Bryan Ott Email & Phone Number

Reno, Nevada, United States

As Exploration Manager at Ormat Technologies, I oversee the US Exploration program, focusing on discovering new geothermal resources. Leading a skilled team of geoscientists, we foster a collaborative environment that drives innovation and effective problem-solving. Our work combines fundamental geoscience principles with the latest technology to discover and appraise new geothermal fields. We also play a key role in strengthening Ormat’s Project Management Organization and promoting a culture of continuous learning within the wider resource team. Over the past year, we have conducted continuous rig campaigns, driven by the growing market demand for reliable, zero-emission geothermal energy. We have successfully driven down geothermal exploration costs by >70% in our US portfolio. Our efforts are aimed at meeting this demand while advancing our goals of sustainable and innovative resource development.Additional skills include environmental permitting, NEPA process, interconnection and transmission, carbon credits, procurement, supply chain, sourcing, project management, operations, and people management.

Houston, Texas Area

Suriname and Regional Exploration Geologist: • Geologist on NOJV exploration well in Suriname. • Responsible for maintaining and high-grading prospect inventory on Block 42 in Suriname.• Conducted regional studies on trap and seal analysis, reservoir quality prediction, deepwater stratigraphy, basin analysis, and structure/tectonics• Co-authored and published a technical paper called “The Structure and Tectonics of the Guyana basin” in the Journal of the Geological Society of London. • Operated as a “Citizen Data Scientist” within the company after completing Hess Analytics Academy. Capstone project utilized supervised machine learning to classify source rock organofacies using tricyclic terpane biomarkers. Ongoing work to incorporate mixed samples into model. • Liaised with Exploration Data Science Team to develop deep learning model to auto-pick subsurface channel belts using 3D seismic data. Previous roles:-Geologist on Gulf of Mexico ILX team- Conger/Baldpate and Tubular Bells hubs• Work included sub-regional salt tectonic analysis, mapping, and prospect generation• Geologist on two seismic reprocessing projects utilizing Full Waveform Inversion (FWI) over 150 blocks in Garden Banks and Mississippi Canyon.Hess Foundation Geoscience Development Program (06/2015 – 07/2017):-Gulf of Mexico Development, Stampede Subsurface Team:Designed and completed a reservoir quality and compartmentalization study of the Stampede field utilizing handheld XRF on whole core, and integrated results with seismic and fault mapping. -Stabroek Exploration/Liza Appraisal:Regional to sub-regional seismic interpretation of the Guyana/Suriname basin. -Atlantic Margins New Ventures:Regional play analysis, seismic interpretation, and mapping of Equatorial margins of Brazil.

Houston, Tx

Dissertation: Cretaceous-Cenozoic tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Nicaraguan Rise based on seismic reflection, wells, and potential fields data. Advisor: Paul Mann Teaching assistant: Basin Analysis for Petroleum Geology and Petroleum Prospecting Workshop (IBA)

Houston, Tx

Hydrocarbon prospectivity of the deepwater Sergipe basin, offshore Brazil-Seismic interpretation and mapping of the deep water Sergipe basin to assess the recent discoveries of Moita Bonita, Barra, Farfan, and Muriu.

Houston, Texas

-Geologic interpretation of 2D marine seismic data from Jamaica

Austin, Texas

-Assisted the Caribbean Basins, Tectonics, and Hydrocarbons (CBTH) project with GIS digitizing and map making-Began a research study of Papua New Guinea tectonics that resulted in a published paper-Loaded 2D seismic data for the Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis (GBDS) project-Trained new students with GIS database management and seismic data loading (GBDS)

Houston, Texas

-Built an automated database that combines and continually updates Statoil proprietary data with outside vendor data sources for the Gulf of Mexico

Bachelor'S Degree, Geology

Activities and Societies: President of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, Member of Silver Spurs

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Geology

Activities and Societies: AAPG Student Chapter President, Graduate Student Representative to the Department of Earth and Atmospheric.