Petroleum Engineer

NIVASH HINGOO

+1-868-***-**** ***********@*****.*** Trinidad

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL

Motivated, versatile, dynamic technical professional achieving a Master’s in Petroleum Engineering and 13 years international oilfield industry experience with the world’s largest oil service company, Schlumberger. Performance driven and talented in managing change, having worked in diverse specialities for critical operations with global clients including Exxon, Shell, BP and Petrobras, which increased my specific technical knowledge and overall understanding of the Oil and Gas industry. Areas of expertise include:

Reservoir, Production & Field Engineer

Wireline Modular Formation Dynamics Testing

Downhole Fluid Analysis

Pressure Transient Analysis (Well Test, MDT)

Stethoscope (Formation Pressure While Drilling)

Rate Transient & Decline Curve Analysis

Micro-frac Analysis for fracturing prospects

Optimising Pretest & MDT String Design

Nodal Analysis

Testing Data Acquisition – DH Pressure Gauges

Quality Assurance & Quality Control

Subsea Design – Well, Pump module & design

Field Development studies – RFG*

Open Hole Log Interpretation

Well Testing & Interpretation

Downhole Data Analytics

Real Time Monitoring & Customer

Support

Deepwater HPHT Offshore

Technical Software and Tool utilisation

Training, Coaching & Managing Staff

Client Presentations & Advisory

Business Strategy development

Continuous Process Improvement

Technical publications

EXPERIENCE

SCHLUMBERGER USA, Trinidad 2012 -2020

SENIOR FORMATION EVALUATION RESERVOIR ENGINEER

Lead Formation Evaluation Reservoir Engineer supporting real time data analysis in several field segment technologies throughout USA Gulf of Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean focused on Guyana and Suriname. These technologies include:

Wireline Modular Formation Dynamics Tester (MDT):

Open-Hole Pressure Sampling Microfrac

ORA Platform (New MDT design).

Wireline PressureXpress (XPT) – (Open-Hole Formation Pressure).

LWD StethoScope (LWD Formation pressure tool).

LWD SpectraSphere (LWD Formation sampling tool).

Reservoir Fluid Geodynamics (RFG*) – Petroleum system analysis in the field exploration phase integrating several technologies including MDT, StethoScope, PVT data, Geological and Geochemical analysis, Flair and Mud gas isotope.

Pressure and rate transient analysis (Wireline and Testing). Key Achievements

Pre-job, real-time and post-job analysis on all previously mentioned technologies.

Data integration over several technologies and service line upsells.

Downhole Fluid Analysis (DFA) and Asphaltene science to determine Lateral connectivity as a precursor to field development planning.

Achieved Grade-14 (SETC Senior 3) December 2019.

Several internal and external papers published and presented. NIVASH HINGOO B.Sc., M.Sc.

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SCHLUMBERGER Brazil 2011 - 2012

RESERVOIR ENGINEER

Lead Schlumberger’s Modular Formation Dynamics Testing (MDT) in Brazil in Real Time and delivered reports to Major Clients; Petrobras, OGX, Shell & Repsol.

MDT string design:

Pumps Fluid Analysers Probe

Bottles Probes Exit ports

Density, Viscosity and

Resistivity sensors

Pumpout volumes

Pressure pretest design and adjustment in real time based on formation and fluid properties

Pressure analysis:

Gradient analysis Contact analysis

Lateral and vertical connectivity analysis Excess pressure analysis

OBM Contamination real-time monitoring to ensure sampling fluid quality.

Mastered Downhole Pressure and Sampling techniques in various formation types and fluids.

Logging While drilling and Open Hole Log Interpretation.

Mini-DSTs performed after Sampling to determine Radial Flow regime.

Micro-Hydraulic Fracturing, Sleeve-fracturing, leak-off testing, Absorption and Injection tests performed and interpreted.

Key Achievements

Successfully switched techniques based on business need to Wireline MDT after Grade 11.

Performed 31 MDT jobs in 15 months. (Brazil was the #1 MDT Schlumberger location at that time exploring deepwater pre-salt wells).

Real time, onsite support inside Petrobras and OGX for both Field engineers and Operations Petrophysicists.

SCHLUMBERGER Brazil 2009 - 2011

PRODUCTION ENGINEER

Artificial Lift Subsea design

Subsea Design including Well and Pump Design using Pipesim steady state simulator and Schlumberger ESP Software DesignPRO.

Complete Nodal Analysis used for tendering process.

Single well design and Network design and surveillance using Pipesim. Key Achievements

Brazilian offshore fields designed and tendered for:

Pappaterra Jubarte

Parque das Baleias Santos Basin

Internal Schlumberger Grade 11 attained, “Jubarte Subsea Design”. Surface well testing, Vx multiphase metering and Testing Downhole Data Analysis.

Pressure transient analysis of gas, oil and water wells in Petrobras’ pre-salt campaign.

QAQC of testing pressure gauge data and surface flowrate data.

Vx Phase Tester and Separator flowrate comparison.

Surface well test clean-up planning.

NIVASH HINGOO B.Sc., M.Sc.

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Key Achievements

Applying lessons learnt from the field and applying them to data analysis.

Advanced well testing analysis client course (Petrobras). SCHLUMBERGER Trinidad, Venezuela, Scotland, Saudi Arabia 2007 - 2009 FIELD ENGINEER

Segment: TESTING

Surface Well Testing (SWT): Surface flowrates

Testing Data Acquisition (TDA): Running Downhole Pressure gauges

Vx Multi-Phase Flowrate Metering

Key Achievements

Surface Well Testing Chief Operator for BG, PDVSA and Petro-Canada.

Testing Data Acquisition Chief Operator on several jobs for Saudi Aramco.

Surface and Vx Flowrate and Downhole pressure gauge QA/QC

Real time Pressure Transient Analysis.

Equipment maintenance, preparation and green tagging. EDUCATION

M.Sc. Petroleum Engineering (2005-2006) – Graduated with Honours This Masters Program was a collaboration between the Trinidad Gov’t & Repsol TT, three-part program: Heriot Watt University (SCOTLAND), Instituto Superior de la Energía (SPAIN), UTT (Trinidad and Tobago) M.Sc. Marketing (2003-2005)

Artur Lok Jack School of Business (TRINIDAD)

B.Sc. Mathematics (1999- 2002) with a Minor in Physics Fayetteville State University - University of North Carolina, USA G.P.A (3.75/4.0) CXC General Proficiency Ordinary Level Examinations (1993-1998) Queen’s Royal College (Port Of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) SCHLUMBERGER FORMAL TRAINING

Deepblue-3: Reservoir Engineering

Deepblue-2: Production Technology

Deepblue-1: Reservoir Production

Downhole Fluid Analysis

Integrated Fluid Characterization

Well log interpretation

Advanced Well Test Interpretation

OFS-3: Managing and Leading your People

StethoScope (Drilling Formation Pressure Tool)

Vx MultiPhase Metering

Testing Engineer Profile 1 – Surface Well Testing

& Testing Data Acquisition

Sales for non-sales professionals

SWPM (Single Well Predictive Model)

Flair and Mud Isotope Interpretation

Driving Change

TECHNICAL TOOLS & SOFTWARE

KAPPA Ecrin (Well Test interpretation)

PipeSim (Well Modelling and Artificial Lift

Analysis)

InSitu PRO (Formation Evaluation, Wireline

MDT & Stethoscope Analysis)

Advanta (Decline Curve & Rate Transient

Analysis)

Techlog (Well Log Interpretation)

Petrel (3-D Visulalization)

NIVASH HINGOO B.Sc., M.Sc.

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FIELD DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Noble Energy – Gunflint Field Gulf of Mexico

Chevron Gulf of Mexico – Jack, St. Malo,

Buckskin, Moccassin, Guadalupe and Anchor

Talos – Tornado

Anadarko Ghana – Enyenra/TENS

Talos – Tornado Iara

Hess Gulf of Mexico – Tubular Bells and

Stampede

MAJOR FIELDS INTERPRETED

Exxon Guyana: Stabroek Tullow Guyana: Orinduik

BP GOM: Atlantis, Mad Dog, Thunderhorse,

Nakika, Puma West, Johanna, Gila and Kepler

Chevron GOM: Jack, St. Malo, Guadalupe,

Anchor, Buckskin

Anadarko GOM: Tubular Bells and Stampede EOG Trinidad: Osprey ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Clients include:

Exxon Guyana

Chevron

BHP Billiton

BP

Repsol

Petrobras

Hess

Tullow

Equinor (Statoil)

ConocoPhillips

Talos Energy

EOG Trinidad

Shell

Anadarko

Petro Canada

Regions worked:

US Gulf of Mexico

Saudi Arabia

Venezuela

Brazil

Guyana

Trinidad & Tobago

Grenada

Suriname

Alaska

North Sea

US Land

Languages: English, Portuguese

Current Location: Trinidad

Marital Status: Married

Availability: Immediate

Willing to Relocate: Yes

Willing to Rotate: Yes

Willing to Travel: Yes

REFERENCES

Narindra Ramcharan

Testing Product Line

Manager

Schlumberger USA

Office: 1-713-***-****

Mob: 1-832-***-****

***********@***.***

Soraya Betancourt

Principal Reservoir

Engineer

Schlumberger USA

Office: 1-713-***-****

Mob: 1-281-***-****

***********@***.***

Eric Soza

Operations Petrophysicist

BP Gulf of Mexico

Mob: 1-832-***-****

****.****@**.***

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