Thomas Cool Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas Area

An accomplished Geoscientist and Team Leader with more than 38 years experience in the Oil & Gas industry. Recognised for Subsurface technical expertise; strong leadership, project and people management skills, and for the ability to work effectively in NOJV and Operated Projects. In addition, has significant experience working across multi-disciplines and with multi-cultural professionals on a global scale.Delivered and executed Field Development Plans for various properties. Identified, promoted, and executed successful Field Development wells and Exploration wells. As result, achieved increased production and increased STOOIP/Reserves in certain Fields. Supervised an interdisciplinary team that delivered significant improvements to Addax bottom line and influenced JV decisions. Team forged improved relationship and communication with JV Partners. Identified and promoted significant resources in un-tapped reservoirs that JV Partners eventually recognized and are now included in upcoming drill campaign.Team Lead charged with reviewing NV Opportunities for Addax main office Business Development Group.From 1991 until present, focus on Pre-Salt and Post-Salt projects in W Africa, N Africa, African Transform Margin, and Brazil. Executed Projects ranging from Deep water to shallow water Production, Exploitation and Exploration. Involved in New Ventures opportunities that established new Exploration and Production acreage.Recognized for applying subsurface expertise, incorporating Geology/Stratigraphy/Biostratigraphy into 3D seismic interpretation in settings ranging from Regional to Field Development scale. Leadership experience in managing Team to achieve goals and meet deadlines in Operated and NOJV Opportunities.Part-time Instructor, Geology, Wharton County Junior College; 2005-Present.

Richmond, Tx

Part-time Instructor, Geology Dept. Taught 2 Introductory classes: Physical Geology and Historical Geology

Houston, Texas Area

Gabon Field Production; W Africa AssetsLed multi-disciplinary NOJV Team which had significant impact on Development Drilling plans, Field Development Planning and Execution, Facilities Engineering, and Accounting/FInance, all in concert with Partners in our block. JV increased oil production by 40% since Dec 2014, reversing production decline. Team accomplishments include: 1. saving Addax >$20MM USD in 2015-2016, 2. convincing Operator to use HWU instead of Jackup for workovers-cutting costs by >50%, 3. recognizing opportunity to move significant Resources from 2C to 2P in next drill campaign, 4. convincing JV Partners that significant Resources remain in certain overlooked stratigraphic intervals.Team Lead reviewing New Venture Opportunities (data rooms in Houston, US) for Business Development Group in Geneva.Technical Expertise:3D seismic interpretation offshore Gabon: Incorporate Geologic and Biostratigraphic interpretation into 3D seismic interpretationProvide Structural, stratigraphic, reservoir quality/distribution, source rock evaluation input to Petroleum Systems analysesEvaluate and Plan Field Development wellsWell interpretation and CorrelationTechnical Evaluations: FDP, Well Proposals, Exploration and Drill Campaign Lookbacks, etc.Regional Exploration and Appraisal: Gamba,Dentale, Lucina and Melania in GabonVolumetric and Risk assessment of Prospects/Development wellsBudget Planning input on Annual basis for 5 & 10 yr spans.Software experience: Kingdom, Landmark, Paradigm, Petra

3D seismic interpreter, GVLA team. generate depth horizons for input into Geologic Model. Progressed Project into FEED by mid 2011. Regional pre-salt TOCA interpretation over Block 0.Field Appraisal and Exploration, AreaB, offshore Cabinda, Angola. Responsible for 3D intepretation, geological interpretation, of Pinda in GVLA and AreaB. Used sequence stratigraphic results to develop AreaB-wide PInda reservoir property database (150 wells). Geological and geophysical input to simulation and geologic model building exercises. pre-FEED evaluation of GVLA development options.Regional Block 0 Pre-Salt Interpretation: identified multiple Toca lobes, new view of these reservoirs.Interpret CN9 Kuito channel complex extension into Area B, Blk0Mentoring young professionals.

New Ventures Opportunities in Nigeria-Mid Africa Business Unit. Responsible for evaluating NV opportunities outside of Nigeria. Evaluated opportunities in various countries: Ghana, Mauritania, W Sahara, Cote D'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea and Cameroun. Recommendations made to pursue or not pursue opportunities in each case.

New Venture opportunities in North Africa. Reviewed various farmout opportunities in Morocco, Gabon, Algeria and Egypt. moved on to New Venture opportunities offshore Brazil, recommended participation in BS20. Upon award was responsible for interpreting 3D seismic for Cretaceous and Tertiary exploration plays. Identified possible development in shallow water portion of block. Identified play concept for Cretaceous turbidite play-discovery well drilled at end 2002.

responsible for Nemba Field and Lomba Field appraisal. Recommended taking long core in PInda, 1000ft core taken, after this result since 1995 over 30,000ft of core taken in subsequent PInda Fields. Earth scientist on Field Development team for Nemba. Identified and drilled 2 wells for Early Production system (FPSO) which was on site from 1995-1998. Planned and drilled first 10 Nemba Field wells (predrill).Responsible for exploration wells in Area B; drilled several discoveries including 2 in Lucula (presalt) and identified well which confirmed updip Tertiary continuation into Block0.

Geophysicist on Statfjord Equity Redetermination Team: 1984-1990. responsible for attending meetings during Equity Redetermination, presenting Gulf/Chevron case and evaluating Mobil case.1990-1992: Central Graben Exploration- participate in several lease rounds. Earth Scientist on Joanne/Judy JV evaluation (Tertiary-Cretaceous-Triassic development).

attended Gulf's Experience Broadening training program during 1980, last 4 months in Casper, Wyo office. 1981-1984 in Houston working at Wilcrest office evaluating projects for various Gulf entities: several Gulf of Mexico lease sales, various international projects (Venezuela, Australia, Thailand, North Sea-Denmark and UK, etc.). Taught seismic facies evaluation portion of Gulf training classes and various field trips.

Phd, Ms, Marine Geology-Oceanography

Bs, Geology