Jaime Vargas
About Jaime Vargas
Jaime Vargas is the Reservoir Modeling Product Owner at Chevron in Houston, Texas, with over 20 years of experience in reservoir modeling and a strong background in reservoir engineering and simulation.
Title
Jaime Vargas is currently serving as the Reservoir Modeling Product Owner at Chevron. His role is based in Houston, Texas, United States.
Company
Jaime Vargas is employed at Chevron, a major American multinational energy corporation headquartered in San Ramon, California. Jaime's expertise specifically supports Chevron's reservoir modeling initiatives in the Houston, Texas area.
Previous Positions at Chevron
Before his current role, Jaime Vargas held several positions at Chevron. He was a Reservoir Modeling Consultant - Reservoir Management from 2017 to 2020. Prior to that, he served as a Framework Strategist - Interpretation and Modeling R&D from 2012 to 2016. He began his career at Chevron as a Sr. Geoscientist - Reservoir Modeling from 2010 to 2012. All these roles were based in Houston, Texas.
Professional Experience at Schlumberger
Jaime Vargas has an extensive history with Schlumberger, where he worked before joining Chevron. He was a Reservoir Modeling - Domain Lead from 2007 to 2010. Additionally, he has worked as a Business Development Manager - Petrel - USA from 2005 to 2007 and Geomodeling Specialist - Latin America from 2003 to 2005. He also served as Support Team Lead - Reservoir Engineer - Technoguide from 2002 to 2003. These roles contributed significantly to his depth of experience in reservoir modeling.
Early Career and Education
Jaime Vargas started his career at Halliburton as a Commercialization Engineer in 2001. He has a MSc. in Reservoir Engineering from the University of Oklahoma, completed between 2000 and 2002. He also has dual BSc. degrees in Geology from Universidad Nacional de Colombia (1992-1999) and Petroleum Engineering from Universidad de América (1992-1998). He further advanced his studies in Geology at the University of Houston, achieving a PB in 2008.
Skills and Expertise
Jaime Vargas specializes in structural and property modeling, leveraging tools like Petrel and ECLIPSE. He boasts over 20 years of experience in reservoir modeling with strong backgrounds in reservoir engineering and simulation. Additionally, he has broad knowledge in sequence stratigraphy, seismic interpretation, reservoir geology, and petrophysics. His professional activities include project management for reservoir modeling R&D projects and mentoring within his current organization.