Information Management Digital Transformation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Data and Information Management Leader with over two and half decades of International Experience in Upstream Data, Analytics and Digital Transformation. Helping companies with high level initiatives like Digital Transformation, Defining & Executing Strategies & Roadmaps, Governance, MDM, Information Management in the Energy Industry. Currently also involved in growing OSDU initiatives across companies and communities. I have provided Information Management solutions to NOC’s, Super Majors, Integrated Independent Operators, working with the best Oilfield Services and Consulting companies.

Current: Director Consulting

dataVediK

Providing Upstream expertise to dataVediK team consisting of data scientists, software engineers, solution architects, database engineers, in developing Machine Learning based solutions on OSDU Data Platform for Upstream workflows.

Confidential, USA

Building a Decarbonizing Simulation Platform for a Startup

Confidential, Canada

Developed Modern Data Platform Strategy and Roadmap for Integrated Operator

Confidential, USA

Developed a solution for forecasting budget for decommissioning Well/Pad. Build solution on industry consortium database using Data Management best practices.

Maersk Drilling, Denmark

Developed Analytics solution for Real-Time Drilling Offshore Operations

Nabors Drilling, USA

myWells is a Nabors commercial product, which is used by customers to monitor real-time drilling data and performance by Drilling operations in the field. Current technology is coming to end of lifecycle requiring a complete revamp.

•myWells (Real-time Drilling Monitoring System) Product Revamp.

•Development and approval of concepts with Business & Technical leadership Team.

•Lead Defining Data Foundation Strategy and Roadmap.

•Lead BA / SME during Product Development Cycle.

Noah Consulting LLC, Houston, USA Nov. 2012 – Feb. 2015

Sr. Consultant / SME (Upstream Oil & Gas Information Management)

KEY PROJECTS

ConocoPhillips, USA

ConocoPhillips engaged Noah to help them remediate the geochemistry data for GOM offshore and Permian fields.

•Geochemistry Data Remediation – Strategy, Roadmap and Pilot.

•Identification of gaps in current process, define future state business process.

•Project Lead/SME

Chevron, USA

Chevron GOM team engaged Noah to identify MDM need for the Upstream team. Noah team members conducted over 60 interviews with senior to middle management professionals with a view to understanding their needs.

•Master Data Management – Strategy and Planning.

•This was a strategy project to assess the need of MDM for various data types & demonstrating business benefits.

•Industry Data Model assessment for MDM needs.

•Technical evaluation of available MDM technologies.

•Define the roadmap and priorities for the implementation of MDM solution.

Chevron, USA

Chevron engaged Noah to help them remediate the G&G, Reservoir and Production data for their oldest GOM asset Bay Marchand. The core deliverable was roadmap and processes to remediate all the data (Structured and Unstructured).

•Data Characterization and Remediation Project – G&G, Reservoir and Production Data.

•Defined processes to remediate data and transform it into digital knowledge base.

•Sr. Business Analyst/SME

Marathon, Global

Marathon engaged Noah to assess their Information Management needs and to define strategy, data foundation elements and roadmap as part of the Vision 2020. During the process over 45 interviews were conducted with Marathon professionals at various levels.

•Cornerstone Strategy and Planning – Enterprise Geoscience Data.

•Data Foundation: Discovery, Monetization, Data Quality, Architecture, Governance, Analytics, Visualization.

•This was a strategy project for defining a roadmap to go from current state to future state, 2020 Information Management Vision.

•SME/Lead BA

Devon, USA

Streamline Information Management processes across various operating Business Units for the Drilling & Completions.

•Defined future vision for unstructured data named as “Engineering Workspace”.

•Strategy and roadmap to migrate from current state to future state.

•Defined the business/functional requirements for collaboration workspace for Drilling and completions engineers.

•SME/Lead BA

Statoil now Equinor, USA

• Defined MDM for Well Header data and complete process along the well lifecycle.

• Joint Venture Data Exchange Strategy/Process for Statoil with all partners

• SME

Global Computers LLC, Muscat, Oman Apr. 2012 – Nov. 2012

PDO-Shell

•Managed the Program for developing UNIFIED Desktop Environment for Geoscience Business Users on Window7 64Bit Environment. Over 75 Business Applications were tested to check environment readiness.

•Managed the Program for developing Citrix XenApps Environment. (Including testing and migration of over 75 Geoscience applications as used by geoscientists)

•Lead the Project to develop In-house Application to manage complete ‘Well Delivery Process’ (Planning & Drilling), LEAN way of delivering New Wells in PDO-Shell, Oman.

•Program Manager

Fugro Data Solutions Ltd. Jan. 2008 – Dec. 2011

Manager – Solutions Development

Moved to FUGRO head office in United Kingdom to develop new solution around Data Quality Management. This was based on the work performed by me for a Super Major operator, was recognized as best practice.

Manager – Data Service Office, Muscat, Oman

PDO-Shell

•Managed Data Management Organization

•Architect in development of key application (RADAR) to monitor KPI’s across PDO.

•Actively involved in service level agreements with all the contractors

•Contractor performance monitoring

•Lead engineer for FUGRO in Oman.

Schlumberger Oct. 1994 – Dec. 2007

Technical Sales (Oct-2006–Dec 2007), Schlumberger Information Solution

Guest Tester (Dec-2006 – Jan-2007), Schlumberger Information Solutions, Houston

Tested ProSource, IM Solution at Schlumberger Product Center

Geoscientist, Kuwait

Litho Facies analysis for one of the fields involving 120 wells.

GeoFrame Neural Network Technology was used for Facies analysis.

Data Management Consultant, Kuwait

•Lead Physical Asset and Log Data management team.

Petrophysicist, Consulting Services, Kuala Lumpur

Performed quality assurance for log data for one of the field study projects.

Product Champion – InterAct, Kuwait

•Lead team to support InterAct for all the clients in Kuwait.

•Co-ordinate all the Geo-Steering jobs.

Lead Geoscientist, Consulting Services, Kuwait

•Managed team of geoscientists normalizing log data for field studies.

Manager – Data Delivery Centre, Saudi Arabia & Kuwait

Setup of ‘Data Delivery Center’ for Oil Field Services. The objective was to deliver zero defect Operations data to the clients. One of the first Centers in Schlumberger.

Lead Geoscientist, Consulting Services, Saudi Arabia

•Log Normalization Project, ARAMCO

•Defining/Developing project processes and team performance.

•Project received Schlumberger Chairman’s award, Bronze

Lead Geoscientist, Doha, Qatar

•CWLDB-Log Data Management Project, Qatar Petroleum

Information Management Geoscientist, India

•EPINET-Corporate Exploration and Production Data Management Project, ONGC,

•Responsibilities: Log data archival, Co-ordinate testing and acceptance of customized Finder forms and reports for Finder-production. (Over 100 forms and 200 reports)

•Project received Schlumberger Chairman’s award, Bronze

Various Roles - Software Support (GeoFrame, Data Management software’s), Petrophysical Data Processing, India

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