Location: West Africa, OML125, Nigeria.

Partners: Nigerian Agip Exploration Ltd. (NAE), a subsidiary of Eni, NNPC, Shell Nigeria and Oando Plc.

Brief experience description: construction of 3D blackoil simulation model with waterflooding for risk analysis (2005).

Location: Eastern coast of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt.

Partners: ENI and the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation JV, PETROBEL.

Brief experience description: definition and creation of a complete geological and petrophysical database to construct the revised 3D static model (2011).

Location: Timor Sea, Australia.

Partners: Santos, ENI, INPEX, and Tokyo Timor Sea Resources.

Brief experience description: construction of 3D compositional simulation model for risk analysis (2004).

Location: Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela.

Partners: MARAVEN affiliate of former PDVSA.

Brief experience description: construction of 3D RMS reservoir stochastic model of the Middle Eocene Lower Misoa Formation and blackoil simulation model for enhanced oil recovery project (1995-1997) for productivity improvement opportunities evaluation.

The project’s primary objective was to increase production and reserves from thick, areally extensive sandstones that were previously shut-in at 60–70% water cuts. A secondary aim was to increase oil production from thinner, more discontinuous sandstones through a combination of drilling, completions, and waterflooding.

Location: Green Canyon block 338, The United States of America.

Partners: Murphy Exploration and Production Co., Eni US Operating Co Inc, and StatoilHydro.

Brief experience description: field performance analysis for technical recommendations on production optimisation activities, including work-overs and drillings (well A008 sidetrack), ultimate recovery forecasts, and reserve estimations (2009-2010).

Location: Southern Central Graben in UK Blocks 22/30c, 22/30b and 29/5b.

Partners: Total’s EFOG, ENI, GB, E.ON Ruhrgas, Esso E&P, Chevron, Dyas, and Summit Petroleum.

Brief experience description: update 3D mid-case compositional simulation model incorporating results of new wells and forecasting future performance.

Location: Equatorial Guinea, Block G, West Africa.

Partners: Hess Corp., Tullow Oil Plc, and GE Petrol.

Brief experience description: robust and fully integrated subsurface assessments for the Elon field, managing subsurface uncertainty, incorporating dynamic data during the lasts years of production, and defining Low-BTE-High cases. In addition, conducting probabilistic performance evaluations of upside recovery opportunities, surveillance strategies, and ongoing waterflood, gas and WAG injection operations (2010-2015).

Location: Offshore Adriatic Sea (Italy).

Partners: ENI S.p.A.

Brief experience description: reservoir geometry modelling with mapping (Tigress). Petrophysical parameters definition with 2D maps. CLUSTER ANALYSIS in “THIN LAYERS” using Dipmeter curves. Definition of uncertain parameters for RISK ANALYSIS (1998).

Location:  Southern Tunisia.

Partners: ENI S.p.A. (Agip Tunisia BV), the Tunisian state company (ETAP), Pioneer Natural Resources Company, and Paladin Expro Limited.

Brief experience description: construction of 3D Geological models; Reservoir geometry defined according to seismic maps, Hawa-1 and Hawa-2 well-tops, and regional sedimentological studies. Lithological and petrophysical description of log-facies. Probabilistic definition of hydrocarbon in-place volumes according to the GDT/ODT (“Minimum Case”) and to the Spill Point of the structure (“Maximum Case”).

Core and Log Depth Matching, cluster analysis, and lithological characterisation of the cluster Log- Facies, Net to Gross and porosity definition per well, VCL cut-offs and Cluster Log Facies, applying kriging mathematical techniques and sequential Gaussian Simulation techniques for property distribution in the models (1999-2007).

Location: Kazakhstan’s zone of the Caspian Sea.

Partners: North Caspian Sea Production Sharing Agreement consisting of Eni, Royal Dutch Shell, Total, ExxonMobil, KazMunayGas, China National Petroleum Corporation, and Inpex.

Brief experience description: depletion, gas injection, and production ramp-up strategies optimisation. Using fracture and compositional simulation modelling workflows to support sanction of the Experimental Program Development Scheme and Concept Selection for Phase II, providing reservoir performance forecasts for the design of processing facilities, including gas plants, gas injection compressors and pipelines (2005-2009).

Location: Ewing Bank (EW) blocks 921, 964 and 965, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, The USA.

Partners: ENI US Operating, Inc.

Brief experience description: construction of the Structural model and 3D static model for Hadrian South and West fields. For Prospect evaluation of various field productivity improvement opportunities, including side-tracks and vertical wells in some sand units (2009-2010).

Location: Caspian Sea Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey Region.

Partners: BP, SOCAR, Chevron, Inpex, Equinor, ExxonMobil, TPAO, Itochu, ONGC Videsh.

Brief experience description: construction of 3D Geological models of ACG field for reservoir management and field development activities (2011-2016).

Location: The Sinai coast of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt.

Partners: ENI and the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation JV, PETROBEL.

Brief experience description: structural modelling of reservoir zones and layers driven by seismic data. Stratigraphic modelling conducted by well-log correlating 170 wells across four shallow oil-bearing units. Reservoir properties petrophysical modelling integrating CPI, well-logs, and cores. Prospect evaluation of various field productivity improvement opportunities, including new drillings (2007-2009).

Location: The Sinai coast of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt.

Partners: ENI and the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation JV, PETROBEL.

Brief experience description: support production optimisation activities of the lower-middle Miocene reservoirs, providing revised 3D static models for evaluating the prospect of various field productivity enhancement opportunities (2011).

Location: Green Canyon Area, Block 385, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, The USA.

Partners: ENI US Operating, Inc.

Brief experience description: definition of exploration well plan in the field’s west side, recoverable volume calculation and development and exploration activities (2009-2010).

Location: Tejero area, El Furrial Trend in North Monagas, Venezuela.

Partners: Former PDVSA.

Brief experience description: integration of seismic, sedimentological, petrophysical, and production interpretation models to reduce uncertainty in analysing transient pressure data from 30 HTHP wells producing in the Naricual and Cretaceous formations. The field has a 1300-feet fluid column bearing highly commercial 36 degrees API rich gas condensate and proven reserves of up to 6.1B bbls of liquid. In addition, the study confirmed the presence of retrograde condensation and velocity stripping not bypassed by ineffective well hydraulic fracturing work (authored SPE77538 paper, 2001-2003).

Location: Orinoco Belt, Venezuela.

Partners: Former PDVSA.

Brief experience description: Construction of 3D Thermal simulation model (2000).

Location: Ecuador, Latin America.

Partners: Agip Oil (Ecuador) BV, a subsidiary of Eni and Petroecuador.

Brief experience description: Update 3D blackoil simulation model incorporating results of new wells and forecasting future performance (2005).

Location: Oficina Basin of Eastern Venezuela.

Partners: ENI and PDVSA.

Brief experience description: Update 3D blackoil simulation model incorporating results of new wells and forecasting future performance (2004).