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Curriculum Vitae

 

Ok, that's my CV. I don't know if you are interested in it, but just in case, here you can find a downloadable copy of it. Just in case :-D .

                                     

CURRICULUM VITAE


Surname and name:          Andrea Gavana
Date & Place of Birth:      08.05.1977 – Milano – Italy
Nationality:                     Italian
Marital Status:                  Not married
Work phone:                   +44-(0)20-71708936
E-mail addresses:             andrea.gavana@gmail.com , gavana@kpo.kz

Education:

MS Degree in Chemical Engineering (Politecnico di Milano)
MS Degree in Chemical Engineering (École Polytechnique de Montréal)

Foreign languages:

Fluent English and French, basic knowledge of Serbian

Work Experience:

Position: Reservoir Engineer in  Subsurface Modeling Group (KPO, London)
Company: KPO Joint Venture (London, UK)

03/2006 – present [Res-Study]: 3D full field dynamic model construction, initialization, history matching, forecast and prediction analysis of the Karachaganak field in Kazakhstan
[Know-How]: Development of a set of tools to speed up the results analysis and interpretation (you can find the general description in my copyrighted software page
03/2006 Assigned to London subsurface development group
11/2005 – 03/2006 [Res-Study]: 3D full field dynamic model construction, initialization, history matching, forecast and prediction analysis of the El-Faras field in western desert, Egypt (with automatic history matching tool SimOpt)
[Res-Study]: History matching, forecast and prediction analysis of the Ashrafi field (Egypt), a multilayer mixed sandstone and fractured reservoir (with automatic history matching tool EnABLE)
05/2005 – 11/2005 [Res-Study]: Support for the history matching of Belayim Land field, Egypt (with automatic history matching tool EnABLE, constrained to 120 producing wells and 50 years of history)
01/2005 – 05/2005 [Res-Study]: History matching and risk analysis of the Hawa field, Tunisia (with automatic history matching tool EnABLE and in house risk analysis software RARE)
[Know-How]: R&D activity to develop a new automatic history matching software
07/2004 – 12/2004 [Know-How]: R&D activity to test all the computer-aided history matching tools available in Eni E&P
[Res-Study]: Support for the risk analysis of Bhit field, Pakistan (with in house risk analysis software RARE)
05/2004 – 07/2004 [Know-How, Res-Study]: Support for the history matching of Europa II field, USA, deep water development (with automatic history matching tool EnABLE)
02/2004 – 05/2004 [Know-How, Res-Study]: Support for the history matching of Europa I field, USA, deep water development (with automatic history matching tool EnABLE)
08/2003 – 02/2004 [Res-Study]: 3D full field dynamic model construction, initialization, history matching, forecast and prediction analysis of the Meleiha SW field in western desert, Egypt
05/2003 – 08/2003 [Know-How]: R&D activity to test and compare different automatic history matching tools (SimOpt, MEPO, EnABLE)
11/2002 – 05/2003 [Know-How]: R&D activity to test the automatic history matching software Condor (IFP) on the Meleiha AMAN-NW field, western desert, Egypt
11/2002 [Know-How]: Assigned to CAHM (Computer aided History Matching) group in MOGI for innovation technology and know how support in Reservoir Department
10/2002 Started to work in Eni E&P Division



Software Knowledge:

ECLIPSE Related Software
  • 5 years experience with ECLIPSE 100 and 300; 
  • 4 years experience with automatic history matching tools like EnABLE (Energy Scitech), SimOpt (GeoQuest), Cougar (GeoQuest), Condor (IFP);
  • Established knowledge of the GeoQuest Office package (FloViz, Office, PlanOpt, Schedule, GRAF, PVTi);
  • Basic experience with Prosper (Petroleum Expert) and Petrel (GeoQuest).
Other Software
  • Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint);
  • Full mastery of Matlab, Fortran, Python;
  • Medium knowledge of C++, Visual Basic, Java
Operating Systems
  • Windows;
  • Unix, Linux



Courses Attended:

  • 11/2002: Physics Of Porous Media, Core Analysis (N. Bona), Eni E&P
  • 11/2002: Log Interpretation: Cased And Open-Hole (M. Gonfalini), Eni E&P
  • 11/2002: Cluster Analysis (V. Donagemma), Eni E&P
  • 12/2002: Geochemistry and Rock Mechanics, Eni E&P
  • 01/2003: Reservoir Geology (B. Volpi), Eni E&P
  • 01/2003: Thermodynamics and PVT (P. Ceragioli), Eni E&P
  • 01/2003: Well Testing (E. Beretta), Eni E&P
  • 02/2003: Eclipse Basic (Schlumberger Consultant), Eni E&P
  • 02/2003: Numerical Reservoir Simulation (A. Cominelli), Eni E&P
  • 02/2003: Basic Reservoir Engineering (F. Masserano), Eni E&P
  • 04/2004: Eclipse 100 Advanced (Schlumberger Consultant), Eni E&P
  • 04/2004: Reserves Evaluation and Estimation
  • 05/2007: Well/Reservoir Stimulation (BG Consultant), Aksai, Kazakhstan


   
Courses Held:
   

  • Computer-Aided History Matching, Eni E&P, San Donato Milanese, Italy (1st edition, September 2004);
  • Computer-Aided History Matching, Eni E&P, San Donato Milanese, Italy (2nd edition, September 2005).

   
   
Conferences:
   

  • SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Houston, Texas, 31 January 2005 – 2 February 2005;
  • 67th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, Madrid, Spain, 13 – 16 June 2005



Publications:

  • Multidisciplinary Workflow for Oil Fields Reservoir Studies-Case History-Meleiha Field in Western Desert, Egypt (SPE94066) - S. Campobasso, A. Gavana, G. Bellentani, I. Pentoli, M. Pontiggia, L. Villani & T.H. Abdelsamad. Paper presented at the 67th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, Madrid, Spain, 13-16 June 2005.
  • Gavana, A. and Gomez, S.: “Global And Local Optimization For Parameter Estimation In Oil Reservoirs”