Arina D. Kalinicheva
Project Engineer

Arina D. Kalinicheva joined DeGolyer and MacNaughton’s Moscow office in 2021 as a project engineer in the Reservoir Studies Division. Before joining D&M, she worked for Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. as a Senior Reservoir Engineer for 10 years.

Kalinicheva graduated from Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas in 2009 with a degree in applied mathematics, and earned her master’s degree in petroleum engineering at the Heriot-Watt University in 2011.

Geographical Experience

• Russia
  

Topical Areas of Expertise

• Reservoir simulation modeling
• Experimental design
• Field development optimization
• Reservoir performance analysis
• Waterflood analysis
• Reservoir performance forecasting
• Reserves estimation and booking
• WTA/PTA
• Decline-curve analysis
  

Major Projects

Kalinicheva has prepared dynamic models for various oil and gas fields using an experimental design approach. She is currently working on simulation model construction and field development analysis for a complex field located in West Siberia.