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OBJECTIVE
Experienced consultant seeks a new opportunity in Exploration or Production.
BACKGROUND SUMMARY
Proven oil finder and practical problem solver. Over thirty years in exploration, development, operations, asset evaluation, management, and training, including twenty-five years with majors. Expertise in structural geology, regional tectonics, clastic systems and remote sensing. Skilled in prospect generation, basin analysis/regional studies, log analysis, asset evaluation, field studies and recovery optimization. United States experience in Gulf of Mexico, California, Alaska, Nevada, Utah, Mid-Continent, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Oregon. International experience in Pakistan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, the circum-Mediterranean Messinian, and Libya. M.S. in Geology. Strong computer skills in Petrel; Interactive Petrophysics; Petra; Microsoft: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Project; BFILE; TempFile; Geolog; F.A.P.S. Comfortable in multi-cultural teams. Current Passport.
CONSULTANT 2009-
Location: Houston, USA
Prospect screening, asset evaluation services, field validation studies, basin analysis, prospect generation, PETREL modeling, petrophysical services, course development, geological training and business research services. Recent projects related to United States onshore prospects, course development, and a field validation study. Skills used: Log correlation, log analysis, seismic interpretation, structure, stratigraphy, asset evaluation, risk, writing, presentation, networking.
Key Achievements:
* Recommended 4-well prospects in Oklahoma Paleozoic.
* Contributor to new GlobeQuake business study presented at HBU on October 23, 2009.
SCHLUMBERGER 2007-2009
Location: Houston, USA, Schlumberger Information Solutions (SIS)
Consultant/Senior Geoscientist
Trainer and advisor for PETREL modelers, Interactive Petrophysics (IP) users, and project planning. Clients included Shell, Exxon, Noble, Devon, OXY, Anadarko, the MMS, and DCS. Mentor to junior staff. Skills used: writing, mentoring, modeling, planning, teaching, log analysis, presentation, networking.
Key Achievements:
* Contributor to Data and Consulting Services White Paper on Training
* Invited panelist for OFS-6 Forum on Achieving Mid-Career Success.
* Successful recruiter of new and experienced hires for Wireline Services and SIS.
* Interactive Petrohysics Alpha-Testing Report.
CONSULTANT 1999-2007
Location: Houston, USA
Evaluation of hydrocarbon prospects and assets in the Gulf of Mexico, onshore south Louisiana Miocene, Texas (Frio, Yegua, Vicksburg, Austin Chalk), Mid-continent (Oklahoma - Reagan, Oil Creek, McLish, Bromide, Deese, and Hoxbar sands; Arbuckle, Simpson, Trenton, Viola, and Hunton carbonates); New Mexico/Texas Devonian), Russia (West Ural Basin - play fairway analysis of Devonian-Triassic clastics and carbonates). Field studies (Gulf of Mexico - MP-306; California - Chico Martinez Field, Etchegoin Heavy Oil). Energy management: leads, presentations, inventories, business proposals. Skills used: Log analysis and correlation, seismic interpretation, structure, stratigraphy, asset evaluation, risk, writing, networking.
BP/AMOCO CORPORATION 1980-1999
Location: Houston, USA, Exploration Production Technology Group
Coordinator, Corporate Geological Training 1997-1999
Led the improvement of training for geoscientists and engineers worldwide. Skills used: project planning, management, writing, surveying, analysis, negotiations, computing, networking.
Key Achievements:
* Increased the cost effectiveness of training, reducing annual expenses by more than $200,000 by negotiating flexible-fee contracts, bringing in students from other companies, reducing floor space and sending instructors to other corporate locations.
* Created a petrophysics training diskette to provide more time for instruction and problem solving.
* Added needed courses on salt tectontics, risk, and fault interpretation.
* Co-organized the Amoco Corporate Deepwater Symposium (1998).
Location: Houston, USA, Worldwide Exploration Business Group
Consultant, Organizational Design 1995-1997
Member of the Amoco Renewal Design Team charged with designing a new system to better align employee performance with corporate goals. Skills used: project planning, management, writing, interviewing, presentation, analysis, computing, networking.
Key Achievements:
* Identified statistical bias in pilot project, which led to major improvement of evaluation system.
* Co-developed a 4-stage system for appraisal, pay, career development, training, succession planning.
* Led the rollout effort to test and implement the new system.
Location: Houston, USA, Geoscience Technical Services
Manager/Structural Geologist, Remote Sensing & Acting Manager, Geol. Services 1993-1995
Led the re-energizing and turnaround of an under-performing group. Skills used: leadership, project planning, negotiation, imagery/seismic interpretation, basin analysis, computing, mentoring, networking.
Key Achievemnents:
* Developed and successfully applied work process and performance metrics to Remote Sensing.
* Gained 50 percent more customers, saved $1.5 million in costs and reduced turnaround from 30 days to 10 days by improving operating processes, requiring customer focus, re- deploying staff, installing team leadership, and introducing team discipline.
* Led the first Amoco team to meet Baldridge Award requirements.
* Reduced geological laboratory costs and turnaround time.
* Successfully coordinated the first direct download of satellite data for sea-ice studies.
* Met or exceeded all budgeted goals.
* Improved employee morale.
* Advised the Houston Data Management Task Force on IT equipment and software needs.
* Advised the Executive Vice-President on reorganization issues.
* Advised the Manager of Geology on technical and staffing issues.
* Provided management with a New Ventures assessment of the circum-Mediterranean region and the Libyan basins (Marzuq, Ghadamis, Kufra, Sirte, and Tripolitania).
* Successfully recruited new hires from LSU.
Location: Houston, USA, Africa and Far East Region
Geological Associate, Structural Geology/Basin Analysis 1989-1992
Led regional exploration and asset evaluations. Skills used: structure, stratigraphy, geochemistry,seismic interpretation, project planning, log analysis, basin analysis, networking, mentoring.
Key Acheivements:
* Teamed with engineers and petrophysicists to save at least $250 million in acquisition costs in Egypt.
* Regional mapping with petroleum systems analysis and play fairway assessment of Pakistan and reports on regional structure, stratigraphy, maturation history.
* Co-developed and coordinated an exit strategy for Pakistan that saved at least $30 million and met all contractual obligations by eliminating a planned seismic program, reducing well costs, discontinuing the geochemistry program and transferring some interests to partners.
* Evaluation of Sui, Mari, Kandhkot and other gas fields.
* Invited speaker for the Amoco Corporate Structure Symposium (1991).
* Successful recruiter of new hires from Texas A&M and the University of Houston.
Location: New Orleans, USA, Offshore Texas Division
Exploitation Manager, Gulf of Mexico 1987-1989
Led efforts to improve asset performance by approving 3D acquisition, training staff in 3D interpretation, introducing technical concepts, risk management, work flows; persuading partners to adopt new concepts. Skills used: management, planning, writing, presentation, seismic interpretation, networking, mentoring.
Key Achievements:
* Added 100,000,000 BOE using sequence stratigraphy and sub-salt concepts.
* Developed leads for offshore lease sale.
* Successfully recruited new hires from University of New Orleans.
Exploration Manager, Regional Projects, Gulf of Mexico 1985-1987
Assigned to rejuvenate long-term exploration assessment in the Gulf of Mexico. Skills used: structure, management, planning, presentation, sequence stratigraphy, basin analysis, mentoring, networking.
Key Achievements:
* Led team into new trends, environments, and lease sale opportunities by introducing and applying new structural concepts, seismic methods, pressure techniques, and coordination with corporate research.
* Developed seven multi-billion barrel deepwater (7,000+ feet) prospects for offshore lease sale.
* Identified four new play fairways on the shelf and in deepwater.
* Successful recruiter of minority hires:Howard University, NABGG, AWG and University of New Orleans.
Project Geologist, Operations, Gulf of Mexico 1985
Supervised, mentored and trained inexperienced staff in geological operations.
Skills used: management, organization, presentation, log analysis, writing, networking, mentoring.
Key Achievement:
* Led effort to improve quality and timeliness of operational reports, resulting in a reduction of turnaround time from 30 days to 7 days or less.
Location: Denver, USA, Southern Division
Senior Staff Geologist, Regional Exploration, Mid-Continent 1983-1984
Lead explorationist for upper Paleozoic in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. Skills used: stratigraphy, petroleum systems, log analysis, subsurface correlation, networking, presentation.
Key Achievements:
* Provided regional mapping, basin and fairway analysis of the Pennsylvanian and Permian systems.
* Drilled five wildcats drilled; one oil discovery.
* Identified two plays: Morrow bars; a Permian unconformity
* Advised the Denver Region Vice President on Data Management.
Location: Denver, USA, Far West Division
Staff Structural Geologist - Basin & Range, California, Alaska 1980-1983 Led regional exploration, prospecting, deal evaluation in Nevada, Oregon, California, Utah and Arizona. Skills used: structure, stratigraphy, geochemistry, risk, petroleum systems, seismic, teaching, networking.
Key Achievements:
* Great Basin Petroleum Systems Study (1983) plus separate reports on structure, stratigraphy, traps, maturation history, risk, groundwater, and specific sub-basins (1981-1983).
* Three wildcats drilled including Blackburn Field, Nevada discovery - 350 BOPD (1982)
* Three successful development wells.
* Regional mapping and pre-project assessment of the Sacramento Valley (California) basin (1982).
* Acquired 100,000 acres in California gas play (1982).
* Rejected $25 million railroad land deal due to deficient source, seal, and trap mechanisms.
* Amoco Unconformity Symposium Invited Speaker (1981).
* Organized the Far West Division Rock Lab (1981).
* Amoco Thrust Belt Seminar Instructor (1981, 1982, 1983).
* Amoco COCORP representative (1982).
* Successful recruiter of new and experienced hires (1981-1984).
CHEVRON CORPORATION 1974-1980
Location and Dates: San Francisco, USA, Western Region
Development Geologist, Senior Geologist ¨C California, Alaska, and Oregon
California: exploration and development of Etchegoin, Stevens, Lakeview, Sub-Lakeview, Pulv, Vaqueros, Santa Margarita and Pico/Repetto sands, and Monterey Formation (diatomite). Alaska: North Slope and
Brooks Range field work, current directional studies, remote sensing lineament/fault study. SW Oregon: exploration for base metals. Well site operations: Alaska North Slope, Santa Barbara Channel, Ventura Basin, Los Angeles Basin, Santa Maria Basin, San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys, Eel River Basin.
Skills used: structural geology, stratigraphy, seismic interpretation, remote sensing, log analysis, writing.
Key Achievements:
* California: Santa Barbara Channel, Summerland Offshore Field Study recommendations accepted and implemented, adding about $100 million in value, starting with field extension discovery well (950 BOPD). Received special commendation from the Regional Vice-President.
* California: San Joaquin Valley, Pulv Deep Pool Discovery, Midway-Sunset Field (250 BOPD).
* California: San Joaquin Valley, Buena Vista Hills Field Shallow Gas Play (2 wells)
* California: San Joaquin Valley, improved Midway-Sunset Field success from 30% to 90%+
* California: Generated 23 successful prospects (21 development; 2 exploratory)
* Alaska: Brooks Range lineament/fault study
* Alaska: Brooks Range Devonian current direction study
* Oregon: Evaluation of volcanogenic massive sulfide potential in the Rogue River country.
* Petrophysics calculator program for Neutron Lifetime Logs
* Successful recruiter of new hires from Oregon State and University of California, Riverside.
EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
B.S., M.S. Geology * University of Nevada
Industry Training: Management-Seismic Stratigraphy-Business Analysis-Risk-Economics-Negotiations
Recent Training: Rose Risk (2009); PETREL: Structural Modeling (2009); Fracture Modeling (2008); Process Manager & Uncertainty Analysis (2008); Property Modeling (2007); Petrel Introduction (2007); Interactive Petrophysics v. 3.5 (2008), Interactive Petrophysics Advanced (2007); Interactive Petrophysics Fundamentals (2007); PETRA (2006)
MEMBERSHIPS
* AAPG * AAPG Publications Pipeline Committee * Houston Geological Society
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