Samarth began his career at Schlumberger in Mumbai, India working on field development projects for large oil and gas companies. Passionate about innovation in geoscience, he joined the Indian Institute of Technology as a Project Geophysicist to lead a project in velocity modelling and passive seismic data interpretation for the national oil company of India.
While finishing a PhD in time-lapse (4D) seismic geomechanics, he developed advanced 4D geomechanical modelling methods for oil and gas exploration and incorporated them into client's software workflows. He later translated his PhD research to solve CCUS monitoring and containment issues. He is quite interested in the application of artificial intelligence for site investigations and characterization.
Outside work, you will find him running, cycling and swimming outdoors. He has volunteered as a governor at a primary school in England and campaigned for women's education in India.
Experience Summary
- Extensive experience for all aspects of geophysical work programmes within a field development project including: well ties using synthetic and VSP data, structural and stratigraphic interpretation, velocity modelling, depth conversion, construction of structural geological models, mapping, volumetric assessment, seismic attribute analysis, well location/path definition, resource uncertainty analysis, internal and external business approvals, support seismic survey design and planning, interaction with client reps and onsite project management.
- Experienced in processing geophysical, geological, borehole and laboratory data.
- Published case studies and conference papers in international journals.
- Led software development projects incorporating novel methods for integrated processing and interpretation of geophysical, geological and borehole data.