Nick Waters

Experience

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  Baker Hughes, a GE company

  Sept 2007 - Apr 2008

  Surface logging Specialist
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  Fugro

  May 2008 - Apr 2009

  Processing Geophysicist
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  Spectrum Geo

  Aug 2010 - Jul 2011

  Processing Geophysicist
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  Tullow Oil

  Jun 2012 - Sept 2012

  MSc Intern

  I was part of the Ugandan team working on a dataset which formed my MSc Thesis (Merit awarded).

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  Bowleven plc

  Feb 2013 - Jan 2015

  Geoscientist

  I assisted with the 2D & 3D seismic interpretation of the company’s African asset portfolio (Etinde permit, offshore Cameroon & Bomono permit, onshore Cameroon) in both the exploration and development teams. I conducted reservoir modelling on both the Etinde & Bomono permits (Petrel based). I took part in the new venture screening of African assets including the Kyela & Rukwa blocks, Tanzania. I created and administered an interactive ArcGIS New Ventures database as well as assisting with the production of well proposals and producing company and TCM presentations. Show less

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  PetroVannin

  Oct 2015 - May 2017

  Consultant Geoscientist
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  Imperial College London

  Jan 2016 - May 2016

  Voluntary Research Assistant

  The Basins Research Group (BRG) at Imperial College London focuses on the geodynamic, structural, and stratigraphic evolution of sedimentary basins. My focus was on the Santos Basin investigating the geometry and growth of salt diapir-related normal faults and how shelf-edge clinoforms and MTC’s interact with salt related deformation.

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  PLS Inc.

  Oct 2016 - Mar 2017

  Consultant Analyst-Editor, PetroWire
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  CRU

  May 2017 - Apr 2020

  Sulphur Analyst

  CRU offers unrivalled business intelligence on the global metals, mining and fertilizer industries through market analysis, price assessments, consultancy and events. As a sulphur analyst my role involved the analysis of the demand industries (fertilizer, metals and industrial), supply processes (oil refining and natural gas production), and trade data of the industry for the production of quarterly market outlooks, together with presenting to clients and attending and speaking at relevant conferences worldwide. Show less

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  IHS Markit

  Apr 2020 - Mar 2022

  Sr. Technical Upstream Research Analyst
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  S&P Global

  Mar 2022 - now

  Responsible for covering the West African countries Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Togo for S&P Global’s Upstream Intelligence Global Exploration & Production Service (GEPS). The S&P Global Upstream Intelligence portfolio sits at the intersection of commercial and subsurface activity, and provides energy industry professionals worldwide with critical business intelligence and commentary on historical, current and planned activity.Giving you “the story behind the data”, the Global Exploration & Production Service is used throughout the world by professionals interested in the detailed, expert view of energy industry activity. Show less As a Senior Technical Research Analyst working within the Vantage Research and Content team focusing on West Africa, my responsibilities included driving decisions on likely development scenarios, asset-level production and valuation, development and production costs, as well as economic analysis for the Vantage analytical platform. Alongside S&P Global's wider Africa intelligence team I also collaborated with the global upstream teams in scrutinising data that contributes to the overall content of the Vantage online interface. Show less

  • Upstream Intelligence Country Manager

    Apr 2024 - now

  • Sr. Technical Upstream Research Analyst

    Mar 2022 - Apr 2024