Rafael Zapata

About Rafael Zapata

Bilingual Petroleum Engineer with combined expertise within Reservoir, Production & …

Experience

1. Reservoir, Production & Petroleum Engineering Advisor

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   Jun 2014 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Delivered field studies on several conventional/unconventional projects of Pemex that derived in the production optimization over 30% for the Nejo & Miquetla fields described below.•Nejo Field (415+ wells producing gas/condensate/volatile oil): defined a Dynamic Flow model & depicted a hypothetical Formation Pressure Profile of the different blocks/paying zones using a non-conventional way. Identified/quantified reserves of potential up hole/downhole producing layers.•Miquetla Field (122+ wells producing gas/black oil): identified some bottlenecks & established strategies with the aim of optimizing production & increasing the Recovery Factor of the field.•Pimienta Shale (unconventional resources): defined the best practices to be applied on the drilling/completion of wells on some hot spot areas based in the Prospectivity Evaluation made up from available seismic/core analysis/well log data. It was considering key factors like Reservoir Quality/Completion Quality/Operation Efficiency to optimize productivity of wells, and using some drilling/completion process, production profiles & performance (IP/EUR), and assessment of Economics coming from several analog wells located in the Eagle Ford/Bakken/Niobrara/others US Shale Plays.•Ayin Field (GOM offshore field with 5 wells producing from clastic/carbonate): worked on the identification of the driving mechanisms of producing layers by mean of Material Balance assessment & further generation of a Dynamic Flow model of the field. Despite of some challenges regarding behavior of clastic/carbonate formations and presence of water, formulated a development plan of the potential zones. Generated a reservoir optimization strategy supported with a continuous reservoir monitoring in order to get the most of production from the identified pay zones.•Handled/evaluated dynamic data in the areas of Well Performance/Production Analysis/Material Balance/Production Forecasting/DCA Analysis/Well Productivity/ & Damage Assessment.

Education

• Houston City College

  A.A.S. Degree, Petroleum Engineering Technology

  2011 — 2013

• Rice University

  Diploma, Diploma of Proficiency in English as a Second Language (ESL), Level Advanced

  2010 — 2010

• Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas

  B.S., Chemistry

• Universidad de America

  B.S., Petroleum Engineering

Skills

• Formation Evaluation
• Pressure
• Perforating: Design & Evaluation
• Production Engineering
• Petrophysics
• Material Balance, Decline Curve Analysis
• Business Development & Marketing
• Natural Gas
• Well Productivity, & Gas-Lift System Evaluation
• Numerical Reservoir Simulation
• Petroleum Geology
• Production Log or Mr-Plt Planning/Interpretation
• Nodal Analysis
• Drilling
• Production Planning
• Eor
• Reservoir Engineering
• Gas
• Well Testing
• Reservoir Simulation
• Upstream
• Petroleum Economics
• Completion
• Reservoir Evaluation
• Product Optimization
• Petrel
• Pressure Transient & Mlt Design and Analysis, Pre/Post-Frac Evaluation
• Geology
• Stimulation
• Petroleum Engineering
• Fluids
• Well Performance Opt. Studies, Production Optimization
• Rft/Mdt, Formation Evaluation
• Production Analysis, Production Forecasting, Reserves
• Wireline
• Petroleum
• Directional Drilling
• Oil & Gas Industry
• Logging
• Field Development