| Curriculum Vitae - David A. Wavrek, Ph.D. |
President, Petroleum Systems International, Inc.
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| 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
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| Certifications |
- AAPG Certified Petroleum Geologist #5833
- State of Utah Certified Professional Geologist #5353971-2250
- State of Texas Certified Professional Geoscientist #2559
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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
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| Patent Pending |
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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)
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| 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
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