AFES Committee 2010 - 2011

PRESIDENT

Rebecca Nye

Weatherford International

Rebecca is currently working for Weatherford International as the LWD Petrophysicist based in Aberdeen. Rebecca’s present role involves a balance of technical support for marketing and LWD interpretation. Rebecca was previously working for Fugro-Jason as a Petrophysicist, the role involving petrophysical evaluation and rock physics modelling for seismic (AVO) inversion, 4D and Geostatistical inversion studies.

Prior to this she worked for Schlumberger Drilling and Measurements where she began her career as a LWD engineer in Italy.

E-mail: Rebecca.nye@eu.weatherford.com


VICE PRESIDENT

Craig Buchan

Task Geoscience

Craig is the General Manager of Task Geoscience Ltd. Craig is a Structural Geologist specialising in integration of diverse data sets at micro, to well and regional scales to create realistic 3D models. At Task Craig’s expertise is integrating borehole image and open-hole log data to evaluate formation character, geomechanical properties and deformation history and their effect on reservoir quality and production. Prior to joining Task, Craig has worked for Fugro as a geophysical interpreter and as a Post Doctoral Researcher at Curtin University in Perth Australia.

E-mail: craig.buchan@taskgeoscience.com


SECRETARY

Callum Anderson

Conoco Phillips (UK)

Callum graduated from University of Bristol after studying a master in Chemistry. He then worked for Schlumberger as a wireline field engineer in northern Canada before working for the geological consultancy section of TGS as a Petrophysicist. Callum started with ConocoPhillips at the start of 2010 where he has worked on their UK North Sea assets and non-operated assets. These vary from the HPHT play in J block, Joanne chalk field to the carboniferous and Triassic fields of the SNS and EIS

E-mail: Callum.J.Anderson@conocophillips.com


TREASURER

Alan McHardy

Senergy

Alan is a senior petrophysicist with Senergy in Banchory where he has been since June 2011. Previously Alan worked for Shell for ten years, in the UK and Norway.

E-mail: alan.mchardy@senergyworld.com


PAST PRESIDENT

Donald Keir

Apache North Sea Ltd

Donald is Principal Petrophysicist at Apache North Sea Ltd in Aberdeen. Prior to this he held posts with BP and ExxonMobil. Donald’s current role covers a wide range of petrophysical applications from exploration to development. Donald has served on the SPWLA board of directors as Regional Director for Europe.

Tel: +44-1224-756430

E-mail: Donald.Keir@apachecorp.com


UNIVERSITY LIAISON OFFICER

Dawn Houliston

BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd

Dawn is currently a petrophysicist for BP in Aberdeen, working on the Central North Sea fields.  She is a recent graduate from the University of Aberdeen with an MSc in Integrated Petroleum Geoscience, and has an MSci in Geology from Imperial College. She has been working for BP for 2 years, and her current role involves a range of petrophysical activities including seismic rock property work, operational petrophysics, field studies and even some production petrophysics.


TECHNICAL SUB-COMMITTEE

Richard Arnold

Gaffney, Cline & Associates

Richard is a Senior SCAL Engineer working for Gaffney, Cline & Associates based at Westhill, Aberdeen. He has previously worked for 9 years as a Technical Adviser in Business Development for Core Lab's Rock Properties group based in Aberdeen. Before that he held various technical and managerial posts with Core Lab and others in the UK, Europe, South America. He has over 25 years experience in the planning and performance of core based formation evaluation projects from all over the world.

E-mail: richard.arnold@gaffney-cline.com


TECHNICAL SUB-COMMITTEE

Dominic Dieseru

Baker Hughes

Dominic works in Baker Hughes as an Applications & Product Line Manager Wireline Services in Aberdeen. He started his career working as a Wireline Logging Engineer in West Africa and Dutch sector of The North Sea for 14 years. Previously he has held various technical and managerial posts within Baker Hughes in others parts of the world and recently a member of the DEVEX committee in Aberdeen.

Tel: +44-1224-720323/p>

E-mail: dominic.dieseru@bakerhughes.com


TECHNICAL SUB-COMMITTEE

Hugo Hernandez Espinosa

Schlumberger Oilfield UK PLC

Hugo is a Petrophysicist in Schlumberger currently supporting LWD and Wireline data acquisition in the North Sea. His present job also involves data processing of basic and advanced technologies. He joined Schlumberger in 2001 as wireline engineer based in Yemen, later he worked in several joint projects as an SIS engineer.

E-mail: hespinosa@slb.com


TECHNICAL SUB-COMMITTEE

Hossein Pari

Corex UK

Hossein is a Petrophysicist with a MSc in Petroleum Exploration Engineering. He worked for IOC and Thai oil companies in Iran as a Petrophysicist and Core Analyst from 2003-2006 prior moving to the UK to take a role as a Petrophysicist-Rock Physicist with Fugro from 2007 to 2010. He is currently working for Corex UK as a Project Co-ordinator.

E-mail: eskandaryh@gmail.com


TECHNICAL SUB-COMMITTEE

Stephen Bell

Schlumberger Oilfield UK PLC

Stephen is a petrophysicist with Schlumberger Data & Consulting Services working with a variety of wireline and LWD data acquired across Europe. He previously worked with Northlight Geoscience in Aberdeen after beginning his career offshore in the UKCS with Halliburton-Sperry. In 2006 he obtained a undergraduate Geology degree from the University of Edinburgh and went on to complete a Masters in Integrated Petroleum Geoscience from the University of Aberdeen.

E-mail: sbell2@slb.com


STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE

Michael Salt

University of Aberdeen

Michael is currently studying for the MSc in Integrated Petroleum Geoscience at the University of Aberdeen after graduating from the University of Plymouth in 2011. He has some industry experience working in exploration in Eastern Europe.

E-mail: m.salt.11@aberdeen.ac.uk