YAZID HARUN
Senior Strategic Planning Associate
Summary
Professional Strategic Planner, Project Leas & Reservoir Engineer with 10+ years experience, that extends with different portfolios in both domestic and international, in providing recommendations to the Board of Directors and Company Management that were key to the support of operational and business decisions for the National Energy Company. I am well verse in oil and gas business administration with a strong ability to work across multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural and multi-national environment.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Strategic Planner
Brunei Energy Services & Trading
04.2026 - Current
Project Lead
BRUNEI ENERGY MONTNEY HOLDINGS LIMITED
09.2020 - 03.2026
- Became the liaison on behalf of the company and engaged with relevant stakeholders. Lead approval process and internal governance to deliver key milestones and business decisions to relevant stakeholders
- Tasked to communicate, negotiate and discuss to the joint venture consortium on the organization's views and position relating to the project
- Delegate, supervise and coordinate specific tasks and responsibilities to team members to ensure adherence to regular work requirements
- Provided leadership, coaching and guidance across a multi-disciplinary team. In addition to oversee and review the tasks of every aspect of the project (Technical, Financial, Governance, Stakeholder Engagement, Legal, SCM, Commercial)
- Lead in business & budget planning and business activities for the project
- Responsible to manage project operating budget and release of payment transactions for services
- Lead in the commercial assessment of potential divestment, acquisition, business opportunities, market performance and forecast
- Successfully pioneered in the development and implementation of a standardize project reporting system to Management and Board of Directors to ensure efficient, comprehensive & informative project matters are conveyed for critical key approvals and business decisions
- Lead in connecting, facilitating and coordinating meetings with international companies for potential partnerships and business opportunities
- Lead in approval processes and providing recommendations to Company's Senior Management Team and Board of Directors pertaining to project matters & key decisions
Reservoir Engineer
BRUNEI NATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY
01.2016 - 01.2020
- Monitored and analyzed the performance of exploration, appraisal & producing wells from domestic and international assets ranging over conventional and non-conventional gas field developments.
- Managed and analyzed technical reports and appraisal of data.
- Successfully built multiple dynamic models and ran various production forecasting scenarios that supported key decisions of business development projects for Management.
- Successfully delivered reservoir analysis (not limited to production performance, production forecasting, pressure analysis) of more than 10 potential prospective projects.
- Successfully involved in pioneering the development of a standard analytical system in the organization that resulted in the identification of 15 potential opportunities for upstream business development.
- Agreement holder for reservoir engineering application software (Eclipse, PVTi, OFM, Petrel).
- Nominated and solely selected to be a member of a Brunei Delegation with the Ministry of Energy, Manpower and Industry for a working visit to Moscow, Russia in 2019.
- Recognized as one of the best performing teams in the company in 2018 due to the team's contribution in establishing WRFM guideline that resulted in the analysis and identification of upstream business opportunities for one of the assets.
- Successfully contributed significantly in the development of a new and improved reporting system for one of the assets. This resulted in the reporting system to be implemented on all the upstream assets.
Wellsite Petroleum Engineer
BRUNEI SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY
01.2018 - 09.2019
- Successfully participated in planning and managing the operation whereby I took an active operational role in the rig as a company representative.
- Successfully delivered in supporting the planning and managing of more than 100+ personnel movement and as per operational requirement that involved constant commutation and liaison with the Drilling Supervisor, third party companies, onshore team and Anduki.
- Successfully delivered in supporting the planning and managing the logistics of equipment crucial to the drilling operation. Responsible to inspect and verify the specification of equipment on board as well as to supervise the operational application of equipment in alignment with the SOP.
- Given responsibility by the Drilling Supervisor to help in managing the operation and personnel onboard.
- Daily responsibility included the write up and issuance of daily drilling report and the 24 hour forecast drilling operation to relevant stakeholders and shareholders.
- Assumed the role of company representative in the HSSE Investigation Team to conduct a successful investigation and issuance of a report on an incident that occurred in the rig.
Education
Master of Science - Petroleum Engineering
Heriot- Watt University
09.2013 - 11.2014
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
University of Leicester
09.2010 - 07.2013
Sixth Form -
Leighton Park School
Reading, United Kingdom 08.2008 - 06.2010
Skills
- Commercial Analyst
- Project Management
- Petroleum Engineering
- Economic Modelling
- Stakeholder Engagement
Accomplishments
- Led the successful turnaround of an underperforming investment portfolio, generating positive returns for Shareholders.
- Nominated and solely selected to be a member of a Brunei Delegation with the Ministry of Energy, Manpower and Industry for a working visit to Moscow, Russia in 2019.
- Recognized as one of the best performing teams in the company in 2018 due to the team's contribution in establishing WRFM guideline that resulted in the analysis and identification of upstream business opportunities for one of the assets.
- Successfully contributed significantly in the development of a new and improved reporting system for one of the assets. This resulted in the reporting system to be implemented on all the upstream assets.
Ic Number
01-051268
Personal Information
- ID Type: IC
- ID Number: 01-051268
Projects
- Canada, North Montney Joint Venture, Shale gas development project, consisting of a diverse international consortium, located in British Columbia, Canada.
- Block CA2, Kelidang Cluster Development, Assessment and evaluation of a deepwater gas development project.
- Block P Opportunity, Joint study conducted with Brunei Shell Petroleum to evaluate the technical and commercial viability for a potential joint venture opportunity.
- Block B, Maharaja Lela Field, Brown HPHT condensate-rich gas development project with a complex geological structure and multi-reservoir system.
- Special Projects Lead for Canada Portfolio, Alternate Management Representative for BE Montney Holdings Ltd in the Management Committee of the North Montney Joint Venture project located in British Columbia, Canada with the responsibilities to manage, approve, coordinate and execute project related matters and affairs on behalf of the organization.
Training
- Financial Acumen and Budgeting Course by AsiaEdge
- Negotiate Like A Pro by BILIF
- Project Economics, Risk and Decision Analysis for O&G by PetroEdge
- Fraud Risk Assessment and Management
- Leadership Training by Singapore Institute of Management
- Problem Solving And Decision Making by MAD Learning
- Project Management And by MAD Learning
- Enterprise Risk Management by iIET
- @Risk Software
- In-house: Opportunity Framing
- In-house Workshop: Introduction to Basic Economic
- In-house: Petroleum Economic Course
- Field Development Plan by RPS Nautilus Alliance
- Oil & Gas Essential by RPS Nautilus Alliance
- In-house: First Aid
- In-house: Crisis Management
- In-house: Introduction to Petrophysics
- QUE$TOR Workshop by IHS
- HSSE IMIST
- HSSE Personal Safety by Megamas
- HSSE Defensive Driving by Megamas
- HSSE Permit To Work by Megamas
- HSSE Process Safety by Megamas
- Estimation and Classification Reserves and Resources Workshop by Gaffney, Cline & Associates
- Reservoir History Matching by Schlumberger Learning Center
- PVT Training Course with Dr. Ahmed El-Banbi
- Reservoir Engineering Petrel by Schlumberger Learning Center
Timeline
Senior Strategic Planner
Brunei Energy Services & Trading
04.2026 - Current
Project Lead
BRUNEI ENERGY MONTNEY HOLDINGS LIMITED
09.2020 - 03.2026
Wellsite Petroleum Engineer
BRUNEI SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY
01.2018 - 09.2019
Reservoir Engineer
BRUNEI NATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY
01.2016 - 01.2020
Master of Science - Petroleum Engineering
Heriot- Watt University
09.2013 - 11.2014
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
University of Leicester
09.2010 - 07.2013
Sixth Form -
Leighton Park School
08.2008 - 06.2010