Rucsandra M. Corbeanu
Address: Doha, Qatar
Phone: 55870531
E-mail: rcorbeanu@yahoo.com
CAREER SUMMARY:
More than fifteen years industry experience and three years research experience in Academia
with expertise in building geological models in carbonate and siliciclastic depositional settings by
integrating geological, geophysical, engineering and production data; very good experience in
reservoir characterization and oil field development.
EDUCATION:
1997-2001
Ph.D., Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas; Thesis: Detailed Internal
Architecture of Ancient Distributary Channel Reservoir Analogs Using GroundPenetrating Radar, Outcrop and Borehole Data: Case studies - Cretaceous
Ferron Sandstone, East-Central Utah.
1986-1991
B.S. with Thesis, Geology and Geophysics, University of Bucharest, Romania
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE AND INTERESTS:
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Building reservoir models for simulation and development/operations purposes in mature
and undeveloped/appraisal stage fields using PetrelTM and IrapRMSTM.
Evaluation of key wells and definition of rock-types and flow units.
Fracture characterization and integration in geologic models.
Sedimentologic interpretation of cores and outcrops in siliciclastic environments:
description of sedimentary structures and interpretation of depositional settings, sampling
for sedimentological analysis.
Identification of infill drilling targets and field-extension prospects integrating geological,
geophysical, reservoir engineering and production data, planning horizontal wells.
Current interests: integrating horizontal well data into reservoir modeling for simulation
and operations purposes, quantifying uncertainty in fields drilled with horizontal wells.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Sept. 2005 – Present: Senior Reservoir Geologist – Asset Development Department,
Occidental Petroleum of Qatar
o Build and up-date the Early Cretaceous fractured carbonate Shuaiba reservoir model
for simulation and operation purposes integrating for the first time more than 200
horizontal wells into the model.
o Build and up-date geological model of fractured Upper Jurassic Arab reservoirs
integrating horizontal and vertical wells and new rock typing. Integrating for the first time
in OPQL the seismic anisotropy for fracture characterization.
o Build base, low and high case reservoir models for the Permo-Traissic Khuff at Idd El
Shargi for evaluating gas in place and COS for potential business development.
o Reservoir characterization and geo-modeling input in planning the strategy and
during approval process of Phase 3, 4 and 5 Development Projects of Idd El Shargi North
Dome field.
o Plan and follow the execution of more than 30 horizontal wells as part of the Phase 3,
4 and early Phase5 development plans of Arab and Shuaiba reservoirs.
o Scope of work also included:
 identify and quantify geologic uncertainties for risk analysis;
 calculate oil in place using both probabilistic (PetrelTM, CrystalBallTM) and
deterministic approaches.
 build static geologic models in PetrelTM integrating geological, geophysical, and
production data to estimate oil in place and use in reservoir history match and
forecast for Shuaiba and Arab carbonate reservoirs;
 up-scale fine geologic models to simulation models;
 build detailed structural models in PetrelTM to use in daily operational decisions;
 document and present geologic models to partners
March 2003 – August 2005: Senior Reservoir Geologist – Oil Development Division,
AgipKCO (Agip Kazakhstan North Caspian Operating Company, The Netherlands.
o Build and update the 3-D geological model of an undeveloped Carboniferous
carbonate reservoir (giant Kashagan field, North Caspian Sea), using IrapRMSTM;
o Scope of work included:
 integrate core, petrophysical and capillary pressure data for rock typing definition
and flow units identification;
 quantify and model matrix heterogeneities;
 identify and quantify geologic uncertainties for risk analysis and input in the
experimental design project;
 build high, low and base case geologic models integrating sedimentologic,
conceptual models from analogs with geological, geophysical and reservoir
engineering data;
 up-scale to reservoir simulation model;
 Reservoir characterization and geo-modeling input in planning the strategy for
the first phase of development.
March 2001-February 2003: Senior Reservoir Geologist – Department of Numerical
Simulation of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs, Institute for Research and Technology, NOC
Petrom Romania.
o Seismic interpretation of mixed siliciclastic-carbonate Triassic and Jurassic oil
reservoirs Tasbulat, Turkmenoy and Aktas in Kazakhstan. Scope of work included:
 conduct the geologic study of reservoir properties and faults for detail mapping of
heterogeneities and redefining stratigraphic and structural traps;
 integrate seismic interpretation, wells and reservoir engineering data into the
geologic model
o Seismic interpretation of re-processed seismic data for revising and up-dating the
geologic model of a mature Miocene reservoir in fluvial-deltaic and estuarine depositional
settings in Getic Depression, Romania. Work included:
 integrate seismic attributes interpretation, logs and petrophysical routine analysis
and SCAL data to revise the definition of the heterogeneities and flow units for EOR
study.
o Teaching two sessions of in-house training course: Applied Geostatistics for
Reservoir Geologists.
January 1998-February 2001: Research Assistant - Centre for Lithospheric Studies,
University of Texas at Dallas, USA.
o Application of outcrop analogues and geophysical near-surface -technologies (GPR)
to detailed reservoir characterization of reservoirs (research funded by U.S. Department
of Energy). Work included:
 sedimentologic interpretation of outcrops and cores;
 geologic input for processing and migration of 3D GPR data sets;
 interpretation of GPR data;
 building detailed permeability models integrating core data and GPR attributes for
input to simulator to study the impact of fine-scale heterogeneities (less than a typical
simulation model cell) to the flow;
 writing reports and presentations to DOE and UTD Geophysical Consortium;
January 1997-December 1997: Teaching Assistant - Department of Geosciences,
University of Texas at Dallas, USA.
o Oceanography, undergraduate science course
January 1995-December 1996: Reservoir Geologist – Department of Numerical Simulation
of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs, Institute for Research and Technology, NOC Petrom SA,
Romania.
o Integrated reservoir characterization of clastic reservoirs in slope depositional
settings (turbidites and debris flow sediments) in the North Pannonian basin. Scope of
work included:
 sedimentologic description of cores and building the conceptual sedimentologic
model;
 integration of seismic facies, sedimentary facies and log data to define flow units
and rock types;
 building the geologic model of the reservoir using SGMTM.
o Reservoir characterization studies of mature Middle Miocene oil fields (clastic shelf
sand bodies) in Getic Depression Romania for infilling development plans. Scope of work
included:
 Integrating seismic interpretation, core, logs and production data to update
structural and property maps, flow units and heterogeneity definition.
 geologic input for planning infilling wells;
 deterministic and probabilistic estimation of oil in place and reserves (MonteCarlo)
September 1991-December 1995: Reservoir Geologist - Production Division, Romanian
National Oil Company, Petrom SA.
o Describe cores and interpret depositional settings for different Cretaceous oil fields of
Black Sea: mixed siliciclastic-carbonatic shelf and turbidities.
o Well correlation and flow units definition and delineation, and mapping of basic
reservoir related parameters for reservoir characterization of different clastic and
carbonate reservoirs (Miocen fractured carbonate shelf and weathered basement in
Central Pannonian Basin, fluvial-deltaic and shelf sandstones in the Getic Depression,
lacustrine deposits in Comanesti Basin of Eastern Carpathians, Romania).
o Detailed subsurface mapping of faults and their sealing potential to identify possible
near-fields prospects in Eastern Carpathians.
o Deterministic estimation of oil in place of different oil and gas fields in Romania.
o Plan the location of new appraisal and development wells in different oil and gas
fields in Romania.
o Participate in the development of in-house risk analysis software.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
SOFTWARES:
3-D Geologic Modeling: Petrel (Schlumberger), IRAP-RMSTM (Roxar)
Geostatistics: GSLIB Geostatistical Software Library (UNIX and PC based), SigmaViewTM (Open
Works), JMPTM (SAS Institute), SpotfireTM.
Seismic (GPR) Interpretation: OASIISTM (Western Atlas WINGS), WinPicsTM – Kernel
Technologies Ltd., GeoQuestTM - Schlumberger
PROGRAMMING: MatlabTM (MathWorks)
OPERATING SYSTEMS: UNIX, MS-DOS, WINDOWS, MACINTOSH
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:
Name of School, Institute
New Opportunities in Old Fields
Naturally Fractured Reservoirs: Geologic And Engineering
Analysis (Petroskills – Dr, Lawrenece Teufel)
Fundamentals of Geostatistics (course + workshop);
instructor Dr. Clayton Deutsch, University of Alberta (Oxy
internal courses)
Carbonate Reservoir Characterization: Instructor Dr Bill
Raatz, Oxy (Oxy internal course)
Structural Styles and Subsurface Mapping Classes
(Petroskills & Oxy, internal courses)
Time Management (Oxy internal courses)
Integrated Reservoir Analyses: Instructors Dan Hartman
and John Farina (Oxy internal course)
Quantification of Geological Risk: Ross & Associates, LLP
(Oxy internal course)
3D Reservoir Modeling of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs:
Instructor Dr. Mark Bently, EAGE short course, IPTC 2005
Reservoir Simulation and Forecasting (course+workshop):
Instructor Dr.Thomas L. Gould, IRT (Oxy internal course)
Place
Dates
and duration
Doha, Qatar
London, UK
2014/06 (5 days)
2011/07 (5 days)
Doha, Qatar
2008/03 (5 days)
Muscat, Oman
2007/11 (5 days)
Doha, Qatar
2007/05 (5 days)
Doha, Qatar
Muscat, Oman
2007/03 (1 day)
2007/01 (7 days)
Doha, Qatar
2006/05 (5 days)
Doha, Qatar
2005/11 (1 day)
Doha, Qatar
2005/11 (7 days)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Corbeanu, R.M., Wizevich, M.C., Bhattacharya, J.P., Zeng, X., and McMechan, G.A., 2004,
Three-dimensional architecture of ancient lower delta-plain point bars using ground penetratingradar, Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone, Utah, In: T.C. Chidsey, R.D. Adams, and T.H. Morris (eds.)
The Fluvial-deltaic Ferron Sandstone: Regional-to-Wellbore-scale outcrop analog studies and
applications to reservoir modeling, AAPG Studies in Geology 50.
Corbeanu, R.M., G.A. McMechan, R.B. Szerbiak, K. Soegaard, 2002, Prediction of 3-D fluid
permeability and mudstone distributions from ground-penetrating radar (GPR) attributes: Example
from the Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone Member, east-central Utah, Geophysics, v.67, issue 5,
p1495-1504.
Djuro Novakovic, Cristopher D. White, Rucsandra M. Corbeanu, William S. Hammon III, Janok
P. Bhattacharya, and George A. McMechan, 2002, Hydraulic Effects of Shales in Fluvial-Deltaic
Deposits: Ground-Penetrating Radar, Outcrop Observations, Geostatistics, and ThreeDimensional Flow Modeling for the Ferron Sandstone, Utah, Mathematical Geology, Vol. 34, No.
7, p857-893.
Corbeanu, R.M., K. Soegaard, R.B. Szerbiak, J.B. Thurmond, G.A. McMechan, D. Wang, S.H.
Snelgrove, C.B. Forster, A. Menitove, 2001, Detailed internal architecture of a Fluvial Channel
Sandstone Determined from Outcrop, Cores and 3-D Ground-Penetrating Radar: Example from
the Mid-Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone, East-Central Utah, AAPG Bulletin, v. 85, no. 9.
SELECTED INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES:
Corbeanu, R., Nasoetion, S., Yang, K., Labiadh, M., Narayanan, R., Mubarak M., Habib, K.,
2013, Reservoir Fracture Characterization and Modeling in a Shuaiba Reservoir, IPTC 2014
Program with Abstracts, January 19-22, 2013, Doha, Qatar