Denis Bataillon

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ABOUT DENIS BATAILLON

Senior geoscientist in hydrogeology and O&G exploration and production with 24 years of experience gained in different operating environments. Extensive expertise in project coordination, geological interpretation and risk assessment, 2D/3D integrated geomodelling, prospect generation, HIIP/reserves assessment, geostatistics, uncertainty analysis, new well specification and field development plan creation. Direct experience gained in France and Niger for hydrogeology and North and West Africa, Caspian and Asia on small to giant O&G fields. Skills Project management - Coordination, follow-up and integration of in-house and outsourced G&G studies. Recognised ability to manage projects including partners’ and client relationships overall. Rigorous quality control and technical reporting are essential deliverables- Mentoring junior staff and training colleagues or clients on software functionalities. Dedicated team player- Creation and optimisation of innovative modelling workflows. Searching for modelling best practices and automation process script. Geosciences - Regional and reservoir geological interpretation- Aquifer characterization- Well log correlation and basic petrophysical analysis- 2D horizon building, property mapping and isochore computation- Velocity model calibration and time-to-depth conversion- Stratigraphic and structural framework building- Salt or channel geobody modelling- 3D geological grid building and primary or flow-based upscaling- Data analysis and property modelling. Geostatistics- HIIP evaluation, geological risk assessment, uncertainty analysis and key parameters characterization- Petroleum system evaluation, plays ranking, prospects generation and new well specifications- Flow unit, production and pressure parameters analysis. Software knowledge - Geomodeller-3D, Gocad, Petrel, Kingdom, ArcGis, QGIS, Eclipse_100, 3DSL, Saphir. Languages - French (mother tongue), English (fluent written and spoken), Italian (good spoken).