Walid Hamed

About Walid Hamed

As a Senior-Level Development Manager & Petroleum Engineering Professional, I\'ve thrived in the challenging oil & gas industry while leading complex global flagship development opportunities for Shell International. With advanced technical acumen and deep experience spearheading oil & gas projects across the US, Egypt, Malaysia, and Oman, I drive deepwater projects, hydrocarbon maturation, reservoir evaluation, and field development planning, steering projects end-to-end from the funnel through exploration and appraisal to concept selection. As a relationship-focused leader, I enjoy cultivating and sustaining enduring stakeholder relationships across the value chain to power consistent performance.Specialties: Oil & Gas Field Development Planning, Strategic Leadership, Budgetary Oversight, Business Planning, Project Management Lifecycle, Complex Commercial projects, Deepwater Exploration and Development, Appraisal strategy, Formation Evaluation & Reservoir Characterization, Hydrocarbon Maturation, New Business Development, Stakeholder Management, Technical Guidance, Coaching & Mentoring, Cross-Functional Leadership, Asset Portfolio Evaluation, Field Development Planning

Experience

1. Front End Development Manager - Deepwater Emerging Basins

   Shell

   Jul 2021 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Spearheading front-end development support of CAPEX $1B+ deepwater emerging projects across North and South America, I deliver development expertise to deepwater exploration ventures across the globe. This entails driving new business development, investment, and divestment opportunities including new country entry, acquiring 10+ new opportunities in <1 year.• Guide 12+ cross-functional indirect reports to deliver technical support and project management for exploration BOMs/XMs while stewarding a study budget of ~$6M and delivering volume-to-value analysis, permitting, and appraisal strategies • Steer the integrated technical evaluation and development options for 6 broad-scale deepwater projects each year • Champion a safety-first culture, providing input and guidance on effective well planning and safe drilling operations • Build a climate of accountability, trust, and growth, mentoring and developing teams as a senior leadership member • Assess surface/subsurface risks and value tradeoffs; evaluated initial options for 6 deepwater wells in 2022 • Deliver data acquisition and project maturation through the development funnel • Act as an integrated technical review panel member for roughly 10 annual exploration projects in the Gulf of Mexico • Position the organization for continued growth, delivering feasible, affordable, and competitive outcomes consistently

Education

• Heriot-Watt University

  Postgraduate Diploma, Petroleum Engineering

  2004 — 2008

• Curtin University

  Master of Science - MS, Project Management

  2009 — 2011

• Ain Shams University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Geology/Geophysics

  1992 — 1996

Skills

• Petroleum Engineering
• Project Planning
• Seismology
• Field Development
• Gas
• Oil/Gas
• Formation Evaluation
• Pressure
• Oil & Gas
• Project Management
• Logging
• Log Analysis
• Drilling
• Geophysics
• Pore Pressure Prediction
• Petrophysics
• Offshore Drilling
• Mineral Exploration