Joe Comisky .

       Joe is a petrophysicist with Apache Corporation in Houston, TX. As a member of Apache’s Exploration and Technology group, Joe works with a variety of regions to deliver practical and technically sound petrophysical models that describe reservoirs at a variety of scales. To this end, he has taken on the resolution of net pay as a challenge within Apache’s regions and the industry in general. Besides the typical petrophysical deliverables of lithology, porosity and saturation, Joe and his colleagues work within a variety of disciplines to more accurately describe a reservoir’s deliverability by using techniques such as rate transient analysis, production logging and single well reservoir simulation. 
       His particular interests within the field of petrophysics include the measurement and estimation of permeability, capillary pressure and electrical properties. Other areas of expertise lie in seismic rock properties, geomechanics, and pore pressure analysis.
       Joe is a graduate of the Penn State Petroleum Geosystems Initiative with a BS (1999) in Geosciences and an MS (2002).
Previous employers include Anadarko Petroleum and ConocoPhillips.

Andy May

       Andy graduated from the University of Kansas in 1974 with a degree in Geology and joined Cities Service Oil Company where he worked as a Computer Geologist and Log Analyst. He left Cities Service in 1979 and went to Exxon as a Formation Evaluation Specialist and Operations Geologist. In 1985 Andy joined Scientific Software-Intercomp as Manager of their Logcalc petrophysical computer program. In 1988, Andy joined Kerr-McGee as a petrophysicist and stayed with them until the Anadarko acquisition when he took early retirement and joined Fronterra Geoscience as Chief Petrophysicist. In April of this year, Andy left Fronterra Geoscience and joined Devon Energy downtown as a Senior Petrophysical Advisor. Andy lives in The Woodlands with his wife Aurelia and has 4 step-children and seven grandchildren. He has written 15 articles on petrophysics, geology and computer science.

Jose Silva

       Jose 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.
       Jose graduated from Simon Bolivar University as a Geophysical Engineer, and has worked for PDVSA (Venezuela), ConocoPhillips (Venezuela), Schlumberger (Louisiana, USA).

Dean Jackson

       Dean is an account manager for Baker Atlas. Dean has 31 years experience in wireline logging. Dean began his career with Dresser Atlas in 1976 in Hobbs, NM as an open hole logging engineer. Dean’s experience includes log analysis in the complex reservoirs of south-eastern New Mexico and west Texas where he worked in field and city sales following his stint as a logging engineer. In 1999, Dean moved to Houston where he is currently assigned as an account manager.
       Dean was an active member of the Roswell Geological Society in Roswell, NM until his transfer to Houston. Dean is a 1965 graduate of KSTC, Emporia, KS.

Paul Connolly

       Paul is the Chief Petrohysicist and Technical Coordinator for Shale Gas Plays with EOG Resources, Inc. 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.

Jesus Salazar

       Jesús received a B.S. in Physics from Universidad Central de Venezuela in 1998 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 2004 and 2008, respectively. He joined ConocoPhillips in March 2008 to work as a Petrophysicist in the subsurface technology group in Houston, TX. 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 as a summer intern for ConocoPhillips and Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation performing petrophysical interpretation and modeling on tight-gas sands, turbidites, and carbonates. His research interests include petrophysics, log analysis, inverse problems, and numerical reservoir simulation. Jesús has published 12 papers on international conferences and peer reviewed technical journals. He is recipient of the best paper award published in Petrophysics in 2006. 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.

Donald E. Hartman

       Don is a Petrophysical Adviser for Devon Energy Corp.’s Gulf of Mexico - Shelf. His areas of responsibility include the Texas Gulf Coast , South Louisiana , and the Gulf of Mexico shelf. Prior the Devon/PennzEnergy merger, he was a Staff Petrophysicist for BP Exploration and Shell Oil. Don is a member of SPWLA and SPE.

Jeff Alford

       Jeff is the Drilling & Measurements Acoustic Domain Champion, working for Schlumberger’s Data & Consulting Services segment in Houston. In addition to supporting operations at the Field & Client level, he is chiefly involved in developing Geomechanical solutions for drilling and completion problems. Since joining Schlumberger in 1981 his experience includes acquisition as a Field Seismic Specialist, more than 10 years as a Log Analyst working in-house for Amoco, McMoran, Shell, and Chevron. Specializing in Seismic, Sonic, & Ultra-Sonic interpretation, he later spent 3 years as Senior Development Engineer on the LWD SonicVISION tool project, served as Technical Auditor for the Sonic Scanner & Isolation Scanner tool projects, and as Senior Interpretation Development Petrophysicist.
       Jeff 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.