Sanjeev Kumar

Enthusiastic petrophysicist with over 25 years of successful worldwide experience from Service and Operating companies (both), carrying a proven track record of working on demanding, high-profile projects and motivated to contribute, grow, and excel in the Oil & Gas industry.

A leading contributor and company (global) focal point in the Reservoir Petrophysics domain as a Subject Matter Expert (SME)for all petrophysical aspects in reservoir characterization, uncertainties, and resolving various technical issues.

• Supervising and designing optimum & cost-effective logging / coring programs for vertical, deviated and horizontal wells to support drilling and operational activities including integratingpetrophysical evaluations by using state-of-the-art techniques foropen and cased hole scenarios.

• Significantly contributed technical marketing activities at Schlumberger & Halliburton such as technical presentations, software platform demonstrations, and technology launches for E & P projects, with petrophysical domain excellence, resulting in the Technology adoption

• Responsible to provide key petrophysical inputs to senior management for exploration and asset development projects, based on Static and Dynamic modeling, Full Field Reviews (FFR), and Field Development Plans (FDP) in clastic and carbonate reservoirs.

• Manage the Petrophysical log quality assurance (LQA) of all service provider’s logs, data and reporting for Surface Data Logging (Mudlogging), Measurement While Drilling & Logging While Drilling (MWD/LWD) and Wireline Logging

• Contributing in multi-disciplined Petrophysics studies with working in a diverse range of basins and provinces worldwide in and around 12 countries

• Extensive experience in writing & reviewing well completionreports (WCRs) and to follow-up with the relevant government agencies or JV partners for ensuring the contents and format 

• Collaboration, problem-solving, and cost control toward team efforts and business improvements

• Very Customer Focused: Received "Appreciation from customers” for 100% satisfaction with the Petrophysics training courses and services @ Schlumberger.

• Hands-on with Techlog, Interactive Petrophysics (IP), Geoframe: ElanPlus, GEOLOG, Emeraude, CMR- Advisor, Geo2Flow, Rt-Mod, Petrel (Well correlation), Desktop Petrophysics (DPP) -ULTRA (Halliburton) and ProMax VSP, Openworks & Stratworks

• New Business Development (NBD), Technical Risk Reviews (TRR), Technical Peer Reviews (TPR), and Commercial Peer Reviews (CPR) for uncertainty aspects

• Technical contribution to the Key projects of KUFPEC: Experience in handling multiple reservoirs types across various basins/deposition environments to meet the petrophysical challenges: Alma& Galia (UK), Gina Krog (Norway) including new Exploration Opportunities, Anambas (Natuna, Indonesia), PM-304, SK-304, SK410B Lang Lebah Discovery and Development (Malaysia), West Kaybob Duvernay (Canada), Julimar and Wheatstone Field Development (Australia), Geisumand Tawila (Egypt), various areas in Pakistan), and Yacheng(China).

• Publishing and presenting industry standard technical papers and contributing as a technical sub-committee member for SPE

• Responsible for the company’s knowledge sharing and competency development amongst the Young Professionals (YPs)

• Proactive team player with good interpersonal, communication & extensive mentorship skills.

• Ensure work practices meet company HSSE standards and compliance with auditors.

Master of Technology (M. Tech.): Applied Geophysics, 07/1995