Basharat Khan

Senior Reservoir Engineering Professional

I use this domain for professional correspondence and selected technical work. I am a reservoir engineering professional with around 20 years of international upstream experience across operated and joint-venture offshore oil and gas assets in the UK and Norway.

My background spans reservoir management, field development planning, reserves governance, and development optimisation, with hands-on involvement in simulation assurance, surveillance planning, and complex well design for both greenfield developments and mature producing assets. My work consistently integrates subsurface uncertainty with economic impact to support clear, value-focused decisions.

Areas of focus
  • Reservoir management strategy and depletion optimisation
  • Black oil and compositional reservoir simulation
  • Waterflood and IOR / EOR evaluation
  • Field development planning and select-gate decision support
  • Reserves, forecasting, and long-term planning
  • Integrated technical and economic analysis, including NPV, EMV, and risk-based screening
  • Cross-disciplinary technical assurance and peer review
I have extensive experience translating subsurface uncertainty into economic outcomes, supporting investment decisions through scenario analysis, production forecasting, and value-based ranking of development and intervention opportunities.

I currently work in Aberdeen and have held senior technical roles supporting large offshore developments, mature asset optimisation, and regulatory and partner submissions within asset management teams.