Sada D. Joshi,Ph.D.
Claudette J. Joshi
Manuel Corrales
Victor R. Lahti
P. K. Kulkarni
P. J. Mehta
Ray Pierson
Clayton Evans
Dr. Sadanand D. Joshi, President
Dr. Joshi founded JTI in 1988 after a successful nine year tenure at Phillips Petroleum Company in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Drawing on his expertise in the field of horizontal well technology, he has guided the company to its current position, as both an international consulting and E&P company. In addition to his role as the CEO of the company, Dr Joshi's primary responsibilities include international project origination/negotiation and strategic planning.
After earning his Bachelors' and Masters' degrees in Mechanical Engineering in his native country, India, Dr Joshi obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State University in 1978. He is well known in the Oil & Gas industry for his technical papers and best selling book on the subject, which was published by PennWell in 1991. By virtue of his extensive scholarship in this area, he has gained numerous accolades, including being designated as a distinguished lecturer by the Society of Petroleum Engineers for the 1995-1996 season. At the beginning of the year 2000, Dr Joshi was honored by the "Oil & Gas Investor" and was listed along with many well known names as one of the 100 Most Influential People of the Petroleum Century.
In March 2003, Dr. Joshi was named as a distinguished Alumni by his alma-mater, IIT Bombay, India.
He has consulted on over 180 active projects all over the world, and has taught the Horizontal Well Technology course in the United States and internationally. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce.
Claudette Joshi, Legal Counsel
Claudette Joshi has held the positions of Secretary/Treasurer and Legal Counsel of JTI for the last 15 years. She holds degrees in Spanish, French, and Public Administration specializing in Foreign Service. She obtained her J.D degree from the University of Tulsa in 1987, and has specialized in Oil and Gas corporate law since that time. She is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association.
Manuel Corrales, Senior Project Manager
Manuel Corrales has over 30 years of experience in field production activities. He has a
Bachelor Degree in Petroleum Engineering & a graduate degree in
Environmental Science from Colombia and is currently heading our field operations in the Dholka & Wavel field, India.
Prior to joining Union Temporal, Manuel gained extensive field
experience, during his tenure as District Superintendent with Texaco
in Colombia. He also has 15 years of "Heavy Oil" field operations
experience.
Victor R. Lahti, Consulting Geologist
Victor Lahti has over 27 years experience as a geologist. Prior to becoming a consulting geologist, he was a senior geologist with Questar Exploration and Production Company in Tulsa. Prior to his employment at Questar, Mr. Lahti worked for HS Resources, Tulsa, Oklahoma; consulting geologist Tulsa, Oklahoma; Samson Resources Company, Tulsa, Oklahoma; independent geologist, Houston, Texas; HNG/Internorth Exploration Company, Houston, Texas; Mitchell Energy Corporation, Houston, Texas, and Texaco Inc, Houston, Texas in the capacities as senior geologist and geologist. His experience includes geological expertise in both development and exploration projects in a wide range of geologic basins. His experience includes geological work in Colombia, India, Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, and the offshore Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Lahti holds BS and MS Degrees in Geology from the University of Northern Illinois. Professional memberships: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Houston Geological Society, and the Tulsa Geological Society.
P. K. Kulkarni, Project Director - India Projects
P K Kulkarni is Project Director with JTI, Inc. India Projects. Prior to this he was Director of ONGC’s Institute of reservoir Studies in Ahmedabad. Previous work experience of 48 years including 34 years of various senior executive posts in Geo-science, Oil and Gas production and Reservoir engineering in on-land and off-shore areas of ONGC. Over 14 years in board and advisory positions in private Oil and Gas field operators, both domestic and international.
Oil and gas industry experience includes integrated project management and integrated production optimization; development of oil/gas fields and especially small, isolated, oil pools / marginal fields; estimation of hard to evaluate reservoirs; authentication of geological model used for reservoir simulation studies and reserves certification; strategic planning for activities in Reservoir Life Cycle by problem prevention as against problem solving; use of Reservoir Geo-physics in exploration and exploitation to maximize hydrocarbon recoveries; selection of suitable and cost-effective EOR processes, pilot test and its evaluation and single well treatment.
He holds Post Graduate degree in Geology from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. Changed over to Development Geology and finally to Reservoir engineering after intensive training in Former Soviet Union, Johnson Schlumberger, Sugarland, USA.
Closely associated with academic institutes in India like ISM, Dhanbad; MIT, Pune
Involvement in professional societies: Member of SPE Twenty-Five Year Club, Society of Petroleum Geo-physicist; Life member of ASCI, Hyderabad, India.
P. J. Mehta, Senior Advisor
Mr. Mehta has been associated with JTI since 1999, and is in charge
of strategic growth development plans in India. Prior to his
retirement from Larsen & Toubro India, he was a corporate
vice-president in India. Mr. Mehta has 36 years of experience in
India and Africa, in the energy sector. He also has extensive
experience in corporate planning and strategy development. He holds a graduate
degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pune, India.
Ray Pierson, Reservoir Simulation Specialist
Ray Pierson has over 33 years experience in reservoir simulation. Prior to his work with JTI, he was a key developer of reservoir simulation software used by Phillips Petroleum
Company and ConocoPhillips Company. His responsibilities also included maintenance, liaison, documentation, and training for reservoir simulation software and its use.
In 1999, Ray and his fellow team members were awarded Phillips Technology Achievement Award for leading-edge, in-house reservoir simulation technology and application
to Phillips' oil and gas fields worldwide. He graduated from Southwestern Oklahoma State University with a BS in mathematics.
Clayton Evans, Petroleum Engineer
Clayton Evans has over 27 years experience in reservoir simulation. Prior to his work with JTI, he developed and supported reservoir engineering software
used by Phillips Petroleum Company and ConocoPhillips. His
responsibilities also included maintenance, liaison, documentation,
and training for reservoir engineering software and its use. In
1999, Clayton and his fellow team members were awarded Phillips
Technology Achievement Award for leading-edge, in-house reservoir
simulation technology and application to Phillips' oil and gas
fields worldwide. Clayton has the following degrees: BS Physics,
University of Rhode Island; MS Physics, University of
Missouri-Rolla; MS Petroleum Engineering, University of Tulsa.
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