PhD. Barrios Rivas Jorge Luis
Geologist / Professor / Geomechanics / Researcher
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PRINCIPAL GEOLOGIST - GEOMECHANICS ENGINEER
15 Year experience as a Geologist Engineer, Technical Associate, Project Engineer, Geologist Advisor, Geomechanics Project Manager and Instructor. Background includes high skills in geomechanical and geodynamic structural geology, horizontal well construction, wellhole stability, conventional and non-conventional reservoir development, basin formation, as well as experience preservation and analysis of consolidated and non-consolidated rock cores, calculation of resistance and elastic properties of rocks, mineralogy of rocks, fields of efforts. Recognized for leadership and supervisory capabilities as well as organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills. Demonstrated ability in knowledge management, management of technical teams for their training, with experience as president of technical sections in international congresses, jury of peer-reviewed technical journals, author of paper and technical books on management and earth sciences, as well as numerous master's research tutorials related to oil and gas.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) Maracaibo - Venezuela 2005 – 2017:
Advisor of Geomechanics Engineer - Team PDVSA and joint ventures. Integrated Reservoir Studies.
Project Leader West Division LRF0092 and Project VLE0326-VLE305, VLG3676, VLF3020, Eocenofract and VLC0363.
Designed, planned, coordinated and managed projects of Pore Pressure prediction and Wellbore Stability Analysis for exploratory and complex oil and gas wells.
Technical Leader of the national team of underground solid waste injection to support the operations of oil and gas well drilling
Prepare and development real-time geomechanical modeling applications for production division in the field and office environment.
Provide recommendations to the managers that aide in the prevention NPT (non-productive times) or elimination of formation fluid influx, drilling fluid loss and wellbore instability.
Manage drafting projects for technical standards for the improvement of internal processes of the company.
Calculate and apply pore pressure, in situ stress, and rock mechanics properties modeling into regional and field level interpretation under general supervision. To be able to generate basic pre-drill pore pressure and geomechanics solutions for well planning applications.
Experienced in the development of exploration oil and gas wells in offshore environments and high tectonism.
Selection of wells to be drill and elaboration of design and follow-up.
Analysis of basins and structural and sedimentological maps.
Tectonic and field stress analysis for exploratory wells.
Development of rock mechanics analysis for hydraulic fracturing design and simulation.
Real Time Pore Pressure Analyst.
Development of pre-drill models for challenging mature fields.
Conventional Hydraulic Fracturing Design and Execution.
Unconventional Hydraulic Fracturing Design and Execution.
Production-match and forecast using nodal analysis.
Managed Sand Control.
Field Operation engineer, with expertise in reservoir development, stimulations, electric logs, pore pressure, cutting and core analysis, hydraulic fracture, XLOT Supervision. ...
Establish and integrate the best technical and economic practices that ensure rational exploitation and development of hydrocarbon deposits, participation in the development and optimization of Opportunities, determine the activities of the annual program generation, maintenance of potential and capture data, compliance plans incorporation and development of reserves of oil / gas by updating and revision of the geological mapping and reservoir.
Universidad del Zulia Maracaibo - Venezuela 2014 – 2017:
Professor in the oil engineering Master's program of La Universidad del Zulia
Geomechanics and production Geology.
Chairman section in international Journals and congress. (SPE, EAGE)
Instructor for National Oil Company, of Geomechanics applied to wellbore stability, pore pressure, hydraulic fracture and unconventional reservoir.
Tutorials in research and degree thesis.
Elaboration of technical articles for national and international publications
KAYROS C.A Mérida - Venezuela 2002 – 2005
Technical Associate Civil Construction
Field supervision of topographic surveys
Preparation of cores for tests of resistance to compression and traction of cement
Reading and interpretation of topographic maps
Field supervision of work progress evaluations
SKILLS:
Solid knowledge in management of research projects.
Preparation of technical Paper for presentations inside and outside the company
Mentor for project entrepreneurship
Consultancies for volunteer teams in the area of geosciences
eLearning and MOOC expert
Knowledge in complexity Science paradigms
Philosophy studies, ethical, moral and state policies and government systems
Management of Applications: Petrel, Skua, Drillworks predict, Discovery, By Landmark UNIX and Windows environments (Excel advanced).
EDUCATION
Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacín – 2018 - Post Doctorate in Management of Science and Technology.
Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacín – 2017 – (PhD) Doctor of Science.
Universidad del Zulia – 2014 - MSc. Petroleum Engineering
Universidad de los Andes – 2005 – Bachelor of Science Geology Engineering
Technological Institute of Ejido (I.U.T.E) – 2000 - Technical Associate Civil Construction
Heriot Watt University - 2011 - Diploma in Geomechanics (Rocks Mechanics)
Universidad de los Andes – 2012 - Diploma in Finite Element (Applied Mathematics)
LANGUAGES:
Spanish – English - French