Saurabh Kumar Rai

Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

· JULY TO AUG, 2018

Project Title: Drilling and simulation of coal bed methane reservoirs

Organization: Essar Energy Oil and Gas-E&P

Mentor: Mr. Ajeet Alfred, Drilling Supervisor

Description: Well planning using Compass software and simulation of CBM reservoir using  Comet-3 software. Moreover, had an overview of Cementing, Mud engineering, Logging, Hydrofracking and production practices.

· JUNE TO JULY, 2018

Project Title: Coal bed methane resource estimation and production techniques

Organization: CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research

Mentor: Dr. V.A Mendhe, Sr. Principal Scientist

Description: Resource potential calculation by different lab experiments including Lost gas calculation, Residual gas calculation, Petrological analysis, Gas  chromatography, Proximate analysis, Canister desorption, Low pressure nitrogen sorption isotherm moreover visited Jharia site to see the production techniques.

· DEC 2017 TO JAN 2018

Project Title: Comparison of conventional and Coalbed methane reservoir studies

Organization: IIT(ISM), Dhanbad, Jharkhand

Mentor: Dr. Ashutosh Kumar, Professor, IIT Dhanbad

Description: The project aims at differentiating the Conventional and Coal bed methane  reservoir properties.

• Awarded R-Samman 2021 for High Rate Flushing Job in a well leading to increase in production.
• Won second prize in poster presentation of "Petrocit" in Crust, 2017.
• Won first prize in "How much Engineer you are?" held by Society of Engineering Geologists.
• Won second prize in "Best out of Waste competition" organized by Hypervision.
• Worked in American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Student chapter) as a publicity team member.
• Won Man of the Match trophy in UPL (University Premier League).
• Played cricket at District Level, Gorakhpur.
• Winner of All India Essay Writing Event.
• Awarded by Avantika Foundation for academic excellence.
• Have been through three Services Selection Boards.
• Had a great opportunity to work as Student Placement Representative.
• Received job proficiency certificates from R-University and Lynda.com.
• Rated top performer in the Annual performance rating for the year 2022-23.
• Certified learner of ChatGPT prompts usage and usage of ChatGPT in Excel to boost my performance.
• Certified with Linked Certificated courses like Being Accountable, Navigating Ambiguity, Agility and Adaptability, Writing Business Emails, Effective Communication and Impactful Communication.