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Mr. Saad Ibrahim, P.Eng. - Principal Engineer
Experience/Key Qualifications:
Mr. Saad Ibrahim has over 26 years of diversified experience in the Petroleum Industry in Western Canada and Internationally including projects in Yemen, Libya, Egypt, Nigeria, Iraq, Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Argentina, Peru and Ecuador. His focal experience is in Reservoir Engineering with emphasis on field development planning, evaluation of depletion strategies and production optimization of a wide spectrum of oil and gas fields. He has evaluated and initiated horizontal well applications that resulted in a remarkable increase in production levels. He also has a special interest in well test planning and analysis using state of the art software (F.A.S.T by Fekete and PanSystem). He has been involved in all phases of implementing secondary and tertiary recovery schemes. He has also expertise in technical and economic evaluations of oil and gas properties for acquisition and divestiture ventures. Mr. Ibrahim has conducted numerous technical presentations to the Petroleum Society of the CIM and various training courses to the industry.
Education:
Graduated from the University of Alexandria (Egypt) with B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering in 1973. He has also obtained a post-graduate diploma from U of C in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering in 1983. Mr. Ibrahim is a member of the APEGGA, SPE and CIM.
Ms. Dianne Robson, P. Eng. - Associate Engineer
Experience/Key Qualifications:
Ms. Robson has over 20 years of experience as a Reservoir Engineering Specialist. Dianne is well versed in formation evaluation, pool depletion optimization, wellbore optimization, reservoir simulation, economic evaluation, production and revenue forecasting, surface network analysis and optimization of gas fields, and regulatory matters from both industry and government perspectives. Her areas of exposure include B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Dianne has special interests in well test analysis using F.A.S.T. by Fekete and nodal analysis using W.E.M. by P.E. Moseley.
Education:
Ms. Robson obtained a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. She has acquired ongoing technical and “hands-on” training throughout her professional career from the University of Calgary and petroleum industry courses. Dianne is a member of APEGGA and CIM.
Mr. Javed Iqbal, M.Sc., P. Geol. - Associate Geologist
Experience/Key Qualifications:
Professional geologist with over 20 years diversified Canadian and International experience in exploration and exploitation. Worked with Multinational, large independent and state oil companies. Experience in multi-disciplinary projects as team leader, and in international joint venture operations; gained in various frontier and mature Canadian basins, Africa, South America and Asia, ranging from basin studies to prospect generation and evaluation. Reservoir/development geology experience in both carbonate and clastic oil and gas fields, including operations, geological support for horizontal drilling, EOR planning and monitoring, and rehabilitation of mature fields. Full understanding of the business aspects.
Education:
Obtained M.Sc. of Geology, 1973, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. ENI Post Graduate Diploma in Petroleum Geology, 1967, Milan, Italy. Business Management Certificate (in progress) from University of Calgary. Member of AAPG, APEGGA and CSPG.
Mr. Erwine Springer - Sr. Reservoir Analyst
Experience/Key Qualifications:
Mr. Erwine Springer has over 22 years of diversified experience in the Petroleum Industry in Western Canada. His main experience is in Pressure Transient Analysis and Horizontal Well Technology (HWT). He has done several screening studies for HWT and maintains a database of all horizontal wells in the Western Canadian Basin. He also has special interest in well test planning and analysis using state of the art software (F.A.S.T by Fekete). He has field experience in production testing and wireline applications.
Education:
Graduated from the Polytechnic Institute (Trinidad) with G.C.E “A” Level in Mathematics and Chemistry. He has also obtained third year status from U of C in Chemistry and Mathematics. Erwine is a member of CIM.
Mr. Gurpreet Sawhney, M.Sc., P. Eng. - Associate Engineer
Experience/Key Qualifications:
Reservoir engineer with 12 years of experience in reservoir simulation and enhanced oil recovery projects. Working as a simulation consultant since 1992, Gurpreet has managed and operated an oil and gas consulting company (10 people) for the past 5 years. Gurpreet’s areas of expertise include integrated reservoir modelling, compositional and thermal simulation, enhanced oil recovery, horizontal well modelling and EOS characterization.
Education:
- MBA (Present), University of Calgary, Canada
- M.Sc. Chemical Engineering; University of Calgary, Canada
- B.E. Chemical Engineering, India
Mr. Ian F. Smith, B.Sc. - Associate Petrophysicist
Experience/Key Qualifications:
Mr. Smith has over 19 years of experience in domestic and international venues, from both operational and project perspectives. Areas of interest include integration of core/core and core/log data, correlation of near wellbore log evaluations with geologic models, wireline, DST, electrical and acoustic borehole image interpretations to identify stratigraphic and textural changes within the reservoir that effect petrophysical parameters.
Education:
Graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with B.Sc. (Advanced) Geology. Ian is a member of the SPWLA, CSPG and CWLS.
Dr. Sami Fahmy, B.Sc., Ph.D. – Project Management & Associate Engineer
Experience/Key Qualifications:
Dr. Sami Fahmy PhD, P. Eng, PMP. is a Global Registered Educational Provider (R.E.P) with the Project Management Institute. He obtained Doctorial Degree in Project Management from University of Calgary. Dr. Fahmy has more than ten years of Project Management teaching experience. He has extensive experience as a university Professor, instructor and lecturer. He has taught Project Management workshops at Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) and PMI (Edmonton PMI Chapter). He presently teaches Project Management graduate courses at University of Alberta (Engineering Project Management and Risk Management) and University of Calgary (Project Construction Management), and also a visiting instructor with City University.
Dr. Fahmy is a professional engineer with more than 30 years of Project Construction Management experience covering a wide range of project management technical areas. He managed hundreds of projects of varying sizes and complexity.
Education:
Ph.D., Civil Engineering-Project Management Specialization, University of Calgary, Alberta. Canada, 2005
Teaching Certificate, University of Calgary, Alberta. Canada, 2004
Training and development Diploma, Langevin Learning Services, Ottawa, Ontario, 2003
Completed 8 graduate courses towards MSc. In Project Management, City University, Belleview, Washington, 1999
Conflict Management Certificate (16 courses), Alberta Arbitration and Mediation Society (AAMS). Edmonton, Alberta, 1997
B.SC., Civil Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 1972
N. (Norman) Rudin, M.Sc. Eng., P.E. (M.E. & E.E.) - Associate Engineer, Project Management
Experience/Key Qualifications:
A Mechanical and Electrical Engineer with over 30 years of solid experience globally on projects requiring application of his expertise in project management, cost control, regulatory affairs, detailed engineering, construction field supervision and maintenance. He has been working for Canadian and USA companies in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Alberta, Texas, California and Louisiana since 1977.
Mr. N. Rudin has had experience on the following types of projects:
- Ethylene Oxide / Ethylene Glycol Plant/Polyethylene Plant
- Pipelines - crude oil, natural gas, hydrocarbon liquids, compressor stations, storage and distribution, metering stations and SCADA
- Gas Plants - gathering, sour gas treating, dehydration, NGL fractionation, LPG recovery, sulphur recovery, compression, automation and SCADA
- Heavy Oil Production Facilities - wellhead operation, satellite and gathering systems, water/oil separation, oil treating, desalting, degassing and vapour recovery, oil storage and transportation, steam & water injection, automation and SCADA
- Oil Sands - mining, extraction, pumping, storage and transportation
- Oil Refinery - MTBE, primary and secondary processing, debottlenecking, hydrogen production and recovery, hydrotreating, isomerization
- Power Generation and Co-generation - hydro, coal, gas, combine cycle and solar (wind, thermal/PV)
- Water Treatment Plant
Education:
Mr. Rudin received his degrees from St. Petersburg, Russia.
Denis Gaudet, P.Eng. – Associate Engineer
Experience/Key Qualifications:
D.R. "Denis" Gaudet, P.Eng. is President of DRG Resources and Director of Technology for Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada, a collaborative R&D facilitator? He has over thirty years of worldwide engineering, operations, and executive management experience with three international service companies (Halliburton, Nowsco and Fracmaster). He has substantial international experience in the land-based and offshore service industries, with emphasis in Europe and Africa. In his role as Director of Technology Transfer with PTAC, he is exposed to virtually all of the new technology in the Canadian petroleum industry. . His wide range of expertise includes Fracture Stimulation & Regain Permeability, Reservoir Conformance and Water Shut-off Technology, Drilling, Completions and Reservoir Stimulation, Stimulation and Coil Tubing Operations as well as Property evaluation and Reserve Calculation, and Frac Sand Market Evaluation.
Education:
B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, 1973.
Over the years Mr. Gaudet’s professional affiliations included: SPE, CCQTA (Canadian Crude Quality Technical Association), PTAC (Petroleum Technology Alliance of Canada), University of Calgary Industry Advisory Council for the Oil & Gas Engineering Dept., SAIT Petroleum Engineering Technology Advisory Committee, Mount Royal College Institute for Applied Scientific Research Advisory.
D. Andrew Gittins, P.GEOPH. – Senior Associate
Experience/Key Qualifications:
Mr. Andrew Gittins is a Senior Management Consultant in International Business Development. He specializes in negotiations, contracts, bid presentations, and evaluations of energy related projects, including oil & gas properties, power generation and service contracts related to the Petroleum industry. He has extensive experience with international company registrations, Local Partners, negotiations of Joint Ventures with Governments or/and private companies, production sharing and incremental production agreements, presentations and contract negotiations for service companies. Mr. Gittins is a Professional Geophysicist, with over 27 years of diversified, multidisciplinary experience in Canada, the USA and internationally. He worked from the Client Company as well as Service company perspective and has full understanding of the business as well as political aspects of international projects.
Mr. Gittins works in international missions as a Special Advisor, and reports directly to Executive Management. He acts as the point man and evaluates business opportunities worldwide, represents the company, participates in Bids, negotiates contracts and evaluates the overall risk and reward of a project and makes recommendations on the course of action to management. His strength is his ability to work in ambiguous and unclear situation, to asses the real opportunity, the length of time it will likely take to conclude a deal, and the general assessment of the cost to get to closure (or not). Mr. Gittins has extensive experience in all continents, is a fluent native Spanish speaker with experience in Latin America, Asia, Africa, the former USSR, China, SE. Asia and Australia.
Education:
Obtained B.Sc. in Geophysics /Geology in 1980, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, followed by postgraduate technical, business and management courses at the University of Calgary, Canada, and Warwick University in the U.K.. He is a member of APEGGA.
Mr. Munib Ahmad, M.Eng. P.Eng. – PetroleumEngineer
Experience/Key Qualifications:
Mr. Munib Ahmad has over 10 years of diversified experience in the fields of Petroleum, Process and Project Engineering with the Oil and Gas Industry. Munib is well versed in production forecasting, optimization and reserve estimation. He has extensively performed Pressure Transient Analysis using FAST and Pan System for a wide range of oil and gas wells. He also has extensive background in Chemical Engineering in the designing of Gas and Produced Water Treatment Plants.
Education:
He graduated from the University of Punjab with B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering in 1996, and M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering in 2000. He also completed his M. Eng. in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering from the University of Calgary in 2007. Mr. Ahmad is a member of APEGGA.
Roger Hough
Experience/Key Qualifications:
Roger Hough has worked in the oil industry since 1967 when he joined Shell after graduating in Applied Mineral Sciences from the University of Leeds. He worked for Shell for 32 years in various countries - notably the UK North Sea, Italy, Malta, Brunei, Oman, Netherlands, Canada, and Venezuela. In Venezuela, as Operations Manager he was charged with getting an offshore drilling and production venture operational, (sour production). Prior to that he had various assignments in the area of drilling technology and petroleum engineering - including a spell heading up Shell International’s "well technology research" program. Roger has been active with the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) over many years, and has chaired a number of SPE technical conferences. He was an SPE Distinguished Lecturer on the topic of ‘Slim Hole Drilling Technology’. With a career spanning 40 years in the oil industry, Roger Hough now teaches drilling technology at the University of Calgary and other organizations.
Nancy Drever – Office Manager
Experience/Key Qualifications:
Nancy Drever is the Office Manager in charge of reception, bookkeeping and general administrative duties.
Daniela Ortmann, M.A., M.L.S. – Business Development/Client Relations
Experience/Key Qualifications:
Ms. Ortmann is new to the oil and gas industry. Her primary background is in the field of international development and in the not-for-profit sector. Within this field she held positions of director, administrator, developed a number of educational and training programs and also carried out marketing and business development initiatives. She has travelled extensively and speaks a number of languages including Spanish, Russian, Slovak/Czech and some Hungarian.
Education:
Daniela holds a B.A. degree from Brock University, M.A. from University of Waterloo and M.L.S. from University of Western Ontario.