Nijat Mehtiyev

Nijat Mehtiyev is a Senior Engineer at California Resources Corporation, having joined the company in August 2024. Prior experience includes a lengthy tenure at Aera Energy LLC, where Nijat held the position of Senior Reservoir Engineer from July 2011 to August 2024, leading asset reserves reporting and overseeing various reservoir management projects, including diatomite waterflood management and steamflood operations. Additionally, Nijat worked as a Petrophysicist, involved in petrophysical modeling and machine learning applications. Prior roles include Research Assistant at Colorado School of Mines, where Nijat focused on a thesis project related to water injection zonal allocation, and a reservoir engineering internship at Aera Energy LLC. Early experience includes a part-time role as a Petroleum Engineer intern at BP. Nijat holds a Master's Degree in Petroleum Engineering from Colorado School of Mines and a Bachelor's Degree in Petroleum Engineering from Azerbaijan State University of Oil and Industry.