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MUFTAH SALEH EL GADI

Calgary,Canada

Summary

To apply my skills in a multidisciplinary team in an international and national Universities to exchange experiences and develop teaching, and providing opportunities for stability, growth and advancement, where I can utilize my academic qualification, management, administration, training, and field studies.

A cademic career teaching sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, physical geology, historical Geology, diagenesis & reservoir characterization of carbonate/clastic rocks, petrographer, core logging, & sample cutting description, Integration of petrographic and petrophysical data for reservoir characterization, management and administration, as well as a well site geologist.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant professor

Tripole University
01.2023 - 01.2024
  • Teaching Petroleum geology, & sedimentation

Assistant professor

Gharyan University
01.2020 - 01.2024
  • Teaching sedimentation and stratigraphy, Sedimentary rock, petroleum geology, Historical geology, and field geology, supervisor undergraduate students, & graduate student projects

Assistant professor

University of Al Margab
01.2017 - 01.2020
  • Teaching Sedimentary Rock, Sedimentology, stratigraphy, Structure Geology, Historical geology, and Petroleum Geology, Petrographic lab, Field Geology, & Member of the Department administration

PETROGRAPHER / GEOLOGIST

Weatherford
11.2011 - 05.2014
  • Thin section Description of offshore and onshore basin, post-salts, and pre-salt Thin sections
  • Core description

GEOSCINES MANAGER

Weatherford Laboratory
01.2011 - 01.2014
  • Manage and execute a startup Petrology lab with little supervision including capex, budget, sales, training and selection of staff
  • Services are including (Core description, General and detailed thin section description, Point counts, XRD, and final integrated reports
  • My experiences in Brazilian Basins include: Recôncavo Basin, Campos Basin, Espírito Santo Basin, Foz do Amazonas Basin, and Pernambuco-Paraiba Basin

Consulting Well Site Geologist

Anderson Exploration
01.2011 - 11.2011
  • Belly River deltaic shoreline – shore face play
  • Viking offshore – shore face clastic play

Petrographer

Talisman Energy
01.2010 - 12.2010
  • Apply Image-Pro for PIA (Petrographic Image Analysis) to calculate the porosity of the carbonate rocks from thin sections of the Tertiary in Kurdistan

Petrographer

Talisman Energy
02.2008 - 11.2009
  • Describe Palaeozoic carbonate drill cuttings from Monkman area to assess reservoir quality, key reservoir units and facies/ depositional environment

Consulting Well Site Geologist

Paramount Resources Ltd
01.2006 - 03.2007
  • Slave Point reef play
  • Slave point carbonate bank complex play

Consulting Well Site Geologist

Dorian Energy
10.2006 - 01.2007
  • Belly River deltaic shoreline – shore face play
  • Viking offshore – shore face clastic play

Consulting Well Site Geologist

Java Petroleum Corporation
08.2006 - 12.2006
  • Manville Fm

Consulting Well Site Geologist

Highpine Oil & Gas Limited
05.2006 - 11.2006
  • ELLERSLIE MBR

Consulting Well Site Geologist

Strom Exploration Inc
01.2006 - 02.2006
  • Granite wash

Consulting Well Site Geologist

Newpact Energy Corp
09.2005 - 12.2005
  • Banff carbonate ramp play
  • Nordegg carbonate & chert platform play

Consulting Well Site Geologist

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
06.2005 - 12.2005
  • Wabiska shoreface sand play
  • Play Concept Development

Consulting Well Site Geologist

Burlington Resources Canada
01.2005 - 05.2005
  • Slave Point carbonate bank complex play

Geologist

Burlington Resources Canada
03.2004 - 12.2004
  • Core logging and interpretation
  • Core logging, thin section petrography, Wabamun Group, Gold Creek Field (HTD play)

Geologist

Devon Canada
01.2004 - 12.2004
  • Sample cuttings description of Wabamun Formation
  • Wabamun platform porosity, Petrographic services (General and detailed thin section description) of Devonian rocks

Consulting Well Site Geologist

Anadarko Canada Corporation
05.2004 - 08.2004
  • Mannville coal

Geologist

Burlington Resources Canada
05.2003 - 12.2003
  • Core logging and interpretation, Wabamun Formation
  • Petrographic services (General and detailed thin section description) Devonian Rocks

Consulting Well Site Geologist

Exxonmobil Canada Ltd
05.2002 - 12.2003
  • Montney shoreface – lagoonal clastic play
  • Grand Rapids shoreline clastic Play

Consulting Well Site Geologist

Apache Canada Ltd
01.2003 - 03.2003
  • Keg River shallow marine carbonate play

Geologist

Petrobank Energy and Resources
03.2002 - 08.2002
  • Translation from Arabic to English (geological reports, cross sections “evaluation project in Syria)

Research Assistant

University of Guelph
01.1997 - 01.2001
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

Assistant Lecturer

University of Nassar
01.1994 - 01.1995

Education

Ph.D. - Geology

Guelph University
01.2001

M.Sc. - Geology

Federal University of Pernambuco
01.1993

B.Sc. - Geology

University of Garyounis
01.1982

Skills

  • Log Correlation
  • Mapping
  • Reservoir quality analysis from cores
  • Thin sections
  • Cuttings
  • Facies /Petrographic analysis
  • Management
  • Administration
  • Microsoft Applications
  • Teaching geologic courses at the universities

Personal Profile

37 Years within Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, Brazil, and Libya, and national and international universities., Log Correlation, mapping, reservoir quality analysis from cores, thin sections, and cuttings, facies/Petrographic analysis, management, administration, and Microsoft Applications, and teaching geologic courses at the universities., Graduate degrees- Canada, Brazil, Trilingual (Arabic, English & Portuguese)

Summary Of Qualification

Academic career teaching sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, physical geology, historical geology, diagenesis & reservoir characterization of carbonate/clastic rocks, petrographer, core logging, & sample cutting description, Integration of petrographic and petrophysical data for reservoir characterization, management and administration, as well as a well site geologist.

Languages

English
Full Professional

Timeline

Assistant professor

Tripole University
01.2023 - 01.2024

Assistant professor

Gharyan University
01.2020 - 01.2024

Assistant professor

University of Al Margab
01.2017 - 01.2020

PETROGRAPHER / GEOLOGIST

Weatherford
11.2011 - 05.2014

GEOSCINES MANAGER

Weatherford Laboratory
01.2011 - 01.2014

Consulting Well Site Geologist

Anderson Exploration
01.2011 - 11.2011

Petrographer

Talisman Energy
01.2010 - 12.2010

Petrographer

Talisman Energy
02.2008 - 11.2009

Consulting Well Site Geologist

Dorian Energy
10.2006 - 01.2007

Consulting Well Site Geologist

Java Petroleum Corporation
08.2006 - 12.2006

Consulting Well Site Geologist

Highpine Oil & Gas Limited
05.2006 - 11.2006

Consulting Well Site Geologist

Paramount Resources Ltd
01.2006 - 03.2007

Consulting Well Site Geologist

Strom Exploration Inc
01.2006 - 02.2006

Consulting Well Site Geologist

Newpact Energy Corp
09.2005 - 12.2005

Consulting Well Site Geologist

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
06.2005 - 12.2005

Consulting Well Site Geologist

Burlington Resources Canada
01.2005 - 05.2005

Consulting Well Site Geologist

Anadarko Canada Corporation
05.2004 - 08.2004

Geologist

Burlington Resources Canada
03.2004 - 12.2004

Geologist

Devon Canada
01.2004 - 12.2004

Geologist

Burlington Resources Canada
05.2003 - 12.2003

Consulting Well Site Geologist

Apache Canada Ltd
01.2003 - 03.2003

Consulting Well Site Geologist

Exxonmobil Canada Ltd
05.2002 - 12.2003

Geologist

Petrobank Energy and Resources
03.2002 - 08.2002

Research Assistant

University of Guelph
01.1997 - 01.2001

Assistant Lecturer

University of Nassar
01.1994 - 01.1995

M.Sc. - Geology

Federal University of Pernambuco

B.Sc. - Geology

University of Garyounis

Ph.D. - Geology

Guelph University
MUFTAH SALEH EL GADI