Reinaldo J. González, Ph.D.

Technical Manager

Dr. Gonzalez is a seasoned Oil & Gas industry professional with emphasis in Applied Mathematics for the upstream side of the industry. He joined ODS in 2010 as Technical Manager, bringing in his extensive and valuable experience in applying mathematical and statistical methods to practical geoscientific and petroleum engineering problems, as well as research for alternative formation characterization methodologies. With a diversified and impressive track-record on reservoir characterization, risk analysis, statistical and mathematical modeling, he is an exceptional asset to ODS as the leader for our in-house integrated projects. Two of his last projects included an independent reserves valuation for a company with oil fields in Texas, and a Reserves Audit for a large South African Company.

Reinaldo has a PhD in Mathematics from Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV). Since 1988 he has worked for PDVSA - Intevep, PDVSA - E&P , Petrolera Ameriven (strategic association PDVSA, ConocoPhillips, ChevronTexaco) , PEMEX, Andina, S.A. (Bolivia), Schlumberger, Minpro, Advanced Resources International, to mention but a few. He held positions as a specialist in:

• Risk Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Geostatistics, and Data Mining

• Geostatistical Adviser and Consulting Services for upstream projects/li>

• Unconventional gas reservoirs, EOR, and CO2 sequestration projects./li>

• Research and geomodeling: reservoir characterization projects applying stochastic methods.

• International and Nationwide Exemplary Instructor for Applied Geostatistics and Probability courses.

Additionally, he has held academic positions in UCV:

• Associate Professor, School of Petroleum Engineering, UCV (1997 - 2004)

• Associate Professor, School of Statistics & Actuarial Sciences, UCV (1988 - 2004)

• Department Head: Statistics and Probability, School of Statistics (2000 - 2004)

Among his publications we note the following:

“Reservoir Modeling and Simulation of the Devonian Gas Shale of Eastern Kentucky for Enhanced Gas Recovery and CO2 Storage”. SPE 126620 paper for the Annual 2009 SPE International Conference on Capture, Storage and Utilization of CO2. San Diego, California, USA, 10-11 November, 2009.

“Assessment of the Potential and Economic Performance for ECBM Recovery and CO2 Sequestration”. SPE 121157-PP paper for the 2009 SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Cartagena, Colombia, 31 May–3 June 2009.

“Reservoir Modeling in Support of Shale Gas Exploration”. SPE-123057-PP paper for the 2009 SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Cartagena, Colombia, 31 May–3 June 2009.

“Integrated Clustering/Geostatistical/Evolutionary Strategies Approach for 3D Reservoir Characterization and Assisted History-Matching in a Complex Carbonate Reservoir, SACROC Unit, Permian Basin”. SPE 113978 paper for the 2008 SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A., 19–23 April 2008