ANGEL FERNÁNDEZ
#1 - 2712 40th Street SW, Glendale T3E 3J7
Phone: 587- 433 - 1559
E-mail: afff137@gmail.com
Profile / Objective
Petroleum Specialist with seven years of experience in production engineering related to heavy oil
production and EOR seeking a production position in a challenging job environment.
Summary of Qualifications
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Strong background in Well Completion, Artificial Lift, Nodal Analysis and Field Operations for
heavy oil production.
Experience in using EOR steam stimulation (huff & puff).
Ability to create optimum exploitation strategies as a part of a multidisciplinary team evaluating
production performance.
Specialize in rod pumping and progressive cavity pumping.
Experienced in Identifying, evaluating and selecting well completions for inactive well according to
reservoir features, production flows, hole setup, available infrastructure and available resources.
Ability to analyze main parameters for production in order to identify deviations and establish all
necessary actions to accomplish the production target.
Work with Field Operations to ensure production optimization and operating costs meet company
production goals.
Generate production and operating budget and tracked capital projects using internal database.
Provided preliminary scoping for proposed facilities like pipelines, storage tanks, treatment
equipment or technology for the well area.
Provided and received information and reports to and from various departments such as
Production Accounting, Financial Accounting, Joint Ventures, and Government Relationships.
Proficiency in Rod star, C-Fer, Rodtstar, Nodal B, Progressive 2.0.0.
Experience as Windows and MS Office suite user.
Good communicational, organizational and time management skills and leadership ability.
Trilingual Spanish/English/French with overseas experience.
Work Experience
Production Engineer and Governmental Relationships
Aug 2012 to Jan 2013
PETROZAMORA, S.A. (PDVSA and GAZPROM Joint Venture)
E&P Oil and Gas at Bachaquero Tierra Field.
Management of average oil production: 3200 bbl/d - Gas: 227 mcf/d at Bachaquero Tierra Field.
 Developed a standardized process for official oil and gas sampling tests and their evaluation in external
laboratories that streamlined administrative process maximizing partners return by:
 Establishing contact with external laboratories and prepared service order in order to do test
sampling and analysis according to standards of the Ministry of Energy and Oil.
 Organizing field operators and ministry officer to take and then analyze samples.
 Ensuring quality control of laboratory process
 Providing information to the Ministry and partners PDVSA and GAZPROM.
Production Engineer
Jan 2006 to Jul 2012
PETROLEOS DE VENEZUELA, S.A (PDVSA)
E&P Oil and Gas at Bachaquero Tierra and Lagunillas Tierra Fields, Maracaibo Lake East Coast
Management of average oil production: 5000 bbl/d - Gas: 325 mcf/d at fields Bachaquero Tierra and
Lagunillas Tierra.
 Increased production by 600 bbl/d during a well reactivation project in 2006-2007 by:
 Doing an inventory of well information then selected better wells to be reactivated and organized
a reactivation sequence
 Recommending workover and reactivation when needed.
 Applying reactivation plan up to project capitalization.
 Monitored well performance and production in more than 200 drilled wells operated by rod pumping
and progressive cavity pumping with some of them stimulated with cyclic steam injection (huff and
puff).
 Generated well service programs (pulling, wire line and workover) in order to install better well
completion.
 Determined inflow performance relationship (IPR), interpreted well test result, and performed nodal
analysis.
 Scoped surface equipment.
 Worked closely with Storage Tank Yard Department to monitor process.
 Developed stimulation and production strategies.
 Increased unit run life and subsurface production by 40% by designing and optimizing artificial lift
mechanism (PCP and Rod Pump).
Student Researcher
Jul 2006 to Oct 2011
UNIVERSITY OF ZULIA – MASTER’S STUDIES
Thesis: “Development of Computer Software for the Design of Progressive Cavity Pumping Artificial Lift
Systems”.
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Evaluated the methodologies of the Design of Progressive Cavity Pumping Artificial Lift Systems,
with the goal of standardizing a procedure of optimum design.
Made the flow charts in order to translate them into a programming language
Developed a computer assisted program which allows the optimization of a Cavity Pumping
Artificial Lift Systems.
Evaluated the functionality of the computer assisted tool with true field information.
Production Engineering Consultant
Mar 2011 – Apr 2011
PINFRA & ENDEVPRO JOINT VENTURE
Activo Samaria Luna Pemex at Villahermosa, México
As a part of a multidisciplinary team increased oil production by 150 bbls/d in well Samaria 824 in a
stimulation project by:
 Selecting the best completion and production method.
 Monitoring and evaluating performance of surface (Rod Pumping Unit) and subsurface
(completion) equipment installation after well stimulation and making accurate operation
decisions.
 Attending coiled tubing operation during stimulation.
 Conducted stimulation assessment (pressure evaluation, production parameters)
 Generating a technical report.
Junior Production Engineer
Nov 2004 – May 2005
VOPG – BITOP COMPANY
Lagunillas Field in Maracaibo Lake East Coast
Reduce the frequency of well services by 30% by:
 Improving diagnostics accuracy in well evaluation.
 Monitoring production performance in wells operated by rod-pump and progressive cavity pump.
 Evaluating with nodal analysis and design software.
 Generating subsurface programs (Pulling/Workover) for production recovery.
Production Engineer Intern
PETROLEOS DE VENEZUELA, S.A. (PDVSA)
Lagunillas Field in Maracaibo Lake East Coast
Apr 2004 – Oct 2004
Thesis: “Assessment of the production operational conditions in well subjected to cyclic steam injection
in Lagunillas Field”.
 Selected wells that have had mechanical problems after they had been stimulated between years
2000 and 2004
 Evaluated characteristics in common among selected wells with the purpose to identified main
critical features that affected production well performance.
 Made well completions assessment.
 Did better production operational suggestions in order to be applied in future condition.
It allows identify some of critical features in steam stimulation (huff and puff) through an assessment of
the production operational conditions in well subjected to cyclic steam injection at Lagunillas Field”.
Education and Training
Master Petroleum Engineering
University of Zulia. Maracaibo, VENEZUELA.
Oct 2011
Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering
University of Zulia. Maracaibo, VENEZUELA
Dec 2004
Training & Courses
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Electro Submersible Pumping. Tamare, Venezuela. July 2009. Intevep - PDVSA.
Production Rod Pumping Simulation, Suite: Rodstar, X-Diag, C-Balance. Maracaibo, Venezuela.
December 2008. UPCO de Venezuela
Production Optimization Diploma. San Tome, Venezuela. Abril 2008. NeXT (Schlumberger –
Heriot Watt – Texas A&M University – The University of Oklahoma)
Nodal Analysis. Caracas, Venezuela. September 2007. Intevep - PDVSA.
Hydrocarbons Measurement Operations. Barinas, Venezuela. August 2007. HIDROEX.
OFM Basic, Intermediate y Advanced. Schlumberger. Maracaibo, Venezuela. September 2006.
Echometer. Training Center. CIED Tamare, Venezuela. Mayo de 2006. Training Center CIED
Tamare - PDVSA
Optimization of Production Systems. Maracaibo, Venezuela. November, 2005. BITOP.
Aspect to be considered in Static and Flowing Pressure Tests. Maracaibo, Venezuela. February,
2005 VOPG-Bitop.
Training in “ECLIPSE by Schlumberger” Reservoir Simulator. Maracaibo, Venezuela December,
2003. University of Zulia.
Organizations
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SPE Canada Member
Venezuelan Engineers Association. Member No.: 180.099