Ahmed Gibreel, Senior Petroleum Geologist and Exploration leader

Ahmed Gibreel

Senior Petroleum Geologist and Exploration leader

SUDAPET CO. LTD

Location
Oman - Muscat
Education
Bachelor's degree, Geology and Mining
Experience
19 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 11 Months

Senior Petroleum Geologist and Exploration leader at SUDAPET CO. LTD
  • Sudan
  • My current job since July 2018

• Worked on leading edge exploration concepts and brownfield redevelopment, leading to Sudapet Co. Ltd potentially gaining significant investment partners on several major projects.
As technical leader, constructed the Virtual Data Room, presented to potential investors for Bid Rounds and Open Bidding, and negotiated the terms of the Exploration and Production Sharing Agreements.
• Appraised and delineated the Selmeya Stratigraphic Trap implications, Block 25, Rawat Basin, leading to a potential US$ 25 MM foreign investment for development and exploration.
•Promoted Block 2B Potentiality and resource assessment study, leading to a potential £40 MM investment by Wildcat Exploration LLP for brownfield redevelopment.
• Acted effectively as key geologist and technical leader in managing the Company's assets.
• Contributed in Well location as well as well proposal for more than 50 exploration wells in different Sudanese basins.
• Participated and leaded multi-disciplinary studies to define and evaluate exploration and appraisal prospect.

Senior Exploration Geologist and Exploration leader; G&G Studies section. at Rawat Petroleum Operating Company Co.Ltd
  • Sudan - Khartoum
  • July 2015 to June 2018

Technical management of the exploration and development project, now under Sudapet control.

Increased the Undeveloped Reserves from ~20 MM bbls to 482+ MM bbls.

Implemented work program and budget, detailed Business Plan and drilling schedules.

Senior Exploration Geologist at Sudapet Co.Ltd
  • Sudan - Khartoum
  • January 2008 to June 2015

Acted as a key person and leader in all Sudanese basins and blocks top strategic projects and exploration studies.

Initiated and conducted plays and resources Analysis, Evaluation and Ranking for all Sudanese basins and blocks.

Performed the first Unconventional Shale Gas Study in Sudan, in Block 8.

Proved potential for shale gas in Sudan.

Confirmed the existence of an Active Petroleum System in frontier Blocks.

Accomplished significant role in transforming Sudapet from an asset owner to a fully-fledged operating company.

Exploration Geologist at Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development
  • China - Beijing
  • July 2004 to December 2007

Conducted four comprehensive exploration studies

Education

Bachelor's degree, Geology and Mining
  • at Juba University
  • December 2003

Specialties & Skills

Sedimentology
Exploration
Basin Analysis
Sequence Stratigraphy
Petroleum Geology
Regional and field-scale studies
Resource assessment and estimation
Formation tops
Project Management
Seismic sedimentary facies and mapping
Petroleum system modeling
Exploration studies
Basin and play evaluation
Depositional models
Sedimentary facies analysis from well data
Clastics and Carbonates
Sequence stratigraphy studies
Applied Geochemistry
Sedimentology studies
Well correlations
Prospect Risking and ranking
Exploration Well proposal, monitoring and final well evaluation report.
Conventional and Unconventional Exploration
Structural trap, stratigraphic trap and Shale Gas exploration
Valuable and successful experience in JV Asset coordination and representation
Asset Management

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
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