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Neeti Joshi

Neeti Joshi

Houston,TX

Summary

Delivery and value focused, decision driven integrator and senior Reservoir Engineer with 17+ years of experience on a wide range of projects in Mexico, US GoM, Kuwait, Iraq, Nigeria, Malaysia and Brunei. Currently working as integrator and senior development planner for US GoM projects (Sparta and Norphlet portfolio).

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Development Planner

Deepwater Development, USA
03.2023 - Current
  • Facilitated opportunity framing of various projects and portfolio strategies
  • Evaluated value based decision making for Host vs. SSTB decision for Sparta Project
  • Sparta ILX urban planning to support P90 / P50 mitigation for Sparta Phase 1 including portfolio execution strategies and roadmaps
  • Performed screening economics to support value and risk based decision making for various Sparta development concepts, Sparta ILX opportunities, NBD and stranded discovered opportunities
  • Performed value of information analysis and recommendation to DRB for Fort Sumter Appraisal decision

Venture Integration Lead

Mexico Exploration, USA
05.2018 - 03.2023
  • Worked on new venture set up including workstream definitions, ways of working and venture cadence for Mexico exploration
  • Prepared decision based integrated cross functional workplan (i.e
  • Exploration, Wells, Logistic, C&P, Regulatory etc.) to spud exploration wells in Mexico
  • Delivered integrated plan including optionality to enable Shell's entry in Mexico (lease to spud in 18 months)
  • Ensured quality and timely decision making for prospect selection, operational readiness (including C&P, logistics and aviation), HSSE, regulatory and lifecycle planning
  • Identified and resolved critical bottlenecks and issues by bringing fit for purpose indicators to the right forum
  • Integrated across functional boundaries, seniority levels and influenced without authority to deliver venture plan across the TECOP spectrum
  • Focal point for Shell's Mexico Strategy & Portfolio plan (Exploration & Deepwater)
  • Focal point for HC maturation planning, business plan (spend, volume and value) delivery
  • Focal point for the newly established venture for SIA LOD3 Audit (venture received Good Rating)
  • Conducted leadership workshops to plan short, mid and long term venture strategy and decision based roadmaps across workstreams to map out venture future plan for various exploration outcomes.

Senior Reservoir Engineer

Upstream
08.2007 - 05.2018

Kaikias:

Interim subsurface lead for Kaikias Phase 2 project (delivered well execution, commercial activity, Phase 3 planning and ARPR)

  • Lead for commercial and data room evaluation
    Lead for SEC reserves (ARPR) and asset business planning (OP17)
  • Lead for conservation information document delivery (regulatory requirement for permit to production) including interfaces with BOEM
    Highly experienced on maturing projects from discovery to production (Decision based IRM)
  • Provided Worst case discharge for Kaikias wells for Deepwater well delivery process (WDP) and key inputs for WRFM/reservoir surveillance management strategy including unloading plans
    Aligned project development decisions with competitive scoping and PT2020
  • Delivered pilot hole appraisal proposal and execution of Pilot hole to reduce subsurface uncertainties
  • Evaluated Shell’s Deepwater portfolio maturation (E2D) and provided actions for improvement on TECOP spectrum to Development & Exploration VP

EOR Projects, Kuwait and West Texas:

Designed chemical and miscible gas flood pilots for Kuwait Oil Company.

  • Recommended Pilot location, size and configuration including injection gas & water rates and pressure
  • Provided estimates on tracer, water, Gas/Chemical breakthrough times to design pilot surveillance
  • Built compositional model using PVTSim for miscible gas injection simulation
  • Technical mentorship of Shell/KOC staff
  • Evaluated 10 prospects in West Texas for CO2 flood to support Shell’s Permian re-entry

Majnoon:

  • Led OP and ARPR for Majnoon field including all RAR engagements
  • Led the effort on understanding grid size sensitivity and its impact on water breakthrough timing (4 field scale models), recommended new grid configuration to better model waterflood and capture representative heterogeneities
  • Performed full field history matching (MoReS) and field development planning (waterflood)
  • Recommended shut-in time requirements to establish radial flow and design for future PTA
  • Evaluated PVT samples and selected representative dataset to build black-oil PVT models
  • Subsurface focal for gas plant design - responsible for providing subsurface input & ranges, integrate with surface disciplines on various HSSE and technical risk assessments, design specifications and material selection process.

IRM Team:

  • Prepared modeling templates to create simple box models for various analytical calculations (e.g. Buckley-Leveret and Dijkstra-Parsons)
  • Performed detailed analysis of available injection/ production/ pressure data to identify pressure compartments and producer-injector pairs for Bonga field, Nigeria
  • Performed numerical reservoir simulations, History matching and infill target proposal for Ogbotobo field in Nigeria

Brunei Projects:

  • Proposed field development for four fields (Osprey, Mampak, Egret and Rasau) including detailed uncertainty analysis
  • Evaluated field redevelopment potential for a brownfield using history matching complex reservoirs with 25+ years of production including issues with production allocation, commingled wells and blowout from the field
  • Evaluated various wells, completion and surface concepts to select optimal field development options (including waterflood optimization)

Integrated Reservoir Modelling Team

Netherlands
01.2010 - 01.2011
  • Provided key inputs to Lean hydrocarbon development planning module and training exercises which was then rolled out to Shell training world
  • Prepared modeling templates to create simple box models for various analytical calculations (e.g
  • Buckley-Leveret and Dijkstra-Parsons)
  • Performed detailed analysis of available injection/production/pressure data to identify pressure compartments and producer-injector pairs for Bonga field, Nigeria
  • Performed detailed history matches to propose infill well targets for Ogbotobo field, Nigeria.

Brunei Projects

India
01.2007 - 01.2010
  • Proposed field development for four fields (Osprey, Mampak, Egret and Rasau) including detailed uncertainty analysis
  • Evaluated field redevelopment potential for a brownfield using history matching complex reservoirs with 25+ years of production including issues with production allocation, commingled wells and blowout from the field
  • Evaluated various wells, completion and surface concepts to select optimal field development options (including waterflood optimization)
  • Performed decline curve analysis for reserves booking for commingled stacked reservoirs produced from 40+ wells with history spanning decades (Tukau field in Malaysia).

Skills

  • Focusing decisions on value, uncertainties and risks
  • Multitasking and prioritizing based on project and stakeholder requirements
  • Integrating/aligning multidisciplinary teams on the way forward
  • Strong interpersonal effectiveness, able to build shared vision and deliver results through others across organizational boundaries and without authority
  • Ability to see the big picture as well as go into detail to identify critical bottlenecks and provide systematic analysis to resolve complex issues
  • Proven track record in Partner engagement and government organization

Software

PetroVR

Treetop

DYNAMO (MoReS, Multirun, SUM)

Primavera (P6)

CMG (IMEX, GEM, STARS, CMOST)

IPM (MBAL/PVTP)

Eclipse 100

PVTSim

Accomplishments

  • Consistently higher ratings and multiple special recognition awards for contributions in Mexico venture (2018-2023)
  • Four special recognition awards for the excellent work in Kaikias (2016 - 2018)
  • Four special recognition awards for Kuwait EOR project (2013 - 2016)
  • Special recognition awards for Majnoon (Iraq) (2012)

Timeline

Senior Development Planner

Deepwater Development, USA
03.2023 - Current

Venture Integration Lead

Mexico Exploration, USA
05.2018 - 03.2023

Integrated Reservoir Modelling Team

Netherlands
01.2010 - 01.2011

Senior Reservoir Engineer

Upstream
08.2007 - 05.2018

Brunei Projects

India
01.2007 - 01.2010
Neeti Joshi