Ana de Sousa

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MSc

Geologist

Subject matter expert
Consultant
Senior professional
Profile Summary

Senior Reservoir Geologist with twenty plus years of international Oil & Gas industry experience.

Held various Geoscientist positions in small and large companies. Currently, she can provide consultancy as much as, independently and as part of a leading global advisory group.

Relevant working experience includes Reservoir Geology, Reservoir Characterization, Seismic Interpretation and the use of innovative mathematical and Statistical Techniques as Rock types and Artificial Neural Networks classification.

Exposure to a wide range of projects of varying degrees of technical complexity and commercial maturity, onshore and offshore, and across the project life span from early exploration through to appraisal and development stages, whether they are carbonates or clastic reservoirs.

Primary focus on modeling, reserves and resources evaluations, field development planning, recovery and uncertainty analysis & risk assessments, and training and mentoring.

Currently based in Portugal, my service offering includes desktop studies, peer reviews, data rooms, reserves evaluations, independent expert reviews, and competent person’s reports.
Guest Lecturer at Instituto Superiot Técnico for the Masters in Engenharia de Petróleos (Petroleum Engineering) and webinar presenter in different platforms.

Top Skills:

  • MS Office and MS Project 
  • Petrel, Landmark, GES, GIS, Techlog, RE-Studio 
  • AUTOCAD, Oil and Gas Python, ARCGIS, PBI and Geomedia
Personal details
Name:
Ana de Sousa
Age:
56
Gender:
Female
Nationality:
Portugal
Residence:
Portugal
Educational background
Highest academic degree:
MSc Reservoir Evaluation and Management
Professional details
Profession /occupation:
Geologist
Experience:
25+ years
Notable past employers:
Partex Oil and Gas, PTTEP, Total
Areas of expertise:
Reservoir modelling
Rock Types
Carbonate reservoirs
Clastic reservoirs
Field Development
Diagenesis
Software skills:
Petrel
Landmark
TechLOG
GES
ArcGIS
AutoCad
Python
Power BI
Recent work

Freelancer Consultor for Oil and Gas, Energy and Mentor
Jan 2022-now

Responsible for :

  • Launching and building a new energy company for the Asia area.
  • Mentor.
  • Studies/projects for a new potential source of CO2 energy.
  • 3D Geological Models.
  • Storage volume and risk estimates.
  • Webinars presenter.

Senior Reservoir Geologist @ PARTEX OIL & GAS
Exploration & Production Department, 2010-2021

Responsible for: 

  • Geology of Dunga Field and the main reservoirs (Clastics, Carbonates)
  • Elaboration of internal reports and meetings preparation.
  • Development Plans Reports Analysis.
  • Responsible for the application of different methodologies for Rock Types.
  • Elaboration of Earth Model for all the main reservoirs in Dunga Field.
  • Collaboration in Thermal Assisted - Gas Oil Gravity Drainage on Natural
  • Fractures (TA-GOGD) study for a Carbonate Reservoirs in Oman; 
  • Elaboration of a Static model with incorporation of geomechanics features and participation in the development of a workflow for fractured reservoirs.
  • Elaboration of Petroleum Development Oman cluster/fields interactive Database.
  • Mentor and Co-mentor of Abu Dhabi Petroleum Institute trainees. 
  • Collaboration with Total ENERGY Company in the Dunga Field operation in Aktau, KZ.
  • Collaboration with AM Geos London Ltd for the elaboration of a Diagenesis and Depositional Modelling and Controls on Reservoir Quality for Aptian.

Reservoir Geologist @ PARTEX OIL & GAS
New Ventures Department, 1995-2010

Responsible for: 

  • Rock Type characterization using Object model for the Potiguar Basin fields, in Brazil. Seismic interpretation of sedimentary Brazil´s basins. 
  • Evaluation of five blocks in offshore of Cantabrian Basin, in North of Spain, concerning business development.    
  • Potential Evaluation Rhami, Belayi and Matruh Fields.
  • Exploration, development and oil production project analysis Fahud, Nirm and Marmul Fields in Oman.
  • Seismic interpretation, mapping techniques and reserves evaluation for Kiabo, Angola.
  • Seismic interpretation for Dunga Field, Kazakhstan.
  • Reservoir characterization study of the Kokongo Field, Angola
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