Wayne Rydman
Sr. Geophysicist at North American Helium, Inc- Claim this Profile
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North American Helium, Inc
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Canada
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Oil and Gas
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sr. Geophysicist
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Aug 2018 - Present
Engaged in geophysical exploration and production of Helium in Canada and the United States. North American Helium has the largest helium land position in Canada, and is the most active driller. Engaged in geophysical exploration and production of Helium in Canada and the United States. North American Helium has the largest helium land position in Canada, and is the most active driller.
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WER Consultancy
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United Kingdom
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Geophysical Consultant
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Feb 2017 - Jul 2018
Geophysical consultant to the O&G industry specializing in seismic interpretation along with essential risk mitigation strategies for prospect generation, evaluation, well planning and increasing reserve adds• Contracted to North American Helium, one of the most active Helium drilling and exploration companies in Canada. Engaged in geophysical exploration and production of Helium in South Saskatchewan, resulting in North American Helium acquiring the largest land position in Canada with rights to over 5 million acres of prospective land• Contracted to Koch Oil Sands ULC to provide geophysical expertise towards their exit strategy from Canadian owned oil and gas plays • Contracted to Hell’s Half Acre Petroleum Corp. for a work assignment to evaluate Cretaceous zones in the Ferrier/Ricinus area of West-Central AB. Validated over 20 locations within the Cardium/Viking/Ellerslie targeting unconventional tight, liquids rich gas requiring multi-stage frac completion technology. Provided key geophysical mapping with upside locations in support of geological/engineering data required for reserve audit
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Northern Blizzard Resources Inc.
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Canada
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Oil and Gas
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sr Geophysicist
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Oct 2014 - Dec 2016
Provided geophysical expertise for all teams within Northern Blizzard, an intermediate development company operating in West Central Saskatchewan targeting primarily heavy oil reserves within the Mannville and Mississippian Provided geophysical expertise for all teams within Northern Blizzard, an intermediate development company operating in West Central Saskatchewan targeting primarily heavy oil reserves within the Mannville and Mississippian
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NAL Resources
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Canada
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Oil and Gas
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sr. Geophysicist
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Sep 2010 - Oct 2014
Worked within a multi-disciplinary team for the areas of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Western Manitoba providing geophysical expertise and leadership to assess development and new exploration opportunities for NAL, a private, mid-sized O&G company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Manulife Financial Corp. Worked within a multi-disciplinary team for the areas of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Western Manitoba providing geophysical expertise and leadership to assess development and new exploration opportunities for NAL, a private, mid-sized O&G company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Manulife Financial Corp.
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Redcliffe Exploration Inc.
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Canada
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Accounting
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Manager, Geophysics
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Jun 2008 - May 2010
Worked primarily Deep Basin of NW Alberta and the Peace River Arch, with secondary focus on various land holdings located in West Central Alberta for Redcliffe, a publically traded junior O&G company Engaged in non-conventional resource style play-types of tight gas, with a strategy/businessmodel specifically targeting Montney & Nikanassin tight shale/sand gas in the Gold Creek/Karr/Wapiti areas of NW Alberta (requiring horizontal drilling and multi-stage frac technology) Worked primarily Deep Basin of NW Alberta and the Peace River Arch, with secondary focus on various land holdings located in West Central Alberta for Redcliffe, a publically traded junior O&G company Engaged in non-conventional resource style play-types of tight gas, with a strategy/businessmodel specifically targeting Montney & Nikanassin tight shale/sand gas in the Gold Creek/Karr/Wapiti areas of NW Alberta (requiring horizontal drilling and multi-stage frac technology)
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ConocoPhillips
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United States
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Oil and Gas
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700 & Above Employee
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Sr. Geophysicist
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Jul 2001 - Jun 2008
Worked structural and stratigraphic play types of both clastic and carbonate depositional environments within the Edson and Elmworth groups in West Central Alberta and North East BC. Provided geophysical support for numerous development/exploration opportunities in West Central Alberta with specific focus on areas of North Brazeau River, Willesden Green, Ferrier and Garrington Worked structural and stratigraphic play types of both clastic and carbonate depositional environments within the Edson and Elmworth groups in West Central Alberta and North East BC. Provided geophysical support for numerous development/exploration opportunities in West Central Alberta with specific focus on areas of North Brazeau River, Willesden Green, Ferrier and Garrington
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Kerr McGee Oil & Gas Corp
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United States
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Defense and Space Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Exploration Geophysicist, Gulf of Mexico
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Mar 1998 - Jul 2001
Identified, evaluated and presented to management a risked inventory of deep-water exploration opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico. Targets included clastic environments of Plio-Pleistocene and Miocene ages within the Garden Banks, Alaminos Canyon, and East Breaks areas• Performed structural and stratigraphic interpretation of regional 2D and large 3D seismic data sets. Integrated results with well log correlations, synthetics, and paleo/bio-stratigraphic studies in order to tie into regional hydrocarbon producing trends• Evaluated sub-salt prospects utilizing pre and post-stack time/depth migrated 3D seismic surveys• Identified and quantified exploration risks and reserves assessment through use of seismicattribute analysis combined with volumetric and economic software calculations• Utilized AVO analysis software to identify and classify amplitude anomalies
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CGG
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France
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Technology, Information and Internet
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700 & Above Employee
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Processing Geophysicist
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Apr 1993 - Mar 1998
Processed 2D and 3D seismic data through entire flow from diverse basins including Alaska, Tunisia, Cuba, Argentina as well as Western Canada.• Conducted three field assignments in the Southern United States on large 3D seismic acquisition projects (1996-97):- Managed all front end processing of 200 & 70 mi2 3D seismic projects in Mississippi and Louisiana. Performed quality control in the field, including geometry corrections, first break picking, computation of refraction statics, velocity analysis and generation of SEG-Y tapes- Created brute stacks by testing pre-processing parameters and applying a provisional processing sequence to a subset of data- Coordinated seismic information and timelines with drillers, surveyors, party managers, fieldcrews and head office
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Education
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University of Alberta
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Geophysics and Seismology