Management Development

PRATAP.V.NAIR,

”Devidarshan”, Chittalloor, Trivandrum, Kerala

INDIA - 695003

Phones: +91-776*******,+918*********,+919*********

email: ***********@*****.***

Date of birth: 18th December, 1960

Nationality: Indian

Vision

Contribute to an equal opportunity, professionally managed petroleum upstream company with international business model in the area of petroleum exploration aspiring for a Senior management position in the near future. Keen to adopt frontier technology and enhance my professional skills and scientific acumen. The pursuit and endeavour shall be to the benefit of the scientific community with utmost devotion to unveil truth.

Work Summary

In a career spanning 29 years, worked in Niger Delta for the last four and a half years and the rest in India as a geologist in both exploration and development projects. Focal point in Shell Nigeria for pore pressure prediction and well bore stability studies. Real time pore pressure monitoring in exploratory wells of the HPHT campaign that commenced with Soku Deep. Set up a comprehensive pore pressure database for well planning in Shell Nigeria. Entire gamut of petroleum exploration and production experienced in 24 years with ONGC, India.

Current Position

Principal Geomechanics Specialist, Staff, Shell Technology Centre CTC 150,000 US Dollars/year, Current Location Bangalore, India

Key Strengths

Compliant with Shell Live saving rules, all HSSE and business regulations. Practitioner of HSE Golden rules. Considers it a duty to both self and those around them to ensure that safe practice is adhered to at all times.

Experience of over 29 years in the industry, quality technical skills, proficiency in pore pressure prediction pre-drill and real time, fracture gradients, depletion reservoirs, stress field analysis, wellbore stability studies. HPHT drilling campaign, Good overview of exploration and exploitation business, Ability to work well with other disciplines and interacts effectively within small teams.

Acknowledged skills for managing pore pressure data in Niger Delta and custodian of Nigeria pore pressure database. Ability to create, implement and govern fit for purpose pore pressure predictions involving business unit, technology support centres and stake holders. Good theoretical knowledge of allied disciplines and experience in multi-disciplinary work.

Enterprise first approach with focused behaviour for achieving set goals, Demonstrated ability to work in projects in diverse team environments, ability to clearly convey concepts and objectives verbally; in presentations and in technical reports. Recognized ability to effectively mentor team members in technical evaluation processes.

Core Competencies

Strong background in Exploration and Development Geology, Geological thought processing with the ability to identify strongly with the objectives, Opportunity generation in mature fields (near field and near infield), develop geologic models integrating well, seismic and reservoir data, reservoir models for simulation. Experience with subsurface opportunity generation, appraisal, and risking. Knowledge of basin modeling, Sub-surface mapping, and Hydrocarbon prospect identification.

Mastery in pore pressure- fracture gradient prediction pre-drill and syn-drill, Evaluating and predicting pressures ahead of the bit, also in depleted reservoirs, translate well proposal into operations, monitor progress of drilling wells, act as a geological liaison, perform well site PE operations, picking of casing/coring points, adjust drilling prognosis, post drill assessment of well results, provide end of well review/reporting, providing drilling hazard assessment, and emergency response and HSE risks.

Skills at reservoir evaluation including: Data review, manages geological data, integrate regional geology into reservoir model, characterize and correlate the reservoir, prepare appraisal and development well, and define integrated subsurface workflow. Familiarity with uncertainty concepts and risking.

Specific traits

• Innovative thinker, strongly team-oriented and open communicator.

• Highly practical and hands on analytical approach to problem resolution.

• Ability to work independently to deliver against tight deadlines and result-oriented.

• Ability to plan, co-ordinate and manage real time projects meticulously and deliver across disciplines.

• Lead by example, able to be hands on when required, but also able to delegate and co-ordinate effectively.

• Intrinsic ability to motivate and mentor members of the team to maintain positive team dynamics.

• Ability to communicate and motivate others in critical situations across disciplines.

• Work in multi-cultural teams efficiently, creative and enthusiastic at team work.

• Self-starter; Self-motivated, disciplined, possessing initiative, with lateral thinking skills and takes responsibility to "make things happen”.

• Mentor and coach young trainee graduates.

• Strong belief that personal and co-worker safety is a core value in how work is done.

Academia

Degree University Graduation

Year Division/GPA

I M.Sc. APPLIED GEOLOGY INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES, DHANBAD 1981 4.54/5(GPA)

II B. Sc (Honors) in APPLIED GEOLOGY INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES, DHANBAD 1983 4.62/5(GPA)

III PG Diploma (PETROLEUM EXPLORATION) ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY 1999 74%

IV PG Diploma (Rural Development) IGNOU, New Delhi 2000 Ist Div with Dist

Professional Courses

- Certificate of Computing, June 1999,Indira Gandhi Open University,

New Delhi

- Certificate in Disaster Management June 2000, Indira Gandhi Open University, New Delhi

Papers published

Presented & published about seventy technical papers in various conferences and journals in India and abroad. Awarded ONGC Director's best paper award in 1998, Best oral paper award from ISFL, India in 2006.

Career History

2007 onwards: Company- Royal Dutch Shell at Nigeria till 2012 and then in India

2012 to present

Principal Geomechanics Specialist in Shell Technology Centre, Bangalore: Working on Pre-drill, syn-drill and well bore stability problems of South East Asia. Pre-drill and RTPPP of exploratory wells in Brunei and Sarawak, Malaysia.

2007 to 2012

Shell Production and Development Company Ltd, Nigeria at Port Harcourt. The service spans initially Development and then HPHT exploration. Subject matter expert in pore pressure prediction both pre-drill and syn-drill, real-time and well bore stability for Sub Saharan Africa. Focal point for exploratory deep drilling operations.

• Delivered safely the first HP well with 10K rig. Predicted real time pore pressures at Soku Deep and results accurate within +/-0.01 psi/ft as confirmed by RCI measurements, focal point for exploration drilling monitoring.RTOC focal point for exploration.

• Predicted pre-drill and syn-drill successfully pore pressures at exploration well Opugbene-02. Totally HSSE compliant.

• Pre-drill pore pressure prediction for deep well campaign and assisting Development directorate with pore pressure analysis and wellbore stability analysis. Includes fracture gradient prediction in depleted reservoirs.

• Focal point for stress field determination for inputs into STABOR for all type of wells. Fracture stress determination for deep well planning.

• Well planning, fit for purpose trajectory input to well designs in close collaboration with Well Engineering teams.

• Hydrocarbon retention capacity studies for deep drilling campaigns with pore pressure and fracture stress data.

• Focal point for Nigeria pore pressure data and analysed 450 wells including all deep wells and kicks.

• Initiate change and champion best practice in pore pressure and fracture pressure predictions.

1983-2007: ONGC, India

2004- 2007: Asset management of North Cambay brownfields in India. Involved in both heavy and light oil fields in various stages of production life including in-situ combustion for EOR and water injection for pressure maintenance. Deployment of frontier technology like ultra-short radius drilling (USRD), cased hole logging, microbial enhancement of oil recovery, Improved oil recovery (IOR), short deepening of abandoned wells to explore new targets by re-entry, slant hole drilling of multi-layered layers and commingling production.

1999- 2004: Reservoir Management of brownfields in North Cambay Basin, India, Preparation of Geological Models, Seismo-geological Interpretation and Prospect generation. Identification, Study of oil & gas well sickness and Preparation of work over plans. Execution & monitoring of work over operations. Team Leader for reservoir management of a depletion driven multi-layered 35 year old oilfield as well as water driven clastic oilfield in production since forty years, total of 400 wells.

1992-1999: Contributed to framing Exploration strategy. Exploration and Development geological work of North Kadi, Bechraji, Jotana& Linch fields, Updated/ Modified geological models of North Cambay fields, Fire front monitoring of in-situ thermal combustion project in the Balol-Santhal-Lanwa heavy belt oil fields. Reserve Estimation of fields of North Cambay Basin. Seismo-geological Interpretation and Prospect generation in Warosan Depression. Discovery of a number of new pools enhanced reserve accretion and pivoted Mehsana asset as the highest onland producer in India.

1990-1992: Supervision of geological operations in Upper Assam (Dhansiri valley Assam shelf area), Well planning, Co-ordination of Geo-technical activities, Monitoring deep wells of TD 4500m, Formation evaluation & preparation of Well testing proposals. Prepared Well Completion Reports. Search for oil in Fractured Basement and basal sandstone in Dhansiri Valley.

1989-1990: Surface geological mapping of Frontal folded belt of Western Manipur Hills (NE India) in hostile environment. Prepared geological maps and models of the compressed fold zone. Collection of trace fossils and interpretation of stress, Plate tectonic model framed for the area adjoining Burmese hills. Investigated live oil shows in forest streams of Manipur- Burma border.

1983-1989: Well site geologist of onshore and offshore wildcat exploratory wells of KG Basin, East coast India: Exploratory & Development well planning, GTO preparation, Pore pressure prediction sitting at the well, performed daily drilling/completion operations like lithological description of drill cuttings, side wall cores, conventional cores and construction of stratigraphic column. Detection of Hydrocarbon zones & their assessment through cuttings/cores, well logs etc. Quick look identification of reservoir properties (i.e. porosity, permeability, fractures). Marked formation tops using drill cuttings and offsetting wire-line well log correlations.

Cored Gondwana sands in the Mandapeta onland structure which resulted in the discovery oil and gas well from the Gondwanas. Predicted pore pressures real time while drilling the high pressure Paleocene sands and Inter-trappean reservoirs in the Narasapur-Razole-Tatipaka-Amalapuram areas of West Godavari sub-basin and offshore Ravva structure. Well site geologist in offshore exploratory wells of KG Basin, East coast India: Well planning, Operation of Mud Logging Units, High pressure prediction, Preparation of Geological correlations, maps & cross sections. Petrophysical interpretation at wellsite, testing of high pressure wells (12000 psi), DST, Well completion reports.

Achievements

Pore pressure prediction

Successfully carried out real time prediction in Soku Deep within 0.01 psi/ft of expected case pre-drill prediction and confirmed by RCI measurements. Fracture gradient in depleted reservoirs prediction confirmed within 0.01 psi/ft in Soku Re-entry. Established the Nigeria Pore Pressure Database, a basic tool for HPHT exploration in Nigeria. Pre-drill prediction and onsite predictions vindicated in several wells of onland and offshore by post-drill measurements, East coast, India. Subject matter expert in pore pressure prediction and well bore stability in Shell Sub- Saharan Africa.

Details of discoveries

Proposed more than 80 locations

• Proposed location Mandapeta Onland structure. Proved to be the first oil bearing well within Gondawanas in the Mandapeta area. Discovered oil and gas in Gondwana rocks.

• Conceived and discovered the fifth culmination of North Kadi field in 1996 resulting in substantial reserve accretion and enhanced oil production and thus rejuvenating a 25 year old aquifer driven field.

• Based on a new seismo-geological model, the discovery wells SBBH &SBBR resulted in the northward extension of Sobhasan field, the area remaining un-explored for the past 20 years underlying urban populated locale.

• Linch 21 &23 proposed by me was the precursor for Mehsana pay exploration in Linch area. The latter well has produced almost a million barrels till date.

• The development location (LNDA)-LINCH-30, proposed as a member of Linch task force-1 resulted in 70m of oil pay and was highlighted in the achievements of ONGC in 1998-99.

• A VSP based seismic modeling resulted in the extension of eastern part of North Kadi field-NK-328 (NKXL) in the NK 302 adjunct structure.

• A seismo– geological model proved the western extension of Santhal field and further a synchronous sand model for deeper sands established.

• Strike wells Jotana-99 & 100 based on Strati-structural model resulted in providing a new thrust for exploring deeper sands (Linch pays).

• Based on an integrated study, a large onland area was mapped covering South Kadi, North Kadi,Santhal, Linch, Jotana & Warosan depression for exploring the deeper Linch sands (Linch task force ii). Fourteen locations were proposed in April 2000 of which eleven locations were released.

• The first location TKNK-1 drilled as well no. North kadi-367 has proved the prospectivity of Jakasana area (west of Linch) wherein multiple Linch sands and additionally Mehsana pays were encountered leading to substantial reserve accretion. The well is on sustained production @ 300 barrels a day from only one zone. The reserve accretion is of the order of 20 million barrels.

• Two locations in the central part of Linch TLNK (drilled as Linch –36) and TFLN –1( drilled as Linch-41) located on either side of the Jotana main fault in the cross trend area has proved oil within the Linch sands leading to substantial reserve accretion . Both the wells are on sustained production @ 700 BOPD and 400 BOPD respectively.

• Location TFJN-9(drilled as well no J-151) in south Jotana revealed the extension of productive Linch sands opening up the flank areas of Jotana structure for delineation. Another location JNCT (well no. Linch-42) has indicated oil in the Mandhali section and produced oil@ 500 BOPD.

• A high risk, high gain location Langhnaj-13 drilled on the rising part of Nandasan low resulted in the development of 20 meters oil column.Langhnaj-17 proposed as an exploratory location provided the impetus for Kalol (Sertha member )exploration. Langhnaj-21 based primarily on a stratigraphic feature (backed by a geological model) of a thin bed reservoir, where a huge burst of amplitude at tuning thickness was recognized, flowed oil from Kalol sands.

• Extended near field exploration on eastern flank of North Kadi after a decade of discovering the fifth culmination succeeded in enhancing reserves in 2007.

Awards and recognitions

Special Recognition Award from Shell Nigeria in 2011 for managing successfully HPHT drilling campaign in Niger Delta. HSSE Certificate of Merit in recognition of excellent contribution towards application of Pre-drill and Real-Time Pore Pressure Predictions

Nominated for National Mineral award of India under 40years in 2000.Awarded ONGC Director's best paper award in 1998,Obtained numerous awards from time to time for new oil finds and reserves accretion specially the Gondwana oil find, geological mapping of Western Manipur Hills through surface mapping, oil discoveries in North Cambay and enhancement of oil production in Mehsana Asset. Promoted as Superintending Geologist on merit following oil strikes and further as Chief Geologist based on enhancement of oil production in ONGC. Awarded ONGC Chairman’s Professional of the year 2004 for contribution to E &P Best oral paper award from international seminar, ISFL, India in 2006. Published the project report entitled “Participatory approach for corporate social responsibility in oilfield area with reference to Gamanpura village, Gujarat, India” in Indira, Gandhi University, New Delhi and was widely appreciated.

Career Synopsis

After passing out from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad joined the Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), India as a Geologist in 1983. Of the twenty- eight years rich experience in the oil industry, twelve years have been in the field of interpretation of geoscientific data for oil exploration. Apart from being accredited with a large number of small and medium sized hydrocarbon discoveries in India, the long experience with multidisciplinary teams at the Asset level has provided an opportunity to understand the various nuances of other disciplines involved in hydrocarbon exploration. Initially as a multi disciplinary team member and later as a project leader completed more than twenty -five projects leading to the identification and drilling of a number of prospects that resulted in hydrocarbon discoveries. Managed ageing depletion driven and aquifer driven reservoirs, pressure maintenance schemes and heavy oil production. Apart from possessing experience in interpretation of geoscientific data, reservoir management of aquifer driven and depletion type reservoirs, possesses skills that include problem evaluation, effective communication and result-oriented approach. Adequate knowledge of Budget management. Commitment to HSSE both in subsurface and surface.

Since 2007 until 2012, I was with Shell Nigeria. Focal point in Nigeria for pore pressure prediction and well bore stability, Responsibilities: include the execution and delivery of and modeling pore pressure evaluations pre-drill and recommendations thereof for exploration ventures until drilling phase and then safely delivering exploration wells through syn-drill pore pressure monitoring of the deep HP campaign that kicked off with Soku Deep. Responsible for all pore pressure data upkeep and maintenance in Nigeria.NPPDCoE. Subject matter expert in Sub Saharan Africa for Shell in pore pressure prediction and well bore stability, Responsibilities: include the execution and delivery of and modeling evaluations and recommendations on exploration ventures until drilling phase and safety associated with it.

Training

- Three month Induction cum Field familiarization Training: April-June, 1984,ONGC,India

- Geophysical Prospecting for Geologists one week, March 1987, ONGC, India.

- Reservoir Engineering for Non-Reservoir Engineers 30th Aug to 3rd September, 1993, ONGC, India.

- Industrial relations, 5-10th December, 1994, IMD, ONGC, Dehradun.

- Generation of Abnormal Pressures and its implication in Hydrocarbon Exploration 7th Sep to 11th September 1998 RTI, ONGC, Chennai.

- Seismic Data Interpretation & Seismic stratigraphy, Petro skills.28-Aug 1st, 2003.

- World Congress on Total quality 23rd to 25th January, 2004.

- Competitive Advantage through Design National Institute of Design, 20-24th December, 2004.

- IOR/EOR technologies by Petrad, Norway at New Delhi, 14-16th, November, 2005.

- Environment Management & Safety 2005, IPSHEM, GOA, 9th -11th February, 2005.

- Applied Rock Mechanics, Petro Skills,London,16th to 18th July, 2011

References

References are available on request

Interests

Aside from Geology and petroleum exploration, my interests include personality & cultural diversity, poetry, current affairs, technology, and business strategy.

Contact details

India:

Pratap.V.Nair,

Devidarshan,

Chittalloor,

Kawdiar,

Trivandrum,

Kerala state

India-695003

Contact No, +917*********, +919*********,+919*********, +914*********

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