Experience

CO2CRC Limited

• Australia
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Geoscientist

  • Nov 2022 - Present



Santos Ltd

• Australia
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Development Geologist

  • Jul 2021 - Nov 2022

  • Project lead for subsurface studies within the Cooper Oil team.• Led subsurface studies through the Santos assurance gating process including generation of static models, volumetrics, geologic risking and assistance with economics.• Liaised with multiple departments within Santos to streamline subsurface studies with the goal of adding value without effecting safety.• Assisted in generation of Petrel workflows, data integration and static model standardization.• Mentored graduate geologists/team members with emphasis on Petrel software, geologic processes and well operations.



GeoConsult Pty Ltd

• Australia
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Project Geologist

  • Jun 2020 - Jul 2021

  • Business development across geological evaluations, volumetrics, geologic risk, geologic modelling, production profiles, economics, laboratory and wellsite geological services. • Business development across geological evaluations, volumetrics, geologic risk, geologic modelling, production profiles, economics, laboratory and wellsite geological services.



Central Petroleum

• Australia
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Geologist

  • Mar 2013 - Mar 2020

  • Acting Exploration Manager (reporting directly to the CEO) from January to May 2019, subsurface focal point for Government, JV and Central management across exploration portfolio.• Central Petroleum Operating Committee Representative for Southern Amadeus JV with Santos and authorised representative for permit administration with the Northern Territory and Queensland Governments. • Analyze and develop recommendations to management for acreage releases in Queensland and NT, as well as potential farm-ins and acquisitions.• Assist in generation of company ASX announcements, as well as quarterly and annual reports.• Generated the subsurface budget for Central’s exploration permits, with an emphasis on a forward plan for exploration and appraisal.• Assist in the development of play-based exploration maps and the development of a seriatim based leads and prospects database, utilizing stochastic volumetrics and well production type-curves to develop economics and geologic risk.• Generate static models for the Mereenie, Palm Valley, Dingo and Range CSG fields in Petrel. Iterate with input from reservoir engineering team and interface with reserve auditors to develop reserves, resources and FDP’s.• Analyze & interpret new & legacy well data with the focus on developing a greater understanding of the conventional and unconventional rock properties in the Amadeus and Southern Georgina Basins.



Blue Energy Ltd

• Exploration Geologist

  • Jul 2011 - Mar 2013

  • Design & implement exploration & appraisal wells for Jurassic & Permian aged CSG & shale gas plays. Focal point for day-to-day drilling operations & government compliance.• Apply petrophysical log analysis techniques to determine porosity, permeability, water, gas & oil saturations & Net to Gross maps which lead into creating volumetrics.• Utilize Petrel to run risk & uncertainty analysis to determine the variance of the petrophysical properties within the static model.• Interpret & apply wellbore stress studies to determine pervasiveness of natural fracturing & stress orientations within basins.• Collaborate with reserve auditors NSAI for resource & reserve bookings. 100 BCF maiden resources in Bowen & Surat Basin, as well as 50 BCF 3P reserve upgrades in the Bowen Basin.• Analyze & evaluate conventional & unconventional play/prospects through old well completion reports, logs, seismic & regional studies.



Santos Ltd

• Australia
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Development Operations Geologist

  • Aug 2010 - Jul 2011

  • Focal point for operations geology withing Roma CSG in the Surat basin.• Interpret laboratory results from coal samples of Jurassic & Permian aged coals & generate/update coal property maps.• Design highly complex well trajectories within the Petrel static model.• Investigate applicable technologies for data acquisition, interpretation & analysis.• Operations geology input to Field Development Plans for the Roma CSG fields.• Optimize approach to development activities in conjunction with drilling, completions & production teams.



Ember Resources Inc.

• Canada
• Oil and Gas
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Development Geologist

  • Apr 2006 - Jul 2010

  • Managed drilling programs (30+ wells a year) & geological services in deviated & horizontal wells for Cretaceous aged coalbed methane & conventional gas wells.• Evaluated regional coalbed methane properties to define sweetspots and bypassed production potential. Assisted in development of reserve estimates.• Created detailed structural & isopach maps, as well as, thickness, gas content & OGIP maps using Petrel.• Evaluated coalbed methane prospectivity in landsales and competitor lands.