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Experience
Curriculum Vitae - David A. Wavrek, Ph.D.
President, Petroleum Systems International, Inc.

Summary
Petroleum systems experience in nearly all productive areas of North and South America, Former Soviet Union, Northeast/Central/West Africa, Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East, and parts of Asia Leader in providing timely and creative solutions to technical problems in energy and environmental disciplines by integrating experience in geochemistry, geosciences, and engineering Pioneer in development of flow assurance technologies: including prevention and/or mitigation of wax, sulfur and asphaltene problems AAPG Continuing Education Instructor 2000-present Active research in field- and well-scale applications of organic geochemistry: including identification of by-passed hydrocarbon shows, solid bitumens in reservoirs, chemometrics and computational chemistry applications Bottom line is finding solutions to the customer needs (i.e., reduce risk, minimize cost, and increase operation profit) using complimentary experiences in science and engineering
Certifications
AAPG Certified Petroleum Geologist #5833 State of Utah Certified Professional Geologist #5353971-2250 State of Texas Certified Professional Geoscientist #2559
Education
1992	Ph.D., Geology, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1985	M.S., Geology, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
1982	B.S., Chemistry and Geology, Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio

Professional Experience
1999-present	President, Petroleum Systems International, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah
1994-2003	Research Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
1998-2003	Research Associate, Chemical and Fuels Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
1998-1999	Vice President, Humble Geochemical Services, Humble, Texas
1994-1998	Team Leader, Petroleum Systems Group, EGI, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
1992-1994	Research Assistant Professor, ESRI, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
1991-1992	Research Associate, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1987-1992	Consulting Geochemist, Geochemical Manpower, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1988-1989	Research Scientist, Amoco Production Company, Research Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1985-1986	Geologist-Geochemist, Robertson Research (U.S.) Inc., Houston, Texas
1985	MWD Field Engineer, NL Baroid Logging Systems, Lafayette, Louisiana

Honors and Awards
University of Tulsa- Department Geosciences Advisory Board Member and Committee Chairman AAPG Continuing Education Instructor, 2000-present Shell Corporation – GameChanger Technology Development Award, 2001-2002 U.S. Department of Energy, Advanced Technologies Program Funding (CO2 miscible flooding). Deo and Wavrek, 1998-2001 Gordon Research Conference (Holderness, NH) - Invited Lecture: Organic Geochemistry Applications to Petroleum Engineering, 2000 Co-Chairman - 1999 TSOP Research Conference and Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT Technical Program Director - Division of Environmental Geosciences, AAPG - 1998 Annual Convention, Salt Lake City, UT National Research Council, Twinning Program Fellowship (Kazakhstan), 1996-1998 Strathmore Who's Who Registry of Business Leaders, 1995-99 Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 3rd Edition Marquis Who's Who in the World, 17th Edition AAPG Annual Conference (Denver) - Honorable Mention Poster. Quick and Wavrek, 1994 AAPG Annual Conference (Calgary) - Best Oral (Student Session). Wavrek, 1992 Gordon Research Conference (Holderness, NH) - Best Poster. Wavrek, 1990
Patent Pending
Hong, P. K. A., D. A. Wavrek, J. -C. Chao, and Yu Zeng, Ozone degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, International PCT status (applications include well bore/pipeline flow assurance, drilling waste disposal, and oil spill remediation)

Publication Summary
Author of 14 publications, many of which focus on application of organic geochemical principles to petroleum industry problems Author of 21 major semi-public domain multi-disciplinary reports for the petroleum industry in past 10 years Author of over 100 proprietary reports that transcend geology, geochemistry, petroleum engineering, and environmental disciplines Author of over 100 papers presented at research conferences with some recent selections in our Presentations Index


Contact Information: David A. Wavrek, Ph.D. Petroleum Systems International, Inc. 461 E. 200 South, Suite 103 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 ph: 801-322-2915 fax: 801-322-2916 dwavrek@petroleumsystems.com www.petroleumsystems.com

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