Mihai Carlan

Experience

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  OMV Petrom Romania

  Apr 2002 - Apr 2005

  Oil and Gas offshore Production Manager

  • A leadership role in preparing operating budgets and developing cost management strategies. • Participate as a key asset team member planning investment and development optimization strategies.• Operating and capital budget liaison with applicable engineering teams. • Executed various Reservoir Analysis and Economic Feasibility Studies for all the oil and gas fields in the Romanian Black Sea;• Implemented Reservoir Development, Enhanced Oil Recovery and Water Conformance technology used for minimizing the high water cut production of Lebada Est, Lebada West and Sinoe oil fields;• Directly involved in the tracer tests for establishing the preferential flowing ways of the sweeping phase (water, gas, chemical solutions) in the oil reservoir;• Designed and analyzed well tests, planned annual reservoir pressure surveys to ensure regulatory compliance.• Initiated well stimulation: hydraulic fracturing, acid well and surfactant treatments.• Managed and engineered operation systems changes from natural flow to gas-lift with Coiled Tubing, gas-lift valves and pumping (ESP). Show less

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  WHITE NILE (5A) PETROLEUM OPERATING COMPANY LTD

  Apr 2006 - Feb 2008

  Production Superintendent

  • Commissioning and start up on Central Production Facilities, Field Surface Facilities for two onshore crude oil fields and almost 200 km 24” export pipeline • Develops short, medium and long term operating plans and programs to meet Company and Partners requirements for crude oil. Includes ensuring optimization of crude oil offtakes and minimizing damages to actual fields/reservoirs• Manage all production activities for Central Process Facilities, Field Surface Facilities for two fields and WHCC Facilities . Supervises the activities of assigned field personnel in the Operations Section Show less

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  GSP Offshore

  Jan 2008 - May 2022

  Offshore Construction B.U - Managing Director

  Responsible for the management of all EPCI offshore construction and installation projects, like pipe laying, cable laying, steel structure fabrication and offshore installation, diving operations (air and saturation), survey operations, ROV operations, trenching operations, tendering and engineering activities.Projects:• EPSILON Project, Energean , Greece - Project Manager on this EPCI Project• Kuzei Marmara - RHI/Botas Turkey , EIC project • Midia Gas Devopment Project for Black Sea Oil and Gas SRL, Romania, EPCI Project• TPAO – Akcakoca Field Development – Turkey, EPCI Project for Western Black Sea AKCAKOCA Field Drilling/Wellhead Platform(Jacket – 1460 to and Topside- 800 to) and Offshore Pipeline(12” x 7,5 km). Val -101 mil USD• Melrose Resources – Bulgaria, EPCI Pipelay Project of 2 x1”piggy back lines (6” x 11.5km and 10” x 16 km) for Galata Development Field - Melrose Resources Bulgaria. Val – 54.5 mil USD• StroyGazMontazh - EPCI for 147.62 km of 20"​ concrete coated steel gas pipeline + 4.84 Km of 6" concrete coated steel gas pipeline at maximum 72 m water depth. Val – 416.5 mil USD• Wintershall Noordzee B.V. - Installation and commissioning 10” x 30,6 km pipeline in North Sea Region. Val – 12.6 mil USD.• Perenco UK, Contract, Installation, trenching and commissioning of 8” x 9 km gas Pipeline with piggyback 4”umbilical in North Sea Region. Val – 14.2 mil USD• E.ON E&P UK Pipelay and Trencing services for the HUNTER Pipeline replacement Project: 8” x 8 km. Val. 14.9 mil USD.• South Stream pipeline system in the Near Shore zone in Varna – Performed a geotechnical campaign consisting of Rotary Boreholes and Vibrocores and test laboratories. Val 2.5 mil USD• Exxon Mobil Exploration Company (EMEC) – Deep water Field Development and Pipeline Route Geophysical AUV surveys. Val 4 mil USD• Exxon Mobile Exploration Company – Fabrication, Offshore Installation and Retrieval of a Corrosion Test Skid. Val 1.4 mil USD Show less

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  Termal Active Consult

  Feb 2022 - now

  Semi Retired