Hafiz Muhammad Haleem-uddin Farooqi
Experinced Reservoir Engineer
Karachi
Summary
Deputy Manager – Reservoir Engineering leading reservoir surveillance, production monitoring, and field performance evaluation having experience across gas, gas condensate, and oil assets. Directs multidisciplinary teams on production optimization, SPE-PRMS reserves and resources assessment, and stakeholder-ready technical evaluations that support management and JV decisions. Combines subsurface analysis with mentoring and cross-functional coordination to improve asset value and decision quality.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Deputy Manager – Reservoir Engineering
Prime Global Energies Limited
04.2025 - Current
- Led and empowered multidisciplinary reservoir engineering teams to identify and deliver production optimization opportunities aligned with corporate performance objectives.
- Provided strategic direction and executive oversight for field performance evaluation through reservoir surveillance and production monitoring, ensuring proactive risk identification and technically robust decision-making.
- Strengthened cross-functional integration with Production and Geosciences leadership to enhance operational efficiency, optimize resource allocation, and maximize long-term asset value.
- Assessed remaining reserves and production potential of shut-in well, leveraging limited data to justify re-commissioning and secure approval from management and JV partners.
- Supported management in evaluating international farm-in opportunities through subsurface analysis and opportunity screening, guiding informed investment and portfolio expansion decisions.
- Performed reserves and resources booking in accordance with SPE-PRMS guidelines.
- Prepared and presented reservoir engineering evaluations to senior management and external stakeholders, facilitating informed decision-making.
- Mentored interns, trainees, and junior reservoir engineers.
Reservoir Engineer
MOL Pakistan Oil & Gas CO BV
12.2022 - 04.2025
- Led reservoir surveillance and production performance analysis, identifying optimization opportunities in collaboration with production and geosciences teams to enhance overall production.
- Led in-house resources and reserves evaluation for a new Tal Block gas discovery, adding ~50 Bcf of recoverable reserves.
- Led reservoir surveillance and production performance analysis to identify optimization opportunities in collaboration with Production and Geosciences teams.
- Managed wells during buyer-imposed curtailment, ensuring well integrity and maintaining long-term recoverability of assets.
- Prepared and presented reservoir engineering evaluations to senior management and external stakeholders.
- Performed reserves and resources booking in accordance with SPE-PRMS guidelines.
- Prepared and presented reservoir engineering evaluations to senior management and external stakeholders, facilitating informed decision-making on reservoir development strategies.
- Supported construction and QA/QC of gas-condensate reservoir simulation models.
- Mentored interns, trainees, and junior reservoir engineers.
Reservoir Engineer
Pakistan Oilfields Limited
04.2014 - 12.2022
- Conducted reservoir surveillance and production monitoring to enhance recovery factor strategies.
- Conducted reservoir surveillance and production monitoring to maximize recovery factors.
- Performed QA/QC of third-party static and dynamic reservoir models and identified multiple development opportunities.
- Coordinated history matching and forecasting with international consultants to inform reservoir development plans.
- Prepared quarterly reservoir performance and field review reports for senior management, highlighting key insights and strategic recommendations.
- Screened and evaluated EOR techniques for carbonate and sandstone reservoirs.
- Participated in field operations including PLTs, DSTs, BHP surveys, and acid stimulation jobs.
Education
Bachelor of Petroleum Engineering -
NED University of Engineering & Technology
Karachi01-2013
Higher Secondary School Certificate - undefined
Dehli Government Science College
Karachi01-2009
Skills
MBAL
PROSPER
Saphir (KAPPA)
Petrel (RE)
ECLIPSE (E100)
Reservoir simulation
Production optimization
Reserves evaluation
Field development planning
Economic screening
Cross-functional leadership
Executive presentation
Stakeholder management
Team mentoring
Performance management
Accomplishments
- Justified development well locations in a brown field through integrated reservoir studies, supporting internal approvals and joint-venture governance
- Prevented permanent reserves loss through effective well and reservoir management during enforced curtailments.
- Led integrated subsurface evaluation and preparation of DOC and FDP for a newly discovered field.
- Developed and secured management approval for an optimized gas compression strategy.
- Proposed and implemented production optimization initiatives delivering ~5,000 BOEPD incremental production during 2023–2024.
Timeline
Deputy Manager – Reservoir Engineering
Prime Global Energies Limited
04.2025 - Current
Reservoir Engineer
MOL Pakistan Oil & Gas CO BV
12.2022 - 04.2025
Reservoir Engineer
Pakistan Oilfields Limited
04.2014 - 12.2022
Higher Secondary School Certificate - undefined
Dehli Government Science College
Bachelor of Petroleum Engineering -
NED University of Engineering & Technology
PUBLICATIONS
- Haleemuddin, H.M. et al. “Application of Spectral Noise Logging and High Precision Temperature (SNL-HPT) to Identify Hydrocarbon and Water Bearing Zones in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs – A Case Study of Potwar Region.” SPE-185304-MS, Islamabad, 2016.
- Haleemuddin, H.M. et al. “Impact of Geo-Mechanical Effects in Reserves Evaluation of Naturally Fractured Carbonate Reservoir Using Rate Transient Analysis.” SPE-201180-MS, Islamabad, 2019.