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Engineer Project

Location:
Sugar Land, TX, 77479
Posted:
June 29, 2010

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YU (Lisa) LI, PH.D.

**** ***** ***** **** ( Sugarland, TX 77479 . Tel 281-***-**** .

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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



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