoe Bay 40 acre
FFM reservoir simulation study, west TX gas field reservoir integrated
modeling study, and east TX major field, i.e.Hawkins oil field (over 1000
producers) reservoir management, and practice. For Alaska Prudhoe Bay FFM
study, accountable for simulating history matching, prediction, and surface
facility with scenario studies till the model passed onto Prudhoe Bay
operation unit.
Oversaw 160-acre non/mixing injection (WAG) reservoir simulation model,
built 40-acre spacing model, including one-tracer to five-tracer model,
applied well management strategy, and prepared hydraulic table for MARS/Rex
simulator conversion.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
. Collaboratively launched a $5M, 40-acre, full-field reservoir simulation
model for Prudhoe Alaska, containing thousands of producers and
injectors.
. Successfully identified multiple re-completion opportunities for the
Hawkins field of the East of Texas by examining hundreds of well logs,
measuring the rapid movement of WOC, thus achieving day-to-day targeted
production for 70-year-old fields at its target rate.
CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY, Beijing, China . 1984-1986
Reserve/ Reserve Database Engineer
Initiated digitalize China Oil and Gas reserve management database (via
Dbase III and IBM AT etc. first generation of China imported computer) and
its annual paper report process. It includeing implement the change to 10
major Chinese Oil administration bureaus and hundreds of state owned oil
and gas fields.
ADDITIONAL Intern and other EXPERIENCE
Reservoir Engineer
Reservoir Characterization Institute, University Of Oklahoma, Norman,
Oklahoma, 1993
Oklahoma Geological Information System, Norman, Oklahoma, 1992
Occidental Petroleum, Bakersfield California 1991
CER Oil Consulting, Las Vegas Nevada, 1990
International Exploration, Exxon Mobil, Houston, Texas, 1989
Teaching Fellow For College Algebra, Calculus I, II, III
University Of Houston, University Park, 1987, 1988
EDUCATION
PhD, Leadership, Our Lady of Lake University, 2009 (Company sponsored by-
weekend program)
Masters of Science-Petroleum Engineering, University of Tulsa, 1998
Master of Science-Applied Mathematics, University of Houston, 1989
Bachelor of Science, China Academy of Science, 1984
TECHNICAL SKILLS
SHELL dynamic Reservoir Simulator- Dynamo / MoReS (black oil &
compositional) / SPIDER (pc version)
Exxon Mobil dynamic Reservoir Simulator (MARS/EMpower)
BP Reservoir Simulation Management Tool - Top Down Model
Schlumberg Reservoir Simulator - Eclipse
Black Oil Simulator (BOAST) ( IPM package (MBAL, PROSPER, GAP) (
Geostatistical software (Gslib)
OFM Decline Curve Analysis Tool ( PI /DSS/EZXS databases ( NODAL / Pipesim
( Arc GIS
PetroVR/ PEEP-Economics tool ( SHELL/NAM Genrem Gas Field Forecasting tool
PanSys/ PIE Well Testing Tool ( SGI / HP Workstations ( landmark 3D
Geological Modeling (SGM)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Vice President, CAPA (Chinese America Petroleum Association) 2010
Treasurer, CAPA (Chinese America Petroleum Association) 2009
President, BP Toastmaster Speech Club 2008
SPE University Coordinators, Rice/ UH 2008
Section Chair, CAPA (Chinese America Petroleum Association) Technical
Symposiums 2007, 2008
Vice President, Shell Asian Pacific Employee Network Group 2005