http://www.geoexpro.com/rss/GEO_Expro_profiles_headlines.xmlThis newsfeed has been automatically generated by GEO Exproen-gb08 Mar 2012Copyright: (C) http://www.GEOExpro.comMarlan Downey, Chairman of the Board and Founder of Roxanna Oil Company, has reinvented himself many times over the course of his 50-year career and shows no signs of slowing down. In each new venture, he brings a unique combination of technical expertise in chemistry and geology, a lifelong love of learning and a desire to collaborate with the best and the brightest.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/A_Tireless_Quest_for_Buried_Treasure/54152ed8.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/A_Tireless_Quest_for_Buried_Treasure/54152ed8.aspxThu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT Technology take-up and looking for new ways of doing things has been the driving force for Kitty Hall, one of only a handful of female CEOs in the world of geophysics. http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Inspired_by_Technology/8cc50b09.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Inspired_by_Technology/8cc50b09.aspxSat, 10 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Harnessing Dr. Scott Tinker’s enthusiasm and boundless vivacity may not instantly solve the global energy equation; however he is delivering a clear directive on energy that we all can embrace. http://www.geoexpro.com/article/E_ST/e5b85ebd.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/E_ST/e5b85ebd.aspxMon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Previous developments within the seismic industry have been crucial to the exploration and exploitation success in the North Sea and elsewhere, largely because of tremendous improvements in spatial sampling. Further developments in seismic, according to one of the mentors within the seismic industry, are likely to have a profound impact on mapping the reservoir and how it is produced.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/New_dimensions_in_an_old_game/fff8fcc5.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/New_dimensions_in_an_old_game/fff8fcc5.aspxSat, 13 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT He is the doyen of petroleum geologists. For newcomers, it suffices to say that his name is associated with many of the North Sea’s major play concept discoveries totaling several billion barrels of recoverable oil.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Billions_of_barrels_to_his_credit/78d05892.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Billions_of_barrels_to_his_credit/78d05892.aspxSat, 13 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT He is known throughout the oil industry as an exceptional petroleum geologist and to his many university and professional students as an outstanding and inspirational teacher. Few people are as well qualified as Professor Richard Selley to comment on the interplay between the academic world and the oil industry and the dependence they have on each other.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Serving_both_academe_and_the_industry/16fd6bb0.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Serving_both_academe_and_the_industry/16fd6bb0.aspxFri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT Only some eight years after the idea stroke on a flight out of Houston, two innovative physicists can claim that seabed logging has been fully accepted by the conservative oil industry.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/We_are_both_very_stubborn/940ce279.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/We_are_both_very_stubborn/940ce279.aspxFri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT Hank Hamilton is doing a job he loves,helping steadily grow the successful seismic company, TGS-NOPEC. And he still has time for the occasional outing as bass player with the TGS rock and roll band!http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Rock_and_Roll_and_all_that_Seismic/32154f60.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Rock_and_Roll_and_all_that_Seismic/32154f60.aspxThu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT "Our ability to accumulate and add value to data underpins our business," says Dr. Richard Fowler, Managing Director of Fugro Robertson, the North Wales based data and information company. He tells GeoExpro about recent developments in one of the oldest service companies in the UK oil industry.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Its_All_About_Data/e331922e.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Its_All_About_Data/e331922e.aspxThu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT Iman Hill has risen through the ranks from petroleum engineer to senior management roles with Shell and BG. She talks to GeoExpro about the skills needed to thrive in the modern oil industry, the paucity of women in high-ranking jobs – and about the pleasures and pitfalls of juggling a successful career with the demands of a young family.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Relationship_Building_is_the_Key_to_Success/1a049c45.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Relationship_Building_is_the_Key_to_Success/1a049c45.aspxThu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT