In this GEO Profile, Dr Katerina Garyfalou explains how her career in upstream eventually led her to the circular economy and Greentech.

Alfredo Guzmán is an untiring advocate for Mexico’s oil and gas industry and its people. He tells GEO ExPro about his years exploring new geographic and technical frontiers in the country and his hopes for the Mexico's future in petroleum.

An adventurous life as a geologist around the world led Sir Mark Moody-Stuart to very senior roles in the oil and gas industry and a strong interest in sustainable development.

Thomas Chidsey quietly goes about his work at the Utah Geological Survey, rarely making any headlines or seeking notoriety, yet this dedicated and humble geoscientist carries out those ‘extras’ that clearly set him apart from his peers.

Obituary: Professor Ken Glennie was a legend in a number of fields, from the petroleum geology of the North Sea to modern and ancient desert environments, particularly in the Middle East.

According to Bernard Duval, geologists are the happiest people around because “we have fun!” He tells us about his long and illustrious career in oil and gas exploration, for which he was awarded the AAPG Distinguished Achievement Award in 1995.

The USGS’s Senior Research Geologist, David Houseknecht, is working to unlock the underexplored petroleum systems on the Alaska North Slope in the wake of recent giant discoveries.

Maggy Shino is Petroleum Commissioner at the Namibian Ministry of Mines and Energy. An environmental scientist and petroleum geochemist, she is passionate about finding and utilising the resources that will help her country progress.

Tolulope Ewherido, Vice President, Technical-Geoscience at ExxonMobil, is able to satisfy her passion for technology and her interest in Big Data, while steering the company towards the most efficient use of new digital tools.

Independent geologist Bill Armstrong and his small Denver exploration company may have found the third largest hydrocarbon field ever discovered in the US, on Alaska’s North Slope.

Michael Forrest, also known as the ‘Father of Bright Spots’ from his work in petroleum exploration with Shell, tells us about the success of his career in geophysics.

Andy Wight talks about the key hydrocarbon exploration & discoveries during his career in South East Asia

Denise Cox, President of Storm Energy and President-Elect of the AAPG, loves geology and wants to let a global audience understand more about the role of geoscience in energy solutions.

Geologist Donald Rusks tells us about his 60-year career in the petroleum industry and his adventures in hydrocarbon exploration across the world.

Cath Norman’s belief in the application of new airborne technologies led her to become Managing Director of the Australian exploration company which went on to make the biggest offshore oil discovery in 2014.