Gabriel Perez

Experience

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  Ecopetrol

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2003

  Several positions as a geophysicist

  Progressed from Staff Geophysicist in Seismic Operations through Project and Team Leader in R&D finishing as Geophysics Specialist at the highest technical-career employee rank.

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  Hess Corporation

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2004

  Summer Intern

  Wrote code for horizon-based prediction of multiples in time and depth, aimed to assist interpretation of 3D seismic data

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  Oxy

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2007

  Geophysicist, Growth Projects

  • Defined leads for stepout and wildcat drilling, interpreting challenging 3D seismic in San Jorge Basin, Argentina.• Filled in into project management role for a 200 Km2 land 3D seismic acquisition in Peru, led to successful completion

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  Repsol

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2011

  Senior Geophysicist, Geophysical Technology

  Seismic attributes specialist delivering solutions in seismic inversion and AVO for prospect maturation and risk analysis, reservoir characterization and shallow hazards assessment. Projects in Suriname-Guyana, Trinidad, West and North Africa, Indonesia, Russia and GOM.- Predicted reservoir fluid on a North Africa prospect using gather conditioning, AVO and attributes. Results confirmed by later drilling.- Performed gather conditioning, modeling, AVO, inversion and rock properties work for postmortem well studies and for new prospect support in South America, contributing to reducing drilling risk over 25%. Show less

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  GeoTomo LLC

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2008

  Senior Geophysicist

  • Leading GeoTomo’s processing service efforts.• Participant in software development providing feedback on software issues and needs arising from services work

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  Bp

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2016

  Senior Seismic Processor, Seismic Imaging Flagship

  Providing leadership and expertise building top-level land seismic imaging capabilities. Delivering technical solutions through hands-on processing, technology deployment and technology development. Projects in North and South America and the Middle East.- Co-led imaging and tomography model building project to solve for velocity anomalies from channels in the overburden in data from Middle East giant field, resulting in significant improvement in the definition of key reservoir units.- Consulted to business unit on RTM and velocity modeling contractor work for fault shadow issues in Alaska, delivering insight into issues and limitations as well as image improvement.- Collaborated in near-surface modeling project using refraction tomography, FWI and 5D interpolation delivering improved seismic imaging and reduced drilling risk in 3D seismic data from the Middle East.- Hands-on processing and assisting processing by others on data from Lower 48 (Woodford, East Texas, Eagle Ford), delivering improved structural imaging, and conditioned gathers for amplitude fidelity and quantitative interpretation.- Led research on fracture characterization using gather conditioning, azimuthal velocity and AVO analysis (AVAz) from seismic data. Delivered updated understanding of state of the art as well as roadmap and initial results in benchmarking internal and contractor's toolkit and workflows.- Participated in research on seismic adaptive optics, and signal processing for near-surface effects, resulting in one patent.- Supervised and mentored one intern working on fractured reservoir characterization who was later hired by BP. Co-supervised another intern working on the same topic- Designated as Land Seismic Processing Expert in 2015 (1 of 3 company-wide).- Developed and delivered training in seismic data processing and imaging for recent hires. Show less

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  Murphy Oil Corporation

  Jan 2017 - Jan 2020

  Senior Geophysicist, seismic imaging and reservoir characterization Subject Matter Expert (SME)

  QI, seismic reservoir characterization, seismic processing and imaging specialist• Role as company-wide subject-matter expert (SME) in seismic processing, imaging and reservoir characterization, providing advice and assisting projects in New Ventures, Exploration and Development.• Wide range of projects involving hands-on work and/or managing and directing work by contractors and vendors• Projects offshore in US GOM, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, Vietnam and West Africa, onshore in EagleFord.• Highlights include: - Multiclient WAZ and NAZ processing in deepwater Mexico and Brazil - In US GOM and offshore Mexico: proprietary model building and depth imaging, rock physics, AVO modeling and AVO analysis - Colored (EEI), simultaneous and stochastic inversion in offshore Mexico and Brazil - Contributed to a discovery and definition of appraisal and followup opportunities offshore Mexico Show less

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  Ecopetrol

  Aug 2021 - Dec 2022

  Senior Geophysicist

  Providing QI and Seismic Imaging expertise in support of Ecopetrol onshore and offshore upstream projects in Colombia and other areas- Project management and QC of 5-10 onshore and offshore 2D and 3D processing and imaging with 5+ contractors, local and international- Planning, bid soliciting and evaluation for multi-year umbrella framework contract to ensure availability of processing, imaging and reservoir characterization services for Ecopetrol and subsidiaries- Liasing and consulting with seismic acquisition teams providing processing and QI input for surveydesign and operations- Hands-on QI (Inversion, AVO) and Rock Physics work, interaction with partners, for carbonate plays in Santos Basin, Brazil Show less

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  Aspen Technology

  Dec 2022 - now

  Processing & Imaging Solution Consultant

  Delivering Solutions Consulting support and Pre-Sales promotion for AspenTech (legacy Paradigm) Processing and Imaging as well as Quantitative Interpretation technologies, to new and existing customers