| Personal details |
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| Degree: | Geoscience BSc |
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| School(s): | School of Geography and Geosciences |
| Year of Graduation: | Jun-2006 |
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| National of: | United Kingdom |
| Employment details |
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| Organisation: | BG Group |
| Job title: | Lead Geologist - Global New Ventures |
| Occupational Sector: | Geology |
| What has been your route to getting your current position? |
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| I decided not to go to a Petroleum Geoscience Masters which is the usual route into the oil and gas industry, instead I joined a Sequence Stratigraphy and Petroleum Geology Consultancy called Neftex and worked my way up over 7 years from a Geoscience Technical Assistant to a specialist (Technical Lead - Unconventionals) and managerial role (Team Lead - Americas; a team of 8 people). My specialism into unconventionals allowed me to pursue a non-traditional route into an Operator (BG Group) through their Global Unconventional New Ventures Team. |
| What does your job involve ? |
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| Looking for new or under-developed areas where there may be a material opportunity for BG Group to explore, appraise and develop oil and gas reserves by synthesising public domain data, proprietary data and the experience of others in my company. |
| What are the best bits of your job ? |
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| Coming up with an interpretation of data that you are happy with (with support from the rest of your team) and presenting it to management. |
| Why were you successful? |
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| I took every opportunity to present the work I was doing enthusiastically to as many people as possible in different formats - client meetings, international conferences, workshops and forums. |
| What skills/ knowledge from your degree have you found particularly helpful in this role? |
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| The structural geology and geodynamics/Gaia concepts and the Petroleum Geology module. |
| What advice would you give to students wishing to follow the same path? |
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| Enjoy learning and don't feel like there is only one route into the oil and gas industry. |
