Patrick Whelan Email & Phone Number

Midland, Texas

I designed, shot and interpreted 175 square miles of 3-D seismic data in the Northern Midland Basin. I coordinated 3-D seismic inversion processing on the Central Basin Platform.

Midland, Texas Area

I have worked as a Consulting Interpretational Geophysicist since 1990. I started my career as a Geophysicist with The Superior Oil Company in 1980. In 1985 after the merger with Mobil Oil Corp. I was made Lead Geologist on Staff for the Western United States. I then worked for Exxon-Mobil from 1990-1995 as an interpretational geophysicist. In 2012 I worked with a group on the Avalon Shale in Culberson County, Texas. that proved up the Avalon and Wolfcamp formations in our acreage block. I also worked on a Seismic Inversion to delineate porosity and extend the field limits. I have shot and interpreted 450 sq. miles of 3-D seismic since 2013.

Midland, Texas

I have worked 2D and 3-D seismic data in the Delaware Basin(Texas and New Mexico), Val Verde Basin, Central Basin Platform and Midland Basin.

Master’S Degree, Geology/Geophysics/Computer Science, 3.94

Activities and Societies: Thesis completed employing Magnetics and Gravity in SE Oklahoma

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Geology/Earth Science, General, 2.8

Activities and Societies: Starting member of the rugby team.