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Dr. Joel C. Seymour

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KEY QUALIFICATIONS

My goal is to capitalize on my experience in seismic processing projects and project management. I aim to use my understanding of seismic processing technologies to develop workflows to better understand challenging assets.

Data Processing - Satellite Analysis - Interpretation - Imaging Research – Risk Analysis

Field Experience - Oceanography - Project Management – Processing Instruction

Sales - 4D Processing - Vendor QC - Contracting

WORK EXPERIENCE

Houston Community College, Houston, Texas • 2015-Current FACULTY INSTRUCTOR

Instruction and mentoring in Physics and Geology. Working with varied ability students to promote understanding of physics and geology concepts while developing learning skills.

Chevron ETC, Houston, Texas • 2011-2014 STAFF GEOPHYSICIST

Managed the processing of large data set processing projects. Peer assisted the work of geophysicists, acquisition specialists and interpreters. I established processing procedures for data analysis and mitigation for Petabyte data sets. Worked on basins worldwide with marine, land and coil data sets.

Successfully developed and implemented integrated processing methodologies and QC

Provided effective sales and contract negotiation, growing work for our internal team

Reduced overall project timelines by organizing structured mentoring of junior staff

ExxonMobil, Houston, Texas • 2007-2011 SENIOR GEOPHYSICIST

Managed the processing of marine 2D and 3D pre-stack time processing projects. QC of in-house and out-of-house contractor signal processing and imaging. Provided project management, including scoping, vendor contributions, contracting and cost. Stratigraphic Interpretation experience in Geoframe for play evaluation using well ties. Peer assisted the work of geophysicists, acquisition specialists and interpreters. I established environmental risk analysis procedures for marine sound impact of seismic acquisition.

Supported project management, including scoping, vendor contracting and cost containment.

Executed state-of-the-art model building and pre-stack depth migration workflows

Interpreter in New Ventures, performing stratigraphic Interpretation for play risk analysis

University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming • 2004-2007 RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

High resolution seismic processing for improved 4D imaging. Developing novel processing flows for PSDM/PSTM migration analysis and velocity modeling with a changing water column. Organized industrial support for our research, with Schlumberger Ltd, working with Focus/Geodepth software. Organizing donation of 3D and Q-Marine data and installing the first academic copy of Omega 2. Field acquisition of land seismic data, Costa Rica.

Published processing research of water column statics for improved 4D imaging.

Organized industrial support for research, with Schlumberger Ltd and ExxonMobil, estimated $300,000

Taught undergraduate and graduate level classes

WesternGeco, Schlumberger Ltd., Houston, Texas • 1998-2004 SENIOR ANALYST

High resolution, ‘Q-Marine’ 3-D data processing and 4-Component noise analysis in shallow and deep-water environments. Data acquisition and processing with analysis and quality control. Remote-site management and data analysis for optimizing imaging. Pre-stack Depth Migration imaging. On board Processing, Acquisition handling and in field QC.

Maintained acquisition efficiency by demonstrating processing uplift on field data in real time

Established data quality assurance and control standards to reduce acquisition time and cost

EDUCATION

Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas • 1993-2001 PHD

Modeling of iron contribution to the Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean form single particle analysis of field samples.

Single particle microanalysis of atmospheric silicate particles by a novel X-ray automation processes inside an electron microprobe. Wave Dispersive X-ray analysis and spectrograph from a moving electron beam to define particle size/shape/composition.

Managed field programs in Sub-Antarctica, Galapagos, and Arabian Sea.

Integrated satellite, field samples and oceanographic data to model plankton growth from physical data.

Electronic Materials Physics, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK • 1992-1993 MS

Understanding the industrial sintering process for infra-0red windows and offer improvements to processing.

Intensive study of novel V-III semiconductors and super conductor theory. Electron-to-solid interactions and analysis from energy emitted. Scanning and transmission electron microscopy project; construction and programming of electron microscopes.

Chemical Physics, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK • 1988-1992 BS

Materials physics, chemistry and research project.

SOCIETIES AND AWARDS

Society of Exploration Geophysics (SEG)

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Fellow of the Explorers Club of New York

REFERENCES

Eric Liebes Senior Staff Geophysical Analyst Chevron ETC

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Clark Trantham Staff Geophysical Analyst ExxonMobil

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Vatche P Tchakerian Dean of Geosciences Texas A&M University

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