A Note From The President Klaas Koster Alexander Mihai Popovici
A Note From the PresidentKlaas KosterDear Fellow GSH Members,Each year the GSH President is tasked with the selectionof candidates for the election to the GSH Board ofDirectors. This process started in December, workingwith the Nominations Committee to identify appropriateindividuals with the skills and interest to serve theGSH in achieving our strategic goals while maintaininga business focus. It is my pleasure to introduce thecandidates for the 2020-2021 term. Each candidateoffers a unique set of backgrounds, experiences andskills. Take a few minutes to read their biographies.Watch for announcements about the upcoming election.We generally nominate two candidates for each position,with the exception of Editor, but this year, one of ourcandidates for Secretary had to withdraw at the lastmoment. That position will thus run unopposed thisyear. Please note that our bylaws allow GSH activemembers to submit write-in candidates for any office.Check the bylaws for specific guidelines.Craig J. tal)GSH Candidate forPresident-Elect(Z-Terra Inc.)GSH Candidate for2020-2021President-Elect2020-2021Klaas Koster is the WorldwideChief Geophysicist at Occidental.In this role, he oversees theentire international geophysicalfunction and directs Oxy’steam of geophysical experts inacquisition, processing, andquantitative interpretation.Klaas brings three decadesof technical and managerialexperience to his current role.Before joining Occidental inAlexander Mihai Popovici is CEOand Chairman at Z-Terra Inc. Heholds Ph.D. (1995) and M.Sc.(1991) degrees in geophysicsfrom Stanford University. Heescaped from Romania in 1986,crossed two borders at night andspent a year in a refugee campin Austria, before coming to theUS in 1987. Before foundingZ-Terra Inc., Dr. Popovici wasco-founder and CEO of 3DGeoInc. Dr. Popovici’s industr yKlaas Koster Biography continued on page 27.Alexander Mihai Popovici Biography continued on page 27.SimonVoiseyAlvaroChaveste(TGS)GSH Candidate for(Apache Corporation)GSH Candidate for(TraceSeis)GSH Candidate for1st VP-Elect1st VP-ElectEditor2020-20212020-20212020-2021Marianne Rauch received a PhDin physics from Karl FranzensUniversity in Graz, Austria in1985. Shortly afterwards, sheimmigrated to Australia andstarted her career in geophysicsat Curtin University, Perth. Early1999, she made her move toHouston, which she now callshome. Since then, she has spentaround one third of her worklife in academia, one thirdwith operators and one thirdS i m o n Vo i s e y i s a s t a f fgeophysicist working at ApacheCorporation specializing in QIwith 15 years of experience.He holds an MSc in PetroleumGeoscience from the Universityof Aberdeen and a BSc ingeophysicist from UniversityCollege London.Organizing the GSH springsymposium is one of the primaryresponsibilities of the GSH. AsAlvaro Chaveste is currently aSenior Geophysical Consultant atTraceSeis, which he founded andpresides. He holds a BSc. Degreein Geophysical Engineering fromMontana Tech and has attendedgraduate courses in Geophysicsat the University of Houston. Hehas been involved in trainingand services for the oil industryin reflection seismology, highresolution 2D/3D seismic dataprocessing, AVO, inversion, rockMarianne Rauch Biography continued on page 27.Simon Voisey Biography continued on page 28.Alvaro Chaveste Biography continued on page 29.Geophysical Society of Houston25Back to IndexMar 2020
KatjaAkentievaRussellJonesLaurieGeiger(TGS)GSH Candidate for(Seitel Data Processing)GSH Candidate for(ION)GSH Candidate for2nd VP-Elect2nd VP-ElectSecretary2020-20212020-20212020-2021Katja serves in a leadership roleat TGS where she is responsiblefor the onshore multi-clientpor tfolio. She is relativelynew to Houston, coming fromCalgar y with her family in2015. Katja joined TGS in2012 with the acquisition ofArcis Seismic Solutions and wasappointed Managing Directorof TGS Canada with focus onthe onshore and the offshoregeophysical data growth. KatjaRussell Jones is President of SeitelData Processing, a Houstonbased provider of 3D and 2Dseismic data covering activehydrocarbon plays in the US andMexico.Russell graduated from OxfordUniversity in the UK in 1992 witha bachelor’s degree in Geologyand subsequently from LeedsUniversity in 1993 with an MScin Exploration Geophysics.Laurie Geiger holds the positionof Technical Sales Geophysiciston the Imaging Services salesteam at ION. She has 25 yearsof experience in the seismicindustry, where she has helda wide variety of positions,including roles in depth imaging,marketing, seismic quality control,software documentation, technicalsales, and geophysical training.Laurie graduated from Texas A& M University in 1986, with aKatja Akentieva Biography continued on page 30.Russell Jones Biography continued on page 28.Laurie Geiger Biography continued on page 28.ChrisEggerOscarVazquezWhitneyBlanchard(TGS)GSH Candidate for(Deep Imaging)GSH Candidate forGSH Candidate 20-2021Chris Egger is an AccountManager for Processing andImaging Services at TGS. Hiscareer in Geophysics started atWestern Geophysical as an internwhere he took interest in seismicprocessing. After graduatingfrom Texas A&M with a Bachelorof Science in Computer Sciencehe gained additional industryexperience from a 3D Imagingcompany. There he specializedin time and depth imaging,Oscar is a Geophysicist at DeepImaging. He turns EM fieldmeasurements into actionablefrac insights for operators toimprove their processes. Healso explores cloud computingand data science applicationsfor geophysical and petroleumproduction data. Experienceshave spanned North Americanunconventionals such as theEagleford shale, and thePermian, Anadarko, and PowderWhitney Blanchard receivedher Bachelor of Science degreein Geophysical Engineeringfrom Montana Tech in 2009.She then went on to complete aMaster of Science in Geophysicsat Montana Tech, and a secondM.S. in Geology at the Universityof Alabama (UA). During thistime, she interned for Oxy andChevron doing 3D seismicinterpretation, velocity modelbuilding, and field level well logChris Egger Biography continued on page 30.Oscar Vazquez Biography continued on page 29.Whitney Blanchard Biography continued on page 29.Geophysical Society of Houston26NWARDHTIWBack to IndexMar 2020
Meet the GSH 2020 - 2021 Candidates continued from pages 25 & 26.Klaas Koster Biography continued from page 25.2016, Klaas was the FortiesDevelopment Manager at Apacheand later went on to buildMurphy’s technical subsurfacecapabilities. Klaas started hiscareer in 1989 at Amoco’sresearch center in Tulsa, workingas an acquisition and processinggeophysicist, and then worked 15years for Shell as a quantitativeinterpretation geophysicist andtime-lapse seismic specialist inThe Hague, Stavanger, Perth andNew Orleans offices.Klaas holds a Doctorate inApplied Geophysics from DelftUniversity and is a past-presidentof both SEG and ASEG as wellas a life member of the Society ofExploration Geophysicists. Alexander Popovici Biography continued from page 25.experience includes work inthe seismic processing researchdepar tment for Hallibur tonGeophysical Ser vices inDallas and Houston, and EMacquisition and processingin Romania.Dr. Popovici holds nine patentsin the field; has authored over100 publications in conferenceproceedings, books, tradejournals, and research reports;and has given numerous invitedtalks at conferences, geophysicalassociations, and geophysicalworkshops. He has been amember of the SEG ResearchCommittee, served as AssociateEditor (Seismic Migration)for Geophysics, and is pastChairman and founding boardmember of Geoscientists WithoutGeophysical Society of HoustonBorders, an SEG Foundationprogram that funds humanitarianapplications of geophysicsaround the world. He servedon SEG Board as Second VicePresident, ser ved First Vicepresident on the SEG FoundationDevelopment Committee, andwas the 2017 SEG HoustonTechnical Chairman.Dr. Popovici and his wife,Catherine, have four sonsand one daughter. Togetherwith Catherine, he establishedan SEG scholarship endowmentfund that provides scholarshipsto students. In his downtime,he is a scuba diving instructor,an active fencer, and he hasplayed paintball with one ofthe first established pro teams.Nowadays, he mostly playswith his kids, practices karate,rock climbs, hunts, and is workingon his private pilot license. Heis the Honorar y Consul ofRomania in Houston, which helpsto assist and protect Romaniancitizens and facilitates tradeand friendship between thepeople of Romanian andthe US. Marianne Rauch Biography continued from page 25.with service companies. In hervarious roles, she was in leadingtechnical management andresearch positions.Passionate about taking coreresearch findings and makingthem applicable for industr yuse, she likes to mentor andhas been fortunate to see manyof her mentees succeed and27fill important positions in theoil and gas industry. Currentlythe Principal Technical Advisor,Onshore, Multi Client for TGShere in Houston, Marianne is aprolific presenter, author, andco-author of a many technicalarticles. In the last few years,she has become involved invarious geophysical societiesas a way of giving back to thelarger community. Presently,she is the vice chair of the SEGpotential fields and theDevelopment and Productioncommittees, and she will bechairing both groups soon.While always making timeto be available as reviewerfor the Interpretation andGeophysics journals and SEG,EAGE and URTeC abstracts,she also chairs sessions at variousindustry events.In her role as first Vice Presidentof the GSH, she is responsiblefor putting together the technicalprogram. Marianne is anexcellent networker, and assuch, has many contacts inthe technical community, whichser ves her well in this role.She believes that sharingknowledge and findings isan impor tant par t of ourgeoscience group, and this ismost effectively done throughpresenting to its members andthrough publishing in our peerreviewed journals.When not working, Mariannelikes to travel, play with herpuppies, explore Houston’sfantastic food scene, and drinksome good wine. Back to IndexMar 2020
Meet the GSH 2020 - 2021 Candidates continued from pages 25 & 26.Simon Voisey Biography continued from page 25.First VP, Simon has the first-handexperience with being on thetechnical committee of last year’ssuccessful spring symposiumhonoring Dan Hampson andBrian Russell. Simon participatedin securing technical speakers,composing the agenda, andchaired a session. In particular,he devised and lead the studentspeaker section of the event byworking directly with Houstonuniversities to obtain studentspeakers. Also, in 2019 Simonwas on the technical committeefor the SEG annual conferencewith responsibility for the AVOand seismic inversion technicalsessions. In this role, herecruited technical reviewers andorganized the technical sessionsby appointing session chairsand structuring the agenda ofthe technical talks. Simon hasreviewed technical papers forthe SEG’s annual conferenceand the SEG “Interpretation”journal. Lastly, Simon is an SEGDISC committee member withthe responsibility of proposingand voting for DISC programinstructors.Simon’s professional careerbegan when he was hired byScott Pickford’s London officein 2008. In 2009 he moved toHampson-Russell London officemanaging their EAME technicalsupport desk. Later in 2009,Simon moved to Houston withHampson-Russell to work on QIbased projects for oil companies.In 2014 he moved to ApacheCorporation’s EPT group andis now primarily focused onproviding QI support for EgyptGeophysical Society of HoustonRussell Jones Biography continued from page 26.exploration and development.Throughout Simon’s professionalcareer he has been focused onknowledge share. At HampsonRussell he assisted with publicworkshops and taught the classin both public and onsite settings.In Apache, he was involvedwith organizing and speakingat internal workshops held inHouston, Midland, and Egypt.Also, he has been a mentorfor Apache staff by sharing QIknowledge and experience.In Simon’s free time he is aseason ticket holder for theHouston Dynamos and HoustonSaberCats. He enjoys walkingand last year hiked in the NorthCascades (Maple pass is afantastic trail by the way). Laurie Geiger Biography continued from page 26.Bachelor of Science degree inWildlife and Fisheries Sciences.Following university Laurie taughthigh school introductory chemistryand physics courses for five years.Her passion lies in education andcommunication, and she has heldseveral training positions in theindustry, where she has createdher own courses and programsfor depth imaging. Additionally,she has given multiple depthimaging classes at GeoscienceDay, volunteering with the GSH.She has also given a large numberof geophysical talks at schools,fairs, professional conferences,and universities. Over the years,Laurie has co-authored manytechnical articles and papers,involving both the geological andgeophysical aspects of marine28He worked as a seismic dataprocessor for Ensign Geophysicsin Surrey from 1993 until 1997before being transferred toHouston to help start up their newoffice as a Project Geophysicist.Following Geotrace’s purchaseof Ensign, Russell headed theHouston marine processingdepartment. Then in 2008, hejoined Seitel as a ProcessingManager, and now oversees theprocessing and delivery of seismicfrom Seitel’s vast library. Theposition also involves engagementwith marketing efforts andtechnical support of the new andvintage seismic datasets.Outside of the technical aspects,Russell volunteers for the GSH asthe tennis tournament chair (pleasesign up for the 2020 event!).Additionally, through Seitel, heparticipates in the Spring BranchSchool District outreach program,which includes mentoring at alocal middle school, volunteeringat the yearly Field Day andperforming in the ‘Cat in the Hat’at Panda Path School, a pre-K andEarly Learning school.He is a strong advocate ofengaging young geophysicists andprofessionals by introducing themto the GSH organization. seismic processing. She has heldalmost every office in the CollegeWomen’s Club of Houston, aneducational group that givesscholarships to high schoolstudents. In her spare time, Laurielikes to participate in a widevariety of sports, with water skiingand football at the top! Back to IndexMar 2020
Meet the GSH 2020 - 2021 Candidates continued from pages 25 & 26.Alvaro Chaveste Biography continued from page 25.Oscar Vazquez Biography continued from page 26.Whitney Blanchard Biography continued from page 26.physics and reservoir geophysicsfor over 30 years.River basins, as well as briefexperience in the Canadiantar sands. He holds a BScfrom Texas A&M Universitywhere he worked with anundergraduate research groupusing electromagnetics for theidentification of unexplodedordnances under the guidanceof Dr. Mark Everett. He receivedhis MSc from MemorialUniversity of Newfoundlandwhere he collected, processed,and interpreted seismic andgravity data in a study ofthe Howley Basin in westernNewfoundland led by Dr.Charles Hurich.interpretation. While completingher thesis at UA, she startedworking with shallow boreholemonitoring arrays and pursuedan internship with Schlumberger(SLB) at the Gould Researchcenter in Cambridge, U.K. Duringthis internship, she evaluatedSLB’s microseismic processingsoftware and transitioned intoa full-time role in Houston aftercompleting her degree. AtSchlumberger, she processeddownhole microseismic data onthe Petro Technical Services team.In this role, she monitored andprocessed data in key resourceplays including the Wolfcamp,Avalon, Utica, and Eagle Fordformations. She also helpeddevelop SLB’s moment tensorinversion tool and processedvarious Vertical Seismic Profiles(VSPs) before taking on a rolewith Sigma Cubed Inc. At SigmaCubed Inc., she continuedprocessing downhole arraydata, helped with python-basedsoftware development and testing,and worked as a Project Managerwith responsibilities includingQA/QC of deliverables andinteracting with clients.He started his career in GSIas field QC for vibroseis crewsin Mexico. When transferredto Hallibur ton Geophysicalin Houston he worked in boreholegeophysics and land & marineseismic data processing. In1994 he joined “The AndrewsGroup International” (AGI) wherehis duties included preparingand teaching Geophysics coursesfor Mexico and South America.He was technically responsiblefor Houston’s and Mexico’sdata processing operations.In 1999 AGI was acquiredby Core Laboratories whereAlvaro started and managed theAdvanced Reservoir Geophysicsgroup. From 2000 and until2012 he managed groupsspecializing in well-seismiccalibration and estimationof rock proper ties to helpreduce risk in the estimationof reservoir and geomechanicalproperties. During this period,he worked at Core Laboratories,ParadigmGeophysicaland Geokinetics.Alvaro has authored andco-authored several papersin topics mostly related toestimation of rock propertiesand their application inestimating reser voir andgeomechanical properties. Heis a member of GSH andthe Society of ExplorationGeophysicists for which heoften reviews papers andchairs technical sessions.When time permits, he mentorsGeophysical Society of HoustonOscar aims to improve hispublic speaking skills. Hepresented, in 2019, publishedpapers and abstracts atthe Hydraulic FracturingTechnology Conference andthe SEG Annual Meeting.He volunteers for the GSH invarious areas including officework and hosting the North TechBreakfast and Lunch.He is a committee memberof NextGen, GSH’s youngprofessionals branch, where heaids his networking skills andhelps others build meaningfuland lasting relationships withindustry colleagues. starting Geophysicists throughthe American GeophysicalUnion (AGU). In his sparetime, he enjoys practicingkickboxing as well as theoccasional glass of winewith friends. 29NWARDHTIWWhitney has been extensivelyinvolved in volunteer work withthe Geophysical Society ofHouston’s main office. She wasawarded the President’s Award as“Rookie of the Year” and chairedthe geophysical unemploymentforum in 2017, while also startinga family. Most recently, Whitneyhas joined the Special InterestGroup (SIG) GSH Committee andis also the Chair-Person for theearly career group NextGen. Back to IndexMar 2020
Meet the GSH 2020 - 2021 Candidates continued from pages 25 & 26.Katja Akentieva Biography continued from page 26.Chris Egger Biography continued from page 26.took over the onshore seismicdata business for TGS in 2015and recently gained additionalresponsibilities for well dataproducts. Her previous industryexperience includes 11 years withSchlumberger where she heldvarious positions based in theUK, Norway and Canada. Katjareceived her Master’s degree inGeology and Geophysics fromMoscow State University, shealso holds an MBA from ErasmusUniversity in the Netherlands.advancing to Senior ProcessingGeophysicist and Project Leadover the course of 16 years.Over that time, he processedonshore data all over theworld, including United States,South America, and Canada,and also undertook accountmanagement responsibilities,working closely with operators to meet their processingobjectives. Next, Chris joinedTGS, where he initially providedgeophysical technical trainingfor the imaging division,and worked on multi-client,proprietary, and special seismicprocessing projects includingIllumination studies. At TGShe gained marine processingexperience working on some ofthe largest multi-client projectsglobally. These challenging anddata rich projects enabled himto coauthor a few papers,Katja’s first introduction to theseismic industry was in the latenineties. Working a four-weekrotation on a seismic vesselin the North Sea, it soon becameapparent that there was a bigdifference between learningabout seismic and practicingit. Katja believes that it isimportant to bring knowledgeabout geophysics to thecommunities we live in. Sheserves on the Board of the IAGC,the global trade associationrepresenting all segments ofthe geophysical and explorationindustry. Katja is delighted tobe able to contribute to thegrowth of the GSH organization,lear n about its members,challenges and, ultimately raisethe visibility of innovative andmodern ways we conduct ourhighly technical business. including presentations atGCAGS on several imagingtopics covering Gulf of Mexico.The combined experience ofhis past sparked his presentpassion where he utilizes hisprocessing background to betteraddress clients’ geophysicalchallenges by tailoring creativesolutions to address imagingchallenges. As all of Chris’industry experience has been onthe service side of the business,he brings a technically-rootedand service-oriented approachto his daily endeavors.Chrisholds active memberships inthe GSH and SEG. Currently,he is actively volunteering as aGSH Unconventional SpecialInterest Group committeemember, fishing tournamentvolunteer, and GSH membershipc h a i r.N o t a b l y, h e h a sassisted in promoting memberbenefits and encouragingGSH membership throughoutthe local community.Inhis spare time, he enjoysfishing, hunting, traveling andsupporting our local communityof Geophysicists. Voting begins April 1.Ballots must be submitted by April 21.Election results will be announced at theAnnual Meeting / Honors & Awardson May 7th and in the June Journal.Geophysical Society of Houston30Back to IndexMar 2020
Klaas Koster Biography continued from page 25. 2016, Klaas was the Forties Development Manager at Apache and later went on to build Murphy's technical subsurface capabilities. Klaas started his career in 1989 at Amoco's research center in Tulsa, working as an acquisition and processing geophysicist, and then worked 15
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