Luis Diamond
Work Resume
EXPERIENCE
• Reservoir Engineer.
• Reservoir Engineering Simulation.
• Supervision and Participation in Integrated Reservoir Studies.
• Participation in Development and Implementation of Reservoir Natural Depletion or Secondary Recovery Projects.
• Supervision and Planning Gas/Oil Field activities.
• Gas/Oil Field reservoir activities.
• Planning Field Production Schemes.
EDUCATIONAL LEVEL
• Master in Business Administration - MBA (1981).
• BSc. Business Administration (1979)
• BSc. Petroleum Engineering (1977).
COMPUTER TOOLS
• Reservoir Simulators: CMG, Eclipse Suite, PETREL-RE.
• PETEX Suite (PVT Pack, GAP, Prosper).
• KAPPA (PTA-Saphir).
• Merak (PEEP, Volts).
• Oil Field Manager (OFM).
• Microsoft Office.
LANGUAGE
• Spanish.
• English.
GENERAL
COMPETENCE
• Team Work Capacity.
• Work Motivated.
• Responsible toward the Work.
• Creative and innovated
• Goal Oriented.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
RESUME
Reservoir Engineer with 41 years of experience. Extensive work in Integrated Simulation Studies using techniques of Material Balance and Conventional/Compositional Reservoir Simulation for oil and gas condensate reservoirs. Active participation in field development plans working under a multidisciplinary team approach. Work experience in field assignments as well as in reservoir field operational leader positions. Supervise and/or work in integrated (multidisciplinary) reservoir simulation studies using black oil or compositional numerical simulation. Experience in designing and supervising oil field operations. Work on reservoir engineering monitoring of fluid injection projects through reservoir simulation. Ample responsibilities as Senior Reservoir Engineer in Development Plan and Subsurface Team Leader.
Luis Diamond
CURRICULUM VITAE DETAILED
PERSONAL
INFORMATION
Date / Place of Birth: Caracas, Venezuela / June 29, 1955. Marital Status: Married
Number of Descendants: 2
USA Legal Status: Permanent Lawfully Resident
CONTACT
INFORMATION
Actual Address: 14 Sterling Crest Court
Doylestown, PA 18901
USA
Mobile: +1-504-***-****
Email: ***********@**.***
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EDUCATIONAL
DEGREES
• Master in Business Administration, LaSalle University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (May 1981).
• Business Administration, B.S., Trenton State College, Trenton, New Jersey, USA (June 1979).
• Petroleum Engineering, B.S., Tulsa University, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA (Dec. 1977).
• Industry Certified Reserves Evaluator/Assessor, Texas A&M University, May 2011.
PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS
• Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
• Colegio de Ingenieros de Venezuela.
Luis Diamond
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
June 2017 – Actual.
Sirte Oil Company, Marsa Al Brega, Libya.
Senior Reservoir Engineering.
Development Reservoir engineering activities to develop or implement exploitation schemes for oil or gas fields of Libya. Plan reservoir activities to assess reserves development of oil fields and implant drilling development to follow Field Development Plans. Use simulation models to update exploitation schemes on existing producing reservoirs. Proposed field studies or special studies to understand the flow of hydrocarbon in the complex reservoirs. Participate in the technical-economic analysis of proposed development projects. Assess developing plans for new opportunities in the fields. Coordinate Development Planning yearly activities and give support to WRM activities. Coach or Mentor younger engineers.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
October 2012 – December 2015
Shell E&P, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Senior Reservoir Engineering.
Development Planning and Surveillance Reservoir engineering activities using material balances, conventional or compositional simulations to develop or optimize actual or new exploitation schemes for the Gulf of Mexico Fields assigned under the Non- Operated Ventures. Elaborate Field Development Plans, Business Plan and Reserve Reporting following the SEC and Shell standards procedure for submission to the ARPR technical committee. Participate in technical-economic analysis of proposed development projects. Asses developing plans for new opportunities in the fields. Give support to the Well Reservoir Management (WRM) team. Work on the Coulomb Field Re-Development Plan “Coulomb Phase-2”: Reservoir Engineering activities for the Gas-Condensate with Oil Rim fields, doing compositional dynamic simulation for the development study, and Sub-Surface Team Leader for the Project from DG3 to FID.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
July 2005 – September 2012.
Shell E&P Secondee to Petroleum Development Oman-Gas Sector, Muscat, Oman.
Senior Reservoir Engineering for Saih Rawl Field
Development Planning Reservoir engineering activities using compositional simulations to develop different exploitation schemes for the biggest Gas Field of Oman, Saih Rawl Field (Gas Condensate). Elaborate Field Development Plan, Business Plan and Reserve Reporting following the SEC and Shell-PDO standards procedure for submission to the ARPR technical committee. Participate in the technical-economic analysis of proposed development projects. Assessments of developing plans for new opportunities in the fields. Coordinate Development Planning yearly activities and give support to WRM activities. Coach or Mentor younger engineers.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
February 2003 – June 2005.
VETRA, NOUSGroup, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela.
Consultant Senior Reservoir Engineering.
Responsible for the reservoir engineering activities in the studies. Simulations (Black or Compositional) and material balance performed for different types of reservoirs. International consultancy as advisor was performed for PEMEX, PetroEcuador and Petrobras Oil Companies. Participate in the reservoir study for ENI in a oil reservoir simulation study and reservoir analysis. PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
September 2002 – January 2003.
PDVSA-Production, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela.
Reservoir Engineer Leader in the Nitrogen Injection Project for the North Monagas Fields (INCA Project, Phase II). Responsible for the reservoir engineering activities of fluid behavior and compositional simulations and exploitation schemes for the Project of Nitrogen Injection in the Reservoirs of the North Monagas Fields. Technical-economic analysis of the project including the risk analysis study. Plans to develop new opportunities in the fields of the North Monagas.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
April 2001 – August 2002.
PDVSA-Production, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela.
Mentor for Secondary Recovery Process for the Reservoirs in the Maturín Operational District.
Work as an internal reservoir engineer consultant and participate in the elaboration of the Reservoir Integrated Studies. Participate at a corporate level in the use of “Best Practice” techniques and maintain or better the company “benchmarking” on all the projects and reservoir studies. Participate in the district personnel professional development plans for the medium and long term.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
February 2000 – March 2001.
PDVSA-Production, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela.
Reservoir Engineer Leader for the project “Feasibility Study of Nitrogen Injection in The North Monagas Reservoirs”. Supervise the reservoir engineering study work of the assigned engineers that performed the compositional simulations of the highly complex reservoirs (HPHT) from the North Monagas area. Fluid characterization by EOS to determine the nitrogen dynamics in the reservoirs was required. Participate in the technical-economic analysis to the proposed exploitation schemes.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
August 1987 – January 2000.
PDVSA-Production, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela.
Reservoir Engineer III/IV/V/VI.
Work in Reservoir Engineering Studies using Material Balance, Simulations of crude oil and Compositional Simulations for more complex reservoir (gas condensate, HPHT reservoirs). Develop Exploitation Schemes for new fields. Field work assignment supervising reservoir data acquisition for PVTs and welltesting on new wells (Exploratory, Appraisal and Developments wells). PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
August 1984 – July 1987.
PDVSA-Production, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela.
Reserve Engineer II.
Elaborate official technical reserves reports for government auditing. Responsible for volumetric estimates of gas and oil hydrocarbons reservoirs. Technical auditing of proposed exploitation plans. PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
May 1982 – August 1984.
PDVSA-Production, Caracas, Venezuela.
Planning Engineer I.
Report to Corporate Business Plan the Company Operational Districts Plans and Control to Operational and Investment Budget for the Medium and Long Term Planning. Consolidate at corporate level all Planning Production Activities requirements for the Medium and Long Term Business Plan. Analysis of actual proposed and deferred operational activities on the plans for the mid and long term. EDUCATIONAL
EXPERIENCE
September 1992 –2005.
Universidad de Oriente, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. Professor for classes in “Oil Field Operations”.
Teaching the fundamental theory in oil production flow from the reservoir sand face to the oil surface facilities and its application, towards a better understanding of the multidisciplinary team approach.
Luis Diamond
PUBLICATIONS
• ALMEIDA, J.; DIAMOND, L.; VALERO, A. “Factibilidad Técnica de Inyección de N2 en Norte de Monagas”. PDVSA E&P. Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. (2001).
• DIAMOND, L.; MEDINA, H.; VILORIA, R.; “Revisión Estudio Integrado de Yacimiento MUC-1”. Estudio Integrado. PDVSA E&P - INTEVEP. Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. (1996).
• ROBINSON, A.; DIAMOND, L."A Multidisciplinary Study of The Complex Northern Monagas Oil Field, Eastern Venezuela"; Technical SPE PAPER 27003, III LACP. Buenos Aires, Argentina. (1994).
• DIAMOND, L. "Simulation Studies of Gas Injections into Gas- Condensates Reservoirs"; Technical PAPER 21060, I LACP. Rio De Janeiro, Brasil. (1990).
• DIAMOND, L. "Estudio de Inyección de Gas a Yacimientos de Condensado con y sin Zona de Petróleo Utilizando el Simulador Composicional COMPSIM"; III SIREMCRU, Venezuela. (1989).