The Biennial Geophysical Seminar 2022

Catalina is a geophysicist with broad experience in the geophysics field: from exploration to development, from Quantitative Seismic Interpretation to Non-seismic. More recently she's worked int the subsurface team of the Northern Lights JV as a Sr. CCS geoscientist. She comes from Shell but it's seconded to the NL JV and Equinor.

Studied BSc Geology at Manchester University, and MSc Applied Geophysics at Birmingham University. Early career as a processing geophysicist at VeritasDGC led to Stavanger in the early 2000s, and eventually BP Norge and now Aker BP since 2016.
The current role of processing geophysicist in AkerBP involves a wide range of seismic challenges on the NCS, with a focus on 4D and multi-component acquisition and processing.

Aina Juell Bugge started working as an exploration geophysicist at Lundin Energy in 2019, after submitting her PhD thesis on aspects of automated seismic interpretation. From previously, she holds a MSc in petroleum geology and geophysics from the University of Oslo.

Martin Landrø received an M.S. (1983) and Ph.D. (1986) in physics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. From 1986 to 1989, he worked at SERES A/S. From 1989 to 1996, he was employed at IKU Petroleum Research as a research geophysicist and manager. From 1996 to 1998, he worked as a specialist at Statoil’s research center in Trondheim. Since 1998, Landrø has been a professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He received the Norman Falcon award from EAGE in 2000 and the award for best paper in GEOPHYSICS in 2001. In 2004 he received the Norwegian Geophysical award, and in 2007 Statoil’s researcher prize. He received the SINTEF award for outstanding pedagogical activity in 2009. In 2010 he received the Louis Cagniard award from EAGE and in 2011 the Eni award (New Frontiers in Hydrocarbons). In 2012 he received the Conrad Schlumberger award from EAGE. Landrø’s research interests include seismic inversion, marine seismic acquisition, and 4D and 4C seismic. This includes geophysical monitoring of CO2 storage. In 2014 he received the IOR award from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. He is a member of EAGE, SEG, The Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences and The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters. He is currently director at the Centre for Geophysical Forecasting at NTNU.

Hazem holds a BSc degree in Engineering, and a MSc degree in Geophysics from University of Houston, USA. He is currently a Project Manager at Schlumberger with 12+ years of experience in seismic processing and imaging. Hazem has worked in multiple locations and has experience with different acquisition techniques including towed streamer, land, and multicomponent OBS, covering different basins including Barents Sea, North Sea, Caspian Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Middle East, and offshore East Canada.

Thomas is a Principal Geophysicist at CGG where he has extensive experience managing projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, notably the large Northern Viking Graben regional velocity model building and dual-azimuth processing efforts. He has authored and co-authored papers for various conferences, notably on subjects such as Least Squares Imaging and Q-FWI.

Øystein works at PGS as a Principal Geophysicist in a global support role for imaging. He works with the RnD and the imaging departments on new developments within depth imaging, tomography and inversion (LSM and FWI). He has been with PGS for 9 years and holds a MSc in Acoustics and Signal Processing from NTNU.

MSc in Geophysics from the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow.
13 years experience in 4D seismic data processing.
Working as Imaging Supervisor at PGS Oslo, leading 4D imaging team.
Involved in PGS New Energy initiatives with regards to Carbon Capture and Storage.

Sindre studied Geology and Geophysics at the University of Oslo including an exchange to the Svalbard in the arctic. His professional career started with picking velocities and writing his thesis on Removal of Seismic Interference with CGG. Following studies, he joined the Graduate program in ConocoPhillips Stavanger, with several trips to Houston. After two years in ConocoPhillips he transitioned to TGS where he has been the last 6 years. With TGS he has had the opportunity to work on all the data and different data types. Lately, he has also been involved in the Earth Science Analytics collaboration which is showing a lot of potential.

With more than 40 years of industry experience Chris joined BGP Offshore at the end of 2018 as Chief Geophysicist. With extensive experience in all aspects of marine geophysics including survey design, data acquisition, quality control, onboard data processing and 4D, since 2001 he has focused on expanding the application of Ocean Bottom seismic data acquisition.

Kristoffer holds a master in signal processing (“sivilingeniør”) from NTNU and Telecom ParisTech EURECOM. Currently he is working as a principal geophysicist with Equinor, responsible for planning, procuring, and supervising a portfolio of seismic projects.

Graduated in 2018 with an MSc in Petroleum Geoscience from the University of Bergen.
- Currently working as a Development Geologist in Spirit Energy.
- 3,5 years of experience conducting geological and geophysical analysis for prospect
maturation, prospect identification (APA rounds) and development planning in Lundin
Energy Norway and Spirit Energy

Hamed Amini is a reservoir geophysicist at reservoir characterisation Excellence Team at AKerBP. Prior to his current role, he was a QI geophysicist consultant based in UK. He has also been an Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University.

Holding a PhD degree in geophysics (seismic) from NTNU in 2008. Then worked as a research scientist at SINTEF Petroleum until 2012 focusing on rockphysics, reservoir geomechanics and its link to 4D seismic, and developing numerical methods in geoscience (MDEM code). Having worked at Equinor ASA since January 2013 until now (current position) as principal reservoir geophysicist focusing on structural an amplitude seismic interpretation including AVO analysis, rockphysics, reservoir monitoring using 4D seismic, and exploration and prospect maturation.

Andrew studied Geology and Applied Physics at Kingston University before doing a Masters degree in Oceanography at Southampton. In 2002 he started as a processing geophysicist at CGG in London and spent 5 years from 2007 in Aberdeen in dedicated processing centres of Shell and Total before transferring to CGG, Massy in France in 2012. Since then he has involved in a number of projects in the Norwegian sector including Haugland High and Greater Castberg

EDUCATION
• Ph.D. in Geochemistry and Petrology, Rice University, 2003 – 2008 (Torkild Rieber Award)
• B.S. in Geoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, 1999 – 2003
WORKING EXPERIENCE & INNOVATION
• ConocoPhillips, Houston, 04/2013 – Present
– Staff Geophysicist & Project Leader, 04/2013-Current (Spirit Award, 2018)
• CGG, Houston, 04/2008 – 04/2013
– Senior Imaging Team Leader
• Occidental Petroleum Corporation, 05/2006 – 08/2006
- Summer Intern Geologist

Isaias Castillo received his Geophysical Engineer degree from the Central University of Venezuela in 2007, and a MSc in Petroleum Geoscience from the University of Stavanger in Norway in 2017. He started his career in 2007, and he has around 12 years of experience working as Geophysicist and Geomodeller in companies like SueloPetrol, PDVSA, Fugro, Shell and Schlumberger for Pemex. During his career he got experience working in seismic acquisition and processing, exploration and production of oil and gas, and Geotechnical analysis of the seabed for wind farms, in countries like Venezuela, Mexico, Netherlands and Norway. He has also worked as Research Associate in Geophysics for UiS. In 2019 he joined to Vår Energi where he is currently working as Geoscience Advisor.

Cathrine Holmsen is Senior Advisor in Petoro. She received her M.Sc. in Sedimentology and Petroleums Geology at University of Oslo in 1994. Before Cathrine started in Petoro for 13 years ago she worked as an Exploration Geologist in AS Norske Shell for several years. Cathrine has more than 20 years experience in the oil industry.

Per Avseth is a geophysical advisor and CTO of Dig Science in Oslo, and a part-time researcher at the Dept. of Electronic Systems at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. Per received his M.Sc. in Applied Petroleum Geosciences from NTNU in 1993, and his Ph.D. in Geophysics from Stanford University, California, in 2000. Per has more than 20 years experience in the oil industry, and he was the SEG Honorary Lecturer for Europe in 2009. He is a co-author of the book Quantitative Seismic Interpretation (2005) and has published extensively in the fields of rock physics and AVO analysis. He received the NPF Geophysical Award in 2012.

Sverre Planke is the CEO of Volcanic Basin Petroleum Research as (VBPR) and a part-time Professor the Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED), University of Oslo, Norway. He is a co-founder of VBPR (1999) and P-Cable 3D Seismic (2007).
He holds a B.Sc. in geological engineering (1985) and a M.Sc. in geophysics (1987), both from the University of Utah, and a Ph.D. in geology (1993) from the University of Oslo.

Thomas Elboth has a PhD I applied math from UiO.
He has been an industry researcher working on geophysical problems for the last 20 years. In practice this is applied computer science (signal/image processing) aiming to improve the way the industry acquires and process marine seismic data.

Graduated from the University of Bergen in 2018 with a M.Sc. in Petroleum Geoscience focusing on structural geology in carbonate rocks. Joined ConocoPhillips in 2018 and have held positions in the Eldfisk Well Planning group and in the Exploration department. Since 2020 he has been working as a geologist in the Ekofisk & Tommeliten A Well Planning Team.

Dr. Anna Lim is a geophysicist with 10 years of cross-disciplinary experience in various projects worldwide – from Oil & Gas to deep-sea exploration. She is a Principal Geophysicist and a Discipline Leader for Deep-Ocean Space Exploration at Argeo. She focuses on deep ocean space mapping, characterization, and sub-seafloor imaging through the use and development of new sensors, robotic solutions and AI-powered data management/analysis tools, and leads deep-sea mineral activities in the company. Previously, Anna was a researcher and a coordinator of Deep-Sea Mining pilot at NTNU, which provided her with a balanced multi-disciplinary understanding of the emerging DSM industry along with hands-on experience in various aspects of marine data acquisition, including simultaneous multi-AUV and multi-ROV surveys. Anna also has several volunteering roles such as Chair of EAGE Women in Geoscience and Engineering Committee and other technical committees.

Julien Oukili holds a Master Degree in Engineering and Geoscience. He has 17 years experience in the seismic industry, the first 8 years in CGG data processing. He joined PGS in 2013 and is currently Geophysical Support Manager in Imaging, based in Oslo, Norway.

Omar Rivera-Herrera is a researcher geophysicist currently working in the Technology, Development and Innovation Department in Equinor doing research on subsurface technologies, automation and artificial intelligence.
He holds a Master’s in Applied Geophysics from the IDEA League (TU Delft, ETH Zurich, RWTH Aachen.
As a young professional he has briefly worked with Schlumberger researching automation tasks for exploration workflows and for Delft Inversion researching stochastic approaches to the inversion of elastic rock properties.

Mike Branston is currently based in Doha and manages Schlumberger’s Solution Design and Modelling activities across the Eastern Hemisphere. His primary focus is the use of forward modelling in the design and evaluation of data acquisition and monitoring solutions for both Land and Marine operations. Over the last 20 years he has been based in Norway, Malaysia and the UK. Dr Branston holds both a BSc and a PhD in geophysics and was awarded Chartered Geologist status by the Geological Society of London in 2006. In 2020 he became CCS Champion for Schlumberger Geosolutions.

Dag Helland-Hansen joined the management of EMGS as Global Exploration Advisor in April 2018, with primary focus on supporting management and the global sales organization on strategy, adoption and sales. Dag has been an Exploration Management and G&G experience from Norway and abroad as he has worked in various capacities for companies such as AkerBP, Tellus, Svenska, Idemitsu and Chevron. Dag holds an MSc degree in Reservoir Evaluation and Management from Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh, Scotland, in the UK and an MSc in Petroleum Geology and Geophysics from the Norwegian Institute of Technology.

Jeroen Hoogeveen joined Geoex MCG in October 2008. He is a Dutch citizen and holds an MSc in Technical Geophysics from Delft University in the Netherlands. Jeroen has 15 years of experience from technical operations in PGS, prior to joining Geoex MCG.

Has worked as a geologist at NPD in Harstad since 2012.
Was a geology student and PhD-candidate at the University of Tromsø from 2003-2012, focusing on seismic interpretation.
Main tasks at NPD are exploration in frontier areas in the southern Barents Sea and unopened areas in the northern Barents Sea.

Ørjan Pedersen received a M.S. in Mathematics (2002) and a Ph.D. in applied geophysics (2010) from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. His research interests include seismic modeling, imaging and velocity model building. He worked as a research geophysicist at Equinor (2008-2018) and is currently working as a lead geophysicist at AkerBP.

Ole Edvard Aaker received an MSc in Petroleum Geophysics (2018) from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and is currently working on an industrial PhD related to Full Waveform Inversion. He is employed at Aker BP, working as a geophysicist in the Seismic Imaging and Processing team.

After obtaining my BSc in geophysics from Durham University, in 2014 I joined CGG’s seismic imaging department in Crawley, UK. Here I worked on many seismic processing projects—especially concerning ocean bottom data pre-processing and velocity model building—before moving to CGG’s dedicated team at Equinor Stavanger in 2019, where I am now primarily working with Permanent Reservoir Monitoring system data.

Emin was born in Baku, Azerbaijan. In 1999 he received a BSc. degree from Azerbaijan State Oil Academy and in 2002 a MSc. degree in Geophysics from the Norwegian University of Science and technology. In 2002-2010 he worked at CGG in Oslo and Stavanger as a processing geophysicist, working with mainly marine 4D and OBS surveys. Since 2006 he was leading CGG dedicated processing center at Statoil. In 2010 he joined Equinor as a principal geophysicist with various processing project responsibilities. Since 2021 he has worked as a project coordinator for PRM operations for Johan Sverdrup and Johan Castberg PRM projects. He is also a Vise Chair for SEG Europe Regional Advisory Committee.