Petroleum Systems Conference 2023

Balazs Badics graduated at ELTE University of Sciences in Budapest in 2001; and moved to Norway, to Bergen right afterwards. He worked in Norsk Hydro Research Centre Bergen with basin modelling, play fairway mapping & prospect assessment in Norway and in international exploration (Iraq, Iran, East Africa, USA).
He moved to Stavanger in 2008 and worked in StatoilHydro then Statoil until 2012 in Global New Ventures with Anthony Spencer. He started working in E.ON in 2013; and worked with Norwegian exploration only since then. E.ON was taken over by DEA I 2016, and DEA by Wintershall in 2019; he managed to survive the mergers (so far), and continues to work with APA and major rounds, farm-in assessments, prospect evaluations, geochemistry and basin modelling, also CCS licence applications. Since 2021 he has been acting as a chairman of the FORCE PSA network group.

Vinicius Riguete, a Brazilian geologist. In 2018, I earned his degree from the Rio de Janeiro State University. Since then, he has honed his skills and gained extra experience working for companies such as Halliburton, Ecopetrol, and Eneva. Since September of last year, he has been pursuing a master's degree at IFP in France, and his main interests are regional geology and exploration.

Laura Milne has worked as a petroleum geochemist and basin modeller with IGI Ltd. since 2014. She holds an MSc in Petroleum Geochemistry from Newcastle University (UK) where she conducted research at IFP working on the Rock-Eval 7S analyzer. Her main focus is on the application of organic chemistry to petroleum systems primarily within Norway and the UK North Sea.

I am currently working as a research scientist at department of reservoir technology, IFE. I get my PhD degree on Geophysic from Durham University at 2015.
At the moment, I mainly work on the development of numerical code to solve Multiphysics coupling in geomenchanics and geodynamics, with specific focus on geological storage.

John Stainforth has a 1st Class Honours Degree in Earth Sciences from Leeds University and a Ph.D in Geology based on field mapping for the Greenland Geological Survey between 1974 and 1977. He was then with Shell International for 32 years until June 2010, working as a wellsite geologist and operations geologist, exploration geologist, geochemical researcher, geosciences software developer, exploration geologist and a Geological and Geochemical Advisor in various countries around the world (Oman, Australia, Netherlands, Canada and USA). Since retiring from Shell, he continues to do some teaching and work as a consultant and remains passionately interested in geoscience. In particular, he has worked on all aspects of petroleum generation and migration for 45 years.

Dag A. Karlsen is an associated professor in petroleum system analysis at the Department of Consciences, University of Oslo, and has specialized in the use of oil and gas to delineate and trace out basin-scale migration patterns of petroleum for use in exploration since 1990.
Since beginning his career, Karlsen has conducted research in close cooperation with all oil companies active on the Norwegian shelf, supervised 44 Cand. Scient students, master students, and 11 Ph.D. students. In 1993, Karlsen was given the Best Paper Award, 1992, by the Chemical Society of America, Geochemical Division, for a publication in Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta. The awarded article described novel methods and interpretation schemes concerning petroleum inclusions and their use in understanding and timing reservoir filling and basin-scale petroleum migration patterns. Besides exploration-related efforts, Karlsen continues to specialize in methods for examining the products generated in nature from coals and other source rocks in close cooperation with the petroleum industry

I am an experienced organic geochemist with almost seven years of research experience in petroleum system analysis on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. I hold MSc and PhD in organic geochemistry from the University of Oslo where I studied the same subject, and currently work as an industry-affiliated researcher there. My expertise includes using modern geochemical instruments to generate and interpret geochemical data from rock, oil, and gas samples, and applying this knowledge to solve practical exploration and production problems.

Andres holds a PhD in Petroleum Geology - Organic Geochemistry - from University of Stavanger where he conducted research on source rocks and fluids pertaining to increasing understanding of petroleum systems. Since 2022, he has been doing geochemistry and PSA consultancy work both independently and associated with This !s Petroleum Systems for selected areas of the equatorial margin.

Jon Halvard Pedersen earned a PhD in petroleum geology and organic geochemistry from University in Oslo in 2006. Since then, he has worked as a petroleum system analyst in Statoil (2006-2010), Lundin (2010-2022) and AkerBP (2022-recent), participating in oil and gas exploration in North Africa, Austral-Asia and on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. He is currently working on petroleum systems in the Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea, from prospect to basin scale.

Guro has a master’s degree in petroleum geoscience engineering and is currently taking a PhD in organic geochemistry at the University of Stavanger, focusing on the Palaeozoic petroleum system.

Research Summary: The isotope geochemistry of light elements (H, C, N, O and S), as applied to: the origin and evolution of igneous rocks; the origin and evolution of meteorites; planetary atmospheres; atmospheric and environmental chemistry; paleoclimate; and paleontology.

Aivo Lepland has been with the Geological Survey of Norway 20 years since completing his PhD studies at Gothenburg University, Sweden and postdoctorate studies at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA. He has worked on a variety of marine, bedrock, and geochemical projects spanning the Earth’s entire sedimentary record from Early Archean banded formations in Greenland to modern polluted muds in the Oslo harbor. His current research interests focus on studies of carbonate rocks with the overarching aim of using geochemical characteristics and direct age measurements for reconstructing fluid flow and diagenetic histories of seep and petroleum systems.

Dr. Craig Barrie holds a B.Sc., with 1st class honours, in geology from the University of Glasgow and a Ph.D. in geochemistry & geology from the University of Liverpool. He is a subject matter expert in isotope & organic geochemistry and while he works globally he is primarily involved with production allocation workflows and unconventional plays. In addition to being a senior geochemist Dr. Barrie is also the Chief Operating Officer of the APT Group, serves as the theme chair for geochemistry at the annual Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) in the USA and is a Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) distinguished lecturer for 2023-2024.

30+ years experience as geologist and petroleum system analyst at the NPD, Elf, and ConocoPhillips
Retired from the petroleum industry in 2015 and have since worked part-time at the University of Stavanger teaching and supervising MSc and PhD students
Part-time also consulting for the industry through his company 'OPGIS' (opgis.no).

I am a marine geoscientist with a background in qualitative and quantitative marine geophysics and marine geology. I have completed my doctorate (Ph.D.) at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel focused on anthropogenic and natural fluid migration pathways in marine sediments with emphasize on monitoring of carbon dioxide capture and storage in marine geologic formations. The backbone of my research is my advanced experience in collection, processing and interpretation of marine hydro-acoustic and reflection seismic data (2D/3D) together with the utilization of geological and geochemical data (i.e., well log, core log data). I am currently a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Fellow investigating the contribution of (sub-) Arctic marine gas hydrate and permafrost systems to marine geologic greenhouse gas emissions at Aarhus University.

Has worked as an exploration geologist at NPD in Harstad since 2012, after nine years of geological studies at the University of Tromsø. Main tasks at NPD have been exploration in both opened and unopened frontier areas mainly in the Barents Sea, the last years focusing much on seep studies. Enjoys participating on research cruises hunting for seeps.

Olaf Thiessen was educated at Kiel University, Germany. Olaf joined (Statoil) Equinor in 2006 working in the Stavanger office with projects mainly related to Mid Norway. Since 2011 Olaf is working in the Harstad office with focus on Barents Sea related tasks.

Julian Moore is an experienced geoscientist with a string interest in integrating across multidisciplinary datasets to solve subsurface problems. He has a PhD on mudstone sedimentology and petrophysics from the University of Newcastle. Julian started in industry by joining the BP graduate scheme and this led on to a career in exploration working New Ventures, North Africa, Unconventional resources, India and Assurance.
Julian is currently the CTO of APT Group. Julian joined APT in 2015 as the Technical Director of APT UK where he takes on a wide range of activities from technical consulting, R&D, day-to-day management of operations, to accounts to business development. His real interest continues to be technical consulting and working with clients. Julian is a co-developer of Girasol, a well site gas interpretation soft developed jointly with Tim Dodd.

Dr. Tao Yang is a chief professional at Equinor, holding a position as a senior specialist in reservoir technology. He is an elected member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences (NTVA). Dr. Yang has vast industry experience in more than 300 fields, worked extensively on PVT, gas-based improved oil recovery, advanced data analytics, CCS, and hydrogen value chain. Due to his contribution to the oil industry, Dr. Yang has received numerous recognitions and awards, including SPE Distinguished Lecturer, SPE North Sea Technical Award, SPE Distinguished Membership, World Oil Awards, NTVA Honorary Award, and EAGE Alfred Wegener Award.

Daniel Finken, geoscientist by background & drilling operations enthusiast by training.
Spent half a year offshore Norway as a wellsite and 8y in Equinor as a geochemist & operations geologist.
Currently 50% of my workload consist of mudgas related questions.
Fun fact: He has read all Harry Potter books in 3 languages and loves statistics.

Stig-Morten has a PhD in geology from UiT the Arctic University of Tromsø. He has more than 30 years’ experience with oil and gas in Norway and from several international assignments. He is currently Chief Geologist with the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), working with oil & gas resource management, CCS, seabed-minerals, management plans and offshore wind. Stig-Morten holds an Adjunct Professorship with the UiT and is Vice Chair of the Bureau of Expert Group on Resource Management (UNECE - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe).

Johnathon is an expert in subsurface interpretation and modelling, trap and seal analysis, and derisking CO2 storage sites, with over 10 years of experience. He has a master’s degree from The University of Texas at Austin, and is finishing up his PhD at the University of Oslo while working full-time as a Geologist at Exploro Geoservices in Trondheim.

Magnus Soldal has 15 years of experience from the rock mechanics laboratory at the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI). He holds a master's degree in geology from the University of Oslo, and is currently combining work at NGI with the finalization of a PhD at UiO.

Academic interests
Structural geology, geomechanics and subsurface storage of CO2
Mechanical testing and development of special tests (Triax, Ring shear, Direct Shear, CO2 exposure)
Fault and fracture characterization and mapping
Clay smear and shear band formation
Fluid flow in faults and fracture zones