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M. Latif VRANA
Born in 1951, Petroleum Engineer, B Sc, MSc, Middle East
Technical University, graduated in 1973, married, 2 children
| 1973-1975 |
Engineer, General Directorate of Petroleum Affairs |
| 1975-1977 |
Engineer, Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) Production Group |
| 1977-1981 |
Chief Engineer, TPAO Production Group. |
| 1981-1987 |
Project Coordinator, TPAO Production Group. |
| 1987-1992 |
Production Manager, TPAO Production Group. |
| 1992-1993 |
Vice President, Pet Oil Private Company. |
| 1993- |
General Manager, Enerji Ltd. |
| 1981-1989 |
Part- Time instructor in Middle East Technical University.
PETE 406 Formation evaluation
PETE 216 Introduction to Petroleum Industry |
| 1980-1982 |
and 1986-1988 Chairman of Society of Petroleum Engineering in Turkey |
- Author and co author of 10 technical issues
- Received over 10 professional industry courses
- Foreign assignments: USA (2), England (3), Norway (2), Bahrain (4), Azerbaijan (15),
Kazakhstan (2), France (1), Belgium (1), UAE (1),France (1), Germany (4), Poland (2)
INDUSTRIAL COURSES AND TECHNICAL MEETINGS
| Year |
Duration |
Place |
Subject |
Organized By |
| 1974 |
1 week |
Ankara |
HDT Interpretation |
Schlumberger |
| 1976 |
1 week |
Ankara |
Well Site Log Inter |
Schlumberger |
| 1976 |
2 weeks |
Batman |
Production Operations |
Oil and Gas Consult |
| 1977 |
2 weeks |
London |
Formation Evaluation-I |
Oil and Gas Consult |
| 1977 |
1 week |
London |
Formation Evaluation-II |
Oil and Gas Consult |
| 1978 |
4 days |
Ankara |
Fracture Finding Methods |
Schlumberger |
| 1978 |
4 days |
Ankara |
Fortran-IV Language |
TPAO Computer Dpt |
| 1978 |
4 days |
Ankara |
PL-I Language |
Schlumberger |
| 1979 |
4 days |
Ankara |
Advanced Log Interpretation |
Schlumberger |
| 1981 |
6 weeks |
Houston |
On job training |
Schlumberger |
| 1981 |
3 weeks |
Houston |
Pressure Tests Interpretation |
Johnson- Macco Sch |
| 1982 |
2 weeks |
Ankara |
Heavy Oil Recovery |
Nato Advance Study |
| 1983 |
1 week |
Bahrain |
Regional Meeting |
SPE |
| 1984 |
1 week |
Ankara |
Geo.App .of Wireline Logs |
Gearhart Ind |
| 1986 |
4 weeks |
Los Angeles |
Black Oil Simulation |
Dr. Allain Spivak |
| 1988 |
1 week |
Ankara |
Production Optimization |
International Training |
| 1988 |
1 week |
Zagrep |
Witness of massive frac job |
Halliburton |
| 1990 |
2 weeks |
Trondheim |
Offshore Engineering |
University of Trondheim Norway |
| 1991 |
1 week |
Bahrain |
SPE Oil Show (Session Chairman) |
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| 1996 |
1 week |
Istanbul |
Future Planning |
Ist Business Centre |
| 2003 |
2 days |
Ankara |
New EC laws |
Ankara Trade Union |
| 2004 |
3 days |
Istanbul |
Regional Meeting, Business |
Istanbul Trade Union |
| 2005 |
3 days |
Ankara |
SPE Turkey |
Session Chairman |
PUBLICATIONS
1- ‘’ A Sand-Pack Experimental Study of Water Coning in a Homogeneous Bottom Water Drive Reservoir ‘’, 1979, M.Sc. Thesis METU
2- ‘’Formation Evaluation ‘’, 1982 Lecture Book for TPAO Engineers
3- ‘’ How to analyse CBL and VDL logs’’, 1982, Journal of Petroleum Engineers of Turkey
4- Heavy Oil Recovery by CO2 Application from B. Raman Field, Turkey ‘’ SPE paper 11475, Presented in Middle East Oil Show in Manama, Bahrain March 14-17, 1983 published in JPT of February, 1985. Co-author
5- ‘’ Evaluation of Early Results From the Bati Raman Field CO2 Injection Project’’ Presented in 7Th. Petroleum Congress of Turkey, 1987 Published in Proceedings Book. Co-author
6- ‘’ Effect of Increased Withdrawal Rate Application in Naturally Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs, Turkey ‘’ Presented in 10Th. Petroleum Congress in Cairo/Egypt 17-20 Nov.1990 . Co-author
7- ‘’ The Evaluation of Electrical Submersible Pump Application in TPAO Diyarbakir Oil Fields ‘’ Presented in 8TH Petroleum Congress of Turkey, 1990, Co author.
8- ‘’ ESP Experience in Turkey ‘’ 2ND European ESP Roundtable Aberdeen, 1992. Co author.
9- ‘’ The Development of the North Marmara Offshore Gas Field 9 th Petroleum Congress of Turkey, 1992. Co- author
10- “Sucker Rod Pumps and Practical Applications “Course Book, prepared by Fevzi Gumrah, Birol Demiral, Latif Vrana, 1998.
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