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WILLIAM B CATHEY

Kingsville,Texas

Summary

To apply new skills and older experience to obtain professional work in industry or government.

Overview

40
40
years of professional experience

Work History

Alternative employment

Farm
01.2001 - 01.2015
  • Tradesman, handyman, caretaker, carpenter, plumber, builder, farmer, cook, computer programmer, electronics training, gardener, co-owner with wife and mother

Sales associate

Walmart
01.1998 - 01.2000
  • Cash register, inventory, stocking

Owner operator w/ wife and parents

Gemini Computers
01.1994 - 12.1996
  • Assembled and sold computers, repaired computers, wrote programs, several of which are copyrighted.

GS13 Geologist

MMS
08.1989 - 09.1989
  • Advisory to chief economist

Geologist, Supervisor Mineral Management

Occidental Chemical ( Oxy Petroleum)
01.1984 - 06.1987
  • Mapping of mineral horizons according to % raw phosphate content, evaluation of reserves, drilling and evaluation of prospects and reserves, cut and fill calculation and surveying, evaluation and purchase of TVA reserves $40mm, for company with team of engineers, accountants, and lawyers

Exploration Geologist

Shell Oil Co.
06.1981 - 12.1984
  • Evaluation of lease sale tracts for federal lease sale
  • One year experience as seismic interpreter
  • Correlation of well logs, evaluation of well logs, construction of cross sections, seismic sections (regional), sand and facies mapping, structure mapping , carried one sale tract to bid, Geology and geophysics
  • Shell bid 20mm$.

Production Geologist

Conoco
06.1980 - 12.1981
  • Evaluation of pay zones, production and exploratory wells from electric logs, mud logs, drilling logs, drill holes telemetry, and seismic sections, prepared structure maps, isopach maps, fault plane maps, net pay maps, reservoir maps, etc
  • Under the supervision of a professional geological engineer
  • Logged 25 wells.

Graduate research participant

ORAU, Oak Ridge, TN
12.1979 - 06.1980
  • Thesis research on uranium mineral ores from Texas

Geologist

Exxon Minerals, Corpus Christi, TX
06.1979 - 12.1979
  • Geochemical exploration for minerals

Co-op geo!ogist

DOE Co-op, Union Carbide, Oak Ridge
06.1975 - 12.1977
  • Collection of water samples for geochemical exploration, mapping hydrology, water chemistry, runoff, catchment basins, statistical analysis water content

Geologist

Exxon Minerals, Englewood Colorado
06.1977 - 09.1977
  • Geochemical exploration for minerals

Education

Master of Science - Civil Engineering

Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Kingsville, TX
05.2025

MS Petrophysics -

Texas A & M University Kingsville
12.2023

Grad Certificate Cartography -

Salem State University
01.1993

MS Industrial Engineering -

University of Tennessee Knoxville
01.1989

AS equivalent mathematics -

CSCC
01.1986

MS Geology -

University of Tennessee Knoxville
01.1980

BA Geology -

University of Tennessee Knoxville
01.1977

Skills

  • Foundations of engineering training, geologic and geophysical mapping, evaluation of well logs, regional correlation of logs and seismic sections, regional mapping of structure and reservoir, and analysis of opportunities, presently studying geophysical processing 2 years experience seismic processing with SU Unix and Matlab

References

  • Clarence Conrad, Shell Oil Co., Staff Geologist
  • Bob Quitzau, Shell Oil Co., District geophysicist
  • Don Fredrick, Shell Oil Co., Staff geophysicist
  • Dr. Fred Keller, Shell Oil Co., Consultant
  • Roger Baker, Shell Oil Co., District geophysicist

Timeline

Alternative employment

Farm
01.2001 - 01.2015

Sales associate

Walmart
01.1998 - 01.2000

Owner operator w/ wife and parents

Gemini Computers
01.1994 - 12.1996

GS13 Geologist

MMS
08.1989 - 09.1989

Geologist, Supervisor Mineral Management

Occidental Chemical ( Oxy Petroleum)
01.1984 - 06.1987

Exploration Geologist

Shell Oil Co.
06.1981 - 12.1984

Production Geologist

Conoco
06.1980 - 12.1981

Graduate research participant

ORAU, Oak Ridge, TN
12.1979 - 06.1980

Geologist

Exxon Minerals, Corpus Christi, TX
06.1979 - 12.1979

Geologist

Exxon Minerals, Englewood Colorado
06.1977 - 09.1977

Co-op geo!ogist

DOE Co-op, Union Carbide, Oak Ridge
06.1975 - 12.1977

Master of Science - Civil Engineering

Texas A&M University - Kingsville

MS Petrophysics -

Texas A & M University Kingsville

Grad Certificate Cartography -

Salem State University

MS Industrial Engineering -

University of Tennessee Knoxville

AS equivalent mathematics -

CSCC

MS Geology -

University of Tennessee Knoxville

BA Geology -

University of Tennessee Knoxville

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