If you have dropped of sight, been enjoying retirement, or have returned from overseas, drop me a line. I have received a lot of positive feedback on the portion of this column titled, "Whatever happened to... ", so let us know what has happened to you!
April is here and the CSEG 2004 National Convention is fast approaching. I would like to remind you that the convention will be held at the Telus Convention Centre, May 10 to May 13, 2004. The deadline for early bird registration is April 2, 2004. I hope to meet many of you in person at this year's convention.
New job announcements...
Don Macneil has accepted the position of Sales Representative with Sercel Canada Ltd. He will be responsible for sales and leasing of equipment and software for Sercel's 408 System and specialty cables. He can be reached at (403) 295-9788 or by e-mail at do n.macneil@sercelus.com.
Robert Chelak has recently joined Roxar Software Solutions as a Reservoir Geoscientist in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to support Roxar's Irap RMS software suite of products for the region. For the past 11 years he has been working in Texas with 3D the reservoir modeling software Stratamode l, and most recently with Landmark's PowerModel system. As a reservoir modeling specialist his roles have included; consulting, training, support, testing, usability, development of modeling workflows, and assisting in software development. Chelak is returning to Calgary where he had worked for Esso Resources Canada in the Mapping and Modeling department for 6 years, after graduating from the University of Alberta in Edmonton. His new contact information is: Robert Chelak Robert.Chelak@Roxar.com 815-8th Ave. S.W. Suite 1200 Calgary, Alberta, T2P-3P2, Canada Office: 403 290-0551 Fax: 403 290-0599.
Sam Johnston of Johnston Seismic Consulting Ltd would like his colleagues and clients to know that he will be based in Maracaibo, Venezuela for the next half year. Sam can still be reached at johnstos@cuug.ab.ca to arrange for the completion of any short-term South American seismic interpretation projects.
Andy St.Onge is pleased to announce that he has joined the team at Virtus Energy Limited as Vice President, Exploration. He can be reached at 266.2002 x304 or on his cell at 969.3272.
Asmae Elkadiri has joined Sensor Geophysical as of Tuesday, Feb. 17 as an entry level "Geophysicist" . She is a relatively recent graduate from the University of Calgary with a B.Sc. in Applied Math and a B.Sc. in Geophysics. Her role will be to spend the first year in the Front-end group providing technical support to processing, including demultiplex/reformat of data, front-end work as required for 2D and 3D geometry assignment, picking trace edits, first breaks etc.
Harvey McDougall has left Seneca Energy and has joined Bulldog Energy Inc. Harvey can be reached at hmcdougall@bulldogenergy.ca or 213-3557.
Scott Sverdahl has joined Canadian Natural Resources Limited working as a Geophysicist in the Ante Creek area of North-West Alberta. Scott can be reached at 514-7582 or by Email atscott.sverdahl@cnrl.com.
Claude Gamache would like to announce that he has joined Reveal Resources Ltd. as Chief Geophysicist. Claude can be reached a t 234-7105 or e-mail cgamache@revealresources.com.
Drew MacGregor would like to announce that he has joined Baytex Energy Trust as Senior Geophysicist. He can be reached at 538-3638 or e-mail drew.macgregor@baytex.ab.ca.
Jelena Kegalj would like to announce that she has joined Petro-Canada as a Senior Geophysicist. You can reach Jelena at jkegalj@petro-canada.ca or 296-3900.
Karen Brawley-Hogg has joined Tripoint Energy Ltd. (formerly the Pointwest Energy team). Tripoint is a private, start-up, oil and gas company that has recently closed a private placement of $42 million. Karen can be reached at 232-7793 or at kbrawleyhogg@tripointenergy.ca.
Randi Christiansen joined EnCana Corporation in February 2004. You can reach her at 645-5693 or Randi.Christian sen@encana.com.
In Memory Of... Liliana Faiman (1957-2004)
Liliana Faiman or Lillian as she was known to many, was born in Altamara Bari, Italy, November 13, 1957. At an early age the Faiman family moved to Calgary. Liliana graduated St. Mary's High School in 1976. She started her career in the Oil & Gas industry at C.G.G. in 1979. She completed her Geophysical Technologist Certificate at S.A.I.T. in 1986. Liliana continued to pursue her career as a Geophysical Technologist at Columbia Gas while managing to raise a family of three. Liliana made no secret of the fact that her children were her greatest joy and accomplishment in life. Throughout her career she made many professional and personal friendships. Liliana will be sorely missed by her many friends, family, colleagues and her co-workers at Penn West Petroleum Ltd. Liliana is survived by her children, Jesse (16), Julia (13) and Marco Del Bello(9); and their father, her dear friend Nevio Del Bello.
What ever happened to...
Dr. Michael Enachescu prematurely retired last fall from Husky Energy and temporally from Calgary's exploration scene after 33 years of practicing in Canadian Frontier and International arena. Michael wishes to thank all his geophysicist, geologist and technologist friends that helped him through the years with his exploration career. Michael has been appointed Husky Energy Senior Fellow in Exploration Geophysics at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Department of Earth Sciences. This is a contract position with the University, funded by the Pan-Atlantic Petroleum Systems Consortium (PPSC) which was endowed by the Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF). In this position Dr. Enachescu will liaise with the exploration and geophysics community in Canada and elsewhere involved in Newfoundland and Labrador's oil exploration. He will teach advanced seismic interpretation, marine petroleum exploration and Canadian offshore basin geoscience to regular graduate students and students of the Master in Oil and Gas Program (MaGS) initiated by MUN this year. Michael and several graduate students that he supervises or co-supervises together with the excellent Earth Science academic staff will also conduct research for new exploration areas and petroleum systems offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. They will be using a modern industry data base donated by companies such as GSI (Geophysical Service Incorporated) and WesternGeco, a complete Landmark donated Laboratory and a soon to be built Visualization Center. If your exploration needs, returning to study, fishing, iceberg seeing or travel brings you to St. John's or your company needs some help with research in the area, please do not forget to contact Michael at 709 737 6103 or e-mail michaele@mun.ca.
Dave Baer would like to let his friends & former colleagues know that he retired from EnCana at the end of May 2002. Golf, travel & volunteering with various organizations are much more prominent endeavors in his life now that 'work' isn't on the agenda. He certainly doesn't miss the morning commute. For any one who would like to keep in touch, Dave's email is baerd@shaw.ca
Free to a good home...
Graham Millington is preparing for a move out of Calgary but is not planning to move his back issues of "Geophysics" (1978 to 2001). Any one wants them, they are free for the taking. Call him at 547-6781 or e-mail at grahamfmillington@shaw.ca.
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