Nicolas Grippo

Experience

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  PETRÓLEOS SUDAMERICANOS ENERGY

  Feb 2004 - Jan 2010

  Reservoir and Production Engineer

  Overall Job Function:My function was mainly Reservoir Engineer with occasional job as a Production Engineer. My tasks included:-Reservoir analysis and control, production optimization.-Economical analysis of new wells and WO interventions. -Oil wells performance evaluation. WO opportunities detection, design and execution.-Evaluate, recommend and design artificial lift equipment. -Economical evaluation of potential acquisitions, and new ventures.-Reserves calculation, certification and audit processes management.-Multi-disciplinary work with geoscientists to detect upside opportunities and also for reserves calculation.-Simulation. Generation of static model, history matching and different scenarios evaluation working with a consulting firm. Tunjukkan kurang

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  Petrolifera Petroleum (Americas) Limited

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

  Reservoir Engineer

  As Reservoir Engineer I was responsible for the production and recovery optimization of the main producing field of the company in Neuquen Basin, Argentina. Some of the key activities include:-Reservoir analysis and control, production and waterflooding optimization.-Well test design and interpretation.-Material balance analysis. -Oil gain opportunities detection, analysis and execution. -Economic analysis and evaluation of well interventions. Execution processes (AFE’s).-Technical and economical analysis and evaluation of oil and gas field development projects.-Reservoir simulation to determine field development plans.-Reserves booking. Tunjukkan kurang

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  Gran Tierra Energy

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2013

  Reservoir Leader and Project Manager

  As a Lead Reservoir Engineer the most relevant projects I completed were:- Field Development Plan to optimize waterflooding. Dynamic modeling with Petrel, PetrelRE, FronSim and Eclipse. Validation of Static Model with Streamlines simulation (Frontsim). Probabilistic analysis with MEPO. Economical evaluation of different scenarios to maximize full cycle value.-Tight Carbonates re-development with horizontal multi-frac wells. Applied Unconventional development strategy to low perm reservoir to commercially recover resources, generated and matched Dynamic Model to optimize development strategy. Well completion optimization, well testing design and monitoring on site.- Waterflooding redesign and optimization through drilling of new wells (producers and injectors), pattern redesign and well conformance methods.-IOR pilot design and implementation. Wells screening to select optimum pattern. Simulation with FrontSim and Eclipse. Design and interpretation of nano-particle treatment monitoring with FO tests-Tracers campaign design to analyse injector-producer connection, possible channeling, and pattern optimization. Application of results for Static and Dynamic models validation and WF redesign-Drilling and WO campaign, reserves development and WF redesign-Assets evaluation for acquisitions, farm-in and farm-out, M&A processes. Techno-economic evaluation with recommendation to Management for bidding and acquisitions based on analogues, probabilistic assessment, building conceptual simulation models and attending data-rooms to evaluate asset value in limited timeframes.-Budget implementation and scheduling. Technical and economic analysis of new projects Tunjukkan kurang

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  Dubai Petroleum

  Jul 2013 - Jan 2014

  Senior Reservoir Engineer

  As a Senior Reservoir Engineer I was assigned to re-develop one of the company’s offshore oil fields. This field has three different reservoirs of mid-low permeability carbonates and it had been partially developed with vertical and horizontal wells. Dumpflood in one well had shown excellend response in nearby producers and one of the main drivers for the study was to assess full field re-development with waterflooding. For this task I built a Simulation Model from scratch with CMG software (Builder-IMEX-CMOST). I history-matched, forecasted and developed a FDP optimizing the recovery with waterflooding.I also collaborated with engineering team to define new facilities parameters and to incorporate the expected backpressure on the simulator for accurate forecasting. Based on the results of the study a new platform was approved for the development, including water injection facilities. -Reservoir Simulation. Dynamic model from scratch with CMG. History match, forecast.-Field re-development plans. Recovery optimization with waterflooding. Tunjukkan kurang

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  PETRONAS

  Jan 2014 - now

  As Manager Reservoir Engineer I look over the subsurface integrity in the operation of the deepwater fields in Sabah, Offshore Malaysia. I have the responsibility to ensure the compliance of field development and reservoir management and surveillance plans with reservoir engineering practices and internal guidelines. I have been assigned as the NOC’s Asset Manager of the biggest deepwater oil field in Malaysia, operated by a major IOC and currently producing 150,000+ bod. Some of the activities I have performed for this field include Dynamic Modelling, Field Development Plans, infill projects and Reservoir Management and Surveillance plans including 4D seismic acquisition and Tracers campaign. Tunjukkan kurang As an Executive Reservoir Engineer I looked over several non-operated offshore fields across Malaysia with a total production of 35,000 BOPD and gas sales of 300 MMscfd (7% and 5% of total Malaysia production respectively).I had the responsibility to ensure prudent reservoir management by the operators (Assets under Production Sharing Contracts) to maximize recovery, perform technical evaluation of proposals for petroleum enhancement, well intervention and waterflooding optimization and to identify oil gain opportunities. I was also the one of the lead reservoir engineers on an initiative for assessment of potential and reactivation of idle wells across Malaysia. Tunjukkan kurang

  • Principal Reservoir Engineer

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Staff Reservoir Engineer

    Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

  • Manager Reservoir Engineering - Sabah C1

    Apr 2016 - Jan 2021

  • Senior Reservoir Engineer

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2016