Constantin Mihalcea

Experience

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  Petrom

  Feb 1993 - May 2004

  - Keeps the records and monitoring all the activities related to the drilling programs, drilling wells, well testing and completion for all Field Clusters;- Identify and review the changes to the drilling, testing and well completion programs that appear due to the reservoir causes or others; - Monitoring and supporting all the actions to put into production the new wells, keeps track of production records for the new wells;- Supporting Field Clusters by answering and proposing solutions to ad-hoc questions related to the above mentioned activities;- Regular briefing up of health and security norms.- Deputy the Head of Reservoir Engineering Office Show less

  • Reservoir engineer, Subsidiary Reservoir Engineering Department

    May 1999 - May 2004

  • Team Leader, Research Department, Asset Reservoir Engineering Department

    Apr 1997 - May 1999

  • Team Leader, Berca Field Cluster

    Feb 1993 - Apr 1997
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  OMV Petrom

  Apr 2004 - Dec 2014

  - Analyse production data for oil & gas on organizational level, commercial fields and key wells in order to identify deviations, unexpected production decline, low performance,- Coordinate and consolidate upside/downside analysis of production,- Analyse production losses causes on organizational level and on commercial fields and propose optimization strategies.- Provide support for the production strategies implementation.- Involve in elaborated and updated the Annualy Company Medium Term Plan,- Consolidate and cross check the production forecasts and budgets, - Elaborate the production forecast based on following issues:•average production decline of active wells; •loss of productive wells in time (wells with no perspective),•loss of wells due to not making workovers to active wells. Show less Production Planning and Reporting Office, Domestic Assets BU - Provide technical and operational support on production engineering, drilling and completion matters for the maximisation of the economic recovery of oil and gas reserves from both mature and new oil and gas fields in the assigned area; - Carry out qualitative and quantitative risk assessments and identify risk management measures; - Monitoring and evaluate well, reservoir, field and production facilities performance in his assigned area and recommend ways of optimising them. This will require utilisation and continuous update of the relevant IPM (Integrated Production system Model); -- Made the production forecast for the reservoir, analyze the decline of production and give the solution to increase the production. - Supports KPI (Key Performance Indicator) calculation;- Proposes optimization strategies for improving production reporting;- Provide parameters for gas lift operating conditions, monitor gas lift operations.- Analyze production/injection data and make recommendations to optimize production/injection performance; - Initiate, participate, monitor and evaluate the design and construction of wells; - Actively engaged in problem identification and solving in connection with the total production process; to understand all the relevant aspects of production facilities and flowlines for the assigned fields. Show less Reservoir Management F.C. Runcu-Tintea-Boldesti-Predeal Sarari, Reservoir BU - Responsible for the Creation, Development and Maintenance of Dynamic Reservoir Models for major producing assets; History Matching of Models; - Regular updating of existing models for development drilling results and new interpretations; - Running alternative realizations of models to test development strategies and concepts for faulting/aquifer and well completions; - Maintenance of all models for well operations, reserves assessment and development planning; - For assigned fields/areas lead multifunctional teams in development strategy, well planning decisions and reassessment; - For non-operated fields develop the required forecasts and assessments (either based on operators, consultant or internal modelling) to support the development programs, reserves assessment and assess alternative strategies; - Complete field development plans including documentation, representation and execution; - Prepare and supervise well intervention programs for producing/injector wells, including logging in cased hole, well stimulation and squeeze programs; - Interpretation the cased hole logs of the wells; - Analyze pressure drops in the tubing and pipelines; - Take on role of operations engineer when required to do so; - As a team member responsible for the development of forecasts (production/reserves) and plans (drill schedule/well targets/site selection) for field development; - To mentor and coach more junior staff and local staff to provide same with training and exchange of know-how and knowledge. Show less Manage the reservoir department activities: drilling new wells, work-over activities, commercial reservoir life, production forecast, abandonment documentation, relation with National Agency of Mineral Resources,-Prepare and supervise well intervention programs for producing/injector wells, including logging in cased hole, well stimulation and squeeze programs;- Interpretation the cased hole logs of the wells;- Analyze pressure drops in the tubing and pipelines;- Participate in the planning of well testing and provide assistance on the well site during the well completion supervising the execution of well test programs;- Assist the Production Department to generate the well intervention budget;- Assist in controlling the production/injection data for operated fields;- Pursuit of investment project (modernization of production parks);- Check design for drilling and completion wells and field exploitation equipments ( gas compression plant, gas drying plant, gas treating plant, gathering and storage plant);- To mentor and coach more junior staff and local staff to provide same with training and exchange of know-how and knowledge. Show less

  • Senior Production Analysis Engineer, Domestic Asset Production Planning and Reporting Department

    Aug 2012 - Dec 2014

  • Senior Production Monitoring Engineer, Domestic Asset Production Monitoring and Reporting Department

    Aug 2010 - Aug 2012

  • Head of Reservoir Management Office, Asset Reservoir Management Department,

    Mar 2009 - Aug 2010

  • Senior Petroleum Engineer, Subsurface Department, Domestic Asset Department

    Sept 2007 - Feb 2009

  • Head of Reservoir Engineering Department, Subsidiary Reservoir Engineering Department

    Apr 2004 - Sept 2007
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  OMV

  Dec 2014 - Dec 2015

  Senior Production Engineer, OMV Production Department

  Involve in implementation OMV group-wide structured approach to production management, emphasizing collaboration between functions in the BO/Assets, automation of production reporting (ARD tool) and interfaces between elements, as well as with MTP, IAP and ARP.Analyse and supervise first implementation of Production Management Framework in Austrian Asset in Gänserndorf.The production community’s goal: continuous production improvement, with understanding of risks & effective mitigation actions/activities. Show less

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  OMV Petrom

  Jan 2016 - now

  Designed and assured support for intelligent technology and operations in a digital work place "Digital Oil & Gas Field", for secure and efficient digital operations. Role of interface between HQ Operations - Assets Operations - Informational Management - IT - Service Company.Develop, test, optimize and maintain commercial and operational information for SCADA / SAWOCS / OpenWells / WIMS / XSPOC / TWIP / DWIP / NWEP / OsiSoft PI collaborated with IM and IT departments.OMV Petrom technical representative in Data Domain Framework Catalogue.Technical representative with Power BI parameters liberation and Data Liberation Chapter for parameters used in OMV Petrom.Business representative in Smart Automated Workover Candidates (SAWOCS) application for OMV Petrom.Business representative in Oil Field Manager (OFM) application for OMV Petrom.Business Project Manager for Rollout Best Day Project in OMV Petrom and active involve to develop and improve this application. Show less Production Management Framework Champion, part of Production Management Framework OMV Petrom HQ Team :The Role:- Has the knowledge of the framework and technology of the project- Knows who should be involved with the project, thus connecting the Assets organization internally- Able to translate the technical language into one which is commonly used in the Assets organization- Has a solid visibility of the three project perspectives - technical, business, and change managementThe Responsibilities:- Planning, leading and controlling the project, prioritizing and running in its several tasks - Reporting directly to the PMF OMV HQ Team the project status and seeking advice on a variety of project issues including direction, scope and application - Appropriately allocating and organizing internal resources to ensure the successful project delivery- Ensuring the scope is properly and realistically defined and milestones/actions are delivered- Relaying timely updates to all impacted team members- Identifying and eliminating obstacles that may threaten the project’s viability- Promoting project progress through critical stages - Promoting good working relationships across the project and ensuring collaboration between functions Show less

  • Senior Expert Production Technology, Production Technology Department, Tech Center

    Oct 2025 - now

  • Senior Expert Production Technology, Exploration&Production Business Development Department

    Nov 2021 - Oct 2025

  • Expert Digital Operations, Domestic Asset Production Technology Department

    Mar 2020 - Jun 2022

  • Senior Production Planning & Analysis Engineer, Domestic Asset Operations Department

    Apr 2017 - Mar 2020

  • Senior Production Analysis Engineer, Domestic Asset Production Planning and Analysis Department

    Jan 2016 - Apr 2017