 Craig Kemp
Geological Engineer
Shell Oil
Houston, TX
 |
 BS, Colorado
School of Mines (Geological Engineering) |
 |
Geological Engineer |
 |
"I would strongly
advise that any student coming out of college to not allow the
company to direct their own careers." |
 
"And I would strongly advise that any student coming out of college or any
student choosing a college, not allow the company to direct their own
careers. I mean, there obviously has to be a balance between the company
needs and your personal desires. But if you're not going where you want to
go fast enough, then there's no sense, life is too short."
Mr. Kemp earned his B.S. in geological engineering from the Colorado
School of Mines in 1974. Upon graduation, he joined Shell Oil Company as
an engineer in its Production Department. He worked for Shell in Ventura
and Bakersfield, CA as well as in Houston, TX until 1997 when he elected
to join Altura Energy Ltd., a limited partnership of Amoco and Shell's
West Texas oil and gas assets. While with Shell, he gained experience as a
production (operations) engineer, a geological engineer (development
geologist), a geological supervisor, and a manager. The majority of his
experience has been in development of supplemental recovery oil fields in
California and West Texas. With Altura, he is a geological engineer
working in a multidisciplined group responsible for the development of new
or improvements to existing supplemental recovery projects. Specifically,
his role is to characterize the reservoir for simulation input and look
for development opportunities resulting in increased cash flow and
economically recoverable reserves. To accomplish this, he works closely
with a petrophysicist (well log analyst), a reservoir engineer, and a
geophysicist, when 3D seismic data is available, in a team environment.
Use of mapping, correlation, and cross section software is a must to allow
for quick turn around and good documentation of projects. Craig is a
licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Texas and is a member of
the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
Download Full Profile as PDF
|
|
