Name: GINU JOSEPH

Nationality: Indian

E-mail address:

Mobile no: +91 830 486 0364 / +218 925299258.

Career Summary

Petroleum engineering professional working in Middle Management / Team Lead level with over 20+ years of experience in various assets & projects in Iraq, Angola, India, Libya and Kuwait with leading operators like ENI, KOC, SOMOIL / Sonangol, TTOPCO / Genel Energy, ONGC, OIL.

Oil and gas field & well management experience in both engineering and operations. Basic experience in production facility management. Proven experience as team leader in successful field revitalization, field optimization and production gains.

Successfully built and developed teams, department, mentored young engineers to professionals in their career. Met organizational objectives on production targets, Opex& Capex targets, Budget & HSE KPI.

Experienced in operations management and scheduling including developing work breakdown structure, stake holders, interfaces, key drivers, milestones, critical path etc. Experienced in tendering & contracting process, vendor & contractor management; Statutory compliances with various government bodies.

As a Petroleum Engineer will bring in years of hands on experience in production operations, petroleum engineering, well engineering, completions, well intervention & cross functional experience in reservoir engineering, drilling, development geology etc. Proficient in various industry software.

Typical projects include prospect maturation & drilling, field development planning, Life cycle evaluation, mature / Brownfield asset management and, etc. Familiar with Joint Venture operations under PSCs &JoA environment.

Experience ranges from small marginal field operations with stripper / intermittent producers to world class reservoirs with production ranging up to 0.4MMBOPD; clastics to carbonate structures; green field to challenging recovery phases.

Technical Expertise

  • Nodal analysis for wells & network modelling for production, injection & gas lift, design and selection of artificial lift like GL, ESP, SRP, HP, PCP etc.
  • Experienced in EOR, evaluating water flood performance, effectiveness of pressure maintenance programs, well performance & artificial lift optimization, WOR diagnostics, water shut off treatments, extended reach horizontal well optimization, gas injection and pilot steam flood project etc.
  • Design of workover, recompletion, acid & proppant stimulation, sand control, coiled tubing operations, artificial lift, well testing, perforation, cased hole diagnostic logging, other wireline & slickline operations, CH log interpretation, production operations, flow assurance, oil and gas processing etc.
  • Operational experience in workover, well intervention, DST, EWT, artificial lift, slickline, wireline operations, CH & OH logging, FIT & running in of completion, perforation, coiled tubing, acidizing, proppant & acid fracturing, well testing and field operations. Certified IWCF Well Control – Well Intervention (WO/CT/SN/WL) – Supervisory Level.
  • Experienced in HSE management, SWP, work control, risk assessment, Safety Audits, HAZOP, HAZID, SIMOPS.

Career History

Harouge Oil Operations – Tripoli, Libya

Dec 2017 – Present Technical Advisor -Petroleum Engg .

Working as Technical Advisor -Petroleum Engineering for field and production operation review with the primary objective of restoring the deferred production from shut in wells.

  • Review of the wells currently shut in and make recommendations based on the review for the start up of the wells. Prioritize operation planning based on cost and production gain.
  • Follow up and modify the FDP in progress in line with the shut in period and production break, pressure restoration and fluid restabilization.
  • Review of the field level data for identifying production enhancement and optimization opportunities.

ENI – Basra, Iraq

Mar 2015 – Sept 2017 Petroleum Engineering Section Head.

Working as Petroleum Engineering Section Head for operation and development project of Zubair field producing over 400,000 BOPD.

  • Lead the team of expat & national staff for Zubair field development operations.
  • Achieved the management objective of production ramp up from 280 kbopd to 360 kbopd. Massive production optimization campaign done field wide. Reduced deferred production by implementing Exception Based Surveillance (EBS) for ESP wells. Prepared network model for production & injection network. Provide Production Budget & Forecast on various production scenarios for mid-term & long term planning to the management.
  • Work with Engineering Support Office in Dubai for Field Development Planning & South Oil Company counterpart in TSC environment.

TTOPCO – Kurdistan

Dec 2013 – Jan 2015 Sr. Production Engineer.

Worked as Sr. Production Engineer for operation and development project of TaqTaq field producing over 130,000 BOPD. Assist Production manager for CPF operations and commissioning.

  • Lead the team of national staff for green field operations.
  • Designed multistage openhole packer completion including horizontals. Done completion testing. Designed and installed first ESP installation in field. Complete well test interpretation, update of production database including well models in PROSPER & network update & optimization using GAP with downhole pressure data, OFM database, AVOCET report generation etc.
  • Work with partners Addax Petroleum &Genel Energy for reservoir engineering inputs and field development planning.

Somoil. S.A, Luanda. Angola.

April 10 – Aug 13.Sr. Petroleum Engineer.

Worked as Sr. Petroleum Engineer for operation and development project of various mature field assets in Angola. Achieved major production gain of over 30% and reduction in water production by 15%.

  • Lead the team of national engineers for brown field operations.
  • Lead the Asset management team for the Field Development Planning of various assets.
  • Did field wide review and completed major production and injection realignment. Took up major acid stimulation campaign, gas lift network optimization, injector optimization, recompletion and remedial jobs for water shut off or water conformance. Successfully developed a tight carbonate zone by acid fracturing technique. Introduced foam diversion technique to open hole horizontal wells with better results than viscosity diversion. Restored all open hole horizontal wells from carbonate fines accumulation in the well bore, recompleted with selective completion isolating water zones. Updated the field development strategy to arrest the production decline. Evaluated residual oil saturation using major CH logging including Sonic, PLT and RST logging. Evaluated water production mechanism using WOR diagnostics and designed water shut off operations accordingly.
  • Work with counterpart from Sonangol under JV environment & support management for Field Development Planning, TCM & MCM.

Oilex Limited. India.

Oct 06 – Feb 10.Sr. Production Engineer.

Worked as Sr. Production Engineer, responsible for the entire production operations reporting to the Country Manager for three brown field development projects. Officiating Operation Manager with entire field team reporting.

Responsibilities:-

  • Team leader for the entire production team taking care of operations management, well operations, production facility, maintenance, expansion etc. Work with reservoir, G&G and drilling teams for field development plan.
  • Design & supervise all DST, completion, workover, well intervention operations, stimulation, coiled tubing, wireline well testing operations. Carried out multiple stage high volume proppant fracturing stimulation for tight gas zones.
  • Ensures compliance with the HSE Management System and all statutory rules, regulations and procedures in regards to safety, environmental and social compliance. Operations management liaising with statutory & local authorities, public bodies, social groups. Identify, propose and implement community support programs.
  • Carried out Well log interpretation, decide perforation intervals, log correlation & tie-in for perforation etc. Stimulation job design and post-Frac production evaluation. Well testing, DST, PBUT analysis, PLT & RST interpretation, reservoir engineering studies, core studies etc.

Joint Operations (KOC & Chevron) & KOC. Kuwait.

Jan 04 – Oct 06.Well Performance / Surveillance Engineer

Projects Handled:-

  • Well Performance / Surveillance / Testing.
  • Artificial Lift – Lufkin.

Worked in various roles leading a team of 50 with eight engineers for well testing, well diagnostics and well data acquisition.

  • Joined as well testing engineer and was in lead role by the end of the assignment.
  • Conduct well surveillance & well testing. Identify opportunities to optimize production. Design of SRP system including surface beam pumps, down hole pump, sucker rod string. Installation and commissioning of SRP system. Optimization of SRP and ESP systems. Monitoring and trouble shooting of SRP and ESP operations.
  • Experienced in operating in high H2S environment, provide training and orientation to staff on H2S safety. Qualified & authorized by KOC QHSE Management System for all work permits.

AbanLoyd Chiles Offshore Ltd. On-board FPU Offshore India.

May 02 – Dec 03.Production Supervisor

Worked as production supervisor for the FPU operations on Offshore Oil Field project of Hardy Exploration &Prodn Ltd

  • Responsible for the operation & maintenance of the crude oil processing facility & ensure consistent supply of crude oil to FSO, FSO offloading operations etc.
  • Supervise stimulation & well testing operations during rig operations.
  • Performing emergency duties as per Station bill.

Oil India Limited. Natural Gas Project Rajasthan. India

Jan 98 – May 02Production Engineer.

Responsible for the well & production facility operations reporting to the Installation manager.

  • Operating at a remote desert location close to international border.
  • Managing 3 natural gas fields – High pressure gas field & production operations, unmanned gas gathering station & gas processing complex.
  • Workover, rigless operations, wire line and slickline jobs.

Hydrocarbon Resources Development Co. (P) Ltd.Mumbai. India.

Nov 94 – Dec 97.Project Engineer.

Started career and worked in various roles with clients like ONGC, OIL.

  • Well head operations, well testing, slick line jobs, production facility operations etc.

Work Experience

  • Field Development Studies - Well reviews, reserves estimation, identifying potential opportunities, evaluating remaining oil potential / zones, identifying opportunities for recompletion & production optimization & enhancement, water shut off, strategy for arresting the production decline etc. Maintain data from well testing, diagnostic surveys, well service reports, artificial lift equipment service report, downtime reports etc. to facilitate analysis of the well behaviour trends. Evaluate remaining reserves based on production decline.
  • Well Completion - Analysis of life cycle needs, asset & completion integrity, DST, well test interpretation, completion design and running, various completion types with OH barefoot completion, multistage packer completion, multistage open hole packer completion etc. Scheduling of workover with multiple rigs on production priority and service availability.
  • Well Intervention - Well testing, wireline, slickline, coiled tubing, stimulation, hot oil pumping, CH logging operations. Job design, prepare program for all well operations, supervise / coordinate with field team during operations, interpretation of acquired data, job evaluation. Successfully developed a tight carbonate zone by acid fracturing technique. Initiated & optimized the acid fracturing operation first ever in the field history. Introduced foam diversion technique to open hole horizontal wells with better results than viscosity diversion. Restored all open hole horizontal wells from carbonate fines accumulation in the well bore, Well log interpretation, decide perforation intervals, supervise log correlation & tie-in for perforation etc. Stimulation and post-Frac production evaluation. CH logging & interpretation of Sonic, Pressure - Temperature, PLT& RST logs, core studies, PVT analysis, etc. Well test design, DST, completion & production testing, MIT, FAF, multiple well testing, post stimulation flow to clean, flow back testing along with service rigs etc. EWT with high rate gas wells for reservoir evaluation.
  • Artificial Lift - Identify suitable lifting technology, design of SRP, GL, ESP & PCP including surface and downhole equipment, Installation & Commissioning. Nodal Analysis, operation monitoring, trouble shooting& optimization of Artificial Lift. Experience in implementing Exception Based Surveillance (EBS) for ESP & SRP wells for reducing deferred production. Record and maintain information on causes of well equipment failures, analyse failure history to identify chronic and repetitive failures and opportunities to improve reliability.
  • Production Optimization - Well performance monitoring, well surveillance, well test interpretation, production optimization, realignment of production perforations optimization of wells operating in sub optimal conditions like PI reduction, frequent ESP plugging, FBHP margin over bubble point, idle wells through rigless intervention etc.
  • Water Production Management - Evaluate water producing zones by means of PLT & RST logging, Utilize WOR diagnostics technique to understand the water production mechanism, Realignment of water injection zones. Recompletion operation for remedial jobs, zonal isolation, use of microfine cement, conformance chemicals etc.
  • Nodal Analysis &Modeling - Create, evaluate & validate PROSPER & GAP models, generate network optimization & trouble shooting proposals as needed for production & water injection networks. Optimizing the wells & network according to well / facility capacity available.
  • Commercial - Budgeting, Production planning & forecasting, tendering & contracting process, vendor / contractor management. Provide input to management on Production Budget & Forecast for various production scenarios for mid-term & long term planning. Review services requirements and assist commercial department in bidding process, RFQ, provide technical recommendation on purchase / service orders and assist in bid evaluation. Coordinate with service partners on ongoing contracts and services.
  • Operations Management - Delivering job plan, SoW, post job evaluation &analysis, interpretation reports, design documents on time with quality. Co-ordinate with other departments like Well Engineering & Operations, Production, Projects to ensure smooth flow of operations. Ensure job delivery by various service partners. Supervise field operations for well intervention operations, well testing operations. Update of production database including well models in PROSPER & network in GAP, OFM database, AVOCET report generation etc.
  • Project Management - Experienced in project management and scheduling including developing work breakdown structure, stake holders, interfaces, key drivers, milestones, critical path etc. Annual Well operations budget of around 60 MMUSD. Projects handled Well services & stimulation project with 2 workover rigs for 24 wells; Refurbishing of gas lift network including gas compressor, HP gas supply network, well completions; Water shut off project for 18 wells including diagnostic logging, evaluation, technology identification and recompletion operation. 6 well drilling & completion campaign including major proppant fracturing; Commencing well testing contract in KOC & ADCO as service provider from bidding, service mobilization, client acceptance to kick start; Pilot project for ESP installation & start up as LSTK project, LSTK project for heavy oil extended well testing with PCP installation.
  • HSE Management - Experienced in ensure safe operations adhering to HSE Management plan. Trained in SWP, Safety Audit, Risk Assessment, Work Control, SIMOPS etc. Trained in high H2S field Operations. Experienced in performing emergency management duties as per Station Bill and as part of ER Team.
  • Team Management - Experienced in leading national and expat teams. Training and mentoring of junior staff to a successful professional career. Mentor and coach junior engineers from petroleum & drilling disciplines and provide expert advice as required. Managed teams constituting up to 60 direct reporting members from multiple nationalities.

Qualifications

B. Tech Degree in Chemical Engineering.1994 June.University of Kerala. India.

IWCF - Well Control Supervisory Level – (WI/CT/SN/WL).2014 August (Due for recertification)

Training.

  • Well Log Interpretation – PetroSkills
  • Reservoir Management & Enhanced Oil Recovery. - PetroSkills
  • Advanced Beam Pump Training - Lufkin
  • T-BOSIET, HSE Training on H2S Safety, SCBA, Fire fighting, First-aid, Defensive Driving

Software Proficiency.

  • Windows, Linux, SAP.
  • PROSPER, GAP, PIPESIM.
  • Interpret, Saphir, Emeraude, FAST-Welltest, FAST-RTA.
  • OFM, AVOCET.
  • WellFlo, Dynalift, WellView, Tubemove, SROD, Echometer.
  • Geolog, OpendTect, MBAL.
  • Primavera Project Planner, Ms-Projects, AutoCAD etc.

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