Prateek Bhardwaj
About Prateek Bhardwaj
Prateek Bhardwaj is a Reservoir Engineering Supervisor - Deepwater at ExxonMobil in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, with extensive experience in the oil and gas industry.
Title at ExxonMobil
Prateek Bhardwaj currently serves as the Reservoir Engineering Supervisor - Deepwater at ExxonMobil since 2022. In this role, he leads a team of 12 engineers providing Reservoir & Production Engineering solutions for Deepwater fields in Guyana and Nigeria.
Previous Roles at ExxonMobil
Before his current position, Prateek Bhardwaj held several roles at ExxonMobil. He was the Reservoir Engineering Supervisor - Unconventionals (2021-2022), Technical Team Lead (2019-2021), Design Engineer (2019-2020), and Reservoir Engineer (2018-2019). His responsibilities included managing subsurface engineering projects and overseeing people development and change management.
Experience at The University of Texas at Austin
At The University of Texas at Austin, Prateek Bhardwaj served in multiple capacities. He was a Research Engineering Scientist (Associate I) in 2017, Teaching Assistant in 2016, and Graduate Research Assistant from 2014 to 2016. He worked with the Center for Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering during this period, contributing to significant research projects.
Educational Background
Prateek Bhardwaj holds a Master of Science (MS) in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, completed in 2016, and a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Petroleum Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, completed in 2014. His early education was completed at Mount St. Mary’s School, New Delhi, from 1997 to 2010.
Experience in the Oil and Gas Industry
Prateek Bhardwaj has extensive experience in the oil and gas industry. He has worked in various capacities at companies such as Schlumberger and Cairn Oil and Gas, contributing to production engineering and optimization. His experience spans subsurface engineering projects across locations including the US onshore, Gulf of Mexico, North Sea, and offshore West Africa. He is skilled in managing external relationships and business stewardship.