Dr. Chih-Ying “Allan” Chen

Senior Analyst, Reservoir Management

Dr. Chih-Ying Chen previously was a senior reservoir engineer with Ryder Scott, where he worked on or coordinated numerous petroleum reserves evaluation, field development and management projects located in Indonesia, China, UAE, Iraq, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia, Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Gabon, Niger, Nigeria, Croatia and the USA. Dr. Chen also served as a technical advisor at Ryder Scott in conducting major mergers and acquisitions (M&A) projects for numerous clients with multi-billion USD transactions. Prior to his work with Ryder Scott, Dr. Chen worked for Formosa Petrochemical Corp. as an E&P project lead, where he conducted prospect identifications, reservoir modeling, reservoir simulation and economic evaluations for numerous onshore fields or prospects in the US.

Education

B.S., Mineral and Petroleum Engineering, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan
M.S., Mineral and Petroleum Engineering, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan
Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University Dr. Chen is fluent in Chinese and Taiwanese, and proficient in English.

Expertise

Reservoir Engineering

Key Awards & Accomplishments

Best Paper Awards, Geothermal Resources Council, 2002, Reno, NV
Taiwan Government Scholarship for doctorial study abroad, 2000 (only one scholar awarded in geosciences annually)
Dr. Edberg Scholarship (2 times), National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, 1993, 1994.

Work Experience

15+ years industry experience