DR CLAIRE GEEL– GEOLOGIST

Bio: My expertise are in sedimentology, petrophysics and geochemistry and I have extensive laboratory and field work experience. I have been involved in oil and gas research and exploration in Southern Africa since 2010, having completed both my M.Sc. and Ph.D. on unconventional shale gas research in South Africa. I have also be awarded internships with energy majors, Shell and TotalEnergies. Many of the skills I have acquired are transferable to other fields of exploration. I am a fast learner, who is motivated by a challenge and eager to excel.

PhD in Geology: University of Cape Town, December 2020

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8d4YkiMAAAAJ&hl=en Nationality: South African

E-mail: admy9d@r.postjobfree.com

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Field work: advanced level mapping, data logging, sampling, drill site management(including borehole siting), core logging.

Laboratory operations and data acquisition: optical mineralogy (petrographic interpretation), electron Microscopy (SEM, QEM-SCAN, FIB-SEM, BIB-SEM), fluorescence microscopy and vitrinite reflectance (Zeiss microphotometric system), TOC/Rock Eval Data, XRD, XRF, Hg intrusion porosimetry (WS 2000 Porosimeter), helium pycnometry, stable isotope analysis, pyrolysis GC-MS (open system pyrolysis and thermovapourzation), wireline log interpretation, geomechanics (Paterson instrument and hydraulic press).

Advanced software skills: QGIS & ARCGIS, editing and digitising

(CorelDRAW/Inkscape/Photoshop), Petromod, Sedlog, Industry grade software (NDI, SISMAGE), MS Office Suite, Origin Pro 2016, Video editing (Wondershare Filmora)

QUALIFICATIONS

1. Ph.D. in Geology: University of Cape Town (UCT), Cape Town, ZA (2020)

2. M.Sc. in Geology: Nelson Mandela University (NMU), Port Elizabeth, ZA (2014)

3. B.Sc. (Hons) in Geology: NMU, Port Elizabeth, ZA (2011)

4. B.Sc. in Geology and Zoology: NMU, Port Elizabeth, ZA (2010)

WORK HISTORY

1. Internship at Total SE, CTSJF (Pau, France, October 2020-April 2021) Responsibilities: Resource analysis, data mining, basin mastering.

2. Internship position at Shell (head office in The Hague, 2015) Responsibilities: Seismic interpretation

3. Part time lecturing (2018) and student assistant & demonstrator (2016-2019): Responsibilities: Teaching sedimentology

4. Student assistant & demonstrator at NMU (2010-2013) Responsibilities: Teaching structural geology, palaeontology, mineralogy, sedimentology

5. Research assistant for African Earth Observatory Network (AEON, 2014)

Responsibilities: GIS technical assistance, conference organization, field trip leader

6. Karoo university basin study at NMU & AEON (2010) Responsibilities: Field investigation of the Karoo Basin, part of a larger shale gas investigation, funded by Shell.

PUBLICATION RECORD

Published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters:

1. Geel, C., Bordy, E.M., 2021. Palaeo-environmental and provenance reconstruction of the Lower Permian mudstones (lower Ecca Group) in the main Karoo Basin, South Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences (In press; 48 manuscript pages).

2. Geel, C., Nolte, S., Bordy, E.M., 2021. Geomechanical properties of the Permian black shales in the southern main Karoo Basin: lessons from compositional and petrophysical studies. South African Journal of Geology (In press; 46 manuscript pages).

3. Nolte, S., Geel, C., Amann-Hildenbrand, A., Krooss., M.B., Littke., R., 2019. Petrophysical and geochemical characterization of potential unconventional gas shale reservoirs in the southern Karoo Basin, South Africa. International Coal Geology, 212, 103249.

4. De Kock, M.O., Beukes, N.J., Adeniyi, E.O., Cole, D., Götz, A.E, Geel, C., Ossa, F., 2017. Deflating the shale gas potential of South Africa’s Main Karoo Basin. South African Journal of Science, 113, 1–12.

5. Schulz, HM., Chere, N., Geel, C., Booth, P., de Wit., 2016. Is the Postglacial History of the Baltic Sea an Appropriate Analogue for the Formation of Black Shales in the Lower Ecca Group (Early Permian) of the Karoo Basin, South Africa? In: Linol, B., de Wit, M. (eds) Origin and Evolution of the Cape Mountains and Karoo Basin. Regional Geology Reviews, Springer, Cham, 111–117.

6. Geel, C., de Wit, M.J., Booth, P, Schulz, H-M., Horsfield, B., 2015. Palaeo-environment, diagenesis and characteristics of Permian black shales in the lower Karoo Supergroup flanking the Cape Fold Belt near Jansenville, Eastern Cape, South Africa: Implications for the shale gas potential of the Karoo Basin. South African Journal of Geology. South African Journal of Geology, 118.3, 248–274.

7. Geel, C., Schulz, HM., Booth, P., Horsfield, B., 2013. Shale gas characteristics of Permian black shales in South Africa: results from recent drilling in the Ecca Group (Eastern Cape). Energy Procedia, 40, 256–265.

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITITES

Committees: AAPG ICE Cape Town 2018 – student and YP lead, International Conference for Continental Ichnology 2017- organizing committee, AAPG Geotechnical workshop 2017 – organizing committee, Outreach leader for Mountain Club of South Africa (2016–2020), Inkaba Conference 2014 – head of the organizing committee

Panels and Chairs: General Chair participating as a panel speaker symposium session‘Young Professionals vs. Establishment; Next Generation of Energy Finders’ AAPG ICE 2018, Co-chair for Student and Young Professional affairs at AAPG ICE 2018, Session chair for

‘Sequence Stratigraphy’ session at AAPG ICE 2018, Conference Chair at ICCI 2017, Session chair for ‘Geoscience and Engineering Characterization of Unconventional Plays’ at AAPG GTW 2017, Conference Chair Inkaba yeAfrica 2014.

Academic: Head demonstrator for sedimentology practical’s 2018 (UCT), Field trip leader at NMU and UCT (Cape to Karoo Regions 2014-2019).

OUTREACH

Lectures at the Astronomical Society of South Africa (2016), Mountain Club South Africa Outreach (educating disadvantaged youth from 2016–2020), Science Slam participant at University of Limpopo (2014).

REFERENCES

Associate Prof. Emese Bordy, PhD supervisor at UCT: +27 (0-21-650-****; admy9d@r.postjobfree.com

Ms Celine Scheffler, line manager at Total Office: +33 5 33 43 24 69; admy9d@r.postjobfree.com

Prof. Peter Booth, MSc supervisor at NMU: +27 (0-41-504-****; admy9d@r.postjobfree.com

Dr Hans-Martin Schulz, mentor at GZF German Research Centre for Geoscience: +49-331******; admy9d@r.postjobfree.com

Dr Hermann Lauferts, line manager at Shell: admy9d@r.postjobfree.com

Dr Doug Cole, field mentor: +27-795******

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