Senior Wellsite & Operations Geologist with 14+ years in exploration, drilling operations, and geosteering — Top 10 Geosteering World Cup 2025.
Senior Wellsite and Operations Geologist with more than 14 years in exploration and drilling operations, combining deep wellsite geology expertise with applied geosteering experience. Skilled in geological monitoring, drilling risk assessment, and real-time decision support using StarSteer, GWC, and LWD/MWD data.
Currently serving as Data Manager at Sonatrach, overseeing exploration data
integrity and QC for the Sonatrach Exploration Data Bank. Founder and developer of g6tools.com — a geological information platform for data visualization, interactive mapping, and real-time drilling dashboards.
Ranked Top 10 globally in the ROGII Geosteering World Cup 2025. Passionate about bridging geoscience expertise with software development to build tools that improve drilling efficiency and reservoir understanding.
Oversee gathering and QC of Sonatrach Exploration Data Bank. Execute complex data queries to provide geological assets to exploration teams and ensure seamless data availability for upstream decision-making.
ViewApplied geosteering workflows with StarSteer and MWD/LWD data to optimize wellbore placement. Directed geological operations, coordinated multidisciplinary teams, and led risk assessment and well planning.
ViewDelivered real-time geosteering support for horizontal wells. Performed offset analysis, stratigraphic correlation, and well planning based on LWD/MWD data.
ViewGeological representative on drilling rigs. Conducted cuttings analysis, gas monitoring, well correlations, coring supervision, and produced daily reports and final well reports.
ViewProfessional training in petroleum geosciences covering reservoir geology, drilling, formation evaluation, seismic interpretation and geostatistical modeling.
ViewSupervised drilling and geotechnical investigations. Conducted borehole logging, soil and rock analysis, in situ testing, and delivered geotechnical reports.
ViewComprehensive education in geology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, structural geology and geophysics. Completed field mapping, geological surveys and engineering applications.
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Achieved 8th place globally, recognized for advanced reservoir navigation and real-time interpretation skills.
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Available for remote geosteering operations and real-time well placement support. Experienced with StarSteer, MWD/LWD data interpretation and horizontal well navigation in conventional and unconventional reservoirs. Can provide remote geological decision support to drilling teams worldwide.
Open to collaborate on building tools, applications and solutions for the geoscience and petroleum industry. Background in Python, SQL, database development, GIS and web platforms (G6Tools). Interested in desktop tools, geosteering workflows, data visualization and geological decision-support software.
Available for remote tasks in oilfield data management, geological database development, well data QC and exploration data analysis. Experienced in Sonatrach data systems, WITSML, geological reporting and multiuser database design (MS Access, SQL). Can support upstream teams remotely with data integrity and query management.
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