MARTIN R. LEIPZIG BS, MS

ac4p7g@r.postjobfree.com +968-****-**** https://www.linkedin.com/in/martyleipzig/

Senior E&P Geologist - Exploration/Geology/Subsurface Manager

Conventional/Unconventional Resources . Field Development . EOR . Team building & managing

CAREER SUMMARY

Oil finder/team leader/working manager with extensive experience in US/international exploration, production & operations geology/geophysics, research, project & personnel management. Employing advanced skills in sequence stratigraphy, clastic & carbonate sedimentology, subsurface geology, basin analysis, and computer applications; have established a rock-solid record of discovering and producing economic resources the world over:

Domestic (US)

oSouth Texas

oOklahoma

oLouisiana

oKansas

oWyoming

oNew Mexico

oMid-continent

International

oEastern &, Western Siberia

oPri-Caspian Basin

oCentral Asia

oMiddle East

oMongolia

Onshore/offshore

oChina

oSouth America

oQatar

oKuwait

oPakistan

oOman

Bahrain

Global experience in:

EOR:

oWaterflood

oFireflood

oMiscible-fluid flood

oBitumen

oHeavy oil

Unconventional

oTight sands

oOil/gas shales

oMethane hydrates

oCoal bed gas

oMiddle East

oMongolia

Mining

oOman

Sulfides

oMongolia

Coal

oE. Siberia

Kir

Maltha

Supervised exploration and production personnel as Exploration/Asset Manager; internationally and domestically.

Subject Matter Expert:

oPetroleum Geology: Exploration, Operations, Production

oGeochemistry: Aqueous and non-aqueous

oEOR: Water/fluid flood design & implementation

oHeavy Oil: Exploration, production, development

oHelium: Exploration and production, Neoproterozoic- Cenozoic age source rocks.

Business acumen:

oEconomic/risk assessment, NGO/governmental JV/MOU processes, EPSA/DPSA, project management, volumetrics

oNew ventures, portfolio development, farm-ins/farm-outs, business development, data rooms, prospect evaluation

KEY-WORD SUMMARY

Oil finder, Abu Dhabi, Argentina, Bahrain, Basin Analysis, Brazil, Carbonate, Central Asia, China, Clastic, Colombia, CSG (CBM), Depositional Environments, Delaware Basin, Dubai, East Texas, Eastern Siberia, EOR, Exploration Manager, Field Development, Frontier Geology, Genetic Stratigraphy, Geology, Geophysics, GOM, Gulf Coast, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Landmark, Management, Mid-Continent, MS, OFM, Pakistan, Petrel, Qatar, Rockies, Russia, San Juan Basin, Sedimentology, Sequence Stratigraphy, South Texas, Trinidad, Venezuela, West Texas, Western Siberia

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

2017 - Present Target Oilfield Services

Muscat, Oman and US Senior Project Manager

Sr. Manager for TOS' cloud-based "Living Data Room" for Bakken and Eagle Ford unconventional development. Primarily, all data necessary for any company, US or International, to initiate and bring to fruition shale projects in the US unconventional arena. Also, oil industry project QA/QC/QI.

2015 - 2017 BrontoSaurus Oil & Gas

Illinois, USA Chief Consultant

Chief Consulting Geologist whose self-formed company ensures short-term contract geological and geophysical analysis of properties, prospects, and projects for unconventional (CBM, GSG, heavy oil) and conventional resources, US (Illinois Basin, DJ Basin, Permian Basin, San Juan Basin, Maverick Basin) and international (Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Oman, Argentina).

2011 –2014 DNO Oman Ltd.

Muscat, Sultanate of Oman Geology Manager/Senior Geologist

Responsible for all geological/geophysical/geochemical projects, including daily operations of 1 offshore and 1 onshore rig; and in the development of projects/prospects for five onshore Blocks. Created, managed and mentored 30+ member multicultural and multidisciplinary teams. Originated and developed the 1st ever Shale Gas project, and created first Coal Bed Methane pilot project in the Middle East.

2010 –2011 CC Energy Development S.A.L. (Oman)

Muscat, Sultanate of Oman Geology Manager/Senior Geologist

Geology Manager delivering all geological/geophysical and exploration/production; activities in Oman Blocks 3 & 4, comprising over 35,000 km2 area, through creation, management and mentoring of multicultural and multidisciplinary teams. Also critical-pathed/implemented JVs, MOUs, Field Development Plans, and EOR projects.

2002 –2010 PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN

2007-2010 PDO - STUDIES

Muscat, Sultanate of Oman Sr. Petroleum Geologist/Birba Studies

Sr. Petroleum Geologist constructing, updating and interpreting geocellular models (via Petrel™) for the “Birba Sour” project. Models include limited well data, extensive 3-D Wide Aperture seismic, petrophysics, PT and RE data for input into ‘Eclipse’ Black Oil simulator for creation and delivery of Field Development Plan and EOR program. Sole discoverer of helium sourced from the Neoproterozoic in the Middle East.

January, 2007 – Dec, 2007 PDO - GAS

Muscat, Sultanate of Oman Team Leader– Government Gas

Team leader sustaining daily drilling/completion operations of 12 heavy rigs in Oman; exploiting deep Barik, Miqrat and Amin formations (5,000-6,500m). Included in this is entire well delivery process from studies through drilling, frac, clean-out, testing, hook-up and commissioning.

2002 –2007 PDO - OIL

Muscat, Sultanate of Oman Team Leader/New Oil Coordinator: South

Team Leader/Senior Geologist responsible for the daily drilling/completion operations of 4 rigs in South Oman; drilling single, dual and multilateral horizontal wells for heavy oil. Also the development of FDP’s, as well as the entire well delivery process; from studies, through reservoir management to New Oil and the individual well proposal. As Coordinator of New Oil-South, drove the coordination, management and implementation of the South’s 12-rig Drilling Sequence, to fulfill delivery of FDP’s, proposals and materiel for the wells drilled in the country’s Southern Oil province.

2000 – 2002 INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT

Houston, Texas Sr. Geological Consultant (Contract)

Consultant geologist providing geological/geophysical exploration and production expertise for the investigation and optimization of oil and gas fields in Pakistan (Indus Basin) and other international venues (Colombia, Congo, Yemen). As Senior Petroleum Geologist assigned to Russian joint-venture to train and mentor Russian professionals in developing and implementing Field Development Plans. Created and developed geological frameworks and drove implementation of coal seam gas pilot programs in Russia, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.

1997 - 2000 QATAR GENERAL PETROLEUM CORP.

Doha, Qatar Senior Production Geologist (North Field)

Chief Geologist for the development and production of Qatar's supergiant North Field (1000 TCFG, 5,000,000 MMBC), as well as exploitation and delineation of Dukhan Field (oil) and exploration of offshore boundary waters.

1996 - 1997 IITRI - WESTPORT TECHNOLOGIES INT’L.

Houston, TX. Sr. Petroleum Research Geologist

1995 - 1996 CONSULTING PETROLEUM GEOLOGIST

Houston, TX Independent Geological Consultant

1988 - 1995 COASTLINE EXPLORATION, INC.

Houston, TX Geological Manager/Senior Geologist

1988 - 1988 TEXAS CHALLENGE OIL COMPANY

Houston, TX Independent Petroleum Geologist

1987- 1988 LEXCO, INC.

Houston, TX Independent Petroleum Geologist

1981 - 1987 CONOCO, Inc.

Houston, TX Associate to Senior Staff Geologist

EDUCATION

M.S., (Hons) Petroleum Geology University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee 1982

B.S. Geology University of Wisconsin – Parkside 1980

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Geological Society of America (GSA), American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), Houston Geological Society (HGS), Geophysical Society of Houston (GSH), Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Geological Society of Oman, Friends of the Mesozoic; Time© Magazine's Person of the Year, 2006.

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY

Landmark -

Openworks

SeisWorks

StratWorks

Zmap++

Petrel

Kingdom SMT

OFM

H2S Training

Arctic Survival

Desert Survival

Desert Driving

Offshore survival training

Helicopter Underwater Egress Training (HUET)

ADDENDUM:

UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES & EOR PROJECTS

Coal seam gas/ Coal bed methane:

Russia: Timan-Pechora Basin – West Siberia, Kuznetsk (Kuzbass) Basin – SW Siberia, Tunguska Basin – East Siberia, Orenburg Basin

USA: Black Warrior Basin - Alabama, Cherokee Basin - Kansas, Powder River Basin - WY and MT, Raton Basin - CO and NM, San Juan Basin - Colorado & New Mexico

Horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing, de-watering

Oil shale:

USA: Green River Shales, Western US

Hydraulic fracturing, In-situ retort, Externally generated hot gas, In Situ

Vapor Extraction

Shale gas:

Europe: Germany - Lower Saxony Basin, Hungary – Mako Trough, Poland – Baltic Basin

Middle East: Oman pilot project (Shammar, Nahr Umr)

USA: Antrim Shale - Michigan, Bakken Shale - North Dakota, Eagle Ford - South Texas, Barnett Shale - Texas, Caney Shale - Oklahoma, Fayetteville Shale - Arkansas, Gothic Shale - Colorado, Haynesville Shale - Louisiana, New Albany Shale - Illinois Basin, Pearsall Shale - Texas, San Juan Basin - New Mexico

Horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing

Gas hydrates (clathrates):

Russia: North Siberian Basin - Messoyakha gas field

Thermal methods, CO2 injection, hot oil, gas-cap depressurization

Basin-Centered Gas Systems (BCGS):

USA: Frontier Formation - SW Wyoming, Tight Gas Uinta - Tertiary East,

Tight Gas Uinta - Tertiary West, Basin Flank - Uinta Mesaverde, Deep Synclinal Uinta Mesaverde.

Oman: Saih Rawl and Kauther Fields

UBD (Under-balanced drilling), Anhydrous hydraulic fracturing, CO2 fracing, Huff-n-Puff (gas-recycling flood)

Fractured Carbonates:

USA: Austin Chalk, Pearsall - Texas

Horizontal drilling, UBD

Russia: Verkhnechon and Verkhnevilyuy Fields

Russia, Kazakhstan: Astrakhan Field

Oman: Budour & Budour NE Fields (Ara), Fahud Field (Shuaiba), Natih

field (Natih), Saiwan East (Precambrian Khufai fractured carbonate)

Sour/acid gas re-injection, gas recycling, sour waterflood, sour gaslift

Heavy oil:

Russia: Anabar-Lena, Vilyuy, Yenisey-Khatanga, Tunguska regions

Bitumen: Kir, maltha, asphalt

Olenek – Upper Cambrian carbonates

Chun’ya – Middle-Upper Ordovician carbonates

Chekurovka – Vendian-Lower Cambrian clastics

DEH: Downhole electrical heating

Electromagnetic oil recovery

ES-SAGD: Expanding Solvent Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage

Simultaneous injection of heated exhaust gas (mainly CO2 and N2)

Oman: Nimr, Marmul, Karim, etc, Fields – Al Khlata and Amin Fmns.

Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS), horizontal drilling, FEWD, MWD, EZIPs (Elastomeric [External] Zonal Isolation Packers)

Neoproterozoic-sourced accumulations (including helium):

Ediacarian - VendCambrian:

USA: Mid-Continental Rift System, Central USA

Oman: Ara Carbonate stringers (sole discoverer of Helium from Middle Eastern Neoproterozoic-sourced rocks)

Russia: Eastern Siberia - Sredne-Botuobinsk Field, Kovykta Field

China: Sichuan Region - Weiyuan Field

Riphean:

Russia: Eastern Siberia: Yurubchen – Tokhom Field, Kuyumba Field

Gravity, magnetics, VLF, 2-D/3-D seismic and magnetotellurics.

Fractured (and weathered) basement:

Igneous:

Alaska: Jurassic tuffites and volcanic sands - McArthur River Field

Egypt: Granite wash: Zeit Bay Field

Vietnam: Fractured Granite: White Tiger (Bach Ho) Field, Dragon (Rong) Field

Metamorphic:

China: Fractured Palaeozoic metamorphics: Yaerxia Oil Field

Fractured Archean metamorphosed granite: Xinglongtai Oil and Gas Field

USA: Fractured Precambrian quartzite: Orth Field, Ringwold Field, Silica Field, Trapp

Field, Eveleigh Field - KS

Volcanic:

Algeria: Fractured basalt

Brazil: Fractured basalt: Campos Basin, Badejo Field, Linguado Field

Chile: Fractured volcaniclastics: Magallanes basin: Jurassic Tobifera

USA: South Texas: “Serpentine plugs” - Maverick Basin: Hidalgo Field, Travis Field

Pakistan: Deccan traps

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