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Petroleum Geologist

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Houston, TX, 77002
Posted:
June 23, 2023

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Curriculum Vitae of

MATTHEW B. CARR

State of Texas Professional Geophysicist #6689

AAPG Certified Professional Geophysicist Certificate #107

713-***-****

E-mail: adxvmt@r.postjobfree.com

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT:

Managing Director, September 2006 to Present

QI Petrophysics, Houston, Texas

Founder and Chief Petrophysicist Responsible for all Phases of Petrophysical Analysis, Seismic Petrophysics, Rock Properties Analysis, and Integration of Well and Seismic Data, for QIP Clients Globally.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT:

Chief Petrophysicist, February 1999 to September 2006 Rock Solid Images, Houston, Texas

Corporate Wide Lead Petrophysicist Responsible for Petrophysical Products Design, Quality Control, and Standards for all Rock Properties Analysis for Rock Solid Images.

Basins Worked: Domestic US (Arkoma, Anadarko, Greater Green River Basin, Permian Basin, Delaware Basin, Powder River Basin, Onshore Gulf of Mexico, Offshore Gulf of Mexico Shelf and Deepwater); Offshore Tunisia; Offshore West Africa; Offshore Brazil; North Sea; Norwegian Sea; Indonesia; East Timor Sea, South China Sea; Saudi Arabia, and Nile River Delta: Egypt Petroleum Geologist Senior Grade: Petrophysicist, June 1996 to January 1999. BP-Amoco Production Company, Houston, Texas

Conducted Petrophysical Rock Properties Analysis in Strategic Technology Group, in Conjunction with World Wide Exploration Effort. Acted as 1 of 3 Petrophysicists Supporting Risk Mitigation through Rock Properties, Corporate Wide All BP-Amoco Prospects Evaluated Prior to and Following Drilling.

Consultant: Petrophysicist, March 1995 to May 1996 Phoenix Development Company, Dallas, Texas; and

The Carr Technology Group, Stafford, Virginia

Evaluated New Drilling Technology with Respect to Formation Evaluation and Production of Hydrocarbons.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT CONTINUED:

Consultant: Petrophysicist, November 1992 to February 1993 Perception and Decision Systems, Columbia, South Carolina

Conducted Special Core Analysis.

Instructor, August 1991 to May 1996

University of South Carolina

Laboratory instructor for Sandstone Petrology, Physical Geology, and Environmental Geology.

Petroleum Geologist: Petrophysicist, May 1990 to June 1996 Amoco Production Company, Houston, Texas

Conducted Petrophysical Rock Properties and Seismic Rock Properties Analysis in Conjunction with World Wide Exploration Effort. Involved with Integrated Geophysical and Geological Teams, To Evaluate Risk Associated with Rock Properties.

Basins Worked: Greater Green River Basin, Wyoming; Offshore Tunisia; Arkoma Basin, Oklahoma; Onshore Gulf of Mexico; Deep Water Gulf of Mexico; Offshore West Africa; Offshore Brazil; North Sea; Norwegian Sea; and Nile River Delta: Egypt.

EDUCATION:

Doctor of Philosophy in Petrophysics (With Distinction): August 1996, University of South Carolina

Dissertation Title: Quantification of Microstructural Elements in Natural Porous Media with Correlation to Single Phase and Multiphase Flow Parameters

Master of Science in Petrophysics: May 1993, University of South Carolina Thesis Title: Analysis of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance T1 Distributions in a Porous Carbonate Reservoir, With Calibration to Petrographic Image Analysis

Bachelor of Science in Geology: August 1991, Old Dominion University SPECIAL SKILLS:

Well Log Analysis for Geophysical Applications;

Seismic Rock Properties;

Risk Analysis and Mitigation in E&P

Classic Petrophysics and Formation Evaluation

Sandstone and Carbonate Petrology and its relation to Petrophysics; Instructor: Industry Short Courses; Open Hole Well Log Analysis, Geophysical Well Log Analysis

Petrographic Image Analysis;

Multi-variate Analysis of Natural Systems (Vector Analysis; Neural Networks) Classical Statistics and Geostatistics;

Abnormal Pore Pressure Evaluation

Interpretation of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Data in Natural Porous Media Computer Proficiencies (SAS, DOS, FORTRAN, Various WINDOWS Applications, UNIX, PETCOM, PETROSOLUTIONS, PETROTOOLS, PETROWORKS, STRATWORKS, iMOSS, RocDoc,PowerLog, Hampson Russell)

PROFESSIONAL CLASSES TAKEN:

Rock Physics; Seismic Rock Properties; Synergistic Formation Evaluation; Reservoir Analysis for Geologists and Engineers; Geostatistics; Petroworks; Deep Water Field Seminar: West Texas; Pore Pressure Prediction; Seismic Facies Analysis; and Salt Tectonics; Excelling In Management; Harvard Buisness School Negotiation

PUBLICATIONS:

Kochel, R.C., and Carr, M.B., 1991. Preliminary experiments with escarpment degradation in frozen sediment: morphology, process, and implications for land forms on Mars (Abstract). 22nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas, 727-728.

Gross, J.S., Thompson, S.A., Claxton, B.L., and Carr, M.B., 1995. Reservoir distribution and exploration potential of the Spiro sandstone in the Choctaw trend, Arkoma Basin, Oklahoma and Arkansas. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 79(2):159-185.

Carr, M.B., Ehrlich, R., Bowers, M.C., and Howard, J.J., 1996. Correlation of pore types derived from nuclear magnetic resonance and thin section image analysis in a carbonate reservoir. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 14(3/4):.

Carr, M.B., and Paschke, C.A., 1998. Analysis of microstructural elements and their relationship to single phase fluid flow. Invited Poster, American Association Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City Utah. PUBLICATIONS CONTINUED:

Bowers, M.C., Carr, M.B., and Murray, C.J., 1998. Correlation of pore types derived from nuclear magnetic resonance and thin section image analysis in natural porous media. Invited Poster, American Association Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City Utah. Walls, J.D., Taner, M.T., Taylor, G., Smith, M., Carr, M.B., and Derzhi, N., 2001. Seismic reservoir characterization of a mid-continent fluvial system using rock physics, postack seismic attributes and neural networks; a case history. 70th Annual Meeting of Society of Economic Geophysicists, Calgary Alberta, Canada, August 2000. Carr, M.B., Cooper, R., Smith, M., Taner, M.T., and Walls, J.D., 2001. The integration of surface seismic and bore-hole data using artificial neural network clustering methods. Australian Society of Economic Geophysicists, 15th Annual Conference and Exhibition, Brisbane, Australia, 2001. Walls, J.D., and Carr, M.B., 2001. The use of fluid substitution modeling for correction of mud filtrate invasion in sandstone reservoirs. 71st Annual Meeting of Society of Economic Geophysicists, San Antonio, Texas, United States, September 2001

Carr, M.B., Cooper, R., Smith, M., Taner, M.T., and Taylor, G., 2001. The generation of rock and fluid properties volume via the integration of multiple seismic attributes and log data. The First Break, Vol 19 No 10, October 2001, 567-571.

Taner, M.T., Berge, T., Walls, J.D., Smith, M., Taylor, G., Dumas, D., and Carr, M.B., 2001. Well log calibration of Kohonen-classified seismic attributes using Bayesian logic. Journal of Petroleum Geology, Vol 4(4), October 2001, 405-416.

Dvorkin, J., Carr, M.B., and Berge, T., 2002. Rock physics diagnostic in sand/shale sequence. Presented to the European Association Geologists and Engineers, Annual Meeting Florence Italy, May 2002. Carr, M.B., Hubert, L.B., and Dvorkin, J., 2002. Shear velocity prediction In the Norwegian Sea. Presented to the European Association Geologists and Engineers, Annual Meeting Florence Italy, May 2002. Uden, R., Taner, M.T., Carr, M.B., and Smith, M. 2003. Seismic Data Mining. Presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, Stavanger, Norway, June 2003.

PUBLICATIONS CONTINUED:

Uden, R., Dvorkin, J., Walls, J., and Carr, M.B., 2003. Rock Physics Diagnostic in a Sand Shale Sequence. Presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Houston, Texas, United States, October 2003.

Walls, J.D., Dvorkin, J., and Carr, M.B., 2004. Well Logs and Rock Physics in Seismic Reservoir Characterization. Offshore Technology Paper No. 16921,

Presented at the Offshore Technology Conference Houston, TX, USA, May 2004.

Selnes, A., Dvorkin, J.,Carr, M.B., Hoffmann, J., and Hubert, L., 2004. Rock Physics Diagnostics, Effective Medium Models, and AVO Analysis Of the Sto Formation, Hammerfest Basin, Norway. European Association Of Geophysical Exploration Paper. Presented at the EAGE Conference Paris, France June 2004.

Uden, R., Dvorkin, J., Walls, J., and Carr, M.B., 2003. Lithology Substitution in a Sand Shale Sequence. Presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Austrilian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Sydney, Austrila, August 2004.

Carr, M.B., Ascanio, M.R., Smith, M., and Walls, J.D., 2004. The use of fluid substitution modeling for correction of oil based mud filtrate invasion in sandstone reservoirs. Presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Denver, Colorado, United States, October 2004. Strecker, U., Smith, M., Uden, R., Carr, M.B., Taylor, G., and Knapp, S., 2004. Seismic Attribute Analysis in hydrothermal dolomite, Devonian Slave Point formation Norhteast British Columbia, Canada. Presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Denver, Colorado, United States, October 2004.

Cooper, R., Hubert, L., Dvorkin, J., Hoffman, J., Carr, M.B., and Selnes, A., 2005. AVO Modeling: a tool for the specialist or a general interpretation aid? Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary, Canada, June 2005. Roden, R., Forrest, M., Holeywell, R., Carr, M., and Alexander, P. 2014. The Role of AVO in Prospect Risk Assessment, 2014, Interpretation, Journal of Subsurface Characterization, Volume 2 Number 2; p SC61-SC76. PROFESSIONAL CLASSES TAUGHT:

Rock Physics Fundamentals: PEMEX, Cuidad del Carmin, Mexico, August 2001.

Well Log Evaluation for Geophysics: Houston, TX, January 2002. Well Log Evaluation for Geophysics: Houston, TX, August 2002. Well Log Evaluation for Geophysics: Houston, TX, May 2003. Practical Application of Rock Physics in Exploration and Production: Calgary, Canada, March 2004, Houston, TX June 2004, Houston, TX Spetember 2006, Calgary, Canada, November 2008, Houston, TX October 2010, Houston, TX March 2021

HONORS, AWARDS AND AFFILIATIONS:

Sigma Gamma Epsilon, National Honor Society for the Geosciences, Member 1989-1991.

Amoco Production Company Minority Scholarship/Fellowship 1989-1996. American Geological Institute Minority Scholarship 1990-1996. Doctorate Awarded with Distinction 1996.

American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Member 1990-Present. AAPG Certified Professional Geophysicist Certificate #107. Society of Professional Well Log Analysts, Member 1997-Present. Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Member 2002-Present. State of Texas Professional Geophysicist #6689

US Patent Awarded for System for Utilizing Seismic Data to Estimate Subsurface Lithology. 2005



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