-ELF 1979-1983 : Mission France (Haute Garonne) : Operation Geologist
-1983 à 1987 : Sultanate of Oman, Regional geologist
-1987 à 1992 : France various positions in Exploration
-1992-1996 : Lagos Nigéria. Chief Geologist Elf Petroleum Nigeria.
-1996-2000 : France (Paris) Middle East Chief Geologist
-TOTAL : 2000 à 2005 : Head of new business North Africa
-2006-2008 : Saudi Arabia Exploration Manager
-2009-2012 : Total Geology Training Manager.
-2012-present: Professor of Petroleum Geology with Total Professors Associated
Doctorate in Geology, Bordeaux University
ENSPM
Lectures on the future of oil: Université de Lille -2010, Ecole des Mines de Paris (2010) Université de Chambéry (2011)
https://www.geosciences.mines-paristech.fr/en/home/news
https://culture.univ-lille1.fr/agenda/detail/article/quel-avenir-energetique-apres-le-pic-petrolier-mondial.html
Lecture on geosciences in oil companies: University of Grenoble (2012), ENSG Nancy (2011)
Course Ecole Centrale de Paris (2011): The geosciences process applied to petroleum research
ENSEGID course, Bordeaux (2023,2024)
Lecture on energy transition: Polytech Orléans (2022, 2023)
Lectures at various universities (2012 – present):
Makerere, Kyambogo (Uganda) – Lomonossov (Russia) – Basilicata (Italy) – KBTU (Kazakhstan) – Gaed Nouakchott (Mauritania) – IFPEN (France), UFRJ (Brazil), Sofia University (Bulgaria), Universidade Agostinho Neto Luanda (Angola), Instituto Nacional de Petróleos, Sumbe (Angola) , EMI La Paz (Bolivia) ; Institut de Technologie Phnom Penh (Cambodia), UCAC ICAM, Pointe Noire (Congo Brazaville), Kwame Nkrumah University, Kumasi, (Ghana)
General geology and petroleum geology. Exploration and analysis of the elements of the petroleum system (source rock, migration, reservoir, trapping and cover).
Methodology for taking over mining areas, assessing the prospectivity of basins, calculating prospects (volume and probability), defining prospecting programmes (seismic and drilling).
Fluid geology and organic matter geochemistry.
Energy transition, CCUS, Metals for energy transition, geothermal energy, etc.
