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SPWLA Houston Chapter members:
An email PDF ballot will be sent for your consideration ASAP.
Elections will be by email only using the provided ballot marked and saved with your selections and sent to elections@spwla-houston.org . Voting will close at 12PM on May 8th, to allow ballots to be counted for disclosure at the Spring Topical Conference on May 13th.
Candidates Bio's and Platform: President José Silva José is a Senior Petrophysicist with Techsia Inc in Houston, TX. His principal duty is to make sure his clients have the best computer based tools to do their jobs. Since he works with different types of users (All petrophysicists but with diverse objectives), and various clients he has a wide range of relevant petrophysics experience. His main interest is in the Geophysical module of Techsia’s Petrophysical software Techlog, in which his experience with Real Time VSP acquisition, Checkshot, LWD/MWD; are applied to get a better understanding and integration between Seismic and Logs. As a candidate for President, Jose desires to keep contributing to the local chapter and the membership; while following up with the board in order to maintain the quality and keep the local membership updated.
Vice President Downtown Simon Clinch The downturn in the US economy reduced available learning opportunities for oil industry professionals. Local organizations such as the Houston chapter of SPWLA needs to fill these gaps.
Vice President Northside Jeff Grable Jeff Grable received his Bachelor of Science Degree Major: Geology, Minors: Biology & Computer Science from Ball State University, Indiana. He has over 25 years oil industry experience (with Dresser & Halliburton) beginning his career as an International logging engineer subsequently being promoted to Country Mgr., Global Marketing Mgr., Global Formation Evaluation Mgr., Petrophysics development Mgr., Region Mgr., Director of Digital Assets and Recently Shell Global Account Manager Sperry. He has lead and assisted teams in building software and hardware for Imaging, Acoustics, Pulse Neutron analysis and most recently in applying Neural Networks in formation evaluation for Cased Hole Interpretation (CHI Modeling) and lead Halliburton’s re-focus on Near Well bore Seismic with an emphasis on Micro Seismic Hydraulic Fracture monitoring. Jeff has authored and co-authored papers and patents in Neural Networks, Facies Analysis, Data selection, Micro Seismic Hydraulic Fracture Monitoring, Formation Sampling, and Downhole Collection of Fluid Samples. Jeff has been active on technical committees of several international SPWLA conferences and colloquia. He is also member of the SPE and AAPG.
Vice President Westside Rahul Dastidar Rahul is a Petrophysicist with Shell International Exploration and Production Inc. in Houston, TX. Rahul received a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from University of Pune, India in 1999. He has received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Petroleum Engineering from University of Oklahoma at Norman, Oklahoma in 2004 and 2007. His research interest includes petrophysics and reservoir engineering. As a graduate student, Rahul has presented and published papers in international conferences and peer reviewed technical journal. He has been awarded the Outstanding Graduate Student by SPE chapter of the University of Oklahoma. He has also served as a technical reviewer for the EAGE conference and exhibition. Rahul has worked as a Well Logging Engineer for Halliburton from 1999-2001. He has worked as a summer intern for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and Los Alamos National Laboratory. He is one of the co-organizer for the 50th SPWLA Annual Symposium, 2009, Woodlands, TX. The following are the main reasons to join the board of the “SPWLA Houston Chapter”:
Finally, I would like to thank the committee search team in advance for considering me for the position of Vice President – West Side. Anish Kumar Anish is a Senior Geologist with the North America Interpretation Development Group in Schlumberger, working in the South Dairy Ashford Office in Houston. Anish got his Ph.D. in Geology from Texas Tech University in 1997. He worked as a Geologist and Lab Manger for SCAL, Inc., in world of core analysis, for four years. Anish joined Schlumberger in 2001 as an Associate Interpretation Development Engineer, in New Orleans. He moved to Houston in the second half of 2005. A big focus for Anish has been and continues to be integrating Petrophysical and Geological Data for reservoir solutions, going beyond what is currently obvious. Anish was the Technical Committee Chair for the SPWLA International Symposium held in New Orleans in 2005. Anish was also the President of the New Orleans Chapter of SPWLA for 2005 – 2006. After Katrina, which disrupted the city and the local Chapter Membership, he got the chapter back on its feet again, finding new locations to host Monthly Chapter Meetings after the existing meeting location was damaged, among other issues. Anish is also the Printing and Publicity Committee Chair for the 2009 SPWLA International Symposium to be held in The Woodlands later this year. I would like to run for the position of Vice President – Westside of our SPWLA Houston Chapter because I believe that I can provide valuable input to the direction of our Westside Chapter. We definitely have decent talks at our monthly meetings, I would like to continue that and take it even farther. I have a keen interest in the activities of the Chapter, which I believe should be setting the standard for SPWLA chapters all over the US and the world – after all, Houston is the Oil Capital of the World. As far as the Westside segment of our Chapter, we have a lot of young talent in this area of Houston that we serve, and I would like to engage the companies in this “Energy Corridor” to get their next-generation Petrophysicists and Geoscientists heavily involved with the chapter Westside segment. SPWLA is 50 years young, now is the time we kick off the next 50 years. Jesús M. Salazar Jesús is a Petrophysicist in the Subsurface Technology Team with ConocoPhillips in Houston, TX. He is involved in a number of domestic and international reservoir characterization projects. Jesus is interested in formation evaluation, inverse problems, and near-wellbore fluid-flow simulation. From 1997 to 2002 he worked for PDVSA in Venezuela dealing with unconsolidated sand reservoirs. He was the petrophysicist in charge of several integrated reservoir studies and also the field log analyst while working in the heavy oil business unit. Jesús also worked for Oxy as a summer intern in Bakersfield, CA and Houston, TX. He has published 12 papers on international conferences and peer reviewed technical journals and is recipient of the best paper award published in Petrophysics in 2006. Jesús received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 2004 and 2008, respectively and a B.S. degree in Physics (with honors) from Universidad Central de Venezuela in 1998. During his years as a graduate student he was bestowed four times with the SPWLA Foundation scholarship and was co-organizer of the 2007 SPWLA Symposium in Austin, TX. Jesus is a member of SGE, SPE, and SPWLA and has served as a guest technical reviewer for the SPE Journal. Ever since joining the oil and gas exploration and production world I have been involved with the SPWLA in Venezuela and Austin, TX. Last year I said to myself that I should be more committed with the Society and decided to run for Secretary of the Houston Chapter. During my tenure, I have encouraged colleagues to join our Chapter and attend to our meetings and special events. Now, I’m running for Westside VP because I want to continue with my involvement by bringing excellent speakers and presentations of practical and scientific interest.
Secretary Alexander Kostin Alexander Kostin received M.Sc. degree in Applied Physics and Mathematics from Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology, Russia in 2003. After graduation he joined Schlumberger and worked as LWD field engineer in Caspian, project technical leader in the R&D center in Sugar Land, TX and is currently a senior petrophysicist with Schlumberger Data & Consulting Services. He has been a member of SPWLA since 2007. He recently gave a talk “Reconciling Wireline and LWD depth measurements” at the Westside SPWLA meeting. When I gave a talk during last SPWLA Westside meeting I realized that there’s more that I could do for the Society than simply giving talks and attending the meetings. I would like to serve as chapter secretary to promote education and knowledge in the science of formation evaluation by helping organize local meetings, invite guest speakers from universities and the industry and keep our local chapter members informed about SPWLA and industry events. I hope that my background in science, field experience and current log analysis work will help maintain the agenda of our chapter meetings relevant, interesting and focused on the new technology. Mayank Malik Mayank is a Petrophysicist for Applied Reservoir Management team with Chevron MidContinent US and Alaska business unit. He received a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering in 2001, a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Toronto in 2004, and a Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in March 2008. His dissertation was focused on simulation and interpretation of formation-tester measurements acquired in the presence of oil-base mud-filtrate invasion. His research interests include log interpretation, inverse problems, and single well modeling of fluid sampling measurements. During the summers of 2006 and 2007, he worked as a summer intern for Shell International E&P and quantified parameters affecting WFT measurements in retrograde condensates. Mayank has published 15 papers in international conferences and peer reviewed journals such as Petrophysics, JPSE, and SPE Journal. He was granted two SPWLA Foundation scholarships and was co-organizer of the 2007 SPWLA Annual Symposium in Austin. Mayank is a member of AAPG, SPE, and SPWLA. I have been a SPWLA member for the past five years and I was on the organizing committee of the SPWLA Symposium 2007 held at Austin, Texas. Being involved with SPWLA has given me opportunities to advance my knowledge and also to interact with professionals from the oil industry. I would like to continue my involvement with SPWLA by running for the post of Secretary for the Houston Chapter. SPWLA is transitioning through a time when many young petrophysicists and log analysts are being placed with higher levels of responsibility in the industry. In this environment, we are facing challenges in the transfer of technical knowledge, experience, and managerial skills between generations. By being a secretary of the Houston Chapter of SPWLA, I would like to start mentoring opportunities in formation evaluation and encourage involvement by young petrophysicists in the oil industry
Treasurer Paul Connolly Paul is the Chief Petrophysicist and Technical Coordinator of Shale Plays for EOG Resources, Inc., and is the current Treasurer for the Houston Chapter of SWPLA. He graduated from Michigan Technological University in 1976 with a BS degree in Applied Physics, and joined Shell Oil Company as a Petrophysical Engineer. From 1976-1983, Paul held various Petrophysical Engineering assignments in the Michigan, Permian, Delaware, Anadarko, Ardmore, and Arkoma basins. From 1983-1994, Paul held Petrophysical Engineering supervisory positions in the Shell Companies, including Division Petrophysical Engineer for areas of California and the Gulf of Mexico, Research Manager, and Technical Manager in Pecten International Company. Paul joined EOG Resources as a Petrophysical Specialist in 1994, working international projects and new venture evaluation. He was assigned to his current position In 1995. Paul has previously served two terms as VP for the Downtown Section of the Houston Chapter. Loren Roberts Loren is a scientist for Baker Hughes in the Nuclear Center of Excellence of the Strategic Technology and Advanced Research group. He received a B.S. (Cum Laude) in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering from Kansas State University in 2002 and a Ph.D. of Nuclear Engineering from North Carolina State University in 2008. His thesis work was in development, analysis, and optimization of new deterministic radiation transport methodologies and was supported by a U.S. DOE Nuclear Engineering fellowship. Loren was a visiting student in the Radiation Effects Science department at Sandia National Laboratory where he worked on verification of deterministic transport codes in 2006. Upon joining Baker Hughes in 2008, his primary areas of work have been on the development and characterization of nuclear well logging tools. Some of his research interests are development of novel nuclear well logging techniques & apparatus for formation evaluation, numerical analysis, and coupling of Monte Carlo and deterministic radiation transport methods. Loren is a member of SPWLA, SPE, and the American Nuclear Society. I am running for the position of Treasurer of the SPWLA Houston chapter. Over the past year, I’ve greatly appreciated the opportunity to attend local SPWLA luncheons and the spring topical conference. Through these functions, the Houston chapter provides a venue to meet others within the formation evaluation realms who are experts in their fields and share information. As a relatively young member and new Ph.D. from outside the traditional geological and petrophysical disciplines, I am running for treasurer to help foster these good practices and encourage involvement in the society from all disciplines in formation evaluation.
Editor Don Hartman Don is a Senior Petrophysical Advisor for Devon Energy Corporation’s Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Production division in Houston. His areas of responsibility include the Texas Gulf Coast and the GOM. He began his career as a staff petrophysicist with Shell Oil in 1962, working first in Houston (GOM and South Texas), and then Denver (Rocky Mountain Basins), before transferring back to Houston to work offshore California and various lease sales. In 1981, he joined Sohio Petroleum (BP Exploration), working in Denver, Anchorage and Houston. Don moved to Pennzoil Exploration and Production in 1992 and has remained with the company since the merger with Devon Energy in 1999. He holds BS degrees in mathematics and chemical engineering from the University of Houston. He is a member of SPWLA and SPE. Thaimar Ramírez Thaimar is a Petrophysicist in the Mid-Continent Business Unit with ConocoPhillips in Midland, TX. She has 4 years of experience in the oil industry and has worked international and domestic projects at the Subsurface Technology Team (Houston, TX) and the various assets at the Alaska Business Unit (Anchorage, AK). She returned to the Lower 48 in 2008 and her current work assignment involves formation evaluation of the challenging unconventional reservoirs in the Rockies. Thaimar will transfer back to the Subsurface Technology Team (Houston, TX) in summer 2009, where she will continue assisting with technology development for tight gas sandstone and shale gas reservoir characterization. Thaimar received a MS. in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 2004 where she was a Research Assistant in the Formation Evaluation group. Before joining ConocoPhillips in 2005, she worked as a Computer Programmer/Petrophysicist for the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering of The University of Texas at Austin and was a lecturer of Management Theory at the Universidad Nacional Experimental del Táchira in Venezuela. Thaimar’s aspiration to actively participate in the Society has encouraged her to run for the position of Editor of the SPWLA Houston Chapter. She would like to contribute to the Chapter by promulgating and reassuring the technological advances in formation evaluation that conduce to the successful professional development of geoscientists and engineers. Over the past year, she did not have the opportunity to attend the distinguished SPWLA luncheon meetings since neither Anchorage nor Midland has a local chapter but the geographical distance has not been a detriment to her career development. Thaimar is keeping up with technology by networking and attending meetings held by local chapters of other societies such as AAPG and SPE as well as SPWLA Topical Conferences. She has been a member of SPWLA since she was a graduate student in 2003 and has served as a co-organizer of the 2006 Spring Topical Conference on Net Pay Determination in Tucson, AZ.
Webmaster Jeff Alford Jeff, returning candidate for Webmaster of the Houston SPWLA chapter is a Senior Petrophysicist working for Schlumberger?s Drilling & Measurements segment in Houston as the Acoustic Domain Champion. In addition to supporting operations at the Field & Client level, he is chiefly involved in developing Geophysical & Geomechanical solutions for drilling and completion problems. Since joining Schlumberger in 1981 his experience in borehole acoustics includes acquisition as a Field Seismic Specialist, 10 years as a Log Analyst specializing in Seismic, Sonic, & Ultra-Sonic processing & interpretation, 3 years as Senior Development Engineer on the LWD SonicVISION tool project, and as Technical Auditor for the Sonic Scanner, Isolation Scanner, & Sonic Scope tool projects. He attended the University of Georgia for a B.S. in Geology, and Delgado University for an A.S. in Electrical Engineering. He is a member of SPWLA, SEG, HGS, and SGS professional societies. Jeff has served the SPWLA as Webmaster for the Houston Chapter in 2006, 2007, & 2008. Fellow Members, in 2008 we implemented considerable changes to the 'Look & Feel' of the Houston SPWLA website, going from printed newsletter advertising to the current shockwave driven dynamic linked icons, which allow our financial supporters better opportunities to communicate their services to the community with a minimum of impediment & distraction to the website visitor. FWIW the old newsletters have not been abandoned, but are continued as linked PDF documents that you can still choose to print as desired. Elimination of the printing and mailing of the Newsletters has streamlined and simplified the publishing process, giving our VP's more time to procure interesting Speakers and saving the Chapter money. In 2009 I would like to continue our plans for the modernization of the website by adding pages for individual members seeking employment or offering services, to freely post electronic 'business cards' with email links. One of those 'cards' will then be randomly selected at each page refresh for a highlighted spot on the top of the front page dynamic icons. Hopefully this will aid our community match people to job opportunities in these trying times. I also plan to add a Utilities page that would serve as a quick source for mnemonics translation, and a site for freeware Petrophysical Evaluation software tools interchange and download. Finally I plan to replace the current Events page with an iCal compliant Calendar, to simplify communication of upcoming meeting schedules and chapter events. Zhipeng Liu Zhipeng is currently a petrophysicist working in Houston for PathFinder Energy Services (a unit of Smith International), supporting research and development as well as operations in Logging While Drilling and Directional Drilling services. He earned his M.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2007. He received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in Beijing, China in 2002. His interest includes petrophysics, geology, drilling, log analysis, log modeling and inversion. From 2002 to 2006, he worked for Schlumberger Beijing GeoScience Center developing Wireline and LWD/MWD logging data acquisition system and interpretation software for various logging tools. In summer 2007, he worked briefly as a petrophysicist intern in BP Houston. Dear SPWLA Houston Chapter Member,
Looking forward to your help, Kent B. Mooney Kent has been in the oil industry for nearly ten years. For the last eight years, Kent has been working as a software developer and project manager with the Petrosite software group at Halliburton. Prior to his current position, Kent was the IT Administrator for Specified Fuels and Chemicals, an independent reference fuels refinery in Channelview; handled IT and Graphic Design for a promotional packaging company; and had his own internet consulting and web development company. Kent holds bachelors degrees in Finance and Management from the University of Houston, and is working towards a masters degree in Computer Science. Personally, Kent is an enthusiast for all things Mac, enjoys hiking, golf, and has been a member of several bowling leagues; and enjoys renovating older houses in his spare time.
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