Kamal BAKIRI, Well Surveillance team leader

Kamal BAKIRI

Well Surveillance team leader

SONATRACH

Location
Algeria - Algiers
Education
Master's degree, MSc Reservoir Engineer
Experience
21 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 1 Months

Well Surveillance team leader at SONATRACH
  • Algeria - Algiers
  • My current job since November 2016

02 years experience in well surveillance team leader. My responsibilities include:
•Responsible of 03 oil production plants.
•Daily well surveillance and production monitoring using SCADA system for more than 300 producer wells.
•Provide and achieved shut-down plan for separators inspection.
•Provide programs for emergency shut-down.
•Bottlenecks identification and opportunities to increase oil production with adequate solutions.
•Well problematic diagnostics.
•Successful field studies for increasing production by 35%.
•Successful shut-down of (02) oil production plants.
•Successful commissioning of (04) new Early Production Facilities (EPF).
•lead new engineers for well modeling
•Attend daily technical meetings. achieve
•Well candidates selection and supervising different new technology tests pilot: Automatic gas-lift valve; ESP Pumps and ENMAX Tool.

Petroleum Engineer at SONATRACH
  • Algeria - Algiers
  • May 2007 to November 2016

9 Years of reservoir/petroleum engineering experience, within multidisciplinary and multinational team comprising Sonatrach and Halliburton working on a large project- Field Management and Integrated System (FMIS). My responsibilities include:
•Essential team player contributor using WellFlo and ReO software in building an Integrated Production Optimization (IPO)- Offline Models of Hassi Messaoud Field production and gathering network (wells/flow-lines/trunk-lines/Separators) enabling assessment and optimization of some 1000 wells in a matured field.
•Identifying bottlenecks in the system and define opportunities to increase oil production with adequate solutions.
•Assessing Flow Assurance issues in conjunction with Fluid Properties using multiphase integrated simulators; ReO and PVTflex.
•Participating towards a comprehensive real time data monitoring system enabling the offline models to be automatically updated using telemetry data.
•Deliver and support technical reports including well histories, production performance, Inflow and Outflow performance curves, well performance curves and sensitivity runs with conclusions and recommendations.
•Candidates selection for stimulation, gas & water shut off and artificial lift candidates to maximize well production and maximize ultimate recovery.
•Good user of OFM & DSS Database applications.
•Establishing a new production accounting system.
•Conduct field studies to increase productivity.
•Attend and participate in technical weekly progress meetings with project team.
•Supervise and lead new engineers for well modeling.
•Involved in studies: De-bottlenecking, de-salting, asphaltene deposits, gas-lift and installation of multiphase flow-meters.
•Excellent knowledge of production & reservoir engineering, reservoir management, pressure transient analysis, well test, fluid property analysis, and understanding of surface/facility issues.
•Production Monitoring and problematic well diagnostics.
•Analysis of transient well testing (build up and draw down well tests and interference tests) and well diagnostics.
•Recommended improvements in the integrated production system to increase the recovery factor and to optimize the future development.
•Team player for elaboration of FEED study and EPC engineering in order to achieve the program of revamping of seven (07) oil production regions.
•Involved to QC different data sets and models.
•Supporting daily production of existing wells and well operation guidelines
•Optimization of existing strategies using integrated asset models
•Validation and interpretation of surveillance data.
•set up and manage the production plant in an efficient and planned way
•Monitor daily production performance and ensure that all lines are operating to the standard productivity, efficiency, and utilization as planned with full compliance to the standard quality of the product
•manage petroleum engineering tasks including production planning, back allocation and wells performance evaluation
•Strong understanding of NODAL inflow and outflow analysis.

Geotechnical Engineer - Project Manager at SGEOMIN
  • Algeria - Algiers
  • April 2004 to August 2007

Geotechnical Engineer, project manager in charge of several surveys (Railway and Highway, Dams, Ground stability, Seawater desalination units, and Water transfer. Involvement included follow-up on:
•Core description and trial pits survey.
•Geophysical survey: Seismic refraction, Down-hole and Cross-hole test.
•In-situ tests: permeability (Lugeon and Lefranc), Pressure-meter test, SPT (Standard Penetration Test), dynamic Penetrometer, PLT (Plate Load Test
•Laboratory tests.
Main Projects successful:
•2006: High Speed Railway (LGV), Oued Tlélat - Moroccan border.
•2006: Water Transfer from BOUHANIFIA Dam to FERGOUG Dam.
•2005: Seawater desalination units: Cap blanc (ORAN); Ténès (CHLEF); El-Hamma (ALGIERS).
•2004 - 2005: Dams: TAGHARIST (KHENCHELA); SIDI KHALIFA (TIZI OUZOU); AZIB TIMIZAR (BEJAIA) and EL DJEZZAR (BATNA).

Geological Engineer, Tunnel Manager at S.T.F.A
  • Algeria - Algiers
  • January 2003 to November 2003

Geological Engineer, Tunnel manager, responsible for tunnel creation work in LAKHDARIA wilaya de BOUIRA (1740m) for the mega-project: new highway EAST-WEST in charge of:
•Surveillance of posted digging 24h /24h and 3x8.
•Accomplished mechanical excavations and temporary wall support.
•Reinforcement, concreting and definitive coating.
•Sealing injection works.
•Achieved anchor bolts installation.
•Efficacious reinforcement and concreting of the rafts.
•Successful reinforcement and concreting of the tunnel formwork.
•Participate in geological and geotechnical monitoring (field surveys and analysis).
•Ensure the technical follow-up of the works.
•Highlight the critical points.
•Validate the progress of the work.
•Assist and accompany engineers and other technicians in the various works.
•Supervise complementary geotechnical work.

Education

Master's degree, MSc Reservoir Engineer
  • at Robert Gordon University (RGU)
  • June 2010

with distinction

Bachelor's degree, Geotechnical Engineer
  • at Science and Technology University Houari Boumediene
  • April 2002

Specialties & Skills

Adobe Photoshop
Geotechnics
MapInfo
Prosper
Software maintenance,Windows, Word, Excel.
MapInfo and AutoCAD (2D).
Surfer, PhotoShop and Illustrator.
Wellflo
Eclipse and Petrel
Prosper

Languages

French
Expert
Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

management de soi (Training)
Training Institute:
CPE
Date Attended:
December 2016
Duration:
30 hours

Hobbies

  • Soccer