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DONALD D.
CLARKE
is a
Geological Consultant for Tidelands Oil Production Company, Signal Hill
Petroleum, Vintage, and Terralog. He currently is also a Petroleum Geology
instructor at the University of Southern California. Mr. Clarke has earned a
B.S. in Geology from California State University, and graduate work at CSUN,
CSU Long Beach and CSU Los Angeles. He has been at active member of AAPG
since 1986. Mr. Clarke has over 60 published papers and abstracts, as well
as three geological guidebooks.
 J.C. (CHRIS) HALL,
PTTC's new
Board Chairman, is President of Drilling & Production Co., located in
Torrance California. He is a third generation oil producer, with production
primarily in the Kern County area. Chris has over 32 years oil field
experience, from working as a roustabout in the field to running an
independent oil production company. He has also done considerable work for
landowners on commercial and residential development projects in oil
fields. He graduated from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island,
with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. Mr. Hall then served ten years as a
nuclear and submarine qualified commissioned officer in the United States
Navy; his last duty assignment was as Lieutenant Commander, Engineering
Department Head of New Construction for the submarine USS Jacksonville
(SSN699). Mr. Hall came to his current job in 1982. He has been extremely
active in oil and gas industry issues through his involvement in numerous
trade associations. He has served as President of the California
Independent Petroleum Association (CIPA); the Management and Executive
Committees of Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA); the
Administrative and Executive Committee Chairman of Conservation Committee of
California Oil Producers (CCCOP), and past President of the national
Petroleum Technology Transfer Council, an organization of which he is a
founding member. He is also very active in numerous volunteer activities.
 DOUG
W. JORDAN
is a senior
geologist in Chesapeake Energy Corporation's Unconventional Resources group
a leading-edge technical team focused on high impact resources plays. During
a 30 year career since receiving his BS and MS Degrees in Geology from the
University of Cincinnati, Mr. Jordan has held a variety of senior-level
technical and managerial positions with major and independent petroleum
companies, and service organizations. Mr. Jordan has co-authored nearly 50
papers, abstracts and field courses, and completed projects in New Zealand,
China, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Algeria, Egypt, Yemen, Romania, CIS,
Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, North Sea, as well as various United
States projects in California, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Kansas, Gulf of
Mexico, Texas and Louisiana. These wide-ranging experiences have added to
his in-depth understanding of numerous technical issues in petroleum
reservoirs and geologic provinces, and afforded the opportunity to interact
with a diverse group of technical professionals worldwide. Mr. Jordan is a
Certified Petroleum Geologist (Certificate Number #4244) of AAPG, a member
of the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), the Oklahoma City Geological
Society, the Dallas Geological Society, and the European Association of
Geoscientists and Engineers.
 DARIEN
G. O’BRIEN,
P.E., is Director of Engineering for Solutions Engineering, a company he
founded in 1992 for technology development. Mr. O'Brien's technical
expertise is in reservoir engineering, workover and drilling
recommendations, reserves and economic evaluations, reservoir modeling,
environmental issues and technology development. Before forming
Solutions Engineering in 1992, Mr. O'Brien worked for Sohio Petroleum
Company and BP Exploration (Alaska) in Anchorage in both reservoir
engineering and production engineering capacities. Mr. O'Brien has
worked for Marathon Oil Company, Chevron (USA) Inc., Alaska Pacific
University, Sandia National Laboratories, Western Gas Resources, Inc.,
Forest Oil Corporation and Enerplus Resources (USA) in reservoir,
production, drilling and environmental engineering positions. Mr.
O'Brien earned a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School
of Mines and an MBA from the University of Alaska. He has been an active
SPE member throughout his career, serving as Continuing Education
Chairman for the Denver Section since 2004, a SPE Distinguished Lecturer
in 2000-2001, received SPE's Regional Service Award in 2008 and recently
appointed to SPE's International Continuing Education Committee. He is
also a member of the Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers and the
National Society of Professional Engineers. Mr. O'Brien is a registered
Professional Engineer in Colorado, Wyoming and California.
DIANNA SHELANDER
is a geophysicist with expertise in seismic interpretation, providing
her with a broad range of experiences over diverse geologic regimes,
both domestic and internationally. These include exploration and
development projects across much of the US, from Gulf of Mexico to
Alaska, and Colorado to California. Her international experience
includes offshore Brazil, Mexico, Trinidad, Nova Scotia, North Sea, and
Myanmar. Ms. Shelander has a B.S. in Physics with a Geophysics Option
from Georgia Tech, and a M.S. in Exploration Geophysics from Stanford
University. She has worked in the oil industry since 1977, with
Schlumberger, Amoco, and Unocal. In recent years, Ms. Shelander has
gained expertise in seismic inversion analyses and their applications in
her work with the Schlumberger Reservoir Seismic Services (RSS) group.
Ms. Shelander’s proficiency is in identifying gas hydrates and working
with the Gas Hydrates Joint Industry Project (JIP). She plays a dual
role as both respected participating scientist and contractor, providing
interpretation of the seismic inversion data.
 DR.
BERRY H. (NICK) TEW,
PTTC’s new Board Vice Chairman,
is Alabama's State Geologist and Oil and Gas Supervisor and Director of the
Geological Survey of Alabama (GSA) and the State Oil and Gas Board of
Alabama (OGB). Dr. Tew, who has earned B.A., B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees,
also holds an appointment as an Adjunct Professor of Geological Sciences at
the University of Alabama. He joined the staff of GSA and OGB in 1984 and,
in 1993, established the agencies' GIS/Remote Sensing Program. GSA and OGB
were among the first agencies in Alabama to integrate digital geospatial
data and technologies into their business practices. In addition, he has
conducted extensive geological research in the eastern Gulf Coastal Plain
area. Dr. Tew serves as Alabama’s official representative to the Interstate
Oil & Gas Compact Commission, in several other roles associated with his
professional responsibilities and actively participates in AAPG.
 WILLIAM
(BILL) ZAGORSKI, Vice President of Geology in Range Resources’ Appalachian
Business Unit, joined Range in 1993 as a Senior Geologist. Previously,
the Company was known as Lomak Petroleum, and until recently, its
Appalachian joint venture operated under the name of Great Lakes Energy
Partners, L.L.C. Zagorski was promoted to his current position in March
2001. He manages the geoscience functions for Range’s Devonian Shale
play and oversees the geologic and mapping functions for the northern
Appalachian Business Unit. He
has over 27 years exploration experience in various tight sand, shale
gas and coalbed methane plays in the Appalachian, Michigan, Illinois and
Uintah Basins. He earned BS and MS degrees in geology from the
University of Pittsburgh in 1980 and 1992, respectively. Prior to
joining Range, he served as Exploration Manager with Mark Resources
Corporation (1982 - 1993) and Atlas Energy Group (1980 - 1982). |