Petroleum / Reservoir Engineer

ABHISHEK D. BIHANI

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PETROLEUM & RESERVOIR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL

Forward-thinking and dedicated engineering professional seeks an internship or permanent position to effectively utilize a Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering expected in May 2016 and proven experience as Graduate Research Assistant and as Reservoir Engineer. Collaborative and adaptable with excellent communication and interpersonal abilities to resolve problems successfully and ensure service focused on quality excellence.

EDUCATION

The University of Texas at Austin – Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering, GPA: 3.76/4.00; May 2016

o Coursework: Advanced Reservoir Engineering, Advanced Petrophysics, Transport Phenomena, Rock Physics, Advanced Thermodynamics, Fundamentals of Enhanced Oil Recovery, Wellbore Mechanics

Maharashtra Institute of Technology, University of Pune, India – Bachelor of Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, GPA: 73.98/100; Honors: Silver Medalist, Ranked 2nd in Bachelor of Engineering, May 2011

o Coursework: Drilling Engineering, Production Engineering, Reservoir Engineering, Petroleum Geology, Formation Evaluation, Environmental Technology, Petroleum Economics, Material Science, Applied Physics and Chemistry, Applied Mathematics and Mechanics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Oil India Limited (OIL) - India October 2011 – July 2014

Reservoir Engineer

Member of IOR/EOR Team for study of water injection performance in operational fields and identification of new reservoirs for EOR.

Key Achievements:

Recommended workovers for water injection, oil and gas producing wells based on utilization of material balance techniques (MBAL) and pressure production data.

Assisted Finance in calculation of costs for IOR-EOR activities and updated annual incremental oil gains and reserve accretion using volumetric estimation and decline curve analysis.

Analyzed high pour-point and heavy oil reserves to identify appropriate technology for its production.

Well Site Geologist and Manager for two months in Drilling Operations Section.

Onsite Engineer for variety of open hole and cased hole wire line jobs including USIT and side wall coring.

Essar Oil Limited – India June 2010 – July 2010

Summer Intern

Key Achievements:

Utilized Fekete FAST CBM software to conduct history matching, production forecasting and sensitivity analysis on coal bed methane wells focused on reducing uncertainty of input data.

ACADEMIC PROJECT & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

The University of Texas at Austin – Austin, TX August 2014 - Present

Graduate Research Assistant – Graduate Advisor Dr. Hugh Daigle

Conduct research on DOE Project “Mechanisms for Methane Transport and Hydrate Accumulation in Coarse-Grained Reservoirs.”

Investigate Pore Size Distribution and Methane Equilibrium Conditions at Walker Ridge Block 313 in Northern Gulf of Mexico; construct correlations for prediction of relaxation time and pore size distributions from gamma ray and density log data.

Predict thickness and depth of Liquid + Gas + Hydrate zone in wells utilizing pore size distributions in conjunction with methane solubility curves.

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Undergraduate Project: Continuous Gas Lift Optimization of a Mumbai High Well January 2011 – June 2011

Member of team of 4 - Utilized IPM-PROSPER to optimize the quantity of gas injected in a gas-lift well for maximum oil recovery at ONGC in Mumbai.

Constructed an algorithm to fully understand the internal workings of the software and validate results.

Undergraduate Seminar: Water Alternating Gas Injection (WAG) March 2010 - June 2010

Conducted a comprehensive literature survey on the improved oil recovery techniques and identified the advantages of WAG over water flooding and gas injection.

Utilized STARS package of CMG for a case study simulation of WAG process.

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY

Reservoir Simulation CMG; PETREL; IPM-MBAL; FEKETE- FAST CBM; PVTSIM

Flow Assurance IPM- PROSPER; OFM; FEKETE-FAST RTA; KAPPA- ECRIN; PHDWIN

Statistics MATLAB; SPSS; Minitab; Crystal Ball

Others Adobe Photoshop; Microsoft Office

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Presiding Officer – Indian Parliamentary Election, Dibrugarh Constituency, May 2014

Advanced Communicator Bronze – Toastmasters International, September 2011

Vice President, Public Relations – Toastmasters Club of Pune-West, August 2010 – June 2011

President – SPE-MIT Student Chapter, July 2010 – June 2011

Editor – MIT Petroleum Departmental Magazine, MIT SPECK, 2010

PUBLICATIONS

A. Bihani, H. Daigle, et. al. (2015). Poster- OS23B-1999: Pore Size Distribution and Methane Equilibrium Conditions at Walker Ridge Block 313, Northern Gulf of Mexico. AGU Fall Meeting, 14-18 December, San Francisco, USA.

D. Jain, A. Bihani (2014). PETROTECH A-2238: Crude oil viscosity correlations: A Novel approach for Upper Assam Basin. Petrotech Conference, New Delhi, India.

Z. Haindade, A. Bihani, et. al. (2012). SPE 157119: Enhancing Flow Assurance using Co-Ni Nanoparticles for Dewaxing of Production Tubing. SPE International Oilfield Nanotechnology Conference and Exhibition, 12-14 June, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

A. Bihani, Z. Haindade, et. al. (2012). Electrolysis Assisted Gas Lift for Dewatering CBM Reservoirs. Association of Petroleum Geologists Conference, Duliajan, India.

Arora, A. Bihani, et. al. (2011). IPTC 14669: Side-wall Coring: Advanced In-situ Freeze-Core Technique. International Petroleum Technology Conference, 15-17 November, Bangkok, Thailand.

A. Punase, A. Bihani, et. al. (2011). SPE 142658: ‘SOYBEAN SLURRY’- A New Effective, Economical and Environmental Friendly Solution for Oil Congealing. SPE Project and Facilities Challenges Conference at METS, 13-16 February, Doha, Qatar.

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