Petroleum Engineering

SACHIN RANA

*** ***** ***, ***** *******, PA ****1

814-***-****; ***********@*****.***

EDUCATION

**** – Now Doctor of Philosophy in Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering: GPA: 3.87/4.0 University Park, PA The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 2009 – 2011 Master of Science in Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering; GPA: 3.88/4.0 University Park, PA The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 2005 – 2009 Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering ; GPA : 3. 52 /4.0 Haryana, IN Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India

SKILLS

2009 – Now Reservoir Engineering and Machine Learning Skills University Park, PA

Numerical reservoir simulation, frac modeling, well testing, Kriging, Monte-Carlo simulation

Deep machine learning, Bayesian optimization, principal component analysis, multivariate regression

Artificial intelligence using Gaussian Processes Regression, CART, Random Forest 2009 – Now Personal Skills Midland, TX

Self-motivated, good team worker, excellent communication and presentation skills EXPERIENCE

2017 – 2017 Reserves Evaluation Engineer Intern at CONSTELLATION ENERGY Baltimore, MD Improved Calibration of US Natural Gas Supply Model

Developed automated regression excel tool to calibrate raw gas pipeline data to match EIA gas production data

Developed SQL workflow to fetch proppant and fluid data from Fracfocus database for all the wells in USA 2016 – 2016 Reservoir Engineer Intern at SHELL EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COMPANY Houston, TX Risk Assessment and Mitigation Guidelines for Frac Interference on Permian Basin Asset

Quantitative statistical analysis of key variables affecting risk of frac interference in Permian Basin

Increased the risk prediction accuracy by around 30% by using Random Forest method

Developed frac interference and mitigation strategy to be applied on new well completions 2015 – Now Research Assistant at THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY University Park, PA Probabilistic Forecasting of Hydrocarbon Reserves by Using Artificial Intelligence Methods

Applied Gaussian Processes Regression to calibrate numerical reservoir model against historical production data

Predicted P10, P50 & P90 estimate of hydrocarbon reserves using Markov Chain Monte Carlo technique 2011 – 2015 Reservoir & Production Engineer at SCHLUMBERGER Midland, TX

Supervised and executed over 80 hydraulic fracturing and matrix acidizing jobs in Permian Basin

Expertise in optimum completion design using petrophysical and geomechanical well logs

Utilized production data to assess reservoir characteristics and performance (Rate Transient Analysis) PUBLICATION

2017 S. Rana, T. Ertekin, G. R. King, An Efficient History Matching and Uncertainty Quantification Workflow Using Gaussian Processes Proxy Models and Variogram Based Sensitivity Analysis, Computers and Geosciences Journal (Under Review) 2017 S. Rana, T. Ertekin, G. R. King, Probablistic Assisted History Matching using GP-VARS: Application to M4.1 Reservoir in Tahoe Field, Computational Geosciences Journal (Under Review) 2014 Coupling of Type Curves and Expert Systems for Evaluating Multi-stage Hydraulically Fractured Horizontal Wells in Composite Dual-porosity Shale Gas Reservoirs, Siripatrachai, N., Rana, S., Ertekin, T. and Bodipat, K., SPE-170963, SPE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2012 Type Curves for Pressure Transient Analysis of Composite-Double Porosity Gas Reservoirs, Rana S., Ertekin T., SPE-153889, SPE Regional Meeting Bakersfield, CA

SOFTWARE

High Performance Computer Programming University Park, PA

Parallel Programming, Visual C++, C Sharp, MS SQL Database Management, MATLAB, Tableau Reservoir Engineering and Economics Related Software Abu Dhabi, UAE

Merak (PEEP), OFM, AWM, DesignPRO, Advanta, Petrel, CMG, Mangrove, Aries ACHIEVEMENTS

First place winner of Schlumberger Well Stimulation Technical School, March 2013 Tulsa, OK

First place winner of Schlumberger Operational School, August 2012 Tulsa, OK

BP Exploration Graduate Scholarship, Spring 2011

National Fuel Funds Award, Fall 2010

Passed Schlumberger Production Engineering School Level 3, July 2014 Abu Dhabi, UAE

Passed Schlumberger Production Engineering School Level 2, February 2014 Melun, France PROFESSIONAL

ACTIVITIES

Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers since 2009

Graduate student representative of SPE Penn State student chapter

Volunteered in Back on My Feet organization’s sneak race event Baltimore, MD

Presented PhD thesis research in graduate seminar series, 2017 University Park, PA

Attended EIA energy conference, 2017 Washington, DC

Presented research paper at SPE Regional level student paper contest under PhD division,2016 Baton Rouge, LA

Attended SPE annual technical conference, 2015 Houston, TX

Presented research paper at SPE Western Regional Conference, 2012 Bakersfield, CA

Attended Shell Drilling & Production Camp at Robert Training Center, 2010 New Orleans, LA INTERESTS

Tennis, Badminton, Racquetball, Ping pong, Cricket

Travelling and seeing new places

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