Gavin Thomas Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

Utah, United States

Houston, Texas Area

Quantitative Geophysicist – Geophysical Business Support• Assisted in capturing new acreage in Orphan Basin (Canada) as lead QI Geophysicist• Developed new methodology to predict sand porosity by utilizing PSDM seismic velocities• Built numerous rock physics models (i.e., trends/templates) to assist in evaluating reservoir rock properties and amplitude predictions for both clastics and carbonates lithologies for several basins (Orphan – Canada, GOM – USA, Campeche – Mexico, Carnarvon – Australia) utilizing various amounts of data (from 4 to 44 wells) from prospect to regional scales • Generated 2-D synthetic seismic models to assist teams in determining most likely scenario for response seen in reflectivity data, and to decide if reprocessing was required• Created coloured & model-based inversion volumes to support reservoir mapping and to help predict porosity and to identify fluid within pores• Utilized spectral decomposition along with RGB color blends to assist in identifying stratigraphic feature and to assist with determining transport direction in poorly imaged areasExploration Geophysicist – Global New Ventures• Collaborated on multi-disciplinary team to high-grade new basins based on geologic appeal while matching the corporate strategy to search for new “Heartland”• Evaluated numerous basins over a variety of geologic settings (structural and stratigraphic traps, thrust and extension systems, sub-salt and pre-salt, etc.) by interpreting 2-D & 3-D seismic data to determine the prospectivity ahead of bid rounds and potential farm-ins

Houston, Texas Area

Exploration Geophysicist – Regional Caribbean (Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname & Venezuela)• Performed numerous well-ties to assist in mapping key horizons across various basins and tectonic settings, which included 20,000 line-km of regional seismic data that was used to understand the regional evolution and prospectivity• Generated structure and isopach maps and subsequent GDE maps to assist license teams in evaluating source and reservoir potential across blocks• Interpreted various 3D seismic volumes to assist license teams in prospect maturationProduction Geophysicist - Eagle Ford (Black Hawk and Hawkville)• Generated regional structure/isopach maps by incorporating numerous 3D seismic volumes with regional 2D to assist in understanding the variability of production between different fields• Produced Petrel workflow to depth-stretch PSTM seismic volume using horizons and well control to quickly assist geologist in updating well trajectories of future wells on the pad• Performed shallow hazard assessments using seismic data during well planning phase to prevent drilling into faults or gas charged sediments

Laramie, Wyoming

WyCEHG (Wyoming Center for Environmental Hydrology and Geophysics) research grant using seismic interferometry to constrain the depth and thickness of the saprolite and fractured bedrock of the critical zone in the Laramie and Medicine Bow Mountains

Laramie, Wyoming

• Applied Geophysics: Geology 4835/5835 - Spring 2014 • Physical Geology: Geology 1100 - Fall 2012 & 2013 • Energy: A Global Perspective: Geology 3650 - Spring 2013

Houston, Texas Area

Project topic: AVO study of Middle to Lower Miocene in Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of Mexico• Compared discovery and wet well AVO results in hopes of minimizing false positives• Determined wet well contained small amounts of gas producing the class II AVO response

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Project topic: Generating a reference model for strong-motion seismometers in Utah• Analyzed one year of ambient data to generate bounds for acceptable seismometer response• Determined how sensor/digitizer type and site conditions alter recorded ambient noise levels

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Master'S Degree, Geophysics And Seismology

Research topic: Determining shear wave velocity structure of a catchment in Snowy Range, Wyoming • Using seismic interferometry technique.

Bachelor'S Degree, Geoscience