Craig Dedini - Reservoir Engineer

With more than 25 years experience in production and reservoir engineering roles in a variety of Australasian, European, Colombian and Algerian operated assets, I bring enthusiasm, expertise and professionalism to every project.

I am a highly skilled and highly experienced reservoir engineer, with extensive knowledge of the practical application of reservoir simulation and sound reservoir engineering practices to optimise field development. For the bulk of my career I have been filling senior production and reservoir engineering roles in three giant (>500 MMBOE EUR) Algerian oil fields: Ourhoud (2002-2006), HBNS (2010-2017) and El Merk (2018 to date).

Although firmly committed to my current employer on an ongoing equal time (28 days) rotational basis, I do have limited availability for short-term contracts with select clients while on days off, subject naturally to confirmation there are no conflict of interest issues. I am not available for permanent relocation, but can be available for short-term projects in clients' offices or working from home. I am currently based in Spain and can travel as required to meet clients' requirements.

I look forward to hearing from you. My work is outstanding. My CV is shown below, or if preferred you can request a CV in conventional pdf format through the contact form. Reference details can be provided on request.

Curriculum Vitae

CRAIG DEDINI

Reservoir Engineer

Highly experienced reservoir simulation and development optimisation background
Available on request
Valencia, Spain

PROFILE

Highly-skilled Reservoir Engineer with extensive experience in compositional reservoir simulation, field development planning and project management/execution. Proficient and experienced in all aspects of reservoir management optimisation, with the ability to maintain effective focus on both short-term production and injection optimisation, and long-term development planning for maximising field ultimate recovery, particularly in the context of waterflood, miscible/immiscible gas injection and WAG recovery schemes. Detailed knowledge of PVT work, nodal analysis and pressure transient analysis. An excellent communicator, thrives on a high workload, and loves to meet deadlines.

Background Information

SKILLS

  • Compositional reservoir modeling (including model generation, history matching)
  • Field development planning (infill and exploration well opportunities, optimisation of existing well portfolio to maximise value of asset)
  • Reservoir management and asset optimisation
  • Strong production engineering background
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Highly experienced working in cross-cultural team environments
  • Mentoring of junior engineers
  • Efficient in working-from-home environment

SOFTWARE

  • Nexus / VIP Reservoir Simulators
  • Petroleum Experts Systems Software Suite
  • Ecrin Software Suite (Saphir, Emeraude)
  • Tecplot & Amarile RE-S/RE-X post-processing tools
  • PVTsim (Calsep)
  • Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project
  • Website development tools (Webflow, Figma)

EDUCATION

  • Bachelor of Petroleum Engineering (1st Class Honours)
  • University of NSW, Sydney, Australia
    1993 - 1996

AFFILIATIONS

  • Member, Engineers Australia (2980330)

RESIDENCY

  • Australian Citizenship
  • Spanish Residency (NIE)

INTERESTS

  • Photography
  • Classic cars
  • Guitars
  • Literature

LANGUAGES

  • English (native)
  • Spanish (A2, basic)
  • Portuguese (elementary)
  • Turkish (elementary)

REFERENCES

  • Contact details can be provided on request

Experience

1993 - 1996
University of NSW
Sydney, Australia
  • Bachelor Petroleum Engineering
Jan 1997
Graduate engineer / Petroleum engineer
Oil Company of Australia Ltd, Brisbane, Australia
  • Field modeling and asset evaluation (Durham/Fairview Fields).
  • Field development plan and associated economic forecasting, preparation of capital/operating budgets (Peat/Moura/Talinga fields).
Jul 2001
Senior Production Engineer
CEPSA E&P, Madrid, Spain
  • Workover/testing/coiled tubing programs for workover operations in Rio Zulia field (Colombia). Artificial lift optimisation (gas lift, jet pump).
  • Production test programs for new exploration and development wells (Rio Zulia Field, Colombia).
  • Tender submission and evaluation for productions operations activities (workovers/completions and testing).
  • Perforation design/optimisation/selection (workovers, exploration and development wells). Budget preparation, participation in data rooms, technical / commercial evaluation of potential acquisitions.
Nov 2002
Senior Production Engineer
Ourhoud Organisation (CEPSA), Hassi Messaoud, Algeria
  • Senior Production Engineer for Sonatrach-Ourhoud Field, Algeria (field plateau rate 230,000 bopd; ca. 30 producing wells, 16 water-injection / 3 gas-injection wells).
  • Monitoring of well productivity and optimisation of production. Issues related to wellbore architecture, artificial lift, perforation, logging, ashphaltenic/salt deposition, bottomhole and surface sampling programs.
  • Water injection, gas injection and water production optimisation.
  • Nodal analysis of field production/injection networks; optimisation and debottlenecking; provide Production Engineering input into Subsurface recommendations; liaison with operations; project/intervention planning.
Aug 2004
Senior Reservoir Engineer
Origin Energy CSG, Brisbane, Australia
  • Reservoir Engineer performing misc. reservoir and production engineering projects for Surat gas/condensate and oil fields, eg:
  • Simulation model generation (Eclipse), incorporating results of 3D seismic survey; history match and recommendations for development plan.
  • Reservoir development plan development and associated project management.
  • Gas condensate field transient well testing, PLT interpretation, reserves estimation.
  • Economic viability of reinstating marginal oil wells, optimising artificial lift, etc. incorporating assessment of environmental impact of reinstatement.
  • Gas deliverability network optimisation and justification (specifically compression versus pipeline twinning).
Nov 2005
Senior Petroleum Engineer
Oil Search PNG, Iagifu Ridge, Papua New Guinea
  • Petroleum Engineer performing misc. production engineering projects within company, eg:
  • Monitoring of well productivity and optimisation of production; issues related to wellbore architecture, PLTs, artificial lift, perforation, logging, ashphaltene/hydrate problems, bottomhole and surface sampling programs.
  • Water injection, gas injection and water production optimisation.
Jul 2006
Senior Reservoir Engineer
Ourhoud Organisation (CEPSA), Hassi Messaoud, Algeria
  • Senior Reservoir engineer for Sonatrach-Ourhoud Field, Algeria - field plateau rate 230,000 bopd,  overall responsibility for ca. 50 producing wells, 40 injection (water, gas and WAG) wells.
  • Overall responsibility for ongoing reservoir management and development. Updates to current full field compositional model and recommendations for new wells, remedial tasks, perforation strategy, well production/injection targets, pressure maintenance strategy, reserves estimation, data acquisition planning, test interpretation, etc.
Jan 2010
Senior Reservoir Engineer
Origin Energy CSG, Brisbane, Australia
  • Reservoir Engineer performing field development planning and reservoir modeling for Spring Gully CSG field.
  • Simulation model generation (Eclipse), history match and recommendations for development plan.
  • Reservoir development plan development and associated project management.
  • Reservoir technical and commercial input into 5-well horizontal well campaign.
Sep 2010
Senior Reservoir Engineer
Groupement Berkine (Anadarko), Hassi Messaoud, Algeria
  • Senior Reservoir Engineer for HBN/HBNS Fields, Algeria - field rate 110,000 bopd; responsibility for ca. 50 producing wells, 30 injection (water, gas and WAG) wells.
  • Overall responsibility for ongoing reservoir management and development. Updates to current full field compositional model and recommendations for new wells, remedial tasks, perforation strategy, monthly WAG optimisation, monthly offtakes targets and budgeting, voidage maintenance strategy, reserves estimation, data acquisition planning, test interpretation, etc.
  • Simulation modeling to determine technical feasibility of full-field NGL/LPG extraction in Block 404 Fields.
  • Annual full field history matching of HBN/HBNS fields.
Jan 2018
Senior Reservoir Engineer
Groupement Berkine (Anadarko / Occidental), Hassi Messaoud, Algeria
  • Senior Reservoir Engineer for El Merk EME, EMN and EKT Fields, Algeria.
  • Overall responsibility for ongoing reservoir management and development. Updates to current full field compositional model and recommendations for new wells, remedial tasks, perforation strategy, injection optimisation, monthly offtakes targets, voidage maintenance strategy, reserves estimation, data acquisition planning, test interpretation, etc.
  • Annual incremental field history matching of above fields, and providing feedback to G&G to improve static model with dynamic model lessons learned.
  • Project coordination, technical work and writing of full El Merk 2021 Field Development Plan.
  • Responsibility for annual budget update, including liaison with Operation and consolidation of all individual fields into regional full-field model.
  • Regular presentations to JV partners in TCM and workshop environments.

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