Experience

Westside Corporation Pty Ltd

• Australia
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Geoscience Manager

  • Feb 2020 - Present

  • Reporting to the Exec. Led the Subsurface Team and now Geoscience Team in the safe development and appraisal of our operated Queensland CSG Greater Meridian Fields, exploration of operated QLD ATPs and exploration, appraisal and development of on- and offshore conventional acreage in New Zealand (Rimu, Kauri and Manutahi fields and Kaheru Prospect). The team comprises (up to 30) multidisciplinary, both internal and contractor staff, direct and indirect reports.• Deliver 60+ wells and a multi-100km seismic programme in Greater Meridian annually. Manage the drilling sequence, programme contingency and JV approval of wells.• Assist in the tenure management of Greater Meridian which comprises 3 PLs, 1 PCA, 2 PLs under application and a CoDevelopment agreement with Anglo Coal.• Direct the genuine low-cost operation – driving down costs through innovation, improved team working efficiencies together with workflow and process analysis and review. Foster an environment that allows for innovation, appropriate challenge and fast-paced implementations of new ideas.• Responsible for M&A support and staff KPIs, performance management and development.• Active participant on Westside’s HSSE and Carbon Pathway committees• Capitalised on the Drilling Team’s trial to remove whipstocks from our multilateral wells which enabled the planning and execution of Westside’s first penta-lateral well, which drilled and lined over 7.4km of coal from a single wellhead, was the cheapest, per metre, well drilled in the field and is Meridian’s best ever producing well. • Translate the multi-year FDP vision into the single year budget cycles and work programmes. Show less

• Subsurface Manager

  • Feb 2019 - Feb 2020

  Responsibilities much as former and later roles at Westside with the addition of reserves reporting and manging the reservoir- and production-engineering teams

• Subsurface Team Leader

  • Nov 2015 - Feb 2019

  Lead the Subsurface Team in the safe, annual delivery of 60+ wells in our operated Australian Coal Seam Gas acreage, in the Bowen Basin and on- and offshore conventional acreage in New Zealand (Rimu, Kauri and Manutahi Fields).Key achievement was leading the growth of the Meridian asset from 10TJ/d when I joined to over 40TJ/d when the asset was handed over to the re-organised Development team. During which time I drove the change from single- to dual- to tri-lateral in-seam, updip wells.The team is made up of multidisciplinary staff, both internal and contractor, direct and indirect reports, with a few years to decades of experience.Also responsible for the delivery of an ongoing appraisal seismic programme, reserve updates, M&A support and staff development. Show less



MMGeos

• Brazil
• E-Learning Providers

• Consulting Geologist

  • Mar 2015 - Nov 2015

  Leading and supporting companies and their teams along the Exploration, Appraisal and Development value chain from basin evaluation and screening, hands on core and outcrop description and analysis, through exploration and appraisal well planning, play/prospect definition, volumetrics and static modelling (Petrel) to development concept. Impeccable HSSE/safety record. Offering short- and long-term solutions. Leading and supporting companies and their teams along the Exploration, Appraisal and Development value chain from basin evaluation and screening, hands on core and outcrop description and analysis, through exploration and appraisal well planning, play/prospect definition, volumetrics and static modelling (Petrel) to development concept. Impeccable HSSE/safety record. Offering short- and long-term solutions.



QGC - A BG Group Business

• Exploration/New Ventures Geologist and Team Leader

  • 2012 - 2015

  Led team to effectively and safely deliver all business plan objectives including; regional play fairway evaluation, integrated studies, safe drilling and frac'ing of coal seam gas wells, acquisition and processing 2D seismic, assessment and relinquishment of acreage. Personally responsible and accountable for; creation of team's work programme and exploration strategy, multi $M budgets, Assurance (QA/QC), prospects inventory, quarterly reserve reporting to head office, Joint Venture TCM management/representative; operations in every QGC CSG ATP in the Bowen Basin. Involved in staff recruitment, development and training. Remit also covered evaluation of Australian New Ventures opportunities. Show less



BG Group

• India
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Team Leader at BG Group

  • Apr 2011 - Nov 2012

  Delivered high value projects and technical support to key assets (e.g. QGC, Egypt) tailored to their subsurface challenges. Impacting field development strategy, new ventures, field life extension and infrastructure-led exploration. Facilitated knowledge transfer both internally and externally through Joint Industry Project co-ordination and technical presentations. As a trained coach mentored staff and supervised MSc summer interns. Responsibilities: Key contributor to internal assurance and peer reviews. Developed the team’s network and workload so that fully deployed on work from all key assets. Developed and maintained the sedimentology contractor database; a compilation of contractor capabilities, costs and associated asset feedback. BG representative for Joint Industry projects. Industry Representative of the British Sedimentological Research Group.Delivered the "Upstream Basics" course - an internal course providing an introduction to the oil and gas industry for recent graduates and non-geoscience staff.Appointed BG’s Subject Matter Expert for Shallow Marine Clastics Show less

• Principal Geologist

  • Oct 2006 - Apr 2011

  Everest-Lomond Area Near-field Exploration Geologist Lead Geologist of the UK23/11 Columbus discovery which provided the opportunity to work a project from discovery through the appraisal program, whilst maintaining focus on maturation of near-field opportunities. Responsibilities: technical input for exploration/appraisal evaluations, well planning, geomodel development and datarooms. Peer and functional reviews, coaching, Prospect Inventory maintenance, volumetrics and COS derivation. Collaborating where necessary with petrophysics, well engineering and contractor support. Sought partner / DECC approvals, monitored well drilling in real-time, created and executed post-well programmes, presented and liaised with DECC and JV partners.- Progressed multiple prospects through the BG "gate" process and to drilling. - Worked up and safely drilled BG’s first-ever multi-sidetrack well (a vertical posthole with 4 sidetracks). - Presented subsurface work to DECC providing a successful challenge to a competing FDP, which triggered field re-evaluation and re-assignment of equity. Helped develop BG’s FDP, framing, concept selection and Option Decisions.- Provided technical recommendation to avoid farm-in opportunities, that have subsequently been proven as dry holes. Show less



E.ON Ruhgas North Sea Ltd

• Senior Geologist

  • 2005 - 2006

  Senior Geologist with the primary focus to grow the UK division of the company through: target screening of 100 farm-in opportunities a year; changed company focus to corporate acquisition - concluding in the successful ‘reverse take-over’ and purchase of Caledonia O&G, with it came operatorship of a number of UK fields and equity in pipelines. Responsibilities: Carry out, design, budget and monitor G&G projects for asset portfolio (focused on the UK Central North Sea), including staff selection, with focus on information for assessing potential farm-ins, a company acquisition and licence round bids. Budgetary sign-off of £200k for studies. Company representative for TCMs and JV meetings. This included successful negotiation with a major operator on behalf of E.ON’s JV partners in a unitisation dispute. Show less



Exploration Consultants Limited

• United Kingdom

• Senior Geologist / Project Leader

  • 2000 - 2005

  Worked within multidisciplinary project teams, typically holding a senior or co-ordinator position involving people and budget management and client interaction. Provided geological expertise and specialist knowledge for prospect/lead generation and building detailed sedimentological, seismic and sequence stratigraphical models for exploration and production/development projects. This involved significant time spent in NOCs'/clients’ office typically abroad (e.g. India, Nigeria and Libya) both as part of large teams and independently. Worked on both clastic and carbonate systems. Devised and delivered geological training courses to NOC staff. GEOLOGICAL STUDIES EXAMPLES: - NE Libya Regional Re-Evaluation Of Stratigraphy And Hydrocarbon Prospectivity (over 3 years); - OML-62, Onshore Nigeria Prospectivity Evaluation (over 2 years); - East China Sea Block 32/32 Evaluation Of Hydrocarbon Prospectivity (over 2 years) - Re-Evaluation: Stratigraphy, Hydrocarbon Prospectivity And Detailed Sedimentological Analysis In Assam, India (6 months); - Lufilian Arc (Democratic Republic of Congo) Regional Tectonostratigraphic Review (6 months) - Reserves Audit Of Seven Heads Gas Field, UKCS (6 weeks) Show less



Robertson Research International

• United Kingdom

• Sedimentologist/Reservoir Geologist

  • 1993 - 2000

  Responsibilities: to provide reservoir geological/sedimentological input into well, basin and regional multidisciplinary studies, prospect evaluation, play fairway analysis and basin modelling, in-house and client training, (1:1000-1:20 scale) pre-dominantly clastic core logging (logged several 10s km of core), light microscope and SEM petrography and XRD analysis. Business development activities included being the Manager of Divisional Marketing for Europe, training and general client liaison. Studied full stratigraphical range and all depositional environments from Europe, Americas and Asia Provided training course instruction for: - Volumetrics component of Reservoir Appraisal and Field Development course - Play fairway analysis and prospect evaluation course - Devised and instructed sequence stratigraphy unit for Reservoir Appraisal and Field Development course. Show less



ESSO Exploration UK

• United Kingdom

• Northern North Sea Scout/Technical Assistant

  • 1989 - 1990

  Responsibilities included; maintaining drilling activity databases, 2D seismic interpretation, seismic synthetic generation, field modelling, calculations of hydrocarbons in place, digitising and general office duties. Responsibilities included; maintaining drilling activity databases, 2D seismic interpretation, seismic synthetic generation, field modelling, calculations of hydrocarbons in place, digitising and general office duties.