The petrophysicist
The petrophysicist plans, interprets and analyses data from wells and ensures the output is in the most useful format for the recipient. This might mean planning a logging suite, requesting…
Portraits
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…
Mr. Conjugate Margin
Webster was working in a bank in São Paulo, Brazil, at the age of 16 where he enjoyed writing international reports for the bank manager. The manager’s secretary translated German…
Leading a global organisation
What do you think were the most exciting developments in the industry in 2012? To me, the most exciting development is realising the economic impact that unconventional plays are having…
Stimulating Exploration Growth
How can oil companies be encouraged to continue exploring in a mature area like the UK Continental Shelf? John Austin, Managing Director of OMV in the UK and Chairman of…
Clearing Cultural Borders to reach Common Goals
Steve Bate has taken diverse career paths to arrive at his current position as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of INOVA Geophysical Equipment Ltd. At each stage, he has…
Charles Hutchinson: A geologist in love with South-East Asia
The young geologist was 24-year-old Charles Hutchison, and the advertisement was from the University of Malaya in Singapore for the position of an assistant lecturer in the newly established Department…
PETEX – Spreads Its Wings
PETEX, the biennial London conference and exhibition organized by the Petroleum Society of Great Britain to celebrate the oil and gas industry, will be held between 20 and 22 November…