Mark Tomasso, P.G. Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

Geological Advisor role, conventional exploration.

Houston, Texas, United States

Contract Geological Advisor, conventional exploration role.

Dallas, Texas, United States

Dallas, Texas, United States

Promoted to lead technical teams in 2 of the company's principal operating areas – Suriname (South America) and the Gulf of Guinea (Africa; São Tomé & Príncipe and Equatorial Guinea). Released due to corporate realignment following asset divestment.Kosmos Energy is an upstream E&P company known for discovering the Jubilee oil field off the coast of Ghana and the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) gas field off the coast of Mauritania and Senegal, with production and development operations across offshore Africa and the Gulf of Mexico (GOM).▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Oversaw exploration oversight and analysis of 3 operated and 3 non-operated frontier exploration licenses in São Tomé & Príncipe and Equatorial Guinea throughout 2020.► Led exploration geoscience activity across the Guyana-Suriname Basin and 2 operating licenses in Suriname from 2017 to late 2020, including developing a multi-billion-barrel lead-to-prospect pipeline and drilling of 2 exploration wells.► This work directly contributed to a realization of up to $200M as part of divestment of multiple assets in 4 countries to Shell. ► Advised exploration teams and senior-level management on mapping, GDE generation, AVO integration, basin modeling, deterministic/probabilistic volumetric calculations, prospect risking, and post-well analysis.► Coordinated internal, partner, and governmental reviews.► Participated in new venture analyses and recommendations for multiple countries around the Atlantic Margin.

Dallas, Texas, United States

Hired for technical and functional/operations expertise in regional-to-prospect-level 2D and 3D seismic interpretation, basin analysis, deep-water stratigraphic analysis and reservoir characterization, and prospect development.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Contributed to an exploration team in Mauritania and Senegal from 2015 to 2017, unraveling the multi-TCF Cretaceous outboard gas trend opened up by Kosmos. ► Characterized the northern MSGBC Basin via sediment provenance prediction, seismic mapping, hydrocarbon phase prediction through basin modeling, prospect generation, AVO integration, and volumetric assessment.► Exploration geoscientist on drilling operations and post-well analysis of 2 gas discovery and appraisal wells in Senegal and Mauritania.► Led development of the initial appraisal programs for 2 significant gas discoveries in Senegal and Mauritania.► Characterized the Porcupine Basin and Irish Atlantic Margin between 2013 and 2015, testing stratigraphic and provenance concepts, regional GDEs, and regional-to-prospect-level 2D / 3D seismic interpretation. ► Guided prospect identification, mapping, analysis, and calculation of associated volumetrics across 3 operated frontier exploration licenses.► Participated in new venture analyses and recommendations for multiple countries around the Atlantic Margin.

Dallas, Texas, United States

Promoted within 2 years whilst occupying multiple geological and geophysical functions in exploitation/development, drilling operations, exploration, and acquisitions and divestitures. Merit Energy is one of the largest private U.S.-based oil and gas companies, with $4.4B in assets and operations across 6 states.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Focus on exploitation of mature oil and gas fields as Lead Geologist for the Rockies (Wyoming, D.J. Basin & Bakken) and Oklahoma (SCOOP, Arkoma Woodford) regions, including CCUS through CO2-EOR in Wyoming.► Identified development opportunities through behind-pipe pay, field conformance projects, and additional wells via regional to intra-field stratigraphic and structural characterization. ► Built in-house 3D geological models, which identified new intra-field drilling prospects in exploited reservoirs.► Developed exploration prospects for drilling.

Laramie, Wyoming, United States

Served in multiple research-based and functional roles, including Stratigrapher, Sedimentologist, Geological Modeler, and Geophysicist.The Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute works with oil producers in Wyoming to increase oil production, and so increase tax revenues paid to the State.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Acted as Team Lead for reservoir and outcrop characterization, partnering directly with oil companies to assess mature fields within Wyoming for CO2-EOR / CCUS upside potential. ► Integrated regional data, wireline logs, core, production data, and seismic to develop robust static geological and reservoir models for OOIP estimates and input them into flow simulators. ► Assessed regional data to recommend in-field drilling opportunities and EOR optionality.► Applied traditional and novel (lidar) data collection techniques for characterizing clastic reservoir analogs, developing 3D reservoir models, forward seismic models, and advanced low-cost forward seismic modeling techniques.

Austin, Texas, United States

Served as Co-leader, Stratigrapher, Seismic Interpreter, Principal Investigator, Geologist, and Reservoir Modeler for industry-funded projects and technical collaborations with International and National Oil Companies. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Participated in technical collaboration with a National Oil Company as Co-lead and Geoscientist during Phase 1 (2006-2007). ► Integrated seismic and well data (including wireline log and core) to interpret pre-and post-salt Cretaceous reservoirs, Campos Basin, offshore Brazil. ► Led stratigraphic and structural interpretation, core logging, geological modeling, and reservoir/play prediction. ► Built new models for the structure, salt tectonics, carbonate deposition, and exploration strategy for developing study areas.► Joined technical collaborations with oil and geophysical industry partners as Principal Investigator and Geologist/Geological Modeler (2006-2007). ► Investigated rock-property information from multicomponent seismic data, integrating seismic and well data to build a high-resolution reservoir model for seismic forward modeling using advanced wave-equation techniques.► Acted as Stratigrapher and Geological/Seismic Forward Modeler for Project LASR (Laser-assisted Analogs of Siliciclastic Reservoirs) (2004-2007; co-PI in 2006-2007; P.I. in 2007), an industry-funded research project with 9 companies. ► Characterized deep-water and fluvio-deltaic outcrops analogues for collecting and analyzing lidar (light detection and ranging) digital data. ► Developed outcrop-constrained 3D reservoir models and seismic forward models.► Acted as a Geologist for an industry-funded collaborative research project with a major oil company (2004-2005), establishing seismic forward modeling techniques for predicting reservoir properties in submarine channels. ► Applied expertise in stratigraphic and sedimentological analysis, generation of synthetic reservoir models, and seismic forward modeling.

Dublin, Ireland

Served as Stratigrapher and Sedimentologist for a major industry-funded research project on Flow In Faulted Turbidites (FIFT).▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Invited to join a collaboration between the Fault Analysis and Marine and Petroleum Geology Research Groups (University College Dublin) and the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, New Zealand, along with 9 companies on a research project examining the effects of faulting on hydrocarbon flow through turbidite systems. ► Analyzed a submarine-fan complex, from distributary canyons to basin-floor fans. ► Constructed generic turbidite models in Roxar's RMS modeling software for flow simulation. ► Conducted extensive field data collection and seismic interpretation of the slope to basin-floor deposits of the Mt. Messenger Formation of New Zealand.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Served as Stratigrapher and Seismic Interpreter on a collaborative research study with a major oil company on the tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Triassic of the Northern North Sea, offshore Scotland, and Norway. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Integrated 3D and 2D seismic data, wireline log data, core, and field analogues to perform a regional analysis of Triassic reservoir development in response to tectonic evolution. ► Also teaching field classes, including sedimentology, structural geology, and field mapping.

Master'S Degree, Energy Business

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma SigmaPart of the first cohort to graduate from the Master of Energy Business (MEB) program.

Ph.D., Geological And Earth Sciences/Geosciences

“Sedimentary Evolution of Topographically Confined Turbidite Basins: The Annot Sandstones of Southeast France,” detailing the fill history.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs; First Class With Honours

Activities and Societies: Undergraduate degree in Geology, with electives focusing on Sedimentary Basins, Structural Geology, Fossil.