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KIMBERLY THOMAS

Magnolia,TX

Summary

Results-driven, positive Geologist with excellent problem solving skills and proven delivery of integrated geologic evaluations ranging from basin and play analyses to prospect identification and maturation in multiple basins. Passionate about synthesizing all available geologic, geophysical, geochemical, well and engineering data to deliver an integrated, targeted interpretations. Proven track record in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Offshore Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Canadian Arctic, Western Canada, the Egyptian Western Desert and US Onshore.

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience

Work History

Geologic Advisor - E&P Technology

Apache Corp
05.2018 - 03.2020
  • Created integrated Anadarko Basin stratigraphic, tectonic and revised basin models that explained production trends and identified potential exploration/exploitation areas. Deliverables included updated oils database, maturity maps by trend, revised Trinity and 1D models, tectonic basin model and relevant gross depositional environment maps.
  • Created integrated tectonic and depositional environment analyses that included tectonic history diagrams, Cretaceous Structural Gross Depositional Environment Maps and well cross sections for Egyptian Western Desert plays that synthesized well data, seismic and potential field data.
  • Deliverables included: Austin Chalk play maps incorporating tectonic, climate and depositional settings that explained of how local tectonic activity influenced deposition and rock quality and 1D Genesis model cross section illustrating tectonic setting, semi-regional structure variation and its influence on oil maturity and reservoir.
  • Mentored and coached teams in Petroleum Systems and stratigraphic analysis

Exploration Geoscience Consultant

Actus Veritas Geoscience, LLC
09.2016 - 05.2018
  • Regional and Basin evaluations for Orphan Basin with play characterization and 2D/3D regional seismic interpretation
  • Collaborated with team members to achieve goals regarding Play Element Integration with Prospect Maturation, Risk Assessment and Portfolio ranking
  • To assure timely feedback and team deadlines, worked nights and weekends
  • Focused mentoring on project organization and management

Gulf of Mexico Exploration Geologic Advisor / Team Lead

BHP Billiton Petroleum, Houston, TX
10.2008 - 03.2016
  • Charge Risk Evaluation: Enhanced understanding of deepwater Charge Risk by creating numerous, customized 1D basin models that accurately estimated GOR, characterized source rock maturity, expulsion history and aided lead prioritization and well evaluation. Models incorporated all regional, biostratigraphic, structural and tectonic data. Recognized by staff for mentoring in 1D modelling and integration.
  • Quantitative Interpretation: Championed rock properties, QI, AVO and gravity modelling projects to mitigate critical play element and prospect risk.
  • Data Purchases: Accelerated Exploration program and Lease sale preparation by reviewing, negotiating and facilitating purchase and delivery of ~$200 million of deepwater 3D WAZ and regional 2D seismic.
  • Regional Interpretation: Created regional GOM crustal and salt distribution maps by interpreting seismic and integrating refraction, potential field and DSP core data. Maps were integral to basin modelling, provided insights to new play areas and identified deepwater structural provinces. Presented work at Perkins Conference on Rifted Margins, Houston, TX, 2014
  • Gross Depositional Environment Mapping: Created Gross Depositional Environment maps illustrating Mesozoic and Tertiary depositional fairways as well as tectonic and climatic influences
  • Led multidisciplinary regional evaluations that matured eastern GOM clastic and carbonate oil plays, delivered risked lead/prospect portfolio and evaluated lease sale, farm-in and data room opportunities.
  • Led Joint Venture Geoscience team that delivered detailed carbonate reservoir and petroleum systems evaluations over large leasehold.
  • Responsibilities included work program creation, project management, broad collaboration, technical assurance, troubleshooting, performance appraisals and mentoring.

Gulf of Mexico Exploration Regional Studies Leader

Woodside Energy (USA), Inc, Houston, TX
05.2006 - 10.2008
  • Business Build: Accelerated Woodside's presence in GOM deepwater exploration by screening, negotiating and purchasing key regional data and data bases including 2D & 3D NAZ seismic data, geochemical oils data, reservoir framework documentation, well, potential field and petrophysical databases and software with limited budget. Built strong relationships with vendors and Perth home office staff.
  • Multidisciplinary Collaboration & Quality Control: Contributed to building exploration portfolio through 2D/3D seismic mapping, regional framework and play fairway creation and characterization, lead identification, farm-in and lease sale evaluation and recommendations. Multi-disciplinary collaboration inside and outside Woodside to aid risk and evaluate drilling outcomes.
  • Miocene and Paleocene Play Fairway Evaluation: Contributed to Exploration growth by collaborating with colleagues to create play fairway GDE and risk maps, identifying prospective areas, making Lease Sale and farm-in recommendations and interpreting and integrating seismic, well, engineering, reservoir and potential field data.
  • Regularly collaborated with colleagues in Covington and Perth offices to create, maintain and update regional structure, Gross Depositional Fairway and Risk maps.

Worldwide Assurance Team Member - Exploration Excellence

BP Exploration, Houston, TX
05.2004 - 05.2006
  • Special Projects: As a special task force member actively collaborated with local team in Calgary and internal specialists to understand problems and deliver integrated tectonic, reservoir and petroleum systems models that explained unexpected exploration results.
  • Results potentially saved BP millions of dollars.
  • Quality Control & Risk Mitigation: As global technical assurance team member, actively contributed to formal and informal geotechnical reviews at global site offices, organized problem solving and coaching sessions and mentored staff.
  • Characterized exploration risk and volume for prospects and plays.
  • Positively impacted exploration in Shelf and Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, Canada, Africa, Trinidad, Australia, Egypt and Indonesia.

Exploration Team Leader, WCSB and Offshore East Coast

BP Canada, Calgary, Alberta (EXPAT)
03.2001 - 05.2004
  • Leadership of Hydrothermal Dolomite Discovery: Led multidisciplinary team that drilled BP's first oil discovery in Western Canada's frontier Slave Point hydrothermal dolomite play.
  • Ensured project delivery through technical leadership, coaching and mentoring, innovative problem solving and multidisciplinary collaboration with partners, engineers and First Nations leaders to safely design, plan, drill and evaluate well.
  • Collaborated with First Nations leaders to understand and assure environmental and community health and safety during drilling and evaluation.
  • Scotian Basin Offshore License Evaluation & Management: Revised and delivered integrated play-based regional prospectivity model for Scotian Shelf leasehold resulting in re-evaluation of BP's future exploration activity. Delivered detailed structural and reservoir interpretations, Gross Depositional and Common Risk Segment maps and risked lead inventory with volume estimates. Timely delivery required assuring integration of structural, stratigraphic, geochemical and seismic data to identify critical risks multi-disciplinary and team input. Liaised with sea mammal experts to understand whale behavior and deliver environmentally safe seismic operations.
  • Newfoundland Offshore License Round Evaluation & Management: Delivered an accelerated play-based regional, prospectivity risk assessment and participation recommendation for Newfoundland's first Orphan Basin License Round.
  • Deliverables included integrated tectonic, structural and reservoir interpretations, Gross Depositional and Common Risk Segment maps with risked lead and volume inventory.
  • Timely delivery of focused work plan required integrating geologic, geophysical and geochemical interpretations, quantifying risk and volume.
  • Leadership of accelerated delivery schedule included front-line technical assurance, collaboration with experts and innovative work schedule planning and implementation.

Exploration Geoscientist - Gulf of Mexico

BP Exploration, Houston, TX
01.1991 - 03.2001
  • Deepwater GOM Frontier Exploration Play Identification, Evaluation and Portfolio Build: Identified and evaluated deepwater GOM frontier exploration plays by interpreting and integrating 2D/3D seismic with geologic, geochemical, engineering, potential field and other data. Created regional and sub-regional structural and depositional models, created Gross Depositional Fairway and Common Risk Segment maps, identified and matured leads, evaluated farm-in opportunities.
  • Made risk and volume assessments, managed farm-out operations and made Lease Sale recommendations.
  • Deepwater plays evaluated and matured: Eocene/Paleocene/Wilcox plays in the Western and Central GOM, WGOM Oligocene plays, Miocene plays in the Central & EGOM and EGOM salt expulsion roll-over plays.
  • Oligocene Breakthrough Drilling Project Leadership: Identified, evaluated and matured frontier Oligocene Play, collaborated and brainstormed with landmen to acquire 30 OCS blocks.
  • Led the 3-way Joint Venture that drilled three deepwater exploration wells involving close collaboration and negotiation with geotechnical teams from three companies .
  • Saved over $20 million dollars drilling and evaluating the frontier Deepwater Oligocene test through active collaboration with geoscientists, engineers and rig personnel to plan and drill well. Well discovered gas and achieved safe drilling performance in record time.
  • Paleogene Well Operations: Coordinated geoscience operations activities, managed daily drilling and mud log reports, seismically updated well progress and assured geochemical, biostratigraphic and thin section analyses of cuttings and cores were performed and integrated into interpretations. Collaborated with engineers, biostratigraphers and basin modelers.

Exploration Geologist

BP Exploration, TX
  • Created petrographic pore atlas for onshore Wilcox wells and predicted real-time reservoir permeability for drilling wells Pore Image Analysis team member .
  • Western Canada Exploration Activity: As Canadian Hunter Joint Venture sole BP geoscientist, closely collaborated with partners and BP engineers to generate and mature prospects, propose wells, plan logging and sampling programs, update maps and make completions decisions for over 25 exploration wells.
  • Successful Exploration campaign resulted in Noel Field development.
  • Reservoir Characterization: As Petrographer in Upstream Technology, characterized reservoirs and supported reservoir modelling projects by listening to, understanding and delivering "customers" needs by describing thin sections and cores for wells in Alaska, GOM Shelf, onshore Texas and Technology research projects
  • Anadarko Basin Exploration/Exploitation: Contributed to Exploration team success with high personal commercial success rate. Generated and matured prospects, evaluated farm-in opportunities, created and presented farm-out packages, represented BP at meetings and hearings, monitored competitor activity, planned wells, picked core points and described cores. Closely collaborated with partners, landmen, engineers and rig personnel

Education

Master of Science - Geology

Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, IN
1983

Bachelor of Science - Geology

Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, IN
1980

Skills

  • Delivering integrated, play-based Prospect to Basin evaluations
  • 2D/3D seismic interpretation in subsalt, rift and complex terrains
  • Lead/Prospect/Opportunity generation, evaluation and maturation
  • Risk assessment and mitigation
  • 1D basin modelling and Trinity experience
  • DecisionSpace, SeisWorks and Petrel skilled user
  • ArcGIS skilled user
  • Genesis, Trinity and Kinex skilled user
  • Priemere PowerTools, GeoX and Rose & Associates Play Analysis user
  • Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint & Access

Timeline

Geologic Advisor - E&P Technology

Apache Corp
05.2018 - 03.2020

Exploration Geoscience Consultant

Actus Veritas Geoscience, LLC
09.2016 - 05.2018

Gulf of Mexico Exploration Geologic Advisor / Team Lead

BHP Billiton Petroleum, Houston, TX
10.2008 - 03.2016

Gulf of Mexico Exploration Regional Studies Leader

Woodside Energy (USA), Inc, Houston, TX
05.2006 - 10.2008

Worldwide Assurance Team Member - Exploration Excellence

BP Exploration, Houston, TX
05.2004 - 05.2006

Exploration Team Leader, WCSB and Offshore East Coast

BP Canada, Calgary, Alberta (EXPAT)
03.2001 - 05.2004

Exploration Geoscientist - Gulf of Mexico

BP Exploration, Houston, TX
01.1991 - 03.2001

Exploration Geologist

BP Exploration, TX

Master of Science - Geology

Indiana University Bloomington

Bachelor of Science - Geology

Indiana University Bloomington

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