Reservoir Characterization 2023

Anne is currently working as a geophycisist in Aker BP on the producing Ærfugl gas field in the Skarv area, Norwegian sea. My previous experience ranges from 4D seismic interpretation and reservoir characterization on the Snorre field, to basin and play analysis while working in regional exploration in the Southern South Atlantic in Equinor. She has a master’s degree in petroleum geoscience from the University of Bergen, where I graduated in 2010.

Jennifer’s current role is a well planning geologist with the Breidablikk Field Development project. Previously in Equinor she has also worked in well planning and target maturation in Gina Krog and in the company’s GeoOperations Center. Jennifer is originally from St. John’s Newfoundland, Canada and holds a PhD from the University of Stavanger (The Seismic Imaging and Interpretation of Faults: A Case Study from the Snøhvit Field, Barents Sea) and an MSc from the University of Aberdeen.

Gary Hampson is Professor of Sedimentary Geology in the Department of Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial College London. He teaches clastic sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, and energy geoscience at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Gary’s research interests lie in the understanding of depositional systems and their preserved stratigraphy, and in applying this knowledge to the characterization of rocks and fluid flow in the subsurface. He holds a BA degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge (1991) and a PhD degree in sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy from the University of Liverpool (1995).

Gijs Henstra is a sedimentologist working for Aker BP. As part of the specialist geology group, he works with characterisation of siliciclastic reservoirs across various assets. Gijs holds a PhD degree from the University of Bergen.

Farideh Sarikhany: Farideh has 12 years of experience as a geophysicist in Equinor working for fields in production conducting 3D and 4D seismic evaluation and well planning, also involved in regional overburden projects in the North Sea and Norwegian Sea. Recently working on renewables, i.e. CCS and Hydrogen storage in salt caverns.

Silvan Hoth: Silvan has 15 years of experience as structural geologist in Equinor providing technical services for field development as well as fields in production. Involved in several regional projects ranging from Triassic to Neogene and more recently working on Hydrogen storage in salt caverns.

Arne Hansen:
Arne Hansen is Associate Geologist in Eldfisk Well Planning. He graduated from UiT in 2020 and worked offshore with SLB before joining ConocoPhillips in 2021. The operational experience has been valuable during his time on the Eldfisk North project and in Eldfisk portfolio.

Marie Stavland:
Marie Stavland works as Senior Geophysicist in Eldfisk Well Planning. She joined ConocoPhillips after graduating from NTNU in 2017. She has had various roles in ConocoPhillips, working on Ekofisk 4D seismic, maturing exploration licenses and planning exploration and appraisal wells.

Sedimentologist from Utrecht University and PhD from Delft University of Technology (both in the Netherlands), working for the Norwegian energy industry since 1996 (Equinor). Experience mostly related to research and technology development and implementation of sedimentological and stratigraphic aspects, reservoir characterization and input to geomodelling. Field development experience from Venezuela and Canada (both 3 years). Currently working as advisor and specialist within these technical areas for O&G as well as for CO2 and H2 storage in porous media. I am also a part-time full professor of reservoir characterization at Delft University of Technology.

Mats Lind Helgheim: Currently working with exploration activities in the Northern North Sea. Working for Equinor since 2013 with experience from both production and exploration. Geologist from the University of Bergen.

Tanja Aune: Has been working in Equinor since 2006. Experience with reservoir modelling and reservoir characterization. The last two years she has been working in the field developing project “Fram Sør”

Flavia started her career in WintershallDea in Germany in 2021, where she had the chance to work in different assets in Germany, Norway and Russia. Currently working as a Geologist/Geomodeler in Stavanger since January this year, in Dvalin and Dvalin North fields.

Bsc Geology and Msc in Petroleum Geology.

Bjørn is a sedimentologist specializing in the quantitative study of modern sedimentary environments using remote sensing, GIS, and machine learning. He completed his PhD at the University of Bergen in 2015 within the SAFARI group of the FORCE consortium, where he focused on developing modern analogue tools to enhance subsurface reservoir characterization. With eight years of dedicated research at the University of Bergen, Nyberg recently assumed the role of a senior geospatial analyst at 7Analytics. In this capacity, he leads the research and development of remote sensing and machine learning methods for improved storm surge and flood predictions.

Agustin Arguello Scotti got his BSc in Geology and PhD in Natural Science from the University of La Plata, Argentina. He was a Development Geologist and Geomodeller at YPFs Enhanced Oil Recovery Subsurface Studies Group for over 3 yrs. Currently he’s a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Bergen dedicated to the GEOPARD project, assisting the development and testing of rule-based reservoir modelling algorithms.

Knut is currently working as a Senior Geologist in the Reservoir Characterization group in ConocoPhillips. He received a M.Sc. in geology from the University of Bergen in 2018 and joined ConocoPhillips in the same year. Over the last five years Knut has held various roles in the company, working on well planning and execution in the Greater Ekofisk Area and in Exploration.

Geoscientist by background, Roxane is currently Well Delivery Manager for the Balder field. Graduated from the IFP school (Petroleum Geosciences) in France, she started her professional carrier with Gaz de France in 2007 as Exploration Geologist. After 10 years focusing on SE Asia assets (Indonesia/Malaysia) she worked as Exploration Geoscientist in the North Sea (Hamlet/Ofelia). In 2020, she joined the Norwegian Sea team as Subsurface Lead on Fenja and was responsible for the development well campaign. She joined Vår Energi in 2022 where she started digging into the complexity of the Eocene-Paleocene injectites play.

Renata Meneguolo holds a M.Sc. degree and a Ph.D. from the University of Padua, Italy, focused on both clastic and carbonate deposits. She has been working in Statoil (now Equinor) both as explorationist and reservoir geologist (notably for the Johan Sverdrup field). Since 2017 she has been principal geologist in the Northern Lights CO2 transport and storage project in Equinor, part of the Langskip full-chain CCS project. Since 2021, she has been seconded to NL DA, operator for Northern Lights.

Sylvain Clerc hold a MSc in Geology and a PhD in Sedimentology from the University of Burgundy, France and is currently working with Neptune Energy Norway as Lead Geologist. He has 10 years of experience in the industry working as Operator in various locations from North Africa and Western Europe. His experience covers reservoir evaluation in clastic environments as well as Well Planning & Operations mainly in appraisal and development projects.

Dipl.-Geol. degree from the University of Göttingen in Germany.
26 years of industry experience as geologist from a variety of exploration and field development projects on the Norwegian and Danish shelf.
Current position: Discipline Lead Geology in Aker BP's Yggdrasil Field Development project.

Arne Jacobsen is Assistant Director for Technology, Analysis and Coexistence. He is responsible for special studies within production and exploration geoscience.
He joined the NPD three years ago after 20+ years in the industry. He holds a master in geophysics for University of Bergen

Kristian is an educated geologist and works in the NPD's technology team and the team for reservoir studies. He has previously worked for Shell Norway and is very interested in the technological transition and how we can use data for more informed and better decisions.

Advanced geophysicist in AkerBP.
He holds a M.Sc in geophysics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
Current position: Subsurface Lead Yggdrasil - Øst Frigg/Epsilon

Development Geologist / Geomodelling Advisor with 17 years of industry experience. Has a diverse work experience, working internationally in different locations like Kazakhstan, Denmark, Germany and Norway with Maersk Oil in the past and now with Wintershall Dea in Norway. Specialized in reservoir modelling and held Subsurface Lead role leading a multidisciplinary team in field development projects.

Paul Spencer holds a PhD focused on Sequence stratigraphy in active extensional basins and an MBA from NHH in Strategic Leadership. He currently has the role of Chief Geoscientist in Vår Energi and has been working in the industry for over 24 years in Norway