Dr. Rahim Masoudi
Dr Rahim graduated from Heriot-Watt University/UK with more than 24 years industrial and research experiences in Middle East, North Sea and Malaysia/SE Asia. He is currently the Group Technical Authority (GTA) & Custodian (Chief)- Petroleum/Reservoir Engineering in Field Development and Asset Management & Production Operation in Upstream/PETRONAS. He is also the technical advisor to the Upstream CCUS plan and CCS Taskforce in PETRONAS and has been initiating/leading various CCUS related studies and projects since 2009.
He is recognized/served as SPE International Distinguished Lecturer in 2011-2012 seasons, received the 2021 PETRONAS “Outstanding Technical Award” by Petroleum Engineering Skill Group, received the 2017 SPE regional Technical Service Award and 2012 SPE Northern Asia Pacific Regional Technical Award on Reservoir Description and Dynamics, received SPE-Kuala Lumpur “Outstanding Technical Award” for 2015-2017 season, awarded the 2017 and 2012 Exemplary Line Trainer of the Year by PETRONAS Petroleum Engineering Skill Group, published one book and more than 140 international journal, conference papers and 3 patents. He is also the Chairman of the SPE Asia Pacific Regional Technical Advisory Committee (SPE APRTAC). His areas of interest are E&P Business Development, Field Development, Asset Management, High CO2 Field Monetization & CCUS, Production Optimization, Reservoir Description & Dynamics, Hydrocarbon Recovery Improvement, Uncertainty& Risk Management, E&P Data Analytics.
John Maida
John Maida has been with Halliburton for the past 19 years and holds the title of Chief Optical Scientist. John’s primary efforts have been in the development and application of fiber-based communications and sensing systems, instruments, related optical fiber sensing cables and interconnection devices. John has over 100 United States and international patents and holds three degrees: BSc ’84, Electrical & Electronics Engineering Technology; BSc ’86, Electro-Optical Sciences, Magna Cum Laude; and MSc ’87, Electro-Optical Sciences from the University of Houston System.
John’s expertise is in the area of photonics and optical fiber sciences with over 33-years of experience in advanced systems development and scouting activities covering the petroleum, avionics, and biomedical industries. Over the past 31 years, John has been enabling engineering development teams in the fields of geophysical seismic exploration and reservoir production optimization.
John is also an adjunct lecturer at the University of Houston College of Engineering Technology and Vice Chair of the Houston-area IEEE Photonics Society. He is a member of the IEEE, OSA, SPIE, and SPE professional societies and has served on the National Photonics Initiative (NPI) Taskforce on Sensors for Energy, Environment and Education. He has served on several boards and as president of the University of Houston Technology Alumni Association.
Garth Naldrett
Garth joined Silixa in 2015 in the capacity of Chief Product Officer. He has over 20 years’ experience in the Oil and Gas industry, first becoming involved in downhole fiber optic sensing in 1997. Garth holds a BSc in electronic engineering and an MSc in electrical engineering from the University of Cape Town. Prior to joining Silixa Garth was Vice President of Monitoring and Control at Tendeka where he was responsible for electronic and fibre optic monitoring systems, wireless inflow control and software. Garth joined Tendeka through their acquisition of FloQuest, a software and interpretation business he founded in 2006. Before founding FloQuest Garth held various positions within Schlumberger, including product champion for fibre optic and subsea monitoring
Prof. Matt Becker
Matt Becker is the Conrey Chair in Hydrogeology and Professor of Geological Sciences at California State University Long Beach, USA. He holds a B.S. in Geology from Michigan State University and M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil Enginering from the University of Texas at Austin. He has held positions with Chevron USA, Los Alamos National Labs, the U.S Geological Survey, NASA Goddard Space Center, and as a tenured Professor of Geology at the University at Buffalo. As a two time Fulbright awardee he has collaborated with researchers in Italy and Australia. Matt’s primary focus of research is the hydraulic connectivity of fluid flow in heterogeneous subsurface environments, most recently using fiber optic technology to map hydromechanical flow. He is also currently studying submarine groundwater discharge in the islands of French polynesia.
Dr. Jyotsna Sharma
Dr. Jyotsna Sharma joined the Department of Petroleum Engineering at Louisiana State University as an Assistant Professor in 2019, after working in the oil industry for Chevron, Schlumberger, and Shell. Her current research interests include fiber optic sensing and machine learning. At Chevron, she led enhanced oil recovery projects in the US, Canada, Venezuela, and Indonesia and worked extensively on the fiber optic monitoring program in producers/injectors and harsh environment testing. She also provides consultation to energy companies for fiber installation and data interpretation. At Schlumberger, Dr. Sharma worked as a Field Engineer doing formation evaluation. She has a multidisciplinary background with a Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Calgary, Canada and a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India.
Annabel Green
Annabel has 25 years industry experience and has worked in the UK and at locations across of the globe, with both major service providers and small technology companies. Starting life as a wireline logging engineer she has since specialised in downhole solutions across a range of completion and intervention technologies. These include sand control, inflow management and reservoir monitoring with a focus on improving well performance. Her passion is bringing innovations to the market that help address the ever-changing challenges that our industry faces.