Syed Wamiq Abrar Bokhari
Syed Wamiq Bokhari co-founded NHEPL in 2006 with
support from KASB Group. He has worked on various
projects in 22 countries and across five
continents. He attained his Bachelors and Masters
degrees in Petroleum Engineering from University of
Texas. He has attended several technical and
management courses, including advance management
course at Oxford. Wamiq is a registered Professional
Engineer (P.E.) in Texas, USA.
Wamiq started his career with US based ARCO
(Atlantic Richfield Company) in US, working with
them in the Gulf of Mexico, Permian Basin, Alaska,
South America, Yemen, North Sea and Far East. At
ARCO he worked in Operations, Projects, Reservoir
Engineering and New Ventures. His last assignment
for ARCO was as New Development Team Leader for
Southern North Sea, where his team completed the
Waveney project in a record time from discovery to
first gas.
Wamiq later joined LASMO (later acquired by Eni)
and served as the Operations Manager in Pakistan,
and was involved extensively with the green field
developments of Bhit, Zamzama, Miano and Sawan
fields. He later moved to Nigeria to head Eni’s
Partner Operated Business Unit that was responsible
for an annual net budget of US$ 250 million and net
production of around 100,000 BOEPD. In Nigeria he
was involved with several giant projects including
the world’s largest FPSO (Floating Production,
Storage & Offloading facility) development that was
located in deepwater. Lately, he was assisting
Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Company (KUFPEC) in
managing the Exploration & Production activities in
the Far East & Australia Region that is almost
entirely offshore and included several green field
projects.
Wamiq has acquired broad based industry knowledge
(technical & managerial) through a life time of
Exploration & Production work. In addition, he has
established credibility with several multinationals
and has a vast professional network in the
international as well as regional petroleum sector.
Wamiq served as Chairman of Pakistan Association
of Petroleum Geoscientist, an affiliation of AAPG,
from 2008 to 2010. He also served on the Board of
“Pakistan Petroleum E&P Companies Association” (PPEPCA)
from 2007 to 2010. Wamiq has also served on the
Board of Society of Petroleum Engineers Pakistan and
has authored several technical papers. As the
conference Chairman, he organized the first ever Oil
& Gas show in Pakistan in 2002 which was very
successful attracting several international
companies despite the environment generated by 11th
September 2001 event. He has also served on the
Boards of KASB Securities Company, Karachi American
School and Safi Qureshey Foundation.