YAHAYA ABUBAKAR

Houston, TX *****. Mobile: 832-***-****. Email: kdz69d@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Seeking an entry level Geoscientist position with a reputable oil & gas company where I can utilize skills obtained through strong educational background in Geology and a deep knowledge of basic and specialized Geological /Geophysical practices.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Geology Bachelor of Technology in Geology

Expected December, 2012 November, 2006

University of Houston, Houston. Texas Federal University of Technology, Minna Nigeria

GPA: 3.25

RELEVANT COURSE WORK

Petroleum Geochemistry, Petroleum Systems Analysis, 3D Seismic Interpretation, Sequence Stratigraphy, Terrigenous Depositional Systems, Carbonate Petrography, GIS Applications, Remote Sensing, Geodynamics.

RELEVANT PROJECTS

Geomorphic Evolution Of The Nushki Segment Of The Chaman Fault Along The Western Indian Plate Boundary : Using a multi dimensional approach (GIS, Remote Sensing, and Terrestrial Cosmogenic nuclide surface exposure dating) to find evidences of active faulting in the area and also calculate slip rates along displaced blocks.

The Effects of Diagenesis on Carbonate Porosity: Successfully examined about eighty (80) carbonate thin sections using a petrographic microscope to study various levels and types of diagenesis the rocks have undergone and successfully quantified the resultant loss and creation of porosity depending on the type of diagenesis.

Petroleum Systems Analysis of a Sedimentary Basin along the West Coast of Africa: Successfully integrated geochemical, structural, and 3D seismic data with BasinMod software to analyze the petroleum system elements and processes, model burial and thermal maturation history curves and successfully predicted the petroleum bearing potentials and hydrocarbon volumetrics of the basin.

SOFTWARE SKILLS

PETREL, BasinMod 2D, SMT KINGDOM 8.5, ESRI ArcGIS 10, ILWIS 3.O, ENVI 10, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint).

WORK EXPERIENCE

Graduate Teaching Assistant, (January 2011-present)

¬University of Houston (Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences) Houston, TX.

• Worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for Professional Geosciences Masters Program

• Mentored a class of 22 professional graduate students in course and laboratory work.

• Taught laboratory sessions in Hydrogeology, Geology of National Parks and, Introduction to GIS.

• Received special recognition award for outstanding performance.¬

Customer Service Officer, (June 2009 – August 2010)

First Bank of Nigeria PLC Katsina-Ala branch, Benue State, Nigeria

• Exhibited excellent interpersonal and communication skills in attending to customer needs.

• Greatly improved the branch’s customer satisfaction index through quality service delivery.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

• Hockley Fault 2D Seismic Data acquisition field work organized by the Allied Geophysical Laboratories, Univ. of Houston.

• Schlumberger PETREL 2011 Well Correlation Course, Houston Texas (March 2011)

• Schlumberger Introduction to PETREL Course, Houston .Texas (July, 2011)

• Webinar ‘Innovations for Exploration – Making New Venture Projects more Successful’ by Elsevier. (July, 2011)

• Core workshop, sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, geochemistry, and petrophysics of the Haynesville and Bossier Shales in East TX and North LA (Organized by Texas Bureau of Economic Geology and Gulf Coast Section of SEPM) (June 2011)

• Work Place Safety Course, First Bank of Nigeria PLC (July,2009)

• Exceptional Customer service course, First Bank of Nigeria PLC.

• Basic Economics Course, First Bank of Nigeria PLC (June, 2010)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & ACTIVITIES

• American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Student Member.

• Society for Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Student Member

• Houston Geological Society (HGS) Student Member.

• American Geophysical Union (AGU)

• Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) Student Member.

• Volunteer Peer Advisor, International Student and Scholar Services (ISSSO), University of Houston.

• Volunteer Speaker on ‘How my country views the United States Military and Capitalism’; a talk show organized by the United States Air Force for young ROTC cadets, University of Houston.

• Volunteer member, University of Houston Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

• Graduate Assistant Teaching Fellowship (GATF). January 2011-December 2012. (Awarded by the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Houston)

• 2012-2013 Shell Scholarship for outstanding achievement in Geology. (Awarded by the Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston)

• National Association of Black Geoscientists (NABG) Excellent Achievement Award. (Fall 2012)

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