Engineering University

DR. DAVID ALEXANDER

Date of Birth: October **th *979

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EDUCATION:

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering University of Texas at Austin/UTT (2012) M.Sc. Petroleum Engineering University of the West Indies (2008) B.Sc. Chemistry/Analytical Chemistry University of the West Indies (2002) SPECIFIC ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS

QUALIFICATIONS:

Carbon Capture and Storage Climate Change

Enhanced Oil Recovery Renewable Energy

Energy Modelling International Collaboration

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:

First Response (Management) The University of Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad (2016)

Oil and Gas Effluent Discharge Management Society of Petroleum Engineers, Trinidad

(2015)

CMG Modeling Software Suite CMG Limited, Calgary, Canada (2015) WINPROP, CMOST

Judicial Writing University of Nevada, (2014)

Reservoir Simulation Strategies PetroSkills, Katy, Texas (2014) Environmental Mediation Vermont Law School, (2013) and Dispute Resolution

Train the Trainer School of Business and Computer

Science, (2013)

Petrel Schlumberger, (2013)

Project Management The University of Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad (2010)

Matlab The University of Texas at Austin,

Texas (2010)

TrapTester The Badley’s - UK, (2010)

Petroleum Risk and Decision Analysis Petro skills Facilitated Course, Trinidad

(2009)

CMG Modeling Software Suite CMG Limited, Calgary, Canada IMEX, GEM, CO2 Sequestration (2009)

Carbon Capture and Storage Training The International Energy Agency (IEA), and the Global Carbon Capture and

Storage Institute (GCCSI), Australia

(2009)

Carbon Capture and Storage Workshop South Trinidad Chamber of Industry an Commerce, Trinidad (2008)

Introduction to Geological Carbon Sequestration Tobago Gas Technology Conference,

(2007)

Computer Repairs Ministry of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education, (2006)

EXPERIENCE:

a) Academic Experience

o Programme Leader of Energy Systems and the Petroleum Unit (The University of Trinidad and Tobago) – 2014 to present

o Discipline Coordinator of Masters of Science in Petroleum Engineering (The University of Trinidad and Tobago) – 2014 to 2017

o Discipline Coordinator of Masters of Science in Reservoir Engineering (The University of Trinidad and Tobago) – 2014 to 2015; 2016 - present o Programme Leader of Bachelor’s of Applied Science and Masters of Engineering In Petroleum Engineering (The University of Trinidad and Tobago) – 2012 to 2014 o Programme coordinator of all projects in the Bachelor’s of Applied Science and Masters of Engineering In Petroleum Engineering (The University of Trinidad and Tobago – 2012 to 2014

o Lead the Petroleum Engineering Unit to full international reaccreditation (Energy Institute, UK). Successful accreditation for all programmes for the 2016-2021 intake years. o Currently fostering relationships with the University of Texas at Austin, Penn State University, the University of Calgary, the University of Guyana and the University of the West Indies.

Assistant Professor University of Trinidad & Tobago 2013

– present

Instructor 11 University of Trinidad & Tobago 2007 – 2013 Teacher III Rio Claro College 2004 – 2007

Demonstrator University of the West Indies 2002 – 2004 The following list below indicates courses that I have taught at UTT from 2007 - 2017.

Pre-Engineering Communication II

Mathematics for Technicians

Mathematics 2 - Differentiation

Mathematics 3 - Integration

Materials and Metallurgy

Chemistry for Technicians

Chemistry for Engineers II

Organic and Physical Chemistry

International Petroleum Operations

Conventional Oil and Gas

Research Methodology

Improved Oil Recovery

Reservoir Simulation

Advanced Reservoir Simulation

Thermodynamics and Multicomponent Systems

Transport Phenomena

Natural Gas Engineering

Phase Behaviour of Multicomponent Systems

Petrophysics

b) Industrial Experience

Co-Chairman CERM Committee 2017

– present

Engineer

WOMS (Waste Oil Management) 2017

QA Inspector Lever Brothers, W.I. 2004

Trainee Engineer Petrotrin 2003

c) Professional Activities

Director (New Opportunities) The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) 2014 - 2016 Member (Global Training)

The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPEI) 2013 - 2016 Commissioner (Judge) Environmental Commission of T&T 2013 - 2016 Member TCS Local School Board 2014 - 2015

o (2016 - present)

Reviewer – Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering Editorial Board Member - Petroleum & Environmental Biotechnology d) Other Professional Group Memberships include:

Society of Petroleum Engineering (SPE)

European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE)

Association for Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago (APETT) e) University Appointed Committees (Internal)

Academic Council -2014 to present

Appointments and Performance Evaluation Committee (APEC) (2015 – 2016)

Tender’s Evaluation Committee (TEC) - (2014)

Member - Standing Panel of Chairmen (2015 – 2017)

Member - Standing Panel (2015 – present)

Member – Board of Engineering (2015 – 2017)

Member – Committee of Programme Professors (2015 – 2017)

Member – Board of Graduate Studies and Research (2015 – present) f) University Appointed Committees (External)

Low Emission Capacity Building Programme (LECB) – (2015 – present) HONOURS AND AWARDS RECEIVED:

Sponsorship recipient to pursue M.Sc in Petroleum Engineering with the University of the West Indies.

Full scholarship recipient to pursue PhD with the University of Texas at Austin via the University of Trinidad and Tobago in 2007.

Selected as 1 of 5 researchers around the world to attend (with free tuition) the TrapTester training programme in the UK.

Selected as 1 of 50 researchers around the world to attend (with full funding provided by the Australian government) the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute (GCCSI) Carbon Capture and Storage school in Lorne, Australia, 2009.

TRAINING OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED HUMAN RESOURCES

o I served as an examiner and advisor for over 35 undergraduate Petroleum Engineering projects.

o I supervised/co-supervised 8 MEng and MSc projects and currently supervise and co- supervised 9 other MSc projects.

o I lead the heavy oil inventory from the grant funding from the MEEI managing 3 Research Assistants

o Current Supervisor/Co-supervisor for 7 MPhil/PhD students. Research Titles include:

CO2 Injection into Gas Condensate Reservoirs

Response Surface Methodology Used to Estimate Influencing Parameters and Production Optimization in Mature Heavy Oil Reservoir: Guapo, Trinidad

Evaluation and Modelling of Foamy Oil Behavior in Enhanced Oil Recovery Processes

Technical Feasibility of Creating Oil-Water Emulsion to Aid in the Transportation of Heavy Oil in Offshore Environment

Modelling and Performance of CO2-EOR in Trinidad Oil Reservoirs

Improving Oil Recovery in Palo Seco, Trinidad via steam and solvent interactions - A reservoir modelling and fluid interaction investigation

Improving Oil Recovery in Trinidad via CO2- A reservoir modelling and fluid interaction investigation

Produced water from oil reservoirs

o Internal Examiner for PhD candidates:

Exploitation of the Parrylands Tar Sands

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

My research activities focus on the effect of faults on the CO2 plume dynamics when injected into geologic reservoirs including depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs or saline aquifers. PUBLICATIONS FROM ARRIVING FROM RESEARCH ACTIVITIES Zhang, K, Seetahal, S., Alexander, D, Hu, Y., Zhao, C., Wu, K., Chen, Z., (2016). Correlation for CO2 Minimum Miscibility Pressure in Tight Oil Reservoirs. SPE-180857. Zhang, K, Seetahal, S., Hu, Y., Zhao, C., Wu, K., Chen, Z., Alexander, D, (2016). The Way to Improve Water Alternating Gas Performance in Tight Oil Reservoirs. SPE-180858. Zhang, K, Seetahal, S., Alexander, D, Hu, Y., Zhao, C., Wu, K., Chen, Z., (2016). Effect of Confinement on Gas and Oil Relative Permeability during CO2 Flooding in Tight Oil Reservoirs. SPE-180856.

J. Zhan, J., Seetahal, S., Alexander, D., Hejazi, H., Cao, J., R., He, R., Zhang, K., Chen Z.,

(2016). An Integrated Method to Characterize Shale Gas Reservoir Performance. SPE-180884. J. Zhan, J., Seetahal, S., Alexander, D., Hejazi, H., Cao, J., R., He, R., Zhang, K., Chen Z., (2016). Characterization of Hydraulic-induced Fracture Initial Water Saturation Distribution Using Arp's Correlation. SPE-180885.

Narinesingh, J and Alexander, D. (2016). Injection Well Placement Analysis for Optimizing CO2 Enhanced Gas Recovery Coupled With Sequestration in Condensate Reservoirs. SPE-180866. Hernandez, J., Julien, G., Noel, L., Alexander, D., Seetahal, S., (2016). Comparing the Feasibility of two CO2 EOR Processes: Continuous vs W.A.G Injection on a Field Onshore Trinidad. SPE- 180907.

Boodlal, D and Alexander, D. (2014). The Impact of the Clean Development Mechanism and Enhanced Oil Recovery on the Economics of Carbon Capture and Geological Storage for Trinidad and Tobago. Energy Procedia, Volume 63, 2014, Pages 6420-6427. Boodlal, D and Alexander, D., Narinesingh, J. (2014). The use of Reservoir Simulation to obtain Key Parameters for investigating the Feasibility of Implementing Flue Gas CO2-EOR coupled with Sequestration in Trinidad. Energy Procedia, Volume 63, 2014, Pages 7517-7528. Narinesingh, J and Alexander, D. (2014). CO2 Enhanced Gas Recovery and Geologic Sequestration in Condensate Reservoir: A Simulation Study of the Effects of Injection Pressure on Condensate Recovery from Reservoir and CO2 Storage Efficiency. Energy Procedia, Volume 63, 2014, Pages 3107-3115.

Alexander, D and Boodlal, D. (2014). Evaluating the effects of CO2 Injection in Faulted Saline Aquifers. Energy Procedia, Volume 63, 2014, Pages 3012-3021. Seetahal, S and Alexander, D. (2014). A Real Options Analysis of Carbon Dioxide Sequestration for Trinidad and Tobago: A Case Study of the Mahogany Field. Energy Procedia, Volume 63, 2014, Pages 7242-7246.

Augustus, A, and Alexander, D. (2014). Evaluating the Effects of CO2 Injection in Faulted Oil Reservoirs. SPE-169933.

Narinesingh, J, D. Boodlal and Alexander, D, (2014). Feasibility Study on the Implementation of CO2-EOR Coupled with Sequestration in Trinidad via Reservoir Simulation. SPE-169935. Tao, Q, D. Alexander and Bryant, S. (2013). Development and Field Application of Model for Leakage of CO2 along a Fault. Energy Procedia Volume 37, 2013, Pages 4420–4427. Tao, Q, Alexander D., and S. Bryant. (2013). Modelling CO2 potential leakage rate along a fault in the Mahogany field. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 111 (2013) 15–24. Alexander, D and Bryant, S. (2011). Pressure Transient Effects of CO2 Sequestration in Faulted Reservoirs: Saline Aquifers. Energy Procedia, Volume 4, 2011, Pages 4331-4338. Alexander, D, D. Boodlal and Bryant, S. (2011). Employing CCS technologies in the Caribbean: A case study for Trinidad and Tobago. Energy Procedia, Volume 4, 2011, Pages 6273-6279. Alexander, D and Bryant, S. (2008). The Effects of Capillarity and Faults on the CO2 Plume Dynamics: A Case Study for the Mahogany Field. Presented at Tobago Gas Conference 2008, Tobago, TGTC Proceedings, pages 60 – 67.

Alexander, D and Bryant, S. (2008). Evaluating Storage and Leakage Scenarios for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Trinidad and Tobago. Energy Procedia, Volume 1, Issue 1, February 2009, pages 2761-2768.

Conference/Seminar Presentations

Alexander, D. (2015). An Analysis of the fall oil price and its impact on the T&T economy – NALIS, Port of Spain

Alexander, D. (2014). Advantages and Challenges of Carbon Dioxide Sequestration. Mitigating the Enhanced Greenhouse Effect - Reducing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide “Extractive Industries.”

- The University of Trinidad and Tobago.

Boodlal, D and Alexander, D. (2014). The Impact of the Clean Development Mechanism and Enhanced Oil Recovery on the Economics of Carbon Capture and Geological Storage for Trinidad and Tobago. GHGT-12. Austin, Texas.

Boodlal, D and Alexander, D. (2014). The use of Reservoir Simulation to obtain Key Parameters for investigating the Feasibility of Implementing Flue Gas CO2-EOR coupled with Sequestration in Trinidad. GHGT-12. Austin, Texas.

Narinesingh, J and Alexander, D. (2014). CO2 Enhanced Gas Recovery and Geologic Sequestration in Condensate Reservoir: A Simulation Study of the Effects of Injection Pressure on Condensate Recovery from Reservoir and CO2 Storage Efficiency. GHGT-12. Austin, Texas. Alexander, D and Boodlal, D. (2014). Evaluating the effects of CO2 Injection in Faulted Saline Aquifers. GHGT-12. Austin, Texas.

Seetahal, S and Alexander, D. (2014). A Real Options Analysis of Carbon Dioxide Sequestration for Trinidad and Tobago: A Case Study of the Mahogany Field. GHGT-12. Austin, Texas. Narinesingh J., Boodlal, D.V., and D. Alexander, “Feasibility Study on the Implementation of CO2- EOR Coupled with Sequestration in Trinidad via Reservoir Simulation.” Presented at the SPE Energy Conference, Trinidad, June 9-11th, 2014.

Augustus, A, and Alexander, D. (2014). Evaluating the Effects of CO2 Injection in Faulted Oil Reservoirs. SPE Energy Resources Conference, 9-11 June, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Alexander, D. (2013). At the Forefront of the Evolving Education Sector – Energy. Presented at the University of Trinidad and Tobago - UTT's Response to Budget 2013/14. Alexander, D, Tao, Q., and Bryant, S. (2012). Estimating Fault Zone Permeability and Modeling CO2 Leakage Rate, Presented at UTCCS1, Austin, Texas. Tao, Q, Alexander, D., and Bryant, S. (2012). Estimating CO2 Leakage Rate along a Fault: Model and Field Application– (Presented at GHGT-11, November 2012 in Kyoto Japan.) Alexander, D and Bryant, S. (2011). Pressure Transient Effects of CO2 Sequestration in Faulted Reservoirs: Saline Aquifers, GHGT-10, Presented at Amsterdam, Netherlands. Alexander, D, Boodlal, D., and Bryant, S. (2011). Employing CCS technologies in the Caribbean: A case study for Trinidad and Tobago, Presented at GHGT-10, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Alexander, D. (2010). The Effects of Faults on the Plume Dynamics for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Trinidad and Tobago: Presented on 2nd March 2010. Alexander, D and D. Boodlal (2010). An overview of Carbon Capture and Geological Storage in Trinidad and Tobago – Presented at UTT Postgraduate Forum, 26th May 2010. Alexander, D. (2009). Modelling CO2 Storage in Saline Aquifers with a Compositional Simulator

– GEM. Presented at the University of Trinidad and Tobago. Presented at the University of Trinidad and Tobago’s 4th NGIA Seminar Series (2009). Alexander, D. (2009). The Role of the Mahogany Field in Carbon Sequestration – Presented to BPTT Subsurface Management Panel (March 2009).

Alexander, D and Bryant, S. (2008). Evaluating Storage and Leakage Scenarios for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Trinidad and Tobago. Presented at the University of Trinidad and Tobago 1st NGIA Seminar Series (2008).

Alexander, D and Bryant, S. (2008). The Effects of Capillarity and Faults on the CO2 Plume Dynamics: A Case Study for the Mahogany Field. Presented at Tobago Gas Conference 2008, Tobago.

Alexander, D and Bryant, S. (2008). Evaluating Storage and Leakage Scenarios for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Trinidad and Tobago, Presented at GHGT-9, Washington D.C. Technical reports

Alexander, D. “The Effects of Faults on the Plume Dynamics for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Trinidad and Tobago”. PhD Thesis submitted to the University of Texas at Austin and University of Trinidad and Tobago (2012).

Alexander, D. “The Effects of Faults on the Plume Dynamics for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Trinidad and Tobago”. Report submitted to the University of Trinidad and Tobago (2009). Alexander, D. “Evaluating options in Trinidad and Tobago for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration”. Report submitted to the University of Trinidad and Tobago (2008). Alexander, D. “PVT Correlations for Southeast Trinidad”. Report submitted to the University of the West Indies, (2007).

Selected Panel Discussions

“UTT’s Research on EOR coupled with Greenhouse Gas reduction strategy” – Energy Conference in Port of Spain. (2017).

“A Global Analysis of the fall oil price and its impact on the T&T economy” – Discussed at the NALIS, Port of Spain. (2015).

“Global Education and Training for Energy.” Discussed at the GET ENERGY 2014 Conference in Houston, Texas. (2014).

“At the Forefront of the Evolving Education Sector – Energy”. Discussed at the University of Trinidad and Tobago - UTT's Response to Budget 2013/14. (2013). Research Grants Received for UTT

1. A Techno-economic Analysis of Carbon Management in Trinidad and Tobago through coupled Enhanced Oil Recovery and Geological Storage. Funding Agency: Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries, Trinidad and Tobago Grant Value: TTD 1,462,662.00

Grant Period: September, 2015 – May, 2018

Team Members: Dr Ejae John and Dr Donnie Boodlal

2. A Techno-economic Analysis of Heavy Oil in Trinidad and Tobago. Funding Agency: Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries, Trinidad and Tobago Grant Value: TTD 3,0133,44.00

Grant Period: September, 2015 – August, 2018

Team Members: Dr Ejae John and Dr Donnie Boodlal

References

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