Petroleum Reservoir Engineer with over 18 years of experience in the international oil and gas industry. His expertise spans:

• Extensive work with fractured carbonate reservoirs and mature brownfields.
• Development planning, well performance monitoring, and production optimization.
• Expertise in numerical simulation (Eclipse, Petrel RE, tNavigator) for waterflood and gas flooding processes.
• Annual reserve reviews and reservoir analyses (PVT, well testing, PLT).
• Leadership in building and mentoring subsurface teams.
• Field production forecasting and technical reviews.
• Proficiency in legal and technical reporting, hydrodynamic measurement planning, and reserves certification.

Samir has held senior roles, including Head of Petroleum Engineering at HKN Energy Ltd., and worked in global settings such as Iraq, UAE, and Croatia. He is skilled in advanced engineering software and possesses a strong foundation in training, mentorship, and collaborative project execution.

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Reservoir Engineering Senior Expert

• Responsible for the preparation of legally required reports and studies on oil and natural gas reserves for managing exploitation
• Development of reservoir engineering models and creation/commissioning of numerical models for fields under EOR (CO2 and water)
• Identifying opportunities to boost production (perforate/re-perforate intervals, installing selective equipment, selecting the optimal WAG cycles, WAG ratio, etc.)
• Planning, design, supervision, and analysis of hydrodynamic measurements
• Preparations of production plans for the exploitation field in Croatia, especially for Ivanic/Zutica fields (300+ wells)
• Production optimization of the mature brownfields using the tNavigator package.
• Managing and supervising field development activities, result analysis, and preparation of reports for decision-making.