AnthonyRobin Westerman

AnthonyRobin Westerman

Summary

I am a retired Earth Scientist with experience and publications (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anthony-Westerman) in:
  • 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/

Contact info

Email: DrRobinWesterman@aol.com

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anthony-Westerman

Phone: +44 7305 656 190

Location: United Kingdom

Industry Experience

Education: PhD

Seniority: Expert, Engineer, Consultant

Years of experience: 20 years or above

Work Experience

Geophysicist

Seistran Ltd.

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.

Geophysicist

Belltree, Edinburgh

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.

Geophysicist

BayernGas UK

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

Geophysicist

Seistran Ltd.

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

Geophysicist, Moray Firth Asset Team

Nexen

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.

Principal Geoscientist

Ikon Science

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.

Senior Researcher

Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University

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.

Exploration Geophysicist and MD

Seistran Ltd.

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.

Geophysicist

ONGC–Schlumberger Wireline Research Centre, India

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.

Geophysicist

British Coal Technical Services and Research Executive

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.

Senior Data Engineer

Gearhart Geodata Services

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

Seismic Analyst

Western Geophysical

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

Photo- & Structural Geologist

Hunting Geology and Geophysics

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

Regional Geologist

Geological Survey of Guyana

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

Industry Expertise

  • 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