Pierre Zakia
1 Rue des Cordeliers
64000 Pau Date of birth: 26 March 1960
FRANCE Nationality : French
Mob: +33 (0)6 69 00 68 39 email :
[email protected] Geomatics Cartographer
Senior Hydrographic Surveyor - Senior Land Surveyor
MSc (Master of Science) in Surveying and Geomatics
Keywords: Surveyor - Hydrography – Geodesy – Metrology - LBL – USBL – Inertial - FEED - ESRI - GIS –
AutoCad - Topography - Satellite image – Fledermaus - MBES – SSS – SBP – LiDAR –
Subsea Laser –
3D and 4C Seismic – Site survey – SSDM (Seabed Survey Data Model)
Assets
• More than 25 years in key positions as Geomatician in Africa and Asia in the upstream Oil&Gas industry
• Projects more than 1 Billion U$ : Kashagan 50 Billions (Kazakhstan) – Clov 8 Billions (Angola) – Dalia
Phase 1A 2 Billions (Angola), Usan 8 Billions (Nigeria)
• Excellent knowledge of Geographical Information System (GIS) and mapping software including ESRI
products, MicroStation and Autocad
• Familiar with FEED and EPIC deliverables (General Arrangement, Isometric, MTO, Site plan, Overall field
layout, Pipeline routing and pipeline layout, Survey SoW)
• Studies and supervision in positioning expertises dedicated to geodetic, rigmoves, 3D and 4C seismic
surveys, site surveys, pipelines activities and construction projects, offshore and onshore
• Comprehensive practice of QA/QC tools for GPS and total station and Remote Sensing software
Experience
Cerene, KInshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) March 2017 to October 2018
GIS technical lead
Achievements
• Differential GPS network for international and local airports in DRC
• Boundary demarcation between RDC and Rwanda
• Forest inventory to be linked with REDD+ Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest
Degradation project (sustainable development)
ADNOC, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi September 2016 to December 2016
GIS consultant for data management strategy project
Achievements
• Technical audit of the E&P data management between ADNOC and its operating companies
• 3 steps process: current state Analysis and GAP analysis including benchmarking against major
and peer companies, definition of future desired state and road map description
Total E&P Nigeria, Port Harcourt, Nigeria June 2016
Total Survey representative for 4D Seismic Ocean Bottom Cable Seismic Acquisition on Ofon 2
Achievements
• Technical audit of the navigation component - personal and equipment - on both vessels
(master vessel and shooting vessel) for a 4D Seismic
• Calibration of surface and subsea positioning systems
Total E&P Norge AS, Stavanger, Norway April 2016
Senior Client Offshore Survey Representative for Martin Linge project
Achievements
• Total Survey representative for FSO Mooring Installation in Martin Linge Field
• Calibration of surface and subsea positioning systems
• Computation of final positions and heading of anchor piles
• Calculation of chain cutting
Total Exploration & Production Borneo BV, Bandar Seri Begawan, Bruneï January 2016
Senior Client Offshore Survey Representative for Maharaja Lela Jamalalulam
Achievements
• Total Survey representative for rig move on MLJ-3
• QC of the survey related previous jackets/platforms installations
Total Exploration Production Angola, Luanda, Angola mid-July 2013 - October 2015
Project Surveyor in deep offshore
Achievements
• Involved in Mega Projects: CLOV (8 Billions U$), DALIA Phase 1A (2 Billions U$)
• Define survey systems and equipment required for all positioning activities - drilling, installation,
metrologies, LBL acoustic network, AUV survey, seismic in deep offshore
• Organize and QC metrology operations operated by Survey Contractor, in order to manufacture
jumpers/spools – Isometric, MTO
• Offer technical support to operations involving vessels with Dynamic Positioning .
• Update AutoCad and MicroStation charts of production installations on a weekly basis
• Be the key contact for COMPANY and COMPANY’s headquarters for positioning activities,
geodesy, charting, topography and survey taking place in the affiliate
• Managing the project budget, planning, BOI, call-off
ENI-SAIPEM, Paris, France 2012 to mid-July 2013
Project GIS Engineer - Project Surveyor in deep offshore
Achievements
• Involved in Mega Projects: USAN (8 Billions U$)
• Define survey and positioning requirements as per installation method statements and in
accordance with Company specifications
• Verify installation vessels equipment and complete specification for sub-contracted services
• Prepare mobilization manual for survey and positioning equipment and perform pre-departure
audits and calibration tests if applicable
• Working with FEED deliverables : pipeline routing, landfall and shore approach
• Re-structuring with SSDM (Seabed Survey Data Model), cataloguing, publishing and storing
pre-engineering surveys, site surveys, pipelines, assets and facilities data & documents
• Preparing geodatabase and documents at completion of the project
NCOC, North Caspian Operating Company, Atyrau, Kazakhstan 2011
Project GIS Engineer - Project Hydrographic Surveyor
Achievements
• Involved in Mega Project: KASHAGAN (50 Billions U$)
• Re-structuring, cataloguing, publishing and storing geophysical surveys and geotechnical
investigation data & documents, as received from Agip KCO and other agencies
• Preparing hydrographic survey & nautical data and reports for submission to RoK (Republik of
Kazakhstan) Authorities
• Develop a plan for improving access to latest nautical data via ArcGIS Server
ENI - Agip KCO, Atyrau, Kazakhstan 2007 – 2010
Combined Senior Land/Hydrographic Surveyor - Senior GIS Engineer for KASHAGAN (50 Billions U$)
Achievements
• Invitation to Tender and Scope of Work for all kind of onshore/offshore surveys. Selection of the
Survey Contractors and Company representatives.
• Supervision (mobilisation, equipment calibration) in offshore geodetic, positioning, pipelines
laying and dredging activities for Kashagan project
• Coordinating the installation of the onshore reference monitoring stations for the Subsidence.
Monitoring network around the Northern Caspian Sea
• QA/QC contractors’ activity (Swathe bathymetry, MBES, SSS, SBP)
• Creating, maintaining of up-to-date database within GIS system of all marine issues
• Training and developing Kazakh staff in maintaining database, charting, reporting to Authorities
and in efficient using of all types of available resources
Infinite Stream Ghana ltd, Accra, Ghana 2005 – mid 2006
Technical Director
Achievements
• Starting-up a Mobile Broadband Internet Service Provider (ISP) activity
• Administrative and technical recruiting, selection of local third parties, administrative
relationships
• Antennae implantation
DIADEIS (ex-AIS) Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar 2004 - 2005
GIS Project Director – 200 people, 1.5 M€
Achievements
• Managing the project budget Leading the GIS team. Setup of the GIS management framework.
Co-ordinating end-user input. Fostering teamwork. Liaison with the client
• Georeferencing more than 10 000 aerial photographs. Extracting thematic features
• Defining criteria for double QC and feed-back to the team members
• Lowering the production costs and maximization of the technological added value
Al-Jord Ecolodge, Hermel, Lebanon 2003
GIS Consultant
Achievements
• Analysis and determination of the needs for the making of a GIS for the Ecotourism project
including future steps and areas of forest management and water monitoring
European Commission, Brussels, Belgium 2002
Individual Expert
Achievements
• Surveying - Topography - Land registration - Remote sensing – GPS – Cartography - GIS
Around the World Travel 2001
Sabbatical year
Achievements
• Discover a dozen of countries on four continents in a individual trip, mixing history, geography,
culture, trekking, mountaineering, lifestyles, ...
Total, Pau, France 1995 - 2000
Chief of Topography and Cartography Database Management
Achievements
• Leading the GIS team
• Selecting and setting up a new GIS - type database system
• Improving topographic and cartographic data quality control of throughout the validation process
before final acceptance and delivery to the corporate database
• Managing the project budget
• Oil spills and environmental database implementation
Elf Congo, Pointe-Noire, Popular Republic of Congo 1993 - 1995
Head of Geomatics (Chief of Topography - Cartography Service) – 6 staff, 6 contract staff, plus field survey
crews. Responsible for an annual budget of around $1m, and survey costs of around $3m
Achievements
• Responsible for all survey, positioning and geomatics services, including digital mapping and
draughting, GIS project management, remote sensing, land and offshore surveys, geo-
referenced databases, environmental mapping projects
• Rig moves, geophysical surveys, pipeline route surveys and selection of subsea pipelines route
• Standardizing navigation maps for supply boats and for the company’s Security and
Environment Department
• Maintenance of co-ordinate databases, land seismic survey positioning using conventional and
real-time GPS techniques, introduced full GPS positioning techniques for land seismic
• Extending the use of digital mapping, preparing maps for geophysics and operations department
• Familiarizing the team with the use of total station Geodimeter and the (D)GPS
Elf Aquitaine, Pau, France mid1989 - 1993
Surveyor Engineer
Achievements
• 20 one-month missions in10 countries located in the North Sea, the Gulf of Guinea, and Asia –
3D seismic onshore and offshore, positioning system calibration
• Offshore high resolution site surveys, geotechnical surveys and rig moves.
• Onshore seismic scouting
• Speaker at a geophysical congress on quality control in the acquisition of navigation data during
seismic explorations
CERN, European Organisation for Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland
Surveyor Engineer “micro-geodesist” 1988 - mid1989
Achievements
• Team leader for the installation of the magnets at submillimeter accuracy
• Development of the ORACLE/SQL database storing all information related to the installation of
the Large Electron Positron collider (LEP)
“Paul et Liliane Guinot” Training Center for the Blind and the Ill-sighted, France
Physics and Chemistry Instructor 1983 -1987
Achievements
• Preparing a group of visually handicapped adults to pass an official exam in seven months
without previous training (two and a half year training course normally required)
Diploma and abilities
European Commission: Individual Expert agreed by the European Union 2002
EPSG (European Petroleum Survey Group): Member of the geodesy working group 1995-2000
Durham University (U.K.) : Annual exam 1998 Winner and 1997/1999 Runner-up
Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics (ESTP)
MSc (Master of Science) in Surveying and Geomatics
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http://www.estp.fr/en/content/areas-and-fields-specialisation
Topography (Topographie) - Surveying Engineering - Geomatics
Master of Science 57 Boulevard Saint Germain 75005 Paris, France 1983
Articles and communications
Publications :
Geodetic Data Model and EPSG database – Geodesy Working Group – March 1998
Quality Control of the positioning – Geophysical Seminar - November 1991 and March 1992
Workshops : • Expert in offshore boundaries delimitation
Borderlands under stress – International Boundary Research Unit – Durham (UK) – July
1998
The role of islands in maritime boundary delimitation – Durham (UK) – July
1997
