Experience

Quadrant Energy

• Australia
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Geological Manager

  • Jun 2015 - Present



Apache Energy

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Geological Manager

  • 2010 - Jun 2015

• Senior Staff Geologist

  • Jul 2007 - Nov 2010

  Led Apache’s entry into the Browse and Vulcan sub-basins. Built up knowledge base (>140 wells); led exploration evaluation work; drilled one exploration well. Reviewed gazettal and farm-in opportunities in Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia and Phillipines. Prepared well proposals and engineering well BOD for fourteen exploration and appraisal wells including one HP/HT gas discovery. Successfully negotiated and transacted the farm-out of one permit to BHP.



Woodside Energy

• Australia
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Commercial Manager

  • Jun 2004 - Jun 2007

  Successfully transacted the sale of Woodside’s interests in the Legendre oil producing hub from board paper to completion – full value realised through leverage of tax position. Managed Woodside’s interests in the Legendre and Mutineer-Exeter oil hubs as OCM representative. Negotiated JOA for a new oil development, offshore Mauritania. Prepared commercial strategies and positions for resolution of the PSC dispute with the Government of Mauritania.

• Commerciql Manager

  • 2006 - 2007

• Principal Strategist, NWSV

  • Jan 2003 - Jun 2004

  Oversaw significant improvements in the NWSV Strategy and Planning processes. Developed commercial strategies for accessing Third Party gas resources, focussing on competitive threats and asset-specific issues. Assessed options and threats posed by the competing LNG developments.

• Team Leader, Business Analysis

  • Jan 2001 - Jan 2003

  Managed a five-man team providing economic evaluation services to Woodside's Gas Business Unit. Developed commercial, marketing and engineering strategies; managed team deliverables; supervised and developed staff. Used probabilistic analysis to evaluate strategic options for the Sunrise FLNG opportunity. Evaluated Conoco-Phillips’ drivers and threats, resulting in a significant re-positioning of Woodside’s Timor Sea gas strategy.

• Senior Business Analyst

  • Jan 2000 - Jan 2001

  Provided economic evaluations for the New Ventures and Gas business units. Developed a domestic gas strategy for the Carnarvon and Browse basins. Coordinated sub-surface and engineering studies for these areas. Compiled an Expression of Interest to sell feed gas to Sasol-Chevron GTL plant.

• Senior Geologist

  • Jul 1998 - Jan 2000

  Managed Woodside’s Timor Sea assets, leading a five-man team while providing technical input as senior geologist. Carried out regional and prospect evaluations. Interfaced with Operations to design drilling programmes. Oversaw a five-well exploration drilling campaign. Mentored graduate staff. Oversaw permit divestments. Permits were acknowledged by Shell to be the best managed in Woodside.



Sarawak Shell Berhad

• Principal Geologist

  • Jul 1996 - May 1998

  Evaluated brownfield opportunities offshore Sabah. Provided technical input as principal geologist. Planned exploration strategy and activities. Interpreted 2D and 3D seismic, identifying a new Miocene turbidite play on the flanks of the South Furious oil field. Evaluated brownfield opportunities offshore Sabah. Provided technical input as principal geologist. Planned exploration strategy and activities. Interpreted 2D and 3D seismic, identifying a new Miocene turbidite play on the flanks of the South Furious oil field.



Shell UK Expro

• Exploration Geologist/Interpreter

  • May 1993 - Jun 1996

  Evaluated the Upper Jurassic HP/HT turbidite play in the Western Central Graben. Established a structural and sequence stratigraphic framework for the Upper Jurassic and developed a predictive model for turbidite distribution based on well sequence stratigraphy and seismic data. Interpreted 3D data. Developed company-wide procedures for predicting and documenting formation pressures, uncertainties and risks in drilling programmes. Proposed and drilled HP/HT wells. Evaluated the Upper Jurassic HP/HT turbidite play in the Western Central Graben. Established a structural and sequence stratigraphic framework for the Upper Jurassic and developed a predictive model for turbidite distribution based on well sequence stratigraphy and seismic data. Interpreted 3D data. Developed company-wide procedures for predicting and documenting formation pressures, uncertainties and risks in drilling programmes. Proposed and drilled HP/HT wells.



Sarawak Shell Berhad

• Exploration Geologist

  • Jul 1984 - Apr 1993

  As senior geologist, contributed strongly to an 8-well drilling campaign resulting in discovery of the Kinabalu oil field, offshore Sabah. Headed up the Operations Geology team, interfacing with Drilling to develop drilling programmes, overseeing the drilling of exploration wells, and coordinating data gathering in wells drilled. Attended industry scout-check meetings. As senior geologist, contributed strongly to an 8-well drilling campaign resulting in discovery of the Kinabalu oil field, offshore Sabah. Headed up the Operations Geology team, interfacing with Drilling to develop drilling programmes, overseeing the drilling of exploration wells, and coordinating data gathering in wells drilled. Attended industry scout-check meetings.