FAZIAH DE SILVA
Port of Spain
Summary
Detail-oriented Petroleum Engineer with practical experience in engineering and facility functions. Specializes in numerical reservoir simulation, fluid dynamics analysis, and data-driven risk management. Translates complex data into actionable insights while prioritizing safety. Ready to enhance offshore production plant operations in Georgetown, Guyana.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Offsite Petroleum Engineer
The Excel Group
01.2023 - Current
- Reviewed industrial assets to identify operational risks in pipelines, drilling platforms, compressors, and refineries.
- Analyzed production and drilling data to cross-verify physical system workflows with cybersecurity metrics, reducing operational vulnerabilities.
- Advised technical teams on oil and gas facility mechanics, highlighting critical downstream and upstream impacts prior to software updates.
- Authored technical documentation for infrastructure incident response frameworks, aiding in prevention of plant or asset downtime.
Onsite Engineering & Technical Intern
Youth Agricultural Homesteading Program
01.2023 - 12.2023
- Monitored baseline performance indicators and asset health parameters, proactively preventing structural or resource distribution bottlenecks.
- Regulated process workflows and trained cohorts on standard operating procedures, ensuring complete and accurate data logs for enhanced operational integrity.
- Uphold local environmental and site mandates, achieving 0 reportable HSE incidents throughout the entire internship lifecycle.
Junior Operations Supervisor
Multicinemas Trinidad Ltd.
01.2016 - 12.2022
- Conducted root-cause shift reviews to analyze operational anomalies, providing technical feedback to upper management to inform decision-making.
- Resolved immediate hardware and software performance constraints, minimizing system downtime during high-traffic operational windows.
- Entered high-volume database entries daily to isolate financial or system anomalies, issuing immediate trend-drift warnings.
Education
M.Eng. - Petroleum Engineering
University of Trinidad And Tobago
01-2015
National Engineering Technician Diploma -
University of Trinidad and Tobago
01-2011
Certificate in Produce Safety Alliance -
Association of Food and Drug Officials
01-2025
Certificates in Hydroponics / Agro-processing -
CUC / UTT ECIAF
01-2023
Skills
- Reservoir Modeling
- Reservoir Simulation
- Production Optimization
- Oil recovery
- Flow Assurance
- Thermal Enhanced Recovery
- Facility Parameter Optimization
- Risk Assessment
- HSE compliance
- CAPEX/OPEX Analysis
- NPV evaluation
- Data Analysis
- Microsoft Excel (Advanced)
- Viscosity Analysis
- Root cause analysis
- Process Improvement
- Technical writing
Key Engineering Projects
Lead Reservoir Simulation Engineer, Investigation of Economical Thermal Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Deployment for Heavy Crude within Shallow Forest Sands, Forest Reserve Field, Constructed 3D geological grids utilizing CMG IMEX/STARS software suites to model and replicate multi-phase fluid dynamics in shallow sand matrices., Simulated performance curves for 3 distinct thermal recovery configurations: Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS), Continuous Steam Flooding, and SAGD., Monitored data arrays to track oil-to-steam ratios, decline curves, and production volumes across diverse horizontal and vertical well setups., Programmed Monte Carlo risk models (@RISK) to cross-examine thermal heat dissipation indexes against fluctuating operational variables., Executed root-cause assessments on model breakdowns and early breakthrough constraints to establish optimal injection thresholds., Evaluated CAPEX/OPEX structures against Net Present Value (NPV) calculations to pinpoint the most cost-effective heavy oil extraction methodology.
Timeline
Offsite Petroleum Engineer
The Excel Group
01.2023 - Current
Onsite Engineering & Technical Intern
Youth Agricultural Homesteading Program
01.2023 - 12.2023
Junior Operations Supervisor
Multicinemas Trinidad Ltd.
01.2016 - 12.2022
M.Eng. - Petroleum Engineering
University of Trinidad And Tobago
National Engineering Technician Diploma -
University of Trinidad and Tobago
Certificate in Produce Safety Alliance -
Association of Food and Drug Officials
Certificates in Hydroponics / Agro-processing -
CUC / UTT ECIAF