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Marat Validov

Marat ValidovPhD

Project Manager in the oil & gas industry

Petrophysics, geology, data analysis, R&D project management

About

Project Manager in the oil & gas industry. PhD. Geologist and petrophysicist focused on well log interpretation, core analysis, petrophysical modeling, and analytics on large geoscience datasets. I manage R&D projects and coordinate interdisciplinary teams (lithology, paleontology, geochemistry, geophysics, petrophysics, IT).

Dissertation

Key areas

Experience

  1. Project Manager, R&D ProjectsMay 2016 - present
    Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies, Kazan Federal University
    • Planning, organizing and monitoring R&D projects across the full lifecycle
    • Coordinating interdisciplinary teams (lithology, paleontology, geology, geochemistry, geophysics, petrophysics, IT)
    • Developing and applying petrophysical models for core and reservoir studies (carbonate and clastic deposits)
    • Building analytical models on large well log and petrophysical datasets; interpreting results and synthesizing conclusions
    • Stakeholder communication, scope clarification, resource and deadline management

    Achievements: methodology for exploration criteria supporting well interventions in carbonate and clastic deposits; delivery of 5+ major R&D projects; new petrophysics/data analysis methods implemented in software modules; training programs for young specialists; organization of an international carbonate-focused conference

  2. Petrophysicist, Business Analyst, Marketing SpecialistMay 2015 - May 2016
    PrimeGeo / GeoTEC (Ufa)
    • Design and testing of petrophysical software solutions with developers and end users
    • Training programs on petrophysics and open hole interpretation; lectures and workshops
    • Technical negotiations with Russian and international partners
    • Product demos, conference/exhibition participation, promotional materials and market analysis
  3. Petrophysicist, Data AnalystJan 2012 - May 2015
    TGT Oilfield Services (Kazan)
    • Well log interpretation for fields in Western Siberia, Malaysia, Turkey and the USA
    • Core-to-log calibration and SCAL, reservoir property evaluation (porosity, permeability, saturation)
    • Support to 3D reservoir modeling with petrophysical property grids
    • Neural network approaches for permeability prediction under limited data
    • Facies clustering, productive interval identification, FWL/OWC justification, reserve evaluation support (SPE)

    Achievements: petrophysical models implemented on different field types; contribution to a hybrid neural network model; trained 20+ young specialists; SPE conference presentations

  4. Lead Geologist, PetrophysicistJan 2008 - Jan 2012
    Tatneft (Kazan)
    • Core description, sampling, and integrated core analysis (porosity, permeability, saturation)
    • Support to geological and dynamic modeling workflows
    • Operational reserve estimation, cut-off parameter justification, reporting and GKZ defense
    • Collaboration with external experts on reserve evaluation deliverables

Publications & software

Selected list. Full activity in profiles: ORCID · Scopus · eLibrary · ResearchGate
Titles are given in the original language of publication.

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Education

  • 2023Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University
    Geophysics, teacher-researcher
  • 2008Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University
    Geology and geochemistry of combustible minerals, petroleum geologist

Professional development

  • 2022Subsoil use expert (GKZ)
  • 2022Domestic business communication and collaboration platforms (KFU)
  • 2015Automated well log processing and interpretation in PRIME software (GeoTEC)
  • 2014Introduction to Techlog (Schlumberger)
  • 2013Training Program Frédéric Coté (TGT Oil and Gas Services)
  • 2012English course (Master Business School)
  • 2012TOEFL

Skills

Tools

  • Techlog
  • PRIME
  • IP
  • Geolog
  • Origin
  • Statistica
  • Python
  • PyCharm
  • QGIS

Languages

  • Russian (native)
  • English (A1)
  • Tatar (A1)

Regional experience

Republic of Tatarstan, Western Siberia, Samara region, Orenburg region, UAE, Malaysia, Turkey, USA