EDUCATION: Texas Technological University
B.S. 1968 - Physics
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
  • Society of Petroleum Engineers - 1995 to present short course instructor
  • 1997 Regional Service Award
  • Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts
  • American Petroleum Institute - 2002 to present committee member for rewriting current document for cement sheath evaluation.
PUBLISHED PAPERS:
  • 2002 "Evaluating Light-Weight Cements in the Geothermal Environment" paper presented at the GRC Annual meeting in Reno Nevada.
  • 2004 "Improving Lightweight Cement Evaluation - in the Geothermal Environment to be presented at the GRC Annual meeting in Indian Wells California
  • 2005 "Strategies for Unraveling the Mystery of Low Resistivity Pay Zones" SPE 98061 presented at the Eastern Regional Meeting in Morgantown West Virginia, WV 14-16 September 2005.
EXPERIENCE:
1989 - Present
President, GWB Consultants - A technical training and service company in the Oklahoma City area.
  • Providing international open hole and cased hole log training on logs for oil companies, service companies, and government agencies.
  • Has developed simplified interpretation and training techniques to enable the oil industry in a better understand of logs and their applications.
  • Presented expert witness cases concerning log evaluation in district court
  • Has developed training programs for engineers and geologists at major and Government oil companies, large independent companies, service companies and Sandia National Laboratories.
  • Currently helping PDVSA (The Venezuelan National Oil Company) develops guidelines and training their engineers in cement log interpretation.
Workshops include:
  • Understanding Open Hole Logs and their Uses
  • Perforating - What New and What Works? (One Week)
  • Evaluating Cement Integrity Logs
  • Log Applications for Stimulation Design
Partial List of Clients: Apache Corporation, Baker Atlas, B.J. Services, Chevron Texaco, Computalog, Conoco Phillips, Devon Energy Corp, Encana Corporation, ExxonMobil, Halliburton Energy Services, Intavep, Kerr McGee, Marathon Oil Company, OXY USA, Spirit 76, and Unocal. Petro-Canada, Schlumberger, Sprit 76, Unocal
1986-89: Sales Engineer, Schlumberger Well Services
Won several sales contests
Responsible for sales and marketing for Oklahoma Independent Operators
Developed training as a method of introducing new technology for independents
1982-85: Training Engineer, Schlumberger Well Services
Responsible for Cased Hole Training at Oklahoma City Training Center
Including Safe Perforating Practices
Developed new engineer training in logging operations, safety and interpretation using both analog and digital logging systems
1971-81: Wireline Logging Engineer, Schlumberger Well Services
Specialist Engineer - pressure testing and new technology introduction
General Field Engineer - open and cased hole services
Primary experience in perforating and cement evaluation logs
Secondary experience in obtaining open hole logs
1968-70: Field Engineer, Globe Universal Sciences
Project Coordinator NASA project in Barrow Alaska
Field Testing of sound ranging equipment White Sands New Mexico
Printed circuit board design for geophysical field equipment

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