mahmoud Arazik, Consultant

mahmoud Arazik

Consultant

Apache Egypt Companies

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Geology
Experience
35 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :35 years, 5 Months

Consultant at Apache Egypt Companies
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • October 1998 to October 2013

My experience is covering:

· All exploration aspects, operations, regional studies, reserve estimates, risk assessments, evaluation of new ventures and opportunities.
· I have conducted projects, studies, tenders and have a potential relationship with Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation and aware with their process of cost recovery.
· I have established a data base about the activity of exploration and production for competitors in Egypt and reserves & remaining reserves of all Western Desert Fields.

Geological Advisor at Apach Egypt Companies
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 1979 to October 2013

My experience is covering:

· All exploration aspects, operations, regional studies, reserve estimates, risk assessments, evaluation of new ventures and opportunities.
I have conducted projects, studies, tenders and have a potential relationship with Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation and aware with their process of cost recovery.
I have established a data base about the activity of exploration and production for competitors in Egypt and reserves & remaining reserves of all Western Desert Fields.

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Geological Advisor at Apache Egypt Companies
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • October 1998 to October 2011

My experience is covering:

· All exploration aspects, operations, regional studies, reserve estimates, risk assessments, evaluation of new ventures and opportunities.
· I have conducted projects, studies, tenders and have a potential relationship with Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation and aware with their process of cost recovery.
· I have established a data base about the activity of exploration and production for competitors in Egypt and reserves & remaining reserves of all Western Desert Fields.

at Shell
  • United Arab Emirates
  • January 2002 to January 2003

* Sharing in the five deepwater discoveries of West Mediterranean Block ( Delta play) 2002/2003, (Apache)

* Sharing in the oil discovery of Bed-1 oil Field, 1981, (Shell)

Senior Staff geologist at Repsol Exploration Egypt S.A
  • January 1997 to October 1998

January, 1997- October, 1998
Employer: Repsol Exploration Egypt S.A.
Position: Senior Staff geologist
Working in West Mediterranean offshore/onshore areas.

Duties: Responsible for
* Stratigraphic, sedimentary and Geochemical evaluation.
* Basin analysis and charge modeling.
* Reservoir modeling, sequence distribution and net pay Maps.
* Carbonate reservoir analysis, layering and geometery.
* Conducting fractured Carbonate reservoir studies, using core data and FMI.
* Sharing in shear waves and seismic integration study.
* Fault Seal Analysis.
* Proposing and documenting prospects and wells.
* Involved in rsesrve Estimates and Risk Assessments for prospects Ranking.

Senior Geologist at Shell Egypt
  • United Kingdom
  • May 1991 to January 1996

May, 1991- January, 1996
Employer: Shell Egypt.
Position: Senior Geologist
Working in Shaqiq & Marakia offshore Mediterranean, Obaiyed & Matruh and NE Abu Gharadig areas.

Duties: Responsible for
* Same responsibilities as above.
* Deputy team leader.
* Sharing in Technical meetings.
* Prospect Appraisal (volumetric)
* Follow up operation for all areas.
* Proposing and documenting exploration wells.
* Evaluation reports and well resume.

Seconded to Shell Egypt as Team geologist at Shell Egypt
  • United Kingdom
  • May 1990 to May 1991

May, 1990- May, 1991
Employer: Shell Egypt.
Position: Seconded to Shell Egypt as Team geologist

Duties: Responsible for
* Same responsibilities as above in Obaiyed & Matruh team, in North Western Desert.
* Prospectivity of leads and prospects in terms of reservoir qualities, seals, charge, structure and reserve estimates.

Head of Geological Evaluation Department at Badr Petroleum Company
  • United Kingdom
  • July 1983 to May 1990

July, 1983- May, 1990
Employer: Badr Petroleum Company (Shell & EGPC Joint Venture)

Position: Head of Geological Evaluation Department

Working in Badr, Sitra, Qarun and Gemsa Concessions, Egypt.

Duties: Responsible for
* Same responsibilities as above.
* Stratigraphic, sedimentary and Geochemical evaluation.
* Reservoir modeling and Distribution.
* Presenting and writing evaluations and final well reports.
* Using computer and softwares applications in all geological aspects

Position: Operation Geologist
Duties: Responsible for
* Following up all well site geologists in different well locations.
* Reporting daily geological and drilling wells status to management.
* Interpretation and presentation of the actual well results Vs prognosis, using log correlation, petrophysical evaluation, cores, tests, biostratigraphy, petrography and geochemistry.
* Writing Final well reports.

at Shell
  • United Arab Emirates
  • January 1986 to December 1986

* Sharing in oil rim discovery of Bed-3 Gas Field, 1986 (Bapetco/Shell)

* Sharing in Gas/ Condensate discovery of Matruh and Obaiyed Fields, 1993, (Shell)

* Sharing in the oil discovery of North Alamein Oil Field, which produces from Alamein Dolomite, 1998, (Repsol)

Well Site Geologist at Shell Winning N.V
  • United Kingdom
  • March 1981 to July 1983

March, 1981- July 1983
Employer: Shell Winning N.V., Cairo, Egypt.
Position: Well Site Geologist
Working in Badr/Sitra areas, Western Desert, Egypt.

Duties: Responsible for
* Sample Description, recording hydrocarbon shows, picking Formation Tops and Interpreting Formation data.
* Decisions on coring and casing points.
* Handling and describing cores and side wall cores.
* Reporting and presenting well results.

Mud logger Engineer at Baroid International Petroleum Company, Cairo
  • United Kingdom
  • June 1979 to March 1981

June 1979- March 1981
Employer: Baroid International Petroleum Company, Cairo, Egypt

Position: Mud logger Engineer
Working in Gulf of Suez, Egypt and Miegwa Field, Kuwait.

Duties: Responsible for
* Monitoring and recording all drilling parameters.
Sample Lithological Description, recording Hydrocarbon shows and interpreting Stratigraphy and Formation Tops.
* Preparing Final well reports and Master log.

SPECIAL ACHEIVMENT

at Alamein Oil Field
  • January 1968 to December 1968

* Analysing and Conducting Alamein dolomite reservoir study of the Alamein Oil Field (Discovered 1968)

* Sharing in the Gas/ Condensate discovery of Akik Gas Field, which produces from Alamein carbonate reservoir 1999, (Apache)

* Proposed and conducted the upside potentials of North Alamein Field by N.Alamein-4x well, which enhanced Field productivity and increased reserves, 2000, (Apache)

* Conducting Carbonate reservoir studies, using core data and FMI. (2003)

* Achieved "Field Size Distribution" Project for Western Desert Fields and Basins. (2011)

* Performed Fault Seal Analysis Study for Khalda, Khalda offset Siwa and West Kalabsha. (2011)

Geological/Exploration Advisor at Apache Egypt Companies
  • Egypt
  • to

Working for Apache as Consultant for 6 months as Geological/Exploration Advisor.
October, 1998- October, 2013
Employer: Apache Egypt Companies
Position: Geological/Exploration Advisor
Working in West Mediterranean (Offshore, deep and shallow water/onshore), East Bahariya, El Diyur and NE Abu El Gharadig Siwa, Sallum, W.Ghazalat, Khalda and West Kalabsha areas.

Duties: Responsible for
* Conducting Different Exploration Projects, Technical
Evaluation and Studies.
* Evaluate and Recommend New Business Opportunities, through Market Exploration Potential and EGPC Open Acreages.
* Sharing in work Planning and Stratigy of different Exploration Areas.
* Proposing Tenders and Evaluate Technical and
Commercial Documents with EGPC.
* Sharing in Technical and Business Meetings with
EGPC and Parteners ( TCM & OCM)
* Presenting Prospects Portfolio and Potential Reserves To Top Management, Parteners and EGPC.
* Involved in rsesrve Estimates and Risk Assessments for prospects Ranking.
* Follow up Geological Operations offshore/onshore.
* Sharing in achieving Cost Recovery from EGPC and Aware with Fiscal Budjet and AFE.
* Using several software applications in all Technical and Exploration Topics.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Geology
  • at AL Azhar University
  • June 1976

Septmber, 1971- June, 1976 Faculty of Science, AL Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt B.Sc. in Geology (General)

Specialties & Skills

operations
Geochemistry
Basin Analysis
Fault Analysis
Risk Analysis
EXPLORATION
APPRAISAL
DOCUMENTING
GEOLOGICAL
GEOLOGIST
HYDROCARBON
OFFSHORE
RISK ASSESSMENTS
SEISMIC

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert