Ali Cherif Azi

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Reservoir Engineer

Subject matter expert
Consultant
Senior professional
Profile Summary
  • Lead & Sr Reservoir Engineer
  • Production Engineer
  • Professional Scrum Product Owner™ I (PSPO I)
  • Lecturer in Project Management and Risk Management.

Senior Reservoir Engineer with 19+ years of experience in the Oil & Gas Industry with Statoil ASA Norway, BP UK, PGNiG, Neptune Energy, EHEA School, KUFPEC Norway AS, and Orlen Upstream Norway AS. I have worked on a range of fields in the North Sea, the Norwegian Continental Shelf, and North Africa.

With a special focus on Fluid Mechanics, Numerical Analysis & Functional Analysis' impact on problem-solving in reservoir modeling, History Matching, and predictions.

Performed in several projects including:

  • Detailed Well Planning
  • Recommendation to Drill
  • Field Development (Reservoir modeling)
  • Reservoir Management, 4D Assisted History Matching
  • Risk and Uncertainty Analysis
  • SEC, D&M, SPE reporting
  • Unitization issues
  • Evaluation of data for license bidding rounds (DST, PVT,...)
  • GAP modeling
  • Smart well completions: ICD/AICD/NICD, ICV Flow Simulation & Interpretation
Personal details
Name:
Ali Cherif Azi
Age:
45
Gender:
Male
Nationality:
Norway
Residence:
Norway
Educational background
Highest academic degree:
MSc, Petroleum Engineering, Imperial College London, UK 2006-2007
Professional details
Profession /occupation:
Reservoir Engineer
Experience:
15+ years
Notable past employers:
Statoil, BP,KUFPEC,Orlen
Areas of expertise:
PTA
Reserves
Reservoir Engineering
Reservoir Management
Reservoir modelling
Reservoir simulation
Software skills:
Eclipse
IPM
JIRA
Kappa
Matlab
OFM
Petrel
Recent work

Sr Reservoir Engineer
KUFPEC then ORLEN
Nov 2022-Jan 2025

Responsible for Sleipner East and West and Gungne (22 active wells) for the reservoir engineering tasks, including:

  • Internal 5 Year Plan
  • Year End reserves evaluation
  • Decline Curve Analysis under OFM

Attended numerous AC and MC meetings with the partners as AC representative for Sleipner and Utgard fields.

Responsible for Utgard (2 active wells + 2 closed wells) for the reservoir engineering tasks, including:

  • Internal 5 Year Plan
  • Year End reserves evaluation
  • Decline Curve Analysis

Other processes include:

  • Reserves Monitoring and change
  • Reporting of Consolidated reserves across the company portfolio

Use of Resolve/GAP for complex network modelling of Greater Sleipner area for estimation of infill well target in Epsilon South segment.

Prepared reservoir simulation work for Frida Kahlo exploration well (Sleipner field), Alfa North Infill well, and Utgard development well reviewed in Peer Assist and Technical Peer Review meetings.

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