AnthonyRobin Westerman

About

• Paleoproterozoic basement mapping with airborne geophysics, ground geochemistry and diamond drilling
• Structural analysis of multiphase fold belts with photogrammetry and ground truthing
• Ground Penetrating Radar for petroleum reservoir outcrop analogs
• Seismic acquisition, processing, analysis and interpretation for coal, oil and gas, on land and sea, also in well
• Mud logging, well logging, rock physics and rock mechanics
• Overpressure
• Underground Coal Gasification.

My PhD thesis is on “The development of secondary porosity & permeability in fractured rock.”  It  is available at: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/7840/

Information

• Email: DrRobinWesterman@aol.com
• Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anthony-Westerman
• Phone: +44 7305 656 190
• Location: United Kingdom
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinwesterman/

Industry experience

Education: PhD

Seniority: Expert, Engineer, Consultant

Years of experience: 20 years or above

Work experience

• Geophysicist

  Shell funded 3D-GPR in Oman, processed with drone DEMs by PDO GeoMatics.
  Prepared & gave a 3-day workshop with Aaxal, Cranfield for an NNPC Field Crew working in Chad.

  Seistran Ltd.

  2015  - 2015

• Geophysicist

  Legacy onshore 2D seismic & well data analysis for:
  i)   due diligence in proposed field developments
  ii)  UCG prospect evaluation
  iii) 14th Landward Licensing Round applications.

  Belltree, Edinburgh

  2014  - 2014

• Geophysicist

  End of the World exploration and Data Rooms with 2D & 3D PSTM, angle stacks and Rock Physics.

  BayernGas UK

  2013  - 2014

• Geophysicist

  Short courses for:
  a) SINOPEC managers in Aberdeen
  b) Absolute BME in Kuala Lumpur

  Seistran Ltd.

  2012  - 2012

• Geophysicist, Moray Firth Asset Team

  Blackbird Field remapping and Field Development Plan to first oil.
  Injector well positioning & Rock Physics based inversion.
  Ettrick injector well positioning based on QC of new acquisition with interpretation of PreSTM processing.

  Nexen

  2010  - 2011

• Principal Geoscientist

  Seismic Rock Physics; introduced non-linear inversion to RokDoc.
  Farm-in decisions – those since drilled proved correct.
  3 successful 25th Round Applications on Central North Sea blocks leading to Wintershall's Blakeney discovery.

  Ikon Science

  2007  - 2009

• Senior Researcher

  Project managed:
  - time-lapse seismic in the North Sea.
  - modelling 3 segments of ARAMCO’s Ghawar Field.
  - Underground Coal Gasification, Coal Bed Methane & Carbon Capture and Storage.  
  - Carbon dioxide storage for Scotland.

  Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University

  1998  - 2007

• Exploration Geophysicist and MD

  First interpreter in the Regional Seismic Horizon Mapping Project at Petroleum Development Oman with discussions of Arabian seismic quality, leading to PDO+ARAMCO’s Land Seismic Image Forum.

  Seistran Ltd.

  1991  - 1997

• Geophysicist

  Integrated surface seismic, DIPmeter, mud logs & VSP.  
  Finite Difference modelling guided waves.
  Worked with the ‘father of VSP’, Professor E. I. Gal’perin.
  World first simultaneous VSP-Walkaway and surface seismic survey.

  ONGC–Schlumberger Wireline Research Centre, India

  1988  - 1990

• Geophysicist

  High-resolution surface seismic.
  Redefined structures contributing 3 year’s national production.
  Designed Inverse VSP & in-seam borehole geophone installation.
  Initiated FAPS - the Fault Analysis Projection System.
  Managed the National Logging Contract.

  British Coal Technical Services and Research Executive

  1982  - 1988

• Senior Data Engineer

  Overpressure analysis with mud logging and real time data display on North Sea semi-submersible rigs.

  Gearhart Geodata Services

  1980  - 1981

• Seismic Analyst

  Seismic data processing, structural analyses and quality control for basins across North Africa.

  Western Geophysical

  1971  - 1973

• Photo- & Structural Geologist

  Regional mapping with 3-D structural analyses of multiphase Upper Proterozoic fold belts in Central Sahara.

  Hunting Geology and Geophysics

  1973  - 1974

• Regional Geologist

  Led geological & geochemical expeditions in tropical rain forest on Paleoproterozoic greenstones.

  Geological Survey of Guyana

  1971  - 1971

Taxonomy

• Research Institute
• Geology
• Fracking
• Oil & Gas
• Clean Coal
• Alternative Fuels
• Geosciences
• R&D
• 3D Modelling
• Teaching
• Scientific writing
• Spacial Data Analysis
• Time Series
• open science
• Citizen Scientist
• Eng. geology
• Team Leader