Interviews
An interview with Brian Romans
A sedimentary geologist and assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences at Virginia Tech, Brian Romans' research on the patterns and controls of clastic sedimentation has resulted in numerous authored papers.
An interview with Victoria French
Victoria French is interested in all aspects of geosciences, including engineering. Her favorite projects integrate incorporate geological, geophysical, and engineering inputs into models for reservoir characterization.
An interview with Bert Bril
As a geophysicist who became a builder of geoscientific software, Bert Bril is one of the original creators of OpendTect, the Open Source seismic interpretation system (opendtect.org).
An interview with Maitri Erwin
Maitri Erwin is a geophysicist at Nexen Petroleum USA working on deepwater Gulf of Mexico assets. She is also advisor to Project Gutenberg, the oldest publisher of free electronic books.
An interview with Chris Jackson
Chris Jackson completed his BSc (1998) and PhD (2002) at the University of Manchester. He is now a Reader in Basin Analysis with Imperial College, London.
An interview with Kris Innanen
Kris Innanen is an Associate Professor at the Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary. Strong in theoretical geophysics, he works to advance the concept, and algorithmic solutions for problems such as elimination of multiples from seismic data, and to locate and determine subsurface structure in the absence of a velocity model.
An interview with Doris Ross
Doris Ross has been engaged in the oil & gas industry for over 20 years, bringing together extensive knowledge and experience in geosciences, technology, business and consulting management to solve complex technical and energy industry problems.
An interview with Matteo Niccoli
Matteo Niccoli graduated from the University of Rome, Italy, with an honors degree in geology, and holds an MSc in geophysics from the University of Calgary. In his free time he does research and occasional consulting in geoscience visualization with his company MyCarta.
An interview with Mostafa Naghizadeh
Mostafa Naghizadeh received a BSc in mining engineering from the University of Kerman, Iran, and an MSc in geophysics from the University of Tehran in 2003. He received his PhD in geophysics from the University of Alberta in 2009. His interests are in seismic data reconstruction methods, sampling theory, and seismic imaging.
An interview with Pavlo Cholach
Pavlo Cholach is a geophysicist with Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) working on conventional oil assets in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Pavlo holds a PhD in geophysics from the University of Alberta, Canada, and a diploma with distinction in geophysics from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine.
An interview with Mihaela S. Ryer
Mihaela S. Ryer has over 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. During her career she held numerous technical, research and leadership positions in exploration, production and applied technology organizations. She specializes in clastic depositional systems analysis from pore to basin scale, seismic sequence stratigraphy and integrated reservoir prediction
An interview with Eric Andersen
Eric Andersen is a senior geophysicist with Talisman Malaysia where he has a technical advisory role for Talisman’s Southeast Asia Region (Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam). He specializes in quantitative interpretation, seismic processing QC, and reservoir characterization, and has an interest in estimating geomechanical properties from seismic data.
An interview with Fereidoon Vasheghani
Fereidoon Vasheghani received his PhD in geophysics in 2011, and MEng in petroleum engineering in 2006, both from the University of Calgary, Alberta. He is a member of SEG and SPE.
An interview with Sudhir Jain
Sudhir Jain is a distinguished geophysicist who was very active in Calgary during the 1970s and 1980s. He was a prolific researcher, writer and a communicator, and one can find several of his papers published in the Canadian Journal of Exploration Geophysics during that time.
An interview with Matt Hall
Matt Hall is the founder of Agile Geoscience. A sedimentologist, Matt found geophysics later in his career. He is passionate about communicating science and technology, and especially about putting specialist knowledge into the hands of anyone who needs it.
An interview with Rob Simm
Rob Simm is a seismic interpreter with a special interest in rock physics, AVO, and seismic inversion technologies. An interest in applying rock physics in prospect generation and field development led him to set up his own consultancy, Rock Physics Associates.
An interview with Chris Kent
Chris Kent is from the UK and graduated from Camborne School of Mines. He has 20 years experience working in various places in Asia, West Africa, Saudi Arabia, North America, and Europe.
An interview with Bill Goodway
Bill Goodway obtained a BSc in geology from the University of London and an MSc in geophysics from the University of Calgary. Bill has worked for various seismic contractors in the UK and Canada. Bill has received numerous CSEG Best Paper Awards as well as the CSEG Medal in 2008.
