Adolfo Contreras Ruiz Esparza

Experience

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  National Center for Disaster Prevention

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1997

  Research Assistant

  research assistant, Hydrometeorological Risk Analysis

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  Comisión Federal de Electricidad

  Jan 1997 - Jan 1999

  Project Engineer

  Project Manager

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  Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Zentrum für Material- und Küstenforschung

  Apr 2001 - Apr 2006

  Doktorant

  PhD. Student at the Institute of Coastal Research of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Zentrum für Material- und Küstenforschung at the System Analysis and Numerical Modelling Department.

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  Mexican Petroleum Institute

  Jun 2006 - Jan 2010

  Metocean Engineering Department Manager, Deep Water Research Program

  Provided end-to-end project management including the conception, implementation, operation, budget integration, and customer management of the meteorology and oceanographic gauging network for the deepwater program of the Mexican Oil Company (PEMEX), worth $52 million.Key Achievements:* Oversaw review and selection of metocean payloads over offshore infrastructures, considering risk and vulnerability assessment (PEMEX Deepwater Program).* Supervised the formulation and implementation of numerical models for oceanic, coastal, and atmospheric processes.* Conducted installation, operation, and maintenance of oceanographic and meteorological devices. Show less

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  IRD

  Feb 2010 - Dec 2013

  Ph.D. Student

  Worked at the binational research project JEST (Mexico – France), including atmosphere-ocean interaction in the Terminos Lagoon, Campeche. Performed as a Lecturer at the workshop: “Seminario Internacional de Monitoreo, Supervisión y Legislación Ambiental para las Actividades de Exploración y Explotación Petrolera en Aguas Profundas”, organised by Nicaragua’s Ministry of Energy. Serviced as a Research Resident at the Institut Méditerranée d’Océanologie at the Aix Marseille UniversityKey Achievements:* Project-managed the creation and execution of an operational sea-state forecast system for the Mexican Oil Company, a $1.2 million project.* Delivered scientific support on the oceanographic campaign, MARZEE III at the Gulf of Mexico, monitoring the circulation patterns of the Deepwater oil plume from the BP accident.* Established and installed the first metocean buoy for CONABIO-SEMAR in Holbox, Quintana Roo, National red tide program monitoring. Show less

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  Grupo ENAL S.A. de C.V.

  Feb 2014 - Sept 2014

  Leader of the Ocean Energies Department

  Directed the assessment of energy potential for several sites, considering ocean currents, astronomical tides, offshore wind, and non-conventional hydrocarbons.Key Achievements:* Estimated the generation potential in the Cozumel Canal using the loop current in the shallow part with measurements and numerical modelling.* Analysed methane hydrates in subsea reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico for the National Hydrocarbon Commission.* Revised Chilean Ocean Energy Research and Development Program, recommending possible pathways of power generation based in the inland wind and tidal potential on the southern part of Chile. Show less

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  + World Bank

  Sept 2014 - Feb 2015

  Senior Consultant

  * Counselled regarding equipment acquisition procedures of CONAGUA (National Commission of Mexican Waters) and the modernisation process of the Mexican Weather Service.* Prepared terms of reference for two international biddings for the Mexican government, the first to buy 290 automatic meteorological stations ($150 million) and the second to buy 20 metocean buoys ($7.4 million).

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  SYCEC S.A. de C.V.

  Apr 2015 - Mar 2016

  Senior Metocean

  Metocean characterization of the ultra-deepwater province of Trion-1 (Perdido folding belt, GoM).Statistical analysis of information to obtain payloads for offshore rigs. The information was obtained from ocean and atmospheric numerical models, as well as measurements obtained with a network of deep water moorings, ocean buoys and remotely, sensed information.

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  National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change

  Apr 2016 - Nov 2018

  Modeling and Analysis of Mitigation Policies Subdirector

  On charge of the design and evaluation of possible mitigation technology paths in the energy, oil and gas national sectors to accomplish with the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of Mexico in the 2024, 2034 and 2050 scenarios.

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  CONACYT

  Dec 2018 - Oct 2020

  Energy and Climate Change Director

  Managed technical, scientific, and financial aspects of 235 R&D projects of renewable energies and O&G, ranging from the development of new PV technologies to high temperature geothermal, ocean current turbines, 100 KW folding wind turbines, flux organic batteries, and different EOR technologies. Administered an annual budget of $300 million in two years.

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  Mexican Energy regulatory commission

  Mar 2021 - Apr 2021

  Director of Energy Sustainability
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  UN Environment Programme, Energy and Climate Branch

  Apr 2021 - Apr 2023

  Data Integration Specialist

  Oil & Gas Methane Partnership

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  SLB

  Jun 2023 - now

  Technical Consultant

  Schlumberger End-to-End Emissions Solutions