Engineer Development

CURRICULUM VITAE

PIYUSH C. SHAH, Ph.D.

Tel: 713-***-**** (Cell) 281-***-**** (Home)

Email: ablqag@r.postjobfree.com, Citizenship: USA

FIELDS OF EXPERTISE

Reservoir Engineering

Engineering Science

Modeling and Simulation of Dynamic Systems

Parameter Estimation, Optimization and Inverse Problems

Numerical Methods and Applied Mathematics

Computer Programming

Keywords: Reservoir simulation and modeling, PVT and EOS fluid property

models, well testing, well completion design, conformance control, Eclipse,

VIP, numerical and analytic solutions, GAP, PROSPER, MBAL, WellCat,

horizontal wells, multi-phase fluid flow, wellbore hydraulics, steam

injection, thermal processes, heavy oil, hydraulic fracturing, enhanced oil

recovery through steam-flood, water-flood and polymer-flood, history-

matching, geo-statistical modeling, reservoir characterization, training,

teaching.

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

I am a seasoned engineer capable of independent and high caliber original

work. I have been employed in the upstream petroleum industry for over 25

years after completing my Ph.D. at Caltech. I have worked for oil companies

as well as oilfield service companies. My work has ranged over reservoir

simulation (VIP, ECLIPSE, THERMS (for heavy oil), NEXUS, GAP, PROPSER,

MBAL), enhanced oil recovery processes including water, steam and polymer

injection, history-matching, reservoir characterization through well tests,

RFT pressures and well logs, statistical models for reservoirs to evaluate

history-matches, modeling of the production and drilling processes (multi-

phase fluid flow and wellbore hydraulics including thermal calculations,

WellCat), dynamic layered reservoir testing, modeling and interpretation of

well-tests (WELLTEST, PANSYSTEMS, SAPHIR, ZODIAC, ISS, LARTIS), well

intervention processes such as hydraulic fracture and conformance control

treatments. I have often led development teams. I have also extensively

interacted with the clients to help market our products, trouble-shoot

technical issues, and gain insights in how to improve our solutions. I have

extensive experience in use of many types of software, both in-house

developed and commercial. I have experience in teaching and training that

will help me train/mentor the next generation of engineers.

CAREER CHRONOLOGY

10/07- 1/10

Senior Tech. nical Advisor, Reservoir Management, Landmark Graphics

(Halliburton), Houston.

Development of new features of Nexus reservoir simulator. New models

for the hydraulics of pumps and compressors for the surface networks

connected to production or injection wells. Comparison of Nexus

solutions with those of other simulators (VIP, Eclipse,

GAP-PROPSPER-MBAL suite.)

1/97- 10/07

Senior Technical. Advisor, Drilling, Halliburton/Landmark, Houston.

Development and enhancement of a software engine for calculating

transient temperature in multiphase fluid in a wellbore undergoing

drilling, production and injection operations, for both onshore and

offshore wells. This engine is at the heart of the WellCat product of

Landmark. Also participated in client support, product QA testing,

training and marketing support. Wellbore dynamics including

multi-phase flow, thermal model, steam injection, modeling of

hydrocarbon fluid properties for black oil, heavy oil and PVT/EOS

fluids, gas-lift and down-hole pumps.

1/94 - 1/97

Engineering Specialist, Water Control Marketing and Products

Department, Dowell Schlumberger, Sugar Land, Texas.

Development of methods, analysis and software tools applicable to the

issues relating to water control. Field support and client

presentations. (Diagnostics of water production causes, conformance

control, polymer and gel injection to reduce water production.)

7/84 - 1994

Senior Interpretation Development Engineer / Technical Consultant,

Schlumberger Well Services, Houston .

Development of analytic and numerical response models and

interpretation techniques for pressure transient well testing and

formation testing with point probes. Support of well logging modeling

and interpretation efforts by providing improved solution techniques.

(RFT, MDT, well logs, reservoir characterization, well testing,

horizontal wells, multi-layer reservoirs, hydraulically fractured

wells.) Reservoir characterization aided by well tests, pressure

measurements and well logs. Led a team of five engineers.

1/80 - 7/84

Senior Research Engineer, Mobil Research and Development Corporation.,

Dallas, Texas.

Development and testing of a numerical simulator for thermal recovery

processes of steam-flood and in-situ combustion applied to heavy

oil reservoirs. Simulation of water and polymer injection. Development

of a numerical simulation model for the mechanical and flow

processes occurring during hydraulic fracturing treatment of a well.

EDUCATION

M. S. and Ph.D., Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena,

California

Ph.D. Thesis: "Estimation of Properties in Petroleum Reservoirs." It

dealt with the inverse problem of determining spatially varying

coefficients (reservoir permeability and porosity) in a system

governed by the diffusion equation from the measurement of the history

of the state variables at selected points in space (pressure and flow

rates at well locations.) This work included statistical reservoir

modeling and history-matching.

B. Tech. in Aeronautical Engineering, .Indian Institute of Technology,

Bombay, India

PUBLICATIONS

I have authored over 35 publications in professional technical journals and

have received one patent. A full list is available upon request. I served

on the Editorial Review Committee of the SPE, 1986-89, and have served as a

technical reviewer for the journal Flow in Porous Media.

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

Representative of Halliburton to TUFFP research consortium at Tulsa

University on Fluid flow in wells (2003-2007)

Member of a two-man team for Dowell Schlumberger Center of Excellence on

temperature simulation, 1996.

SWS-E Library Publication Selection Committee May 1991-1993.

Participant - SDR Interpretation Symposium Paper Selection Committee 1988-

1989.

Participant - Schlumberger Hydraulic Isolation Detection Workshop, 1989.

Participant - SPE European Forum on Reservoir Characterization, 1989.

Participant - Schlumberger Invasion Workshops, 1988-90.

Consulting Expert - Problems in optimization, estimation, numerical

solution techniques at Schlumberger

Application Expert - CONREG, Constrained optimization software used in most

of Schlumberger's Reservoir Engineering Interpretation Products 1984-

1992.

Project Leader - MDT Pressure Response Modeling and Interpretation (REACH)

Development, 1989-90.

Project Leader - Horizontal Well Test Interpretation Development, 1988.

Project Leader - Gas Well Layered Reservoir Test Modeling and

Interpretation Development, 1987.

Project Leader - Well Management System Development, 1985-86.

Project Leader - LARTIS Development, 1984-1986.

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