Luis Ortega, Petroleum Eng.
Upstream Senior Advisor
Senior specialist in reservoir exploitation, Offshore deep-water technologies and business strategy. More than 38 years of experience worldwide.
I provide strategic advice and guidance to both corporations and technology developers and investors to improve business efficiency or to develop new business opportunities.
With more than 38 years in the oil industry in the E & P sector in different parts of the world, I have acquired a vast experience for the development of new technological opportunities and businesses, through an extensive network of technology providers, entrepreneurs and scientists.
Expertise
- Technology assessments and development in oil industry (E&P sector) as examples: “New Downhole Gas Compression Technologies”; Subsea Processing, Laser Drilling; Offshore decommissioning and Well abandonment
- Perspective of the energy sector from technological disruption, as well as its impact on organizations and communities
- Competitive intelligence and Benchmarking studies
- Exploitation of conventional, unconventional and ultra-deep hydrocarbon fields
- Improved oil recovery (EOR) and well productivity
- Water management
- Methodology FEL (Front End Loading).
Background & track records
- Petroleum Eng., University of Tulsa, Oklahoma-USA
- Special Training in Both Black and Compositional Oil Reservoir Studies for Eastern Venezuelan Fields, Total Company – Paris, France
- Languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese
- Author and co-author of more than 40 studies and works
- Main work experiences:
- From July 79 to January 2003, Technical-Operational- managerial positions in PDVSA, Venezuela
- From June 2006 to January 2017, Technology Consultant at Repsol