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Parag Aswal

Pune

Summary

Results-driven professional with 16 years of experience in the Upstream Oil & Gas sector, specializing in project management and drilling operations. Demonstrated ability to implement Digital Oilfield solutions that enhance efficiency and reduce costs significantly. Proven track record of delivering projects on time and within budget while adhering to industry regulations. Committed to leveraging extensive knowledge to foster innovation and operational excellence in future initiatives.

Key Roles:

  • Experience of Subject Matter Expert (SME) role for Oil & Gas Upstream domain.
  • Digital Oil & Gas expertise.
  • Knowledge of Avocet,PIPESIM,OFM,EDM(Landmark Suite).
  • Expertise in Oil & Gas Software Development Agile Framework.
  • Experience of working as a Production Engineer in multiple E&P Companies.
  • Experience of working as a service provider on a major E&P client location.

Right now playing part as a Product Analyst in a team which develops Production software's for the Oil & Gas Upstream Industry as a Production Domain Expert.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Product Analyst

Sensia Global
Pune
06.2023 - Current
  • Define user stories and acceptance criteria for the requirements for the development team.
  • Manage the product backlog through coordination with key team members (Architects, QA Lead, and Developers).
  • Define the Sprint Product Backlog.
  • Collaborate with customers and stakeholders to collect feedback.
  • Exhibit features of software to stakeholders.
  • Coordinate beta test tasks and schedules.
  • Spearheaded the Digital Oilfield Initiative's Avocet-PIPESIM integration.
  • Address issues at customer deployments.
  • Spearheaded the Digital Oilfield Initiative's Avocet-Avalon integration.
  • Develop documentation of final reports, demos, and delivery of presentations.
  • Experience in Production Database Management Systems.

QA Team Lead

Sensia Global
Pune
09.2020 - 06.2023
  • Served as a subject matter expert on oil and gas production operations.
  • Managing the quality assurance team.
  • Write user stories to guide development teams.
  • Coordinated and executed project plans.
  • Created comprehensive documentation for final reports.
  • Provide recommendations to address engineering challenges.
  • Maintained schedule adherence for all projects.
  • Defined comprehensive business requirements for domain.
  • Supported Geo Market initiatives.
  • Evaluate team technicalities, and resources for each task within the project.

QA Team Lead

Schlumberger
Pune Area
11.2014 - 08.2020
  • Led a team of five on the Avocet Application for production.
  • Collaborated with the geomarket to identify requirements and create effective solutions.
  • Collaborated with the engineering team to deliver client-specific customizations.
  • Facilitated coordination between development teams and users/product owners to maintain application consistency.
  • Ensured full coverage of all requirements through comprehensive user testing of new software.
  • Produced data sets to support quality control in workflows.
  • Played a key role in verifying the integrity of upcoming release versions.
  • Overseeing documentation regarding installation and support.
  • Conducted functional testing for developed features during various sprints.
  • Developed tailored solutions for enhancing product range.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams in Production and Information Management.
  • Intouch Engineer: A support role for Global Deployment Engineers to help them mitigate issues with the application.
  • Actively participate with the Engineering team to prioritize the bugs, and work collectively to achieve the resolution of issues in a short time frame.
  • Documented newly implemented features.
  • Provided training and support to software end users.
  • Supplied domain expertise in oil and gas to development teams.
  • Working closely with workflow consultants, site engineers, and the engineering projects teams.

Senior Officer Production

Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd
01.2014 - 10.2014
  • Oversaw operational and maintenance activities for initial production systems.
  • Planned and supervised custody transfer operations for crude transfers to the central tank farm.
  • Preparation of daily production reports and monthly production reports.
  • Evaluated well deliverability and created IPR curves.
  • Monitored and evaluated well, workover operations, reservoir, and field performance.

Technical Consultant

Wipro Technologies
09.2010 - 01.2014
  • Directed a 12-member team to develop value consulting services for Shell's upstream drilling projects.
  • Conducted QA and QC of drilling, completion, and workover data using Halliburton's EDM Landmark application (R5000) - OpenWells, Profile.
  • Produced detailed well engineering reports leveraging the EDM R5000 Openwells tool.
  • Supported creation and validation of error documentation in field data for Shell.
  • Updated daily drilling reports.
  • Streamlined the availability of data to support well-engineering decisions.
  • Support Central Rig Administrator team to adhere to field reporting standards.
  • Established fixed benchmarks for quality of Daily Operation Reports.

ESP Performance Monitoring and Forecasting.

  • Analyzed ESP metrics to predict future trends.
  • Executed ESP failure prediction models.
  • Relation between theoretical, calculated, and predicted efficiency.
  • More controlled monitoring of ESP performance, identifying the main causal factors for the performance degradation of ESP, and improving the efficiency of ESPs by identifying key indirect drivers.

Petroleum Engineer

Selan Exploration Technology Limited
11.2008 - 08.2010
  • Managed production system upkeep to ensure continuous performance.
  • Assisted work over in charge of perforation jobs, acidization, and wax removal.
  • Conducted well test data analysis and interpretation, focusing on deliverability and IPR curves.
  • Monitored and evaluated well, workover operations, reservoir, and field performance to optimize daily production.
  • Using well performance data to optimize inflow and artificial lift applications.
  • Conducted post-well analysis to identify improvement areas.
  • Involved in developing, planning, scheduling, and supervising the operations necessary in the process of drilling 10 oil and gas wells.
  • Monitor daily drilling operations, and provide technical support to drilling operations.
  • Perform responsibilities of preparing drilling procedures, developing, and implementing drilling programs.
  • Coordinate with geologists to monitor drilling progress, oversee safety management, and ensure the protection of the environment.
  • Support operating management in troubleshooting the drilling program.

Production Engineer

Trisun Energy
02.2008 - 10.2008
  • Review of existing old wells, and drawing up plans for re-entry and workover for recompletion of wells in Cambay Fields.
  • Preparation of Well Schematic Diagrams.
  • Drawing up a well test plan for the above wells for the evaluation of flow potential.

Education

Senior Leadership Programme -

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
01-2022

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Applied Petroleum Engineering -

University of Petroleum And Energy Studies
05-2007

12th, PCM -

St. Joseph's Academy, Dehradun
03-2002

Skills

  • Upstream
  • Technical documentation
  • Oil and gas
  • Azure
  • Jira
  • Product management
  • Data quality monitoring
  • Data Management
  • Data domain knowledge
  • SQL

Certification

  • Agile Certified Product Manager and Product Owner Credential (ACPM)
  • Well modeling
  • Complete course on Product management
  • Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
  • Foundations of Project Management

Timeline

Product Analyst

Sensia Global
06.2023 - Current

QA Team Lead

Sensia Global
09.2020 - 06.2023

QA Team Lead

Schlumberger
11.2014 - 08.2020

Senior Officer Production

Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd
01.2014 - 10.2014

Technical Consultant

Wipro Technologies
09.2010 - 01.2014

Petroleum Engineer

Selan Exploration Technology Limited
11.2008 - 08.2010

Production Engineer

Trisun Energy
02.2008 - 10.2008

Senior Leadership Programme -

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Applied Petroleum Engineering -

University of Petroleum And Energy Studies

12th, PCM -

St. Joseph's Academy, Dehradun
Parag Aswal