What I do

The Oil Industry Volunteer

Csilla Tunde Fabian and Niamh Mary Monaghan are committee members of the Aberdeen Formation Evaluation Society The goal of the Aberdeen Formation Evaluation Society (AFES), the local branch of the Society…

The Exploration Country Manager

Mfon Udofia, Shell’s Exploration Manager for Algeria, gives us a few insights into the role and the skills and experience it requires. “This is a really exciting job, and one…

The Chief Geophysicist

My undergraduate degree, at the University of Connecticut, was in geology, but I took a geophysics course in the final year and really enjoyed it, so I decided to do…

The Chief Explorer

Geologist Dr. Jeroen Peters describes his role as Shell’s Chief Explorer and reflects on his career. Having been born below sea level in the muddy western part of The Netherlands, I developed…

The Seismic Interpreter

Geophysicist Alice Little uses her geological knowledge and training as a seismic interpreter with Aker Solutions. Although ‘geophysicist’ is a broad term covering many specialist areas of research and work, what…

The Petrophysicist

This new column takes a look at the different geoscience careers available in the oil industry and shows exactly what each one entails. In this inaugural article Jackie Mullinor describes…