Saurabh Saksena has over 15 years of experience in the oil and gas industry working in roles involving reservoir characterization, petrophysics, and geoscience analysis. He has worked for BHP Billiton for the past 3 years as a senior geoscience analyst and has also worked for Weatherford International and as an implementation consultant. He is proficient in various geoscience applications and well logging concepts.

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Saurabh Saksena
17411 Bending Post Drive
(Work) 281-345-1969 (Cell) 281-433-7702 | E-mail: sdsaksena@gmail.com
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Professional Summary:
15+ years industry experience in Oil and Gas. Most recent experience (3 years) includes working as an Geoscience
Analyst at BHP Billiton Limited working in both Unconventional and Conventional basins including deep water.
Prior to joining the oil company, I worked in the Oil and Gas services company and worked various roles that included
Supervisor of Sub-Surface data management and OH/CH Petrophysicist.
Primary responsibilities : Reservoir Characterization, Reservoir Rock Properties, Rock Type Analysis,
Petrophysical Evaluation, Well Logging Concepts and Well Logging Tool Performance.
Teamed with the LWD/MWD division to integrate log data with Wireline logs to establish areas of water saturation,
potential hydrocarbon reserves and calculating volumes of Shale, Sandstone, Limestone and Dolomite and
effective porosities in Open Hole.
Evaluated Casing Integrity using Cement Bond Logs and Reservoir Monitoring behind Casing using Pulsed
Neutron Decay (PND) and Inelastic Spectrum measurements.
Proficient in G&G applications and use of techniques in cross-plotting, histograms, various correction charts and offsets
for single wells and multi-well projects to develop relationships between different populations of log data for core description
of carbonate and clastic lithology.
Supervision of the Data Center in a 24 /7/365 operation, I built operating workflows for the Geoscience Service
Center.
Strong skills developed by experience, Continuing Education and proven ability to lead and motivate project teams
to ensure success consistently delivering effective solutions.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BHP BILLITON Limited April 2013 – To Present
Sr. Geoscience Analyst
Responsibilities include building processes to increase efficiencies in delivering all types sub-surface information to
the geoscientist communities within the organization. Started working in the unconventional basins of Eagle Ford
and Haynesville and moved on to the GOM basins and offshore assets across the globe including in the Australian
basins operated by the company.
Built a successful GIS interface to search and discover all sorts of data types including Biostratigraphy (Paleo)
data, Source Rock s and fluid analysis data, well logs and interpreted data (petrophysics), seismic 2D and 3D
surveys.
Also spearheaded the way these links worked to expose all the related datasets on a web portal and drive away the
complexity of usage from the user community.
I collaborated with Core data vendors and built an additional stress less links into our GIS portal to completely search
and access all the core data and interpretations by creating simple polygons on a map to publish and export datasets.
I self-taught myself on various applications and platforms and continued to get formally trained. Some of them listed
are
• Techlog, Petrel and Studio (Schlumberger products) (both conventional and Unconventional)
• Decision space and Open Works – (Halliburton products)
• ArcGIS
• Tibco Spotfire
• PEC Safety training including H2S
I have had the privilege to attend geological field studies excursions to understand the unconventional rock
mechanics run by Southwest Research Institute (SWRi) and Reservoir Modelling Field Class in Utah and
Colorado organized by Nautilus.
The organization promotes continuous learning to better equip every employee with any/all oil field related work
processes in technology and production. Listed below are some of the time lines and courses I have been in:

2. Oct 21 - Oct 25, 2013 Techlog Formation Evaluation Schlumberger
Dec 2 - Dec 3, 2013 SCM Petrel Basics SCM
1 – 3 April, 2014 2014 SPE Unconventional Resources Conference - Woodlands HoustonSPE
6-Jan-13 PEC Safeland wareness Orientation PEC
Jan 16th, 2014 Tight Oil Reservoirs - Midland Basin - Core Workshop CoreLabs
April 14th-16th, 2014 Geodata Management Training - Manage projects in
OpenWorks Store and maintain Geologic data. Landmark - Halliburton
June 23rd - 26th, 2014 DSG Fundamental Training - Landmark Landmark - Halliburton
May 27th-30th, 2014 Eagle Ford Project Field Trip led by SWRI Southwest Research Institute
August 14-2014 Haynesville Core Workshop CoreLabs
August 24th - 26th 2014 One Geoscience Offsite Conference BHP Geoscience
Sept 18th-19th 2014 Influencer & Crucial Conversations BHP Geoscience
Oct 3rd-Oct 10, 2014 Nautilus: M012a 2014 Field Course Joining Instructions –
Reservoir Modelling Field Class Nautilus
Nov 5th, 2014 Visit the 3D Printing at the U of H to learn about the formatting concepts.
University of Houston
Nov 17 - 19,2014 Petrel Shale Training SCM Houston Texas
Feb 9th-12th, 2015 Applied Subsurface Geological Mapping BHP Geoscience
June 25th, 2015 Weatherford Geochem lab Weatherford Lab
July 2nd, 2015 Transform Work session Drilling-Info
July 29th, 2015 RECALL Raven Rules Workshop - Well Data Management Landmark - Halliburton
Sept 10th, 2015 Course PET 277961 - PVT Lab Tour Schlumberger PVT Labs
Global Data Management Firm August 2012 – February 2013
Implementation Consultant
(Contract)
Responsible to Lead client implementations of Oil Field Data and Work Flow Management to Provide Solutions
in Data Management and Reporting for Sub-Surface data of Structured and Unstructured Data Sets from
Exploration, Drilling, Completions and Production using SQL/Oracle Engines.
• Additionally Build a Montage of Field and Processed Data with Geocolumn Shading and Cross-Sections
with Formation Tops, Bed Boundaries and Faults for Field Study. Map Well Header Data acquired from
Client or from IHS/Enerdeq, Tobin, A2D etc. along with assigning appropriate Well Version Techniques.
• Organize “Lunch & Learns” to Demonstrate Product Attributes.
Weatherford International January 2006 – August 2012
Geoscience Technician and Services Team Lead
Experience in Reservoir Characterization, Reservoir Rock Properties, Rock Type Analysis, Petrophysical
Evaluation, Well Logging Concepts and Well Logging Tools Performance.
Achievements include successful OH and Cased Hole Analysis for Sheridan Production in the Permian basin, that
resulted in proper determination of their completion procedures.
Assisted in successful OH analysis for companies like Southwestern Energy, Cabot Oil and Gas, McMoran in the
GOM, Swift Energy, PO&G, Trilogy Operating.
• Evaluated Sub-Surface data from Open Hole /Cased Hole/LWD to determine completion procedures.
• Proficient in G&G applications applying techniques of cross-plotting, histograms, various correction charts and
offsets in single and multi-well projects to develop relationships between different populations of log data in
carbonate and clastic lithologies.
• Analysis of data acquired from CH-PND tool in evaluating Thermal Neutrons to monitor Fluid Contact, providing
through Casing Water Saturation in reservoirs with saline formation waters by analyzing the thermal decay of
Neutrons.
• Process Inelastic Spectrum data to create AI models in different formation matrix and Borehole conditions to derive
the two porosity indicators AIPD/AIPN in new and old wells.
• Get estimates of water saturation from Sigma and Water Flow Determinations via Oxygen Activation.
• Well-versed in a wide range of petrophysical techniques and data types and create cross-sections for field studies.
• Worked in the Permian Basin, Eagleford, Hayensville, Woodford, Arkoma, Piceance Basin and GOM to name a

3. few.
• Assessed quantitative and qualitative Interpretation using petrophysical interpretation techniques.
• Ability to scan and digitize data to calibrate logs and depth reference old logs with reference Formation Tops.
• Support data transfers, quality control and analysis for drilling and producing wells including reanalysis of older
wells.
• Team with multi-disciplinary groups within Weatherford to QC data and apply to improved efficiencies in
interpretation.
• Collaborate with the Sales Engineers to present Interpretation results to clients.
Weatherford International April 2000 – December 2005
IT Field Service and Support Analyst
Started working for Precision Drilling Corporation (A Weatherford acquired company) in Calgary, Canada
from April 2000 to May 2002 and was relocated to Houston with the same job responsibilities.
Supporting the IT network infrastructure for the US region and provide best practices to district/field units to integrate
network access. Demonstrate strong commitment and reliability to respond quickly 24/7/365.
Work under the guidance of all IS departmental Managers and Senior International Technical Specialist to comply
with assigned tasks. Attend ongoing training sessions/seminars to improve technical and professional skills.
• Ability to apply principals of logical or analytical thinking to a wide range of business and practical
problems.
• Responsible for participating in special projects to roll-out unique configuration, testing and evaluation of
new technologies and the planning/implementation of new enhancements to the client’s computing
environment.
• Provide daily desktop and network support for the US region on-location and remotely.
• Assist with implementation, communication and testing of disaster recovery/critical system failures.
• Participated in development and maintenance of business applications and processes to define work flows and
end user training material.
• Coordinate with vendors to purchase computer equipment and services to run an efficient IT hub in Houston.
• Telecom administrator to move/add/change profiles on the Mitel telecom system.
Education / Certification
• Bachelor of Electrical & Electronics Engineering : Manipal Institute of Technology, India, July 1990
• Management Certificate Program at the University of Calgary, 2002
• Member of the SPWLA since 2006.
• Certificate In Log Analysis from the Petroleum Institute of Continuing Education (PIECE) in Houston
• Certificate in Oracle 11g attained from Sideris (A Continuing Education Institute in Houston)
• Weatherford Certification in:
 Field Engineering (OH)
 Petrophysics (OH/CH Tool Theory)
 Petrophysics (Pulsed Neutron Decay)
Work Experience December 1990 to May 2000
• Technical Project Consultant - IBM Global Services- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Build an application for Workflow for data management in the Health Management System.
• Technical Support Engineer - Microage Computer Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Provide IT hardware installations, Service and Repairs for Oil and Gas customers.
• Systems Architect - Van der Valk Plaza Hotel & Casino , Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
Design the IT Network Architect for the computing and POS systems in the hospitality industry.
• Computer Hardware Engineer - Boolchand's Computerworld , Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
Responsibilities as Customer Service and Support Technician
• Marketing Executive (solution sales) - CMS Computers Private Limited , Bombay, India.
Responsible for marketing the Software product solution to the Hospitality industry.