Oscar Cortez

About Oscar Cortez

Senior Reservoir engineer at SLB DSS (Digital Sub-surface Solutions) with experience in data analytics, reservoir simulation, production analysis, reserves estimation, reservoir monitoring in waterflooding projects, workovers and new wells candidate screening and selection, saturation height modeling and rock typing.I am very passionate about what I do, always looking forward to apply and improve new workflows with a multi-disciplinary team. I believe in respect, honesty and integrity to keep a good work environment that improves the relationship between team members, the company and clients.Special interest in- Data analysis through machine learning tools to optimize production operations and reservoir characterization- Uncertainty and optimization problems in reservoir simulation- Programming in Python, R, Matlab, C, VBA and Swift to optimize current workflows in reservoir engineering and data analytics[Content shared and views expressed on LinkedIn and other social media are my own only]

Experience

1. Senior Reservoir Engineer - Digital Subsurface Solutions

   SLB

   Nov 2022 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Applying advanced analytics and machine learning techniques to solve high-dimensional problems, such as creating surrogate reservoir models for accurate 2D/3D property predictions in CCS projects- Utilizing deep domain expertise in reservoir engineering to drive adaptive software development for rapid application deployment and efficient prototyping- Design and implement bespoke software solutions, including probabilistic profiles for new wells/workovers and field development planning (FDP) applications for comprehensive asset production forecasting- Leveraging data science methodologies to enhance reservoir modeling, simulation processes, and reserves estimation, thus optimizing decision-making and uncovering new opportunities.

Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Master of Science - MS, Analytics

• Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral

  Petroleum engineer

  2008 — 2013

• Humber College

  English

  2010 — 2010