Engineer Plant

SANAZ

SEDDIGHRAD

**** ****** ***** *. *****. Apt # 2306

Denver, Co 80246

310-***-**** / abluy0@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a full-time position in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Los Angeles, CA

Master of Science, Petroleum Engineering (GPA 3.93) August, 2010

SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Tehran, Iran

Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering

June, 2005

EXPERIENCE

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Houston, TX

Petroleum Engineer Intern

May 2010 -

August 2010

. Supervised the construction of a test unit to evaluate Rockies gas

well's fluid production and analyzed each well's productivity using

Echometer and Smart plunger data.

. Identified problems with intermittent producing and plunger wells and

recommended potential improvements.

USC CHEVRON

Los

Angeles, CA

Research Assistant

June 2009 - May 2010

. Proposed methodology to predict failure of artificial lift systems to

cut work-over costs.

. Utilized machine learning techniques for trend analysis and

identification to reduce Sucker-Rod-Pumping failures.

SADRE SANAT: CONSULTANT ENGINEERS

Tehran, Iran

Chemical Engineer

June 2005 -

September 2007

. Involved in the design of a 10 miles pipeline to transfer oil to the

existing Ahwaz-Abadan pipeline in stage 1 of the Darquin Oil Field

development to target a capacity of 200,000 Bbl/Day.

. Detailed design of four phases of Natural Gas Treatment and Gathering

Plant consisting of over 30 wells

. Detailed design of a CO2 removal plant including pumps, compressors,

distillation towers, heat exchangers and chemical reactors.

SADRE SANAT: CONSULTANT ENGINEERS

Tehran, Iran

Chemical Engineering Intern

June 2004 -

September 2004

. Forecasted and evaluated potential saving options in energy

consumption of the leather industry with raw skin processing capacity

of 1000 tons per day.

. Analyzed environmental issues related to the disposal of leather

manufacturing waste and implemented a strategy to convert these wastes

to be used as fertilizers.

ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND PAPERS

. Y. Liu, K. Yao, USC ISI; S. Liu, C.S. Raghavendra, USC; T.L. Lenz, L.

Olabinjo, B. Seren, Chevron; S. Seddigrhad, C.G. Dinesh Babu, USC:

"Failure Prediction for Artificial Lift Systems", SPE Western Regional

Meeting, USA, California, May 2010

. Developing correlations to improve massive hydraulic fracture

treatments in Marcellus shale gas (2010)

. Artificial Lift Systems: Trend analysis and prediction of ROD pump

failures for oil fields within the U.S. (2009)

. M.Sedeghi, S.Seddighrad, S.Eslami: "Technology Forecasting System

Dynamic Modeling", Proceeding of IAMOT 2004 Conference on Management

of Technology, in Washington DC

. Undergraduate Honors Thesis: Float Glass Process Plant Design

SKILLS

. Fluent in English, Farsi and familiar with Arabic.

. Project Management, Research and Analytical, Event Planning, and

Technical Presentations.

. Digital fluency in MATLAB, HYSYS, Aspen, Pascal, Word, Excel,

PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook.

HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

. 2010- SPE LA basin scholarship - Bruce Davis Memorial Scholarship

. 2009 Chevron Scholarship Award - Academically Outstanding Master's

Student Award

. 2008- 2010 Flour Foundation Award

. 2008-2009 Vice President, USC Student Chapter of the Society of

Petroleum Engineers (SPE)

. Enjoy reading, documentaries, hiking, skiing, traveling, and

community service.

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