- Course
- Christian MATHIEU
- Conventional Energies, Introduction to Exploration & Production
Language: french english
Planned duration: 1 hour
Christian MATHIEU
CV
Experiences
1975 – 1976 : Petroleum Institute of Algeria (Institut Algérien du Pétrole) : Structural Geology Teaching Fellow.
1979 – 2000 : Elf Aquitaine : Well site Geologist (Aquitaine and offshore Cameroon-Rio del Rey) then Basin geolgist (Synthesis of the Parentis Basin – France 1985 : Norwegian Northern North Sea – 60 to 62°N, 1994 ; Norwegian Sea and Voring Basin, 1995).
2000 – 2014 : TOTAL Exploration New Projects co-ordinator , North West Europe and Exploration Manager TEP UK.
2014 – 2016 : The UK Oil and Gas Authority, Aberdeen. Exploration post well analyses in the Moray Firth and the UK Central North Sea. West of Shetland prospect inventory.
Degrees
1977 – 1978: ENSPM, French Petroleum Institute, Geologist. (equivalent rating = i.e. GCSE + 7.5 years).
92500 Rueil Malmaison, France.
1972 -1975: ENS Géologie Appliquée et Prospection Minière, Ingénieur Géologue (equivalent rating = Master i.e. GCSE + 5 years).
ENS Géologie, 54500 Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France.
teaching
-Structural Geology ; September 1975 – December 1976 ; Petroleum Institute of Algeria (Institut Algérien du Pétrole), BOUMERDES, ALGERIA – 2nd year : lectures, tutorials and field trips.
-Seismic Stratigraphy: 1986- 1992 ; Elf EP, PAU – 1 week training courses including lectures and tutorials .
-« Mentoring » : 2004-2016 ; TOTAL Paris / Norway / UK / The Netherlands – during these years I managed several teams of Geologists and Geophysicists and spent as much time as possible working on the work stations to make sure that the interpretations were robust and to define drillable prospects.
-Conferences:
-Speaker at AAPG ICE, Milan – Italy October 2011: The Hild Field Norway.
-Key note speaker at VIII Petroleum Geology Conference, London – UK; September 2015: UK North Sea Post well analyses
-Speaker at PESGB evening lecture, Aberdeen – UK; 20th October 2015
Activities
I started my career as a well site geologist (French Aquitaine Basin and Rio del Rey Basin in Cameroon). Then I carried out the petroleum syntheses of some key basins reviewing all the key elements which are compulsory for an effective hydrocarbon generation : these elements include the structural framework, the paleogeographic reconstructions and the main results of the organic geochemistry analyses. Then I have been a seismic stratigrapher for 5 years interpreting (mostly in 2D and on paper) seismic data using Peter Vail’s concepts. This key stage allowed me to become an Explorer and I created, validated and managed to have the best prospects drilled. Several of these turned to be commercial discoveries. During the last 2 years with the UK Government at the O&G Authority I carried out post well analyses of~100 exploration wells in the Moray Firth and Central Graben and I completed the West of Shetland prospect inventory.
Courses & Talks
- Course
- Christian MATHIEU
- Conventional Energies, Introduction to Exploration & Production
Language: English
Planned duration: 1 day
- Course
- Christian MATHIEU
- Conventional Energies, Oil & Gas Exploration-Geosciences
Planned duration: To be defined on a case by case basis depending on each student’s project.
