VLADIMIR D. YURCHENKO

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PETROLEUM ENGINEER with over 25 years of comprehensive and diversified hands-on international experience in oil, natural gas and condensate production and reservoir engineering. Special expertise includes reservoir stimulation, production optimization, field and seismological data interpretation, reservoir evaluation, international project management, IOR/EOR technologies' study, research and development. Fluently tri-lingual.

EXPERIENCE

2004 – Present Westem, L.L.C. Houston, TX

Reservoir Engineering Consultant/Advisor. Led the plural EOR/IOR projects, employing traditional (acidizing, fracturing, CSS, various flooding programs, carbon dioxide injection) and non-traditional (seismological, hydrophysics) methods as well. Optimized production wells' mode by use of Fourier analysis and Monte Carlo simulation. Performed fluid, SCAL, PVT and pressure transient analysis. Evaluated probable well production rate during natural and/or stimulated-flow production phases. Estimated oil reserves in proven and prospective fields according to the SPE and SEC standards. Conducted well testing data interpretation and decline curve analysis for production forecast. Committed extensive well controls and supports, and efficient field operations planning by Black-oil and Compositional Simulations' means for Novo-Purpeysk and East-Yantginsk oil fields operated by Russian Rosneft Company. Participated in negotiations with Egyptian NAPESCO and GUPCO Companies pertaining to implementation of EOR specific programs.

1999 – 2004 U. S. Oil and Gas Technologies, Inc. New York, NY

Project Manager. Managed group of multidisciplinary and multicultural engineers on project with the Kazakh ANACO Company for producing formation stimulation of Kyrykmyltyk oil field. Supervised oil recovery enhancement project with Russian-Belorussian Slavneft Company, which included studying of behavior and characteristics of Agansk and South-Agansk reservoir systems in order to determine the course of oil recovery operations and particular seismological services implementation.

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1998 – 1999 INTERCON Oil Field Supply, Inc. Westbury, NY

Senior Reservoir Engineer. Participated in improving oil production project for Nigerian PanOcean Oil Production Company operating in Niger Delta. Assessed current reservoir energy context. Developed production forecasting models for Agbada reservoirs and produced the development plan.

1997 – 1998 WorldWide Chemicals. Great Neck, NY

Senior Production Engineer. Engineered technique preventing water encroachment into the pay zone and liquid accumulation in gas condensate wells. Gathered information on operating means and devices for multi-flow rate optimization. Developed method and apparatus for withdrawal of liquid phase from wellbores (U. S. Patent 6059040).

1995 – 1997 PetroEnergy International, L.L.C. New York, NY

Senior Reservoir Engineer. Evaluated hydrocarbon system phase characteristic of the Giddings oil and gas field (Austin Chalk formation) for Swift Company. Participated in downhole device design to enhance well production. Customized devices to the particular producing well in accordance with existing flow parameters and GOR. Created hydrocarbon production increasing method that doubled oil production from the low-producing well.

1992 – 1993 GASPROM, Research and Development Unit. Moscow, Russia.

Senior Research Engineer. Conducted researches to set up the minimum flow rate to remove liquid phase from the bottomhole. Carried out experiments to determine condensate losses under the gas drive conditions for various gas condensate fields. Analyzed properties of fluid to predict fluid behaviour and various physical effects, and investigated gas cycling schemes. Worked on optimization of gas production via proper well placement, production levels, and enhanced recovery techniques.

1989 – 1992 SOCAR Research and Development Division. Baku, Azerbaijan

Project Manager. Managed reservoir stimulation project employing innovative achievements and instrumentation in EOR. Estimated prospect cost and provided economic analysis based on the risk analysis methods. Deduced formula to calculate period of time between two specific consecutive technological operations from the same offshore platform. Researched magnetic devices for multi-phase flow optimization and paraffin control within tubing.

1987 – 1989 State Oil and Gas Production Company, Hydrocarbon Transport and Storage System Development Unit. Baku, Azerbaijan.

Project Manager. Supervised several contracts with major production companies. Created viscous-plastic system for pipeline cleanup and increase pumping transmission efficiency. Managed project aimed at prevention of hydrocarbon losses from storage tanks. Participated in State Special Task Force assigned to incline well production and total recovery from both Cenomanian and Valanginian deposits of Urengoy gas-condensate field by the hydrophilization treatment method implementation that resulted 15% IRR increase.

1985 – 1987 State Oil and Gas Production Company, Hydrocarbon Recovery Enhancement Unit. Baku, Azerbaijan.

Senior Reservoir Engineer. Conducted interpretations of onshore and offshore oil practical data to forecast any possible alterations in production ratio using Fourier analysis. Studied non-Newtonian (Bingham) system behavior within various porous medium and pipeline. Participated in secondary and tertiary (EOR) recovery projects. Implemented technology based on the negative pressure effect in order to шncrease condensate recovery from production stratums of Achak and Naip gas condensate fields in Turkmenistan.

1982 - 1985 GASPROM, Research and Development Unit. Moscow, Russia.

Research Engineer. Analyzed technical and cost factors to plan methods for maximum gas and condensate recovery from gas condensate fields. Investigated feasibility of carbon dioxide and enriched gas injections for the condensate recovery enhancement of the Orenburg gas-condensate field. Studied phase transition of Yamal Peninsula gas fields’ hydrocarbon systems.

1981 - 1982 KASPMORNEFT (SOCAR), Research and Development Unit. Baku, Azerbaijan. Reservoir Engineer. Studied well logs, analyzed cores and cuttings from well drillings. Interpreted data obtained by electrical and radioactive well logging and other subsurface surveys. Evaluated probable well production rate during natural or stimulated-flow production phases.

1979 - 1981 Neftyaniye Kamni Offshore Production Company. Baku, Azerbaijan. Production Operator. Controlled pumping and blending equipment to acidize or cement wells, and fracture permeable rock formations. Provided directions to oil well service operator helper to unload pipes, fittings, and chemicals. Performed pressure transient and pressure build-up tests. Made preparations for measurements and workover operations.

EDUCATION

1989 Azerbaijan State Oil Academy, Baku, Azerbaijan. Ph. D. in Petroleum Engineering.

1979 Azerbaijan State Oil Academy, Baku, Azerbaijan. M. S. in Petroleum Engineering.

SKIILS Eclipse, Computer Programming (C, Visual Basic), AutoCAD, Various Computer ` Applications

LANGUAGES English (fluent), Russian (fluent), Azerbaijani (fluent).

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