Geophysics, Geology, Teaching at University Level

PETER ANTHONY EMMET, PhD

Seismic Interpretation Consultant, Brazos Valley GeoServices, Inc.

Exploration Geology and Geophysics

2D and 3D Seismic Interpretation, Gravity Modelling, Velocity Modelling TBPG License No. 5487 (Geophysics), SIPES No. 3436, Fluent Spanish Basic Offshore Safety Induction Emergency Training (BOSIET) Certification Valid to 29 Jun 2022 Summary: Geophysical and Geological Consultant with Effective and Proven Training Skills Professional Geologist & Geophysicist since 1984, Consultant since 2002. “Swiss Army Knife”, with competency across a broad spectrum of skills and computer applications for geological and geophysical analysis. International focus with major projects worked on four continents. Adjunct Professor of Exploration Geophysics since 2012 in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Houston. Training has been a key focus of my career. Professional Expertise

Exploration Geophysics and Geology

• Seismic QC for ultra-high resolution single channel seismic and sub-bottom profiler

• Interpretation of ultra-high res data for site and hazard survey and detailed stratigraphy

• 2D/3D seismic and well log interpretation: super-regional PSDM and gravity modelling for “frontier” basins; local evaluation of individual blocks for bid rounds and M&A evaluations; high resolution 3D seismic for site evaluations and detailed strat analysis

• Recent focus on regional interpretation and velocity model of deepwater Gulf of Mexico

• Superior application knowledge of IHS Energy “KINGDOM” 2d/3dPAK, EarthPAK, GeoSyn

• Gravity / magnetics modelling using Geosoft GM-SYS to validate seismic interpretations

• Velocity modelling / depth-conversion using VelPro (integrated with KINGDOM projects) Seismic Project Management and Data Quality Control

• Superior skills in the creation and management of digital seismic and well log projects

• Superior data loading and QC skills, finding and fixing problems that others miss

• Effective team player able to make other team members more efficient and productive Professional Training and Mentoring, and Formal Teaching Experience

• Expert professional trainer of software applications (100s of courses taught worldwide)

• Expert technical mentor, from weeks to months, for professional colleagues of all ages

• Since 2012 teaching Graduate students 2D/3D exploration as Adjunct Professor, U of H

• Have served on thesis committees (Capstone, MS, PhD) of dozens of graduate students

• Author of annual presentation to graduate students “Getting a Job in Industry / Being a Consultant”, in UH Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Professional Development Series Work History in the Petroleum Industry

2006-Present Brazos Valley GeoServices, Inc; President/Chief Geoscientist: Clients/Projects TerraSond, Ltd., 2018: Offshore Seismic QC of ultra-high resolution single channel seismic and sub-bottom profiler data for shallow hazard investigations; Shell International, 2016-17: Honduras; USGS, 2016-17: Carbon Sequestration GoM; Pacific Rubiales, 2014-15: Regional seismic interpretation and gravity- magnetics models, Equatorial Brazil and Ucayali and Tumbes basins, Peru; ION Geophysical, 2007-14: Digital project creation and management, stratigraphic / structural interpretation for crustal-scale 2D offshore “SPAN” seismic programs; INPEX, 2006-12: Seismic interpretation, business development for US GoM, Burgos basin, Mexico, and expat staffing for Suriname exploration projects; Petroleum Geo-Services, 2006-11: Business development and interpretation, Honduras; JGI Inc, 2006-08: Business development and interpretation services, Honduras; Scotia Waterous-KNOC, 2008: M&A evaluation of offshore Peru. 2002-2005 Brazos Valley Services; Sole Proprietor: Clients/Projects: Seismic Micro- Technology, Inc, 2002-05: Consulting software trainer and principal technical, training and business liaison for SMT accounts in Latin America, Denver and Calgary; The Scotia Group, 2005: Chicontepec field study, Mexico; Gaffney Cline Associates: offshore Peru, 2004; BHP Billiton Petroleum, 2003: Orange River basin, South Africa.

1998-2002 Pluspetrol International, Inc; Staff Geophysicist, New Ventures Group, Houston: Evaluation of blocks in North Africa and Latin America. 2D seismic processing QC and interpretation of Block CAA-38 (Malvinas basin, Argentina) and cross section balancing, Camisea block, Peru.

1997-1998 Brazos Valley Services; Sole Proprietor: Geophysical and geological workstation training performed under contract to Landmark Graphics Corp. 1995-1997 Landmark Graphics Corp; Geophysical Applications Specialist: Certified Trainer for all Landmark geophysical applications. Training was performed worldwide. 1992-1994 Arco International Oil and Gas Company; Exploration Geophysicist, Evaluated blocks in West Africa and Latin America exploration groups: Included 1 month training assignments in 3D seismic acquisition and 2D seismic processing. 1987-1989 Marathon Oil Company, Geophysicist; Special Geophysical Projects Group: Gravity and magnetic depth-to-basement studies in Khartoum basin, Sudan, Ucayali basin, Peru and Point Arena basin, offshore California. 1984-1987 Aero Service Division, Western Geophysical Company; Structural Geologist and Geophysicist: Lead in country-wide depth-to-basement studies of Costa Rica and Honduras. Country-wide assessment of hydrocarbon potential of Honduras with Litton Resource Group (Aero Service, Western Geophysical and Core Labs). Performed regional aeromagnetic studies of northern Alaska, Mexico (Yucatán- Campeche areas), Ecuador, Brazil, and Indonesia.

Teaching and Academic Research:

Adjunct Professor, The University of Houston, since 2012 (exploration geophysics) Research Associate, The University of Houston, 2011-2013 (Caribbean Basins Tectonics & HCs) Research Associate, The University of Texas at Austin, 2007-2010 (Carib Basins Tect & HCs) Adjunct Professor, Cy-Fair College, 2004 - 2005 (Physical Geology) Academic Degrees:

PhD Geology and Geophysics, Rice University, 1996

MA Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, 1983 BS (Honors) Geology, The University of California at Davis, 1978 Professional Affiliations:

AAPG (since 1978)

HGS (since 1984; Chair, International Exploration Group: 1986-1988) GSH (since 1984; Chairman, Potential Fields Group: 1988-1989) SEG (since 1992)

AIPN (since 2007)

SIPES (since 2015)

Selected Publications:

Co-author of 12 peer-reviewed journal articles (blue) and sole or co-author of many additional abstracts for oral or poster presentations.

Cornelius, S. and Emmet, P. A., submitted, Depth to the top of overpressure in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Garden Banks, Green Canyon, Keathley Canyon and Walker Ridge; Extended Abstract with Figures for Oral presentation, 2019 Annual Meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists.

Cornelius, S. and Emmet, P. A., 2018, Volume fractions of lithologic units per geologic era in the Cenozoic, Keathley Canyon and Walker Ridge, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Part 2: Limestone and Marl; The Journal of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, v. 8, p. 151-166. Cornelius, S. and Emmet, P. A., 2018, Volume fractions of lithologic units per geologic era in the Cenozoic, Keathley Canyon and Walker Ridge, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Part 1: Sand, Shale and Siltstone; The Journal of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, v. 8, p. 121-150. Cornelius, S. and Emmet, P. A., 2018, Geological 3D velocity model in Keathley Canyon and Walker Ridge, Gulf of Mexico; The Leading Edge (online digital version), Society of Exploration Geophysicists, v. 37, n. 4, p. 1-25.

Ramon-Duenas, C., Rudolph, K.W., Emmet, P.A., and Wellner, J.S., 2018, Quantitative Analysis of Siliciclastic Clinoforms: An Example From the North Slope, Alaska; Marine and Petroleum Geology, No. 2 (Feb), p. 1-8.

Granath, J.W., Rango, R., Emmet, P.A., Ford, C., Lambert, R., and Kasli, M., 2016; New viewpoint on the geology and hydrocarbon prospectivity of the Seychelles Plateau, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Africa Energy Technology Conference, December 2016, Nairobi, Kenya. Robla, Vaughn, Sager, W.W., and Emmet, P.A., 2016, Structure of the Western Gulf of Mexico salt canopy surface imaged by regional 2D Multichannel seismic data; American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, December 2016, San Francisco (poster session). Sanchez, Javier, Mann, Paul, and Emmet, P.A., 2015, Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic tectonic transition from collision to transtension, Honduran Borderlands and Nicaraguan Rise, northwestern Caribbean plate boundary in Nemcok, M., Rybar,S., Sinha, S. T., Hermeston, S. A. & Ledvenyiova, L. (eds) Transform Margins: Development, Controls and Petroleum Systems. Geological Society, London Special Publications, 431, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 431, http://doi.org/10.1144/SP431.3

Pindell, J.P., Graham, Rod, and Emmet, P.A., 2013, Comparative variations in structural and magmatic style along Eastern South America, Trinidad to Argentina, as revealed by long offset 2D seismic data, American Association of Petroleum Geologists International Meeting, Cartagena, September 2013 (oral session).

McDonough, K.J., Bouanga, E., Pierard, C., Horn, B., Emmet, P.A., Gross, J., Danforth, A., Sterne, N., and Granath, J., 2013, Wheeler-transformed 2D seismic data yield fan chronostratigraphy of offshore Tanzania, The Leading Edge, Special Section: Chronostratigraphy, p. 162-170, February 2013.

Kumar, Naresh, Helwig, J.A., Emmet, P.A., and Dinkelman, M.G., 2012, Tulluk High: An Inverted Multifold Structure and Potential Giant Megaprospect, Offshore Mackenzie Delta, Canadian Beaufort Sea, AAPG Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California, April 2012 (oral session). Helwig, J.A., Whittaker, R.C., Dinkelman, M.G., Emmet, P.A., and Bird, D., 2012, Interpretation of Tectonics of Passive Margin of NE Greenland from New Seismic Reflection Data and Geological- Geophysical Constraints, oral presentation at Conjugate Margins III Conference, August 2012, Dublin, Ireland

Kumar, N., Granath, J.W., Emmet, P.A., Helwig, J.A. and Dinkelman, M.G., 2011. Stratigraphic and tectonic framework of the US Chukchi Shelf: exploration insights from a new regional deep- seismic reflection survey. In: Spencer, A.M., Embry, A.F., Gautier, D.L., Stoupakova, A.V. & Sørensen, K. (eds) Arctic Petroleum Geology. Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 35, p. 501- 508. DOI: 10.1144/M35.33.

Helwig, J., Kumar, N., Emmet, P.A., and Dinkelman, M.G., 2011. Regional seismic interpretation of crustal framework, Canadian Arctic passive margin, Beaufort Sea, with comments on petroleum potential. In: Spencer, A. M., Embry, A. F., Gautier, D. L., Stoupakova, A. V. & Sørensen, K. (eds) Arctic Petroleum Geology. Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 35, 527–543. DOI:10.1144/M35.35

Whittaker, R.C., Dinkelman, M.G., Emmet, P.A., and Granath, J.W., 2011, The NE Greenland shelf : Full crustal imaging of salt tectonics and the Wandel Sea mobile belt, poster presentation on 10 May 2011 at the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists annual meeting, Calgary Emmet, P.A., Kumar, N., Helwig, J.A. and Dinkelman, M.G., 2011, Beaufort-Mackenzie basin offshore shelf and slope: Vast, mostly untested, potential of Oligocene and younger sequences, oral presentation on 11 Apr 2011 at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Houston.

Emmet, P.A., Mann, Paul, and Roberson, R., 2011, Nicaraguan Rise offshore Honduras: Upper Cretaceous source rock may contribute to a proven Eocene hydrocarbon system at Main Cape-1, Mosquitia basin, poster presentation on 12 Apr 2011 at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Houston.

Granath, J.W., Christ, J.M., Dinkelman, M.G., Emmet, P.A., and Bird, D., 2010, Full crustal 40 km PSDM seismic profiling (“BightSPANTM”) of the Ceduna sub-basin, Great Australian Bight margin of South Australia, poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 09 Dec 2010, San Francisco.

Helwig, J.A., Ady, B., Kumar, N., Granath, J.W., Dinkelman, M.G., Bird, D., and Emmet, P.A., 2010, Reconstructing conjugate margins of the Canada-Amerasian basin: New tectonic constraints from deep seismic data and gravity profiles, poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 09 Dec 2010, San Francisco. Emmet, P.A., Kumar, N., Dinkelman, M.G., and Helwig, J.A., 2010, Tectonic framework and regional seismic expression of exploration plays, Canadian Beaufort Sea, oral presentation on 13 Sep 2010 at the International Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary.

Granath, J.W., Christ, J., Emmet, P.A., and Dinkelman, M.G, 2010, Insights into the tectonics of Eastern Indonesia from the ArafuraSPAN, a long-offset long-record 2D seismic reflection data set, oral presentation at the Indonesia Petroleum Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Convention and Exhibition, Jakarta, May 2010.

Granath, J.W., Christ, J., Emmet, P.A., and Dinkelman, M.G, 2010, Pre-Tertiary of the East Java Sea revisited: A stronger link to Australia, poster presentation at the Indonesia Petroleum Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Convention and Exhibition, Jakarta, May 2010. Helwig, J.A., Kumar, Naresh, Emmet, P.A., and Dinkelman, M.G., 2010, Three Segments of the Arctic Continental Margin, Beaufort Sea, Canada: Deep Seismic Profiles of Crustal Architecture, GeoCanada Decadal Meeting, Calgary (oral session). Emmet, P.A., and Mann, Paul, 2010, Early Cenozoic Rift Inversion: Key to Understanding the Structural Framework and Petroleum Potential of the Nicaraguan Rise; oral presentation on 12 Apr 2010 at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, New Orleans.

Rogers, R.D, and Emmet, P.A., Middle Jurassic – Early Cretaceous rifting on the Chortis Block in Honduras: Implications for proto-Caribbean opening, invited oral presentation at the Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Dec 2009. Dinkelman, M.G., Granath, J.W., Bird, D., Helwig, J.A., Kumar, N., and Emmet, P.A., 2009, Deducing the brittle-ductile transition in continental crust through deep, long-offset, 2D PSDM seismic data, poster presentation on 15 Nov 2009 at the International Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Rio de Janeiro. Granath, J.W., Christ, J., Emmet, P.A., and Dinkelman, M.G, 2009, Pre-Tertiary sedimentary section and structure as reflected in the JavaSPAN crustal-scale PSDM seismic survey, and its implications regarding the basement terranes in the East Java Sea, oral presentation 15 Sep 2009 at Southeast Asia Gateway Evolution conference, Royal Holloway University, UK. Dinkelman, M.G., Granath, J.W., Emmet, P.A., Christ, J., 2009, Crustal provinces of the East Java Sea-Makassar Strait region from long-offset crustal-scale 2D seismic reflection imaging, poster presentation 15 Sep 2009 at Southeast Asia Gateway Evolution conference, Royal Holloway University, UK.

Emmet, P.A., and Mann, Paul, 2009, Hydrocarbon Potential of the Nicaraguan Rise Based on Reevaluation of Vintage Seismic and Well Data from the 1970’s and 1980’s; poster presentation 08 Jun 2010 at Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Denver. Granath, J.W., Emmet, P.A., and Dinkelman, M.G, 2009, Crustal architecture of the East Java Sea-Makassar Strait region from long-offset crustal-scale 2D seismic reflection imaging, poster presentation at the Indonesia Petroleum Association Thirty-Third Annual Convention and Exhibition, Jakarta, May 2009 (IPA09-G-047).

Emmet, P.A., Granath, J.W., and Dinkelman, M.G, 2009, Pre-Tertiary “keels” provide insights into the assembly of basement terranes and present-day petroleum systems of the East Java Sea, poster presentation at the Indonesia Petroleum Association Thirty-Third Annual Convention and Exhibition, Jakarta, May 2009 (IPA09-G-046).

Emmet, P.A., Granath, J.W., and Dinkelman, 2008, Basement controls on evolution of inversion structures, East Java Sea, poster presentation on 27 Oct 2008 at the International Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Capetown. Dinkelman, M.G., Kumar, N., Granath, J.W., Emmet, P.A., and J.A. Helwig, 2008, Seismic architecture of a short-lived, small ocean basin – the Somali basin – as illustrated in long-offset crustal-scale reflection profiling, oral presentation on 20 Aug 2008 at the Rifts Renaissance conference, Houston.

Emmet, P.A., 2008, Petroleum Geology of the Nicaragua Rise; Invited talk presented on 26 Mar 2008 at the 18th Caribbean Geological Conference, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Rogers, R.D., Mann, P., and Emmet, P.A., 2007, Tectonic terranes of the Chortis block based on integration of regional aeromagnetic and geologic data: submitted to Geological Society of America Special Paper No 428, Geologic and Tectonic Development of the Caribbean Margin in Northern Central America (34 pages of text, 9 figures, 3 tables). Rogers, R.D., Mann, P., Emmet, P.A., and Venable, M.M., 2007, Colon fold belt of Honduras: Evidence for Late Cretaceous collision between the continental Chortis block and intraoceanic Caribbean arc: submitted to Geological Society of America Special Paper No 428, Geologic and Tectonic Development of the Caribbean Margin in Northern Central America (33 pages of text, 10 figures, 2 tables).

Emmet, P.A., Ghazi, T., Hickman, R.G., Granata, G.W., Callejon, A., and Slot, M., 2005, New Exploration Opportunities in offshore Peru; Proceedings 5th INGEPET International Seminar on Exploration and Production of Oil and Gas, Lima, Peru, p. 24-25. Emmet, P.A., 2002, Megasequences of the northern Malvinas basin, offshore Argentina, with special emphasis on the Paleogene; invited oral presentation: “VailFest” in honor of the professional career of Peter Vail, Rice University, 09 March 2002. Emmet, P.A. and Bally, A.W., 1996, Evolution of Cenozoic inversion structures, East Java Sea, Indonesia (abst): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Meeting, San Diego. Emmet, P.A. and Vail, P.R., 1996, Cenozoic inversion structures, East Java Sea, Indonesia: Can tectonic and eustatic influences on stratal architecture be distinguished? (abst): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, San Diego. Emmet, P.A., 1996, Evolution of Cenozoic inversion structures, Western Flores Sea, Indonesia: PhD thesis, Rice University, Houston, 277 p.

Bartek, L.R., Vail, P.R., Anderson, J.B., Emmet, P.A. and Wu, S., 1992, The effect of Cenozoic ice sheet fluctuations in Antarctica on the sequence stratigraphic signature of the Neogene: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 96, n. B4, p. 6753-6778. Emmet, P.A., Hedberg, J.D., McIver, N.L., and Tyrrell, Jr., W.W., 1988, Major new foreign exploration plays during 1983-1987 (abst): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 72, n. 2, p. 182.

Sheehan, C.A., Penfield, G.T., Yalamanchili, S.V., Taylor, C., and Emmet, P.A., 1988, Integration of geological, geophysical and remotely-sensed data for evaluation of hydrocarbon potential of Costa Rica (abst): Summaries, Sixth Thematic Conference on Remote Sensing for Exploration Geology, Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM), Ann Arbor, p. 72-73. DeBuyl, M., Sherwood, J.R., Penfield, G.T., Emmet, P.A., Swetland, P.J., Cromer, D.K. and Gibson, L.B., 1986, Hydrocarbon potential of Honduras (abst): Proceedings of the 11th Caribbean Geological Conference, Bridgetown, Barbados.

Emmet, P.A., 1983a, Neogene rejuvenation of a Laramide wrench fault as a dextral transform to the Honduras Depression (abst): Geological Society of America Abstracts With Programs, v. 15, n. 6, p. 567.

Emmet, P.A., 1983b, Geology of the Agalteca quadrangle, Honduras, Central America: Masters Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, 203 p.

Helwig, J.A., and Emmet, P.A., 1981, Structure of the early Tertiary Orca Group in Prince William Sound and some implications for the plate tectonic history of southern Alaska: Journal of the Alaska Geological Society, v. 1, n. 1, p. 12-35.

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