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Starr, Stephen G. - Principal Geoscientist

Registered Consultant

Qualification Summary

Thirty years of industry experience focused in exploration and production geophysical interpretation and geoscience computer applications technology. Twenty years experience in the technical design, suitability, practice and marketing strategy design of exploration and production applications software.

Confirmed a development play and defined an exploratory and another development play by running detailed reprocessing of selected transition zone data in Chandeleur Sound area of Lousiana combined with interpretation of 2D seismic data.

Well versed in 3D workstation experience including a project in the Gulf of Mexico that established ten new development and three deep exploratory plays with multiple pays.

Involved as primary mover among partners in the design, acquisition, processing and interpretation of six major 3D seismic surveys over producing blocks in the Gulf of Mexico.

Well versed in all major tools in the geophysical interpretation and processing arsenal: direct hydrocarbon indicator analysis, seismic attribute analysis, relative acoustic impedance inversion, and AVO analysis for delineation and concept verification. Developed process for detecting abnormal pressure in the early Malay Basin development.

Involved in the acquisition and merging of the CSX Oil and Gas Corporation with the Total Minatome Corporation seismic interpretation workstation technologies into one productive system.

Built an exploration processing group with combined technical and professional staff of eleven that provided worldwide support in areas of quality seismic processing, modeling, attribute analysis, world-wide mapping capabilities, and data base management.

Employment Experience

Petroleum Technology Consulting, Houston, Texas - Principal Geoscientist (1993-pr)

Pohlman & Associated, Houston, Texas - Geophysical Associate (1991-93)

HyperMedia Exchange Corporation, Houston, Texas - Product Director/Petroleum (1991)

Total Minatome Corporation, Houston, Texas - Supervisor/Exploration Computer Application, Geophysical Projects (1985-91)

Union Texas Petroleum, Houston, Texas - Manager, Exploration Processing (1980-85)

Exxon Companies, Corpus Christi, Texas - Senior Geophysicist/Systems Analyst (1964-80)

Education/Membership

M.S. and B.A. in Geology - Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan (1961-64)

AAPG, COGS, SPE, SPWLA, ASCM, ACM, AIIM, GSH, HGS