Alireza Mollaei

About Alireza Mollaei

Experienced Petroleum Reservoir Engineer with diverse skills and expertise in reservoir management/field development projects from appraisal to abandonment. Worked on a variety of conventional/unconventional resources including major capital projects and some of the giant and most complicated fields globally. Proven success record of working with different major, international, national, independent, R&D and consulting oil & gas companies. Deep reservoir engineering knowledge and fully conversant with classical and analytical techniques for reservoir management as well as advanced reservoir modeling/simulation expertise. Experienced on a variety of integrated multidisciplinary field development and reservoir management projects (green and brown fields) covering all reservoir life cycles (primary depletion, secondary recovery, tertiary recovery (EOR)) in US and international. Recipient of national and international technical awards/patent and published numerous technical documents on developing state of the art reservoir management methods and technologies. Active and effective team player with demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and support management and multi-disciplinary technical teams of geoscientists and engineers. Multi-tasking and creative leader with solid time management skills and ability to work under tight schedules and deadlines. Key competencies include:•Field Development Planning •Appraisal/Pre-Development •Reservoir Modeling/Simulation•Economic Evaluation •Sensitivity/Uncertainty/Risk Analysis•Waterflooding/Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)•Production Forecasting and Optimization •Recovery and Performance Problems Diagnosis •Classical Reservoir Engineering/Analytical Modeling•Wells Engineering

Experience

1. Petroleum Reservoir Engineer

   bp

   Jan 2011 — Present

   Worked as reservoir engineer/simulation engineer on a variety of conventional and unconventional reservoir management projects serving several BP’s assets in different regions nationally and internationally. Involved in field development planning, integrated reservoir studies and production operations.• Acknowledged for collaborating effectively as reservoir engineer with several multidisciplinary project teams, peer review of projects, mentoring/coaching of junior engineers and representing company in partners meetings.• Participated in field development planning and developed improvement strategies that raised and optimized unconventional field production in a short time significantly.• Conducted pattern development studies and management of miscible gas flooding/WAG EOR that greatly improved production, cash flow and ultimate recovery of a declining project.• Conducted reservoir engineering analysis and performed cross-functional exploration evaluations of new venture project involving land acquisition and pre-development/appraisal that led to successful field development through utilization of advanced reservoir simulation techniques powered with cutting-edge statistical methodologies and experimental design.• Actively participated as reservoir engineer in deepwater field development team providing technical support for optimized planning and progress opportunity studies, achieving recognition for outstanding production enhancement.• Developed technologies that greatly simplified management and optimized performance of EOR/waterflood projects, served as subject matter expert for training/mentoring and successful application in several BP assets.• Redesigned, optimized and peer-reviewed several waterflooding and EOR projects globally including some deep water fields resulting in reduction of operating costs, successful pattern development and recovery enhancement.• Performed reserve estimation and classical reservoir engineering for variety of projects.

Education

• University of Calgary

  Master of Science (M.Sc.), Petroleum Engineering

• Petroleum University of Technology

  Bachelor of Science (BSc), Petroleum Engineering

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Petroleum Engineering

Skills

• Field Development
• Oil
• Product Optimization
• Energy
• Reservoir Engineering
• Petrel
• Eor
• Modeling
• Drilling Engineering
• Reservoir Simulation
• Upstream
• Petroleum Engineering
• Reservoir Management
• Characterization
• Petrophysics
• Oil
• Well Testing
• Engineering
• Petroleum
• Reservoir Modeling
• Reserves