Profession:
Professional Experience:
Current Position:
Diplom Geologin (Universität Kiel)
~ 30 years in Oil and Gas Industry
Sen. Geoscience Consultant

Professional Experience

Team Lead Project Evaluations Oil and Gas, 2D & 3D Seismic Interpretation (Kingdom, Petrel, OpendTect), Hydrocarbon Basin Evaluation, Lead & Prospect Generation, Geothermal Well Placement, Reserves Certifications, Competent Person Reports (CPR), Due Diligence technical audits

Senior Geoscience Consultant (2001 till today)

Almost 30 years of experience in the Oil & Gas Industry including ca. 80 Projects with Gaffney Cline Associates Singapore and UK and various with other clients:

  • Team Lead Project Evaluations:  Volgograd Area Russia, various in Kazakhstan, onshore Senegal, Italy & Morocco
  • Seismic interpretation projects: Schiehallion, Goldeneye, Navis Central (North Sea); 2 gas re-entries & German Sector Block HJLM; North Idku with the discovery of Yazzi, South Abu Zenima (Egypt); 2 Geothermal fields (Bavaria, Germany),
  • Prospect Generation Projects: Block 3 Western Desert (Irak), onshore Denmark, Block OML 114 (Nigeria); Ales Basin (France); Sinai (Egypt), North Ha’py Block (Egypt)
  • Reserve Certification/CPR Projects: Sungai Gelam, Sei Nangka & Semipha Blocks, Pondok Tengah, Maleo (Indonesia); Shwe & Shwe Phui & Block M9 (Myanmar); Galoc field (Philippines); Golden Beach (Australia); Cercina & Guerbiba (Tunisia); Mitra Energy Assets Asia
  • Due Diligence Projects: John Sverdrup (Norway), OML 130 (Nigeria), Gas to Power Project (Mauretania), Congo, Egypt, Vietnam, Lybia, Oman, Malaysia, Numerous Blocks offshore Angola including Ultra-deep, Romania, Norway, Mexico, various Blocks Myanmar, Phillipines, Malaysia

Employement (1990 -2000)

  • 1999 – 2000: Senior Production Geophysicist for Veba Oil & Gas Netherlands

responsible for geophysical work related to the operated Hanze Field development leading to an improved field development drilling plan

  • 1996 – 1999: Senior Exploration and Production Geophysicist for DEMINEX Germany and Veba Oil & Gas Germany

Project and new venture evaluations in Italy, Yemen, Indonesia and Siberia. Project leader of new venture evaluation team on project in Azerbaijan. Technical responsibility for the Australasia region involving technical studies and project evaluations plus screening of companies for potential acquisition. 3D interpretation and neural network application for oil-rim field development in Argentina (Gran Carina). Realisation of a seismic atlas for oil and gas fields in Syria.

Team member in a risk management project, participation in Management Development Program. Facilitation of projects and workshops

  • 1990 -1996: Trainee, Junior Geologist and Explorationist for DEMINEX Germany and DEMINEX UK Oil and Gas in London

Seismic interpretation projects on non-operated fields in Syria, northern North Sea and southern Gas basin fields. Team member in Scott Field re-determination, geotechnical work on Block 211/22 and technical work on 16th round application West of Shetlands (successful).