Work Experience
Experience
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July 2022 – Present
Retired – Writing articles and open to new opportunities. -
April 2020 – June 2022
Sub-contractor (from home in Norway) – Badeley Ashton & Associates Ltd.-
Projects in Kuwait (carbonate core and thin-section description, geochemistry, diagenesis).
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2013 – July 2019
Professor, Department of Petroleum Geosciences
The Petroleum Institute (now Khalifa University), Abu Dhabi, UAE -
2010 – 2013
Shell Chair in Carbonate Geosciences
Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman -
2008 – 2010
Senior Reservoir Geologist
PanTerra Geoconsultants B.V., The Netherlands -
1985 – 2008
Senior Geologist Statoil, Stavanger, Norway -
Fall 2005 – Spring 2006
Instructor (on leave from Statoil) -
United Arab Emirates University – Taught petroleum geology and sedimentology.
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1981 – Mid-1980s
Researcher, Shell's Bellaire Research Lab, Houston, Texas-
Focus: Sandstone diagenesis.
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1979 – 1981
Assistant Professor, Department of Geology Northern Illinois University – Funded by National Science Foundation. -
1978 – 1979
Post-doctoral Researcher, Mineralogy-Geology Museum, Oslo-
Worked with Professor Bill Griffen.
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Qualification
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Ph.D. (Geology) University of California at Los Angeles, 1978
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M.Sc. (Geology) University of California at Davis, 1973
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B.A. (Geology) Occidental College, Los Angeles, 1971
Accomplishments
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Invited as a Distinguished Lecturer by the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) in 2012.
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Published over 40 scientific papers since 2011.
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Holds an h-index of 43 with nearly 7,000 citations, according to Google Scholar.
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Secured a $810,000 research grant for a regional study of the Thamama-B reservoir in the UAE.
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Contributed to reservoir characterization and modeling projects in Kazakhstan, Iran, the Gulf of Mexico, the UAE, and the North Sea.
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Participated in Ocean Drilling Program Leg 194, studying Miocene carbonate platforms in the Coral Sea.
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Developed and taught graduate-level courses on reservoir quality and Middle East petroleum systems at Sultan Qaboos University.
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Supervised several M.Sc. theses that resulted in published scientific papers.
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Organized field trips to modern carbonate and sabkha depositional environments in Oman.
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Integrated geology, petrology, geochemistry, and diagenesis to enhance predictive models of reservoir performance in both academic and industry roles.
