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SURIYA NARAYANAN BALASUBRAMANIAN

****W.Corral Ave, Apt 79 Kingsville, TX 78363 361-***-**** ******.**************@*****.*** PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Extensive and diverse experience in research, modelling and economic analysis. Proficient in prioritizing and completing task in timely manner, yet flexible to multitask when necessary. Enjoys learning new programs and processes. A team player who is attentive to detail and able to work in fast paced environment. Skilled at problem solving and troubleshooting. Excellent oral and written communication skills. EDUCATION:

Texas A&M University - Kingsville Expected Graduation: May 2016 Major: Master of Science – Natural Gas Engineering GPA: 3.42 Minor: Chemical Engineering

Area of Expertise: Advanced Natural Gas Processing, Natural Gas Production and Distribution, Rheology, Fluid Dynamics, Advanced Reservoir Engineering, Pressure Transient Analysis, Process Calculations, Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, Advanced Process Dynamics and Control. Anna University - Trichy, India May 2013

Bachelor of Technology – Petrochemical Technology GPA: 3.4 EXPERIENCE:

Texas A&M University – Kingsville Kingsville, Texas Graduate Research Assistant December 2014 – Present Master Thesis: CHARACTERIZATION OF PROPPANT TRANSPORT IN SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE FOAM STABILIZED BY NANOPARTICLES Sponsor: Houston Advanced Research Center

Generated high quality gas foam with minimum nanoparticle concentration of 0.5wt%.

Experimented on foam stability for different temperature, pressure and high salinity environments.

Characterized Proppant Transport behavior using 3D simulator GOHFER Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore, Limited (Refinery) Kerala, India Engineering Intern December 2012 – February 2013

Project: MANUFACTURE OF CYCLOHEXANE FROM CYCLOHEXANONE PLANT

Assisted in designing a cyclohexane plant which is a precursor of nylon manufacturing.

Calculated material balance and energy balance for each process unit in cyclohexane plant.

Optimized cost estimation as well as breakeven analysis by considering direct and indirect costs.

Improved efficiency of the product by troubleshooting. CERTIFICATION:

PROMAX (L1, L2 Oil and Gas Foundations) Texas A&M University, Kingsville

Acquired in depth understanding of the simulation package used for the design and optimization of natural gas processing.

Gained experience in sizing of equipment’s, troubleshooting, spreadsheet embedding and solvers. PUBLICATION:

Rheology of Supercritical CO2 Foam Stabilized by Nanoparticles (SPE-176921-MS). IOR 2016, Tulsa, Oklahoma GRADUATE PROJECTS:

Project #1: MODELLING of A GAS PLANT USING PROMAX

Used a scenario tool to track the sweet gas H2S content and rich loading for a 40wt%MDEA solution. 2

Reduced BTEX emission from the amine sweetening unit by modelling flare system.

Fractionated the liquids from a demethanizer into ethane, propane, butanes and C5+ condensate. Project #2: SIMUALTING A NATURAL GAS PLANT USING ASPHEN HYSYS.

Simulated the sweetening unit for high and low concentration acid gases.

Designed the TEG dehydration unit that dries inlet gas to a minimum water content of 4lbH2O/MMSCF.

Evaluated CAPCOST using the equipment module approach Project #3: WELL TEST INTERPRETATION IN HYDRAULIC AND NATURAL FRACTURED WELLS

Analyzed suitable method for post fracture pressure transient test.

Calculated skin factor, formation permeability, fracture half-length using Gringarten type curve.

Analyzed a buildup test data for a Pseudo steady state matrix flow using semi log and type curve analysis technique.

Predicted oil well performance for saturated and under saturated reservoirs. TECHNICAL PRESEENTATION:

Proppant Transport Using Nanoparticle Stabilized Foam – SPE Student Driven Symposium, TAMUK, Texas

Won Second Place – Paper Presentation “Power Production from Rice Husk”, INDIA

Won Third Place - Poster Presentation- Next Generation Waterless Fracturing Fluid, TAMU Corpus Christi COMPUTER SKILLS:

Simulation Software: GOHFER, HYSYS, PROMAX, ANSYS, AUTOCADD. Programing Language: MATLAB

Operating Systems: Windows XP/2000/10, Mac OS.

Microsoft Office: Visio, Word, Excel, Access, Power point, Outlook.

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