Curriculum Vitae

Probeen Borah

Petroleum Engineering Consultant (Independent)

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PROFILE

Petroleum Engineer with extensive work experience of 18 years in both onshore & offshore operations

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

Field Development Planning, reservoir depletion plans

Wells Monitoring & Reservoir Management to meet Production targets.

Well & Reservoir Surveillance

Design & Interpretation of Pressure transient tests.

Nodal Analysis /Production optimization using PROSPER, GAP & PIPESIM

Well completion design

Artificial Lift design, optimization & troubleshooting

Well performance & integrity analysis, well problem troubleshooting

Sand control design including TTGP, TTSS, Ceramic Sand screens, OHGP, CHGP etc

Water injection wells

Well tracer Analysis in gas lifted wells especially dual strings

Drilling & Workover planning and coordination

Horizontal wells completion & well performance analysis

Log interpretation (Open Hole & Cased Hole) including Production logging

Decline Curve Analysis for production forecasting & planning

Prepare Surveillance Plans, monitoring & coordination with vendors

Production Database management & troubleshooting

On-site field experience

MANAGEMENT SKILLS

Training & mentoring Junior colleagues.

Project management

Economic Evaluation & Risk Management

Validating Production data for quality control

Witnessing & supervising jobs by vendors

Excellent presentation & communication skills

Leadership, planning & co-ordination skills

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Proficient in Computers,

OFM, Finder, Geographix

PROSPER, GAP, MBAL, Winglue

SAPHIR, TOPAZ, EMERAUDE

ECLIPSE & PETREL

PANSYS

DETAILED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1. Petroleum Engineering Consultant (May 2017 – till date)

Evaluated a number of gas lifted wells in Oil India Limited for their gas lift design & production performance & added production potential by optimizing the gas lifted rates & gas lift injection depths

Evaluated high water cut wells in Oil India Limited & designed water shut off jobs.

Developed well models & network models of wells in India limited & provided valuable inputs for optimizing the network by bottlenecks.

Review Well & Network models done by junior engineers & recommend actions to optimise production

Selection of workover, sidetrack & stimulation candidates, prepare job proposals

Design of Electrical Submersible Pump & choosing the optimum pump available with the vendors

Design & execution of Stimulation programmes in water injection wells to improve injectivity

Analyze data from RFT/ MDT tools to decide perforation intervals.

Provide petroleum engineering inputs for optimum well completion design, perforation and stimulation programs etc.

2. PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd, Malaysia (June 2015 – April 2017 ) Senior Production Technologist, Sabah Oil Fields

Day to Day monitoring of production from Sabah Operations including Samarang, Erb West, Tembungo & Sumandak oil fields

Part of a review committee to review & approve production enhancement/ Stimulation / workover proposals

Prepare annual field surveillance plans & follow through execution of the plans

Short term production Forecasting

Review Gas lift designs, both single & dual, surveillance & troubleshooting & gas lift optimisation

Design Electrical Submersible pumps & troubleshooting

Review Well & Network models done by junior engineers & recommend actions to optimise production

Review of water injection facilities including surface facilities & injection wells & formulate programme to optimize the injection wells & facilities.

Successfully implemented Through Tubing Gravel Pack as a method of sand control in Sumandak Oil Fields

Actively Utilised insert strings as a method to deepen injection point in gas lifted wells

Led a Project to determine Split ratios of Gas Lift rates in Dual String wells using Well Tracer technology

Coached junior staff furthering their technical development 3. PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd, Malaysia (June 2012 – May 2015 ) Senior Production Technologist, Dulang Oil Field

Day to Day monitoring of production from Dulang Oil field

Selection of workover, sidetrack & stimulation candidates, prepare job proposals & get those endorsed through series of review committees & follow through the execution of the job

Prepare annual field surveillance plans & follow through execution of the plans

Design of Gas lifted wells, both single & dual, surveillance & troubleshooting

& gas lift optimisation using Prosper, GAP & Winglue software

Design Low pressure system for low pressure wells, selection of candidate wells & routine surveillance of the system

Design a number of Open hole Well completions as part of Infill Drilling Campaign

Nodal analysis using PROSPER for predicting well behaviour & analysing optimum performance

Network modelling using GAP software & optimisation of wells in the network

Design & execution of Stimulation programmes in water injection wells to improve injectivity

Successful implemented Well Head Desanders

Coached junior staff furthering their technical development

Led a team of multidisciplinary oil field experts to develop a Wells & Field Surveillance Guideline for Engineers

4. Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait (March 2008 – May 2012) Petroleum Engineer, GC01 & 02, South & East Kuwait

Well Performance Monitoring of 131 wells & evaluation for reservoir management of Burgan sandstone reservoir to meet daily Production target of 250,000 BOPD.

Coordinated workover and drilling jobs from planning till execution for 5 rigs simultaneously with drilling department and operations

Prepare well models & GC Network Model using Prosper & Gap for Production Optimization & remove bottlenecks in the GC.

Production forecast analysis using OFM & plan well work activities like new wells, workover and rigless jobs etc. to offset decline.

Plan, design & Interpretation of Pressure Transient Well Tests & evaluate well performance & plan stimulation jobs

Artificial Lift selection for Burgan wells & screening of wells for ESP. Independently conducted ESP design workshops for Petroleum engineers

Design of Electrical Submersible Pump & choosing the optimum pump available with the vendors.

Made valuable inputs in proposing well locations for optimum drainage of the reservoir in consultation with Geologists.

Make annual reservoir surveillance plans viz., PVT sampling, BHPs, PNC etc. tracking, monitoring & evaluating for reservoir management

Online Well work activities tracking & post job economic evaluation using Wellwork Evaluation software.

Actively involved in quality checking & validating the corporate database

(Finder) to minimize errors in Production data, Pressure data & events data

Analyze data from RFT/ MDT tools to decide perforation intervals.

Task force lead to monitor Horizontal wells in South east Kuwait (11 wells, each producing an average of 10,000 BOPD), diagnose problems & suggest remedial actions.

Provide petroleum engineering inputs for optimum well completion design, perforation and stimulation programs etc.

Worked actively on a project for Third Sand Upper development strategy with a team of engineers and geologists.

Lead a team of Petroleum engineers from South East Kuwait in a task for wellwork evaluation and planning.

Planning, coordination & interpretation of PLT jobs in vertical & horizontal wells to diagnose problems & recommend corrective action.

Well site supervision of wireline & logging operations like portable GOR test, BHP surveys, PNCs, BP setting, perforations etc. in order to check adherence to standard operating procedures complying with company HSE policy.

Verified & examined operational reports & invoices from vendors. 5. Oil India Limited, India (April 2006 – February 2008), Senior Reservoir Engineer, Duliajan

Responsible for reservoir monitoring & management of Kathaloni, Dikom & Tengakhat Oilfields (sanstone reservoirs producing 10,000 cmpd)

Classical Reservoir Engineering using Material Balance to estimate reserves & Decline Curve Analysis for future prediction

Led a team of reservoir engineers for Production allocation. Task involved inputting production data & gas figures to the online database, carry out quality checks & run production allocation to back allocate production data to individual wells and sands.

Technical Officer attached to Director (Operations) of the company in the corporate Headquarters of Oil India Limited. Role involved providing D(O) with daily Operational activities and updates about Oil India Limited. To participate in technical discussions & visit as D(O)’s representative to various assets of the company.

Key member in a project to test the efficacy of Micro-matrix cement in isolation repair jobs. Job involved identifying wells for isolation repair jobs, preparing programs, record pre- & post-job CAST-V logs & evaluate the success rate of the jobs.

Key member of a workover intact team in a multidisciplinary team from Production, Reservoir, Drilling, Chemical, Civil & Transport departments. Job involved meeting regularly to remove bottlenecks in scheduling workover jobs & executing jobs in time.

Prepare monthly “Status of wells” reports for Ministry of Oil of all wells of Oil India Limited. It includes preparing different lists of all Oil wells, gas wells, Water Injection wells, Gas injection wells, water disposal wells, temporarily abandoned wells, permanently abandoned wells, under workover wells and sick wells under different assets of the company.

Analyzing production data & pressure data for reservoir surveillance & making recommendations to maximize production.

Involved in Water flood management Project for depleting Nahorkatiya & Moran reservoirs. Task involved carrying out material balance studies, placement of injectors, monitoring injection & production performance, recommending workovers in injection wells to increase injectivity, calculating voidage replenishment ratios, monitoring tracers & recommend actions.

Prepared depth data policy for drilling development wells in Oil India Limited’s Upper Assam oil field.

Analytical single well studies for anomalous production behaviour, suggesting suitable remedial measures.

Mentoring fresh reservoir engineers/ trainees

6. Oil India Limited, India (April 2002 – March 2006), Reservoir Engineer, Duliajan

Plan, design & interpret a number of pressure transient tests using Workbench & Well test 200.

Worked as administrator of the corporate database for production & reservoir data (MS Access based). Task involved maintaining production & reservoir data, troubleshooting the software, allowing user access & password

& monthly production allocation.

Actively involved in gas well testing to determine well deliverability as part of Non-associated Gas Field Development. Task involved preparing gas well testing programs, supervise the execution of the jobs by vendors, quality check data & interpret the results.

Key role in a task force for water shut-off jobs. Role involved gathering well data, plotting Chan plots, screening wells for water shut-off jobs, gathering data & preparing water shut program, monitoring the jobs & evaluating post job performance.

Actively involved in the Dikom Well No 15 Blow-out well abandonment program (Sep 2005). Role involved gathering all relevant data & events related to the blowout, preparing the abandonment program & coordinating with Boots & Coots personnel in executing the program.

Identified sick wells for workover, prepared workover programs & coordinated workover operations like zone transfers, cement squeeze, artificial lift completion, gravel pack completion, casing repair, zonal isolation, stimulation jobs and many others.

Rig-site witnessing & supervision of logging surveys for adherence to standard operating procedures viz, CBL-VDL, Perforation, PNC, RMT, PLT, USIT, CAST-V and other routine operations.

Project Member of Consultancy study for development of Eocene/ Paleocene reservoirs. Responsibility involved providing quality checked data, providing inputs about wells & reservoir behavior, participating in discussions with vendors, check preliminary reports & approve the final reports. 7. Geo Enpro Petroleum Limited, India (August 2000 – April 2002) Petroleum Engineer, Kharsang Oil Fields

Worked as Oil collection station (OCS) installation engineer responsible for day-to-day operations in Kharsang producing about 120 KLOPD. OCS is similar to the Gathering center (GC) in KOC.

Handled manpower in managing the installation operation, field operations as well as workover operations.

Worked actively with the Geologists & other fellow engineers to identify sick wells & plan remedial actions.

Carried out SRP (sucker rod pump) functioning troubleshooting & maintenance in-house

Carried out echometer surveys to find fluid level in annulus.

Carried out maintenance & repair jobs for OCS pressure vessels like Emulsion treater & the Separator

Prepared a detailed instrumentation P&ID diagram of the entire OCS for a automation project.

Analyzing daily production data & periodic Welltest data for reservoir surveillance & making recommendations to optimize production.

Analytical single well studies for anomalous production behaviour, suggesting suitable remedial measures.

Planning and Monitoring workover operations using Swabbing Hoist jobs like zone transfers, zonal isolation, stimulation for improving production, etc.

Design, installation and operation of SRP & gas-lift & PCPs.

Routine monitoring of the oil wells & responsible for maintaining/ enhancing production by workover, routine scraping, sand-bailing, etc. & well-servicing operations like water-shut-off, hot-solvent treatment, acidization etc. EDUCATION

Bachelor of Technology – Petroleum Engineering (1996-2000), Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad (Jharkhand), India

TRAININGS/ WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

Winglue for Gas lift Design & Optimization

Basic Offshore Safety (BOSIET) & Helicopter underwater escape training

(HUET)

MBAL, PROSPER & GAP (by Petroleum Experts)

PETREL Introduction & Advanced PETREL RE course

OFM (By Schlumberger)

Eclipse and Reservoir Simulation Strategies (by Schlumberger)

Interpretation of Open Hole Logs and Production Logs (in-house)

Artificial lift Conference (ONGC, Mumbai)

ESP design (Centrilift)

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