Curriculum Vitae

Ahmed Hafez,

Senior Geoscientist

Address: BBC school Street, El-Sa’ed-400 Square, Apt. #4, El-Salam City, Cairo, Egypt

Cell phone #: (+20)1002216105 Home phone #: +2-26266616

Email: Ahmed_geophy@yahoo.com

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Objective

Seeking a progressive E&P organization.

EDUCATION

• Pursuing PhD Geophysics, Seismic reservoir characterization (Rock Physics and seismic inversion)

• MS Geophysics. Al-Azhar University. Thesis: Seismic sequence stratigraphic analysis of the Upper Miocene sequences, Western Nile Delta, Mediterranean, Egypt.

• BSc Geophysics. Al-Azhar University. May, 2006. GPA: Excellent with honor.

KEY COMPETENCIES

• AAPG-SEG INTERPRETATION journal technical reviewer

• Very good experience in integrating reliable subsurface geologic static models utilizing 2D / 3D seismic in order to calculate reserves/resources.

• Strong working experience in rock physics and reservoir characterizations.

• Excellent experience of using DHIs (Direct Hydrocarbon Indicators) for prospect generation

• Excellent experience of the onshore / offshore 2D/3D seismic data sets interpretation of different geological settings to generate prospects.

• Strong experience in reservoir sequence stratigraphic analysis and depositional elements delineation for development and exploration cases.

• Predict the pore pressure from the well logs and seismic velocities

• Software: GeoFram, Petrel, Hampson-Russell, RokDoc and IP for pore pressure predictions

• Team player among multi-disciplines and multi-national professionals.

• Get alone fast with new colleagues and good listener to my supervisors.

Selected Recent Accomplishments

• Analyzing AVO Amplitude Variation with Offset to generate many prospects within Pliocene, Miocene, and Oligocene plays in the Western Nile Delta (offshore Mediterranean Sea), Egypt for GDF SUEZ Group, starting from play generation to prospect generation and risk assessment to hydrocarbon resources calculations.

• Created development plan(s) for two Pliocene gas discoveries in the Western Nile Delta, Egypt for GDF SUEZ Group, based on the integration between reservoir geophysics approaches and sequence stratigraphic models.

• New venture assessment of farm-in and bidding round opportunities in the onshore Nile Delta, offshore Mediterranean Sea, Western Desert and Gulf of Suez.

• Evaluate new venture blocks in the offshore and onshore Nile Delta as well as the onshore opportunities in the Western Desert, Egypt.

• Generated several prospects in the Late Cretaceous play in the Western Desert, Egypt for PGNiG Group.

• Developed some Pliocene gas fields by drilling several wells based on the integration between the seismic reservoir characterization and sequence stratigraphic for BG/Rashpetco J.V.

• Generated prospects in the Pliocene and Miocene plays in the Western Nile Delta, Egypt for BG/Rashpetco J.V.

• Participated in development phases of many West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) fields, Western Nile Delta, Egypt for BG/Rashpetco J.V.

Work Experiences

NOVEMBER 2010 – PRESENT, SENIOR GEOSCIENTIST, GDF SUEZ GROUP, EGYPT

• Responsible for prospect generation and maturation in West El-Burullus Concession, Western Nile Delta, Egypt. We created many leads and prospects within the Pliocene and Miocene sequences that ranged from deltaic to deepwater reservoirs utilizing the seismic direct hydrocarbon indicators (DHIs) interpretation, seismic sequence stratigraphy and reservoir geophysics concepts. We made risk assessment Based on these analyses; several high grad drillable prospects have been generated and maturated for drilling. This work started from 3D seismic interpretation, mapping, time to depth conversion, rock physics analysis, in-house seismic inversion and well planning.

• Interpreted and analyze multi-azimuth 3D seismic data sets to delineate the subtle stratigraphic features/elements especially below the Messinain anhydrite and to generate regional maps of the interested events/horizons.

• Responsible for development of two Pliocene gas discoveries in the West El-Burullus Concession, Western Nile Delta, Egypt. We created pre-stack simultaneous elastic inversion models to generate elastic properties that could help to delineate the changes in the facies and petrophysical properties. Also we used the seismic sequence stratigraphy and the seismic geomorphology concepts to delineate the depositional architectural elements of these two reservoirs and integrate the results with the seismic inversion products. We achieved these goals that helped to optimize the locations of the upcoming development wells.

• Created comprehensive rock physics models for different stratigraphic levels to understand the possible characteristics of the gas-bearing reservoirs within these sequences and to investigate the effect of pore fluid type/saturation, porosities, clay content and pressure on the seismic acoustic and elastic prosperities.

• Built AVO synthetic models to link the changes in the rock properties to the changes in the pre- and post-stack seismic signatures as well as the AVO attributes such as intercept, gradient and reflectivity.

• Key member of the Nile Delta new opportunities team which responsible for evaluation of the bid round and farm-in blocks in the western and eastern Nile Delta in both onshore and offshore portions.

• A key member of the new venture team which responsible to evaluate/rank the onshore opportunities in the Western Desert and Gulf of Suez for conventional and un-conventional plays. This work includes 3D and 2D seismic interpretation to generate regional and semi-regional maps and convert those maps into depth domains.

• Basin analysis studies for several basins in the Western Desert including source rock evaluation, hydrocarbon migration modeling and structure restoration studies.

• Representative of the GDF SUEZ Group in many scientific seminars around the world (Norway, France and the Netherlands) to show several case studies and the lesson learned from them.

DECEMBER 2009 – NOVEMBER 2010, GEOPHYSICIST, PGNIG GROUP, EGYPT

• Key member of the work team who responsible for prospect generation in Bahariya Concession, Western Desert, Egypt. Many leads have been generated within several sequences utilizing the interpretation of 2D seismic data sets.

• Integrated the geophysical potential fields (gravity and magnetic) with the available 2D seismic data sets to delineate the basement-related faults and to estimate the depth to basement.

DECEMBER 2006 – NOVEMBER 2009, DEVELOPMENT GEOPHYSICIST, BG/RASHPETCO J.V., EGYPT

• Responsible for development of the Pliocene Sequoia gas field in the West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) area, Western Nile Delta, Egypt. We applied the complete workflow to this field starting from 3D seismic interpretation through seismic spectral decomposition and geomorphology. We carried out different kind of seismic (post- and pre-stack) inversion models to delineate the changes in the facies and rock parameters within this very complicated field to optimize the development well locations to drill the good quality thick gas-bearing sand and to avoid the penetration of the perched water leg(s). We obviously succeed to develop the whole field with the lowest number of wells (only six) and produce the most gas volume from it.

• Created comprehensive seismic geomorphologic studies of many of gas fields in the WDDM area, Western Nile Delta, Egypt to delineate the depositional architectural elements of these reservoirs to understand the static connectivity of their parties which affect the development plans and number of development wells.

• Generated new prospects within the Upper Miocene section below the Sapphire gas field, and within the Early Pliocene section below the Simian gas field in the WDDM area, western Nile Delta, Egypt. We created these prospects by the integration between the seismic DHI interpretation, spectral analysis and seismic stratigraphy concepts.

• QC representative geophysicist assisting in all internal/external seismic inversion projects since 2008 till the November 2009.

• Representative Rashpetco in many technical meetings with the partners and contractors.

Publications

• Hafez, A., Majoor, F., and Castagna, J., 2016, Innovative workflow to characterize thin deepwater gas reservoirs utilizing seismic data: Offshore Nile Delta case study, Egypt: Mediterranean Offshore Conference, Alexandria, Egypt (MOC-2016).

• Ibrahem A. Nasr, Hatem F. Ewida, Said A. Aly and Ahmed Hafez, 2016, Developed Seismic Workflow for Developed Mature Fields: Example from Southwestern Gulf of Suez, Egypt: Egyptian Geophysical Society (EGS), Cairo, Egypt.

• Hafez, A., Majoor, F., and Castagna, J., 2014, Deepwater reservoir heterogeneity delineation using rock physics and extended elastic impedance inversion: Nile Delta case study: INTERPRETATION (SEG-AAPG joint journal) – November 2014, Vol. 2, No. 4: pp. T205-T219

• Hafez, A. Dissection of a deepwater clastic channel complex: An integrated analytical workflow for stratigraphic compartmentalization delineation and volumetric calculations: GDF Suez DEG seminar, June 2014.

• Hafez, A. Delineation of deepwater depositional elements, Nile Delta, Egypt: GDF Suez DEG seminar, June 2013

• Hewaidy, A., El-Mowafy, H., and Hafez, A., 2013, Combining rock physics analysis and AVO modeling to reduce exploration risk: A Nile Delta case study: Phanerozoic and Development in Egypt conference, Al-Azhar University

• Hafez, A., and Vessron, M., Deepwater prospect maturation in the Mediterranean Sea: GDF Suez DEG seminar, June 2012

Miscellaneous

• 2014 – recent Theoretical and practical sessions of applied rock physics course, Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt.

• 2011 – recent Presenting seismic DHI and reservoir characterization success and failure case studies, SAAM Consortium (Seismic Amplitude Analysis Module), in France, Norway and the Netherlands.

• 2010 – recent Give short course(s) for the AAPG IBA Simulation members, application of the seismic sequence stratigraphy to petroleum exploration, Ain Shams and Al-Azhar Universities in Egypt.

• Give lectures in rock physics and seismic inversion methodologies with applications to hydrocarbon exploration and development.

Professional Affiliations

• SEG associated member

• SEG-AAPG Interpretation journal technical reviewer