
Ivan A. Fadeev
Ivan A. Fadeev joined DeGoyler and MacNaughton’s Moscow office in 2018 as a geologist specializing in petroleum studies and reserves evaluations based on geologic, geophysical, petrophysical, and field engineering data. Before joining D&M, he was engineer in the 3–D geology modeling laboratory of Gubkin Russian State oil and gas University.
Fadeev graduated cum laude from Gubkin State University. He received a bachelor’s degree in geology and oil and gas exploration in 2012 and a master’s degree in oil and gas business in 2014. Fadeev is the author of six publications on the geology and exploration of the Pliocene stratum of the Absheron-Pribalkhan system of uplifts in Turkmenistan. He is fluent in Russian and English.
Geographical Experience
- Russia
- Turkmenistan
Topical Areas of Expertise
- Stratigraphic and structural analysis
- Seismic and petrophysical analysis
- Lithology and facies analysis
- Regional and local well correlations
- Reserves evaluation and classification
- 2–D and 3–D geomodeling
- Geological studies
- Reservoir characterization
- Volumetric calculations
- Reserves estimation
Major Projects
Fadeev has completed the geologic evaluation of oil and gas reserves for a number of fields in the Russian Federation. He has participated in multi-disciplinary teams for the evaluation of reserves under both SEC and PRMS guidelines.