Never Hold Back
Dr. Robert E. Sheriff learned early in his career “to never withhold information or ideas for later use,” leaving a lasting legacy to his family, the geophysics community, and our…
Portraits
The Chief Explorer
Geologist Dr. Jeroen Peters describes his role as Shell’s Chief Explorer and reflects on his career. Having been born below sea level in the muddy western part of The Netherlands, I developed…
Eddy Belle: Promoting the Seychelles
Eddy Belle is passionate about the hydrocarbon potential of the Seychelles Islands, in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa – and also about their natural and historical…
Duncan Clarke: Economics and the Oil Game in Africa
Duncan Clarke is one of the best known names in the upstream oil industry as an advisor to governments and oil companies, the author of a number of books, founder…
Fun, Cooperation and Risk-Taking.
Lee Krystinik, who recently retired as President of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, tells us why he thinks the organisation is a vital resource for the industry – and…
The Seismic Interpreter
Geophysicist Alice Little uses her geological knowledge and training as a seismic interpreter with Aker Solutions. Although ‘geophysicist’ is a broad term covering many specialist areas of research and work, what…
The Petrophysicist
This new column takes a look at the different geoscience careers available in the oil industry and shows exactly what each one entails. In this inaugural article Jackie Mullinor describes…
Lively Enthusiasm Leads to Success
Mohamed Al Harthy, one of the first generation of Omani petroleum geologists and a founder member of the rapidly growing Geological Society of Oman, has an infectious enthusiasm and passion…
Imperial College Petroleum Geology Course Centenary
Petroleum Geoscience has been taught at Imperial College in London for 100 years. Professor Richard Selley, who has spent much of his career at IC, tells us about the course…
Anatoly Zolotukhin: International Specialist
Dr. Professor ANATOLY ZOLOTUKHIN is the Deputy Chancellor on International Affairs at the famous Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas. A world renowned expert, he is a dedicated…
A Challenging Job!
A move from geophysical R&D into marketing, sparked partly by his proficiency in English, was an unusual career path for BGP geophysicist Liu Juxiang, but it has taken him all…
The Canadian Driller: A Life in Oil
Bert Blanche started his long career in the oil industry as a roughneck in Texas in 1930. His son Bruce, who became a geologist in the oil industry, tells us…