RAHUL SARAF

OBJECTIVE

To secure a position as a Reservoir/Petroleum Engineer.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth : 26 November, 1986

Gender : Male
Marital Status
: Single
Email
: rahuketu86@gmail.com
Phone : +4745505004
Nationality
: Indian
Expatriation : Yes
Address :Sandeidgata 11C, Stavanger, Norway
LinkedIn
: https://no.linkedin.com/pub/rahul-saraf/18/257/6a1
WORK EXPERIENCES AND INTERNSHIPS

Senior Reservoir Engineer

AGR, Stavanger, Norway
( Feb,2014-Present)

Description

Roll up(Production Optimization) Oseborg Sor, Petero- Field Production

Optimization under Production and Facility Constraints.(PETREL, IPOS)
Data room Study for a Field in North Sea: Production Profiles, Field Production
Optimization.(PETREL, IPOS)
Production Profiling and Field Assessment for a MA-D6, Reliance (Krishna
Godavari Basin India) Client AKER (FPSO):
Well Test Interpretation, Material
balance Modeling, IPR and Well Modeling, Production profiles prediction(PETREL,
MBAL, PROSPER, SAPHIR)
Training PETREL RESERVOIR ENGINEERING(NEXT)

Senior Reservoir Engineer

ZIEBEL, Stavanger, Norway
( Nov,2013-Feb,2014)
Description

Well intervention Program Design, Management and Technology Development.

Real Time Operation Support Conoco-Philips, BP, Maersk
Operation in charge, Reservoir

Reservoir Engineer
ZIEBEL, Stavanger, Norway

( July,2012-Oct,2013)
Well intervention Program Design, Management and Technology Development
Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS)-- (Analysis ,Processing and In house technology
development)
Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) (FloQuest, Plato, In-house Models Development)
Pressure Transient Analysis, Depth Reach Analysis
Well Intervention Design (Leak Detection, Flow Allocation, Well Stimulation, Transient testing,
Zonal Contribution, Flow behind casing, Produced water shut off, conveyance, PLT)
Data Management and Quality Control: Handling and Archiving Terabytes of DAS data. Reporting
and combining various data from various sources like DTS, DAS, PLT, Pressure sensors, Memory
gauges, etc
Description
Field visit and well intervention supervision as and when required(EKOFISK-COP Jan-2013)
Ziebel Software Development(Real time DTS tool and DAS Processing Package) and Project
management
Offshore Certification for Norway. HSE Courses finished for Conoco-

Philips(COP), BP(Norway)
[ GSK - Basic Offshore Safety and Emergency Response Training, License Number
442554]
Training PLATO PETROPHYSICS, FLOQUEST (DTS), DTS and DAS Introduction Inhouse

Reservoir Engineer
MEPO-Reservoir Development Group and JIPs(Joint Industry Projects),
SPTGROUP, Oslo(Kjeller), Norway
(Sept,2010-July,2012)

Description

Publication

JIP-Uncertainty Analysis ,Well Path Screening and Plateau Rate

Optimization for a North Sea Field
Top down Modeling and Workflow Development for Field Development and
Optimization.
Implementation and development of Experimental Designs like Fractional
Factorial, Plackett-Burman and Optimization Algorithms like Genetic
Algorithms(GA); Hierarchal Optimizer(ECLIPSE, MEPO)
Development of MEPO4 (Multipurpose environment for parallel Optimization)
framework.
Post-Processing data using tools like Tecplot,S3Graf,3D Vis(Sim Reservoir)
and Python Scripting
Well Path Optimization under Geological Uncertainty.
(Oil Gas European Magazine-June 2011; DGMK Conference-April,2011,Germany)

Reservoir Engineer
FOROIL, Paris, France.
(Feb,2010-July,2010)

Description

Detailed study of Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (Heavy Oil-Fields Review

of Canada, Venezuela; Operational Parameters, Production Constraints, Recovery
Mechanism) for development of Foroils thermal simulator and knowledge
portfolio extension.
Field assessment study of Taber field, Canada operator-Husky; Zhong Ho
field, China operator-Sinopec.(Production analysis, Decline analysis
,multilayered flow modeling, Water-flood modeling)
Detailed petroleum study for development and optimization - Oben and Sapele
Fields, Nigeria
Production analysis, Recovery Mechanisms, Production levers assessment, lift
efficiency and well modeling (Schlumbergers PIPESIM)
Material balance and Water flood modeling
Field Development and Optimization (Foroils Production Simulator and
Optimization engine.)
Study of number of Fields for the development of companys unique portfolio and
ultimate recovery analysis tool-Opportunity Finder

Reservoir Engineer (Internship)

Field Reserve Development, CSTJF, TOTAL, Pau, France.
(July,2009-Dec,2009)
SUBJECT
Contribution

Description

of Laminated Sands in the production of Reservoir.

Reservoir Management Team (SONANGOL) DALIA, BLOCK-17, ANGOLA.

Dynamic Review of Production-Injection data and Efficiency Analysis.
Analysis of Connectivity and Compartmentalization of Reservoir using Mbal.
Relative Permeability Pseudoisation by making models in ECLIPSE.
Analyzing the impact of new relative permeability curves on Dynamic Model with
ECLIPSE.

Research Analyst (Internship)

SUNY ESF, Environmental, Science and Forestry College, Syracuse, New York, USA.
(May,2007-July,2007)
SUBJECT

Hyporheic Exchange Flow (HEF) between groundwater and channel

or stream water.

Description

Creation of First theoretical HEF model to accommodate dynamic effect of

moving stream (FLOW 3D).
Dynamic Simulations, matching with self- surveyed data from Groundwater
Restoration Project.

Resource, Planning and Generation Department, IIT Kanpur.

(May,2006-July,2006)
Description

Member of team which initiated Annual Gift Program of IITK, created database of

alumni, politicians
Requisition and collection of donations by telephones and emails to CEOs,
Bureaucrats, Politicians etc..
EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

ENSPM-IFP, Institut Franais du Ptrole, France

Masters in Reservoir, Geoscience and Engineering
( Aug,2008-Dec,2009)
Specialized Courses
Description

Field Experience

Key Projects

Reservoir Simulation, Well

Enhanced oil Recovery (EOR)

Unconventional Hydrocarbons, Reservoir Characterization, Well Logging, Clastic

Reservoirs and Management of uncertainties, Fractured Reservoirs.

Operational training in industrial standard tools and software.

Poitiers in France studying geology of Fractured Reservoir.

Aquitaine Basin, Ales basin, Vercors region in South France, structural geology
of the region.

Serraduy Basin(Spain), Mt. Saint Michel(France)-depositional environment,

reservoir analogs, stratigraphy.

Reservoir simulation study, Field Reserve Development of Alwyn Field, North

Sea using ECLIPSE.

Well testing Project real field data; Detailed Production Mechanism,

Enhanced Oil Recovery(EOR) , Petrophysics (using Petexs PVT)

Reservoir Characterization Alwyn; Well/Mud logging (GEOLOG), and facies

Core Analysis, Correlation Study.

testing,

Production

Mechanisms,

Petrophysics,

IIT Kanpur, Indian Institute of Technology, India

Bachelor of technology in Civil Engineering
(July,2004-May,2008)
Description
Field Experience

Key Projects

General Engineering and Specialized courses in Modeling, Geosciences, Geology,

Geomechanics, Hydrology, Fluid dynamics, Environmental Sciences, Non Destructive
testing (NDT), Structural design, Construction Management etc...

Geology-Survey Camp, Chitrakoot-Dehradun region of India.

Modeling and Simulation of Open Channel Flow like weirs, using Flow-3D.
(May,2006-July,2006)

Mathematical Model to optimize cycle of traffic signal.

(Aug,2007-Nov,2007)

Modeling and Stability Analysis of Library Building IITK for seismic activity.
(May,2007-Apr,2008)

Full time ENSPM Scholarship at IFP.

Among top 1% student selected in IIT (out of 400000) and AIEEE (out of 600000).
Among top 1% students clearing all the written exams of NTSE in INDIA.

AWARDS
Major

SKILLS
Software

Computers
Languages

Petrel, MEPO , ECLIPSE, Petex- Mbal, PROSPER, kappas SAPHIR, Plato,

FloQuest, Tecplot, 3D-Viz (Sim-Reservoir), S3Graf, PVTSim, OFM, PIPESIM,
PIE, GEOLOG, Geostudio, Matlab, Flow3D, SAP, DPlot, Microsoft Office(Excel ,Access,
PowerPoint, Word)
Programming- Python, Java, Fortran, VB+, Dart; Data structures and Algorithms ;
Test-Driven Development
Operating System Windows , Linux, Mac
English(Fluent);French(intermediate);Norwegian(Beginner);Hindi(Native Speaker)

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS

Cycling; Captain of District team in State Level Badminton, Champion ChessGames and
Sports
open state tournaments.
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE); National Cadet Corp (NCC),India; CouchOrganizations
Surfing; Stavanger Active People Society(SAP)
Secretary for Show Management for internationally renowned classical dancer Geeta
Show
Management
Chandran in Antaragni 2006, IITK.
Scriptwriter, Director of humorous film, The French Affair in national level student
Arts
film festival UMANG 2006.