Barbara Lanan

Experience

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  State of Delaware - Delaware Geological Survey

  Jan 1975 - Jan 1976

  Geologist - Groundwater "Recharge Zone" Mapping Project

  Drilling program to collect subsurface samples across New Castle County, Delaware. Integration of data and creation of land use zoning recommendation maps.

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  BP

  Jan 1976 - Jan 2009

  Advanced Geologic Toolkit (AGM’s Recon) – Project management and global deployment of a new geological interpretation software toolkit. Includes training, software deployment and user support to over 400 subsurface staff located in 11 BP locations around the world. GoM - Thunder Horse – Built and regularly updated all 3D static reservoir models for both North and South Thunder Horse. Models used for all well planning, field development planning and reserve estimates.GoM - Tubular Bells, Bonsai and Blind Faith – Built the 3D static reservoir models used for appraisal drilling, field development planning and reserve estimates.GoM - Mars Unit, MC764 and Europa – Built the 3D static reservoir models used for prospect generation and field development. Models used to influence Shell (operator) to adopt BP recommendations regarding selection and timing of new wells, sidetracks, recompletions and waterflood targets. Show less Offshore Trinidad Oil Fields - Teak and Poui – Built 3D static reservoir models used for prospect generation and field development. Includes horizontal wells, sidetracks and recompletions.Gulf of Suez , Egypt – Ramadan, Badri and El Morgan – Conducted multi-disciplinary field studies and built 3D static reservoir models used for prospect generation and field development. Includes sidetrack, recompletion and waterflood recommendations. Offshore Trinidad Gas Fields – Immortelle – First ever new gas field recommendation and gas field development – 16 slot drilling and production platform. Includes recommending and drilling the first ever horizontal well in Trinidad. Includes a horizontal well drilling program in thin oil legs. Includes the first ever use of a Unix workstation offshore by Amoco (and industry, according to Landmark) to geo-steer drilling horizontal wells. Texas Gulf Coast – Callahan Ranch – Prospect generation and field development.W. Texas Permian Basin – Foster, North and South Cowden and Midland – Prospect generation, infill drilling, waterflood and CO2 flood recommendations.Applachian and Michigan Basin – Prospect generation and well site operations. Show less

  • Senior Staff Geologist - Project Manager, Reservoir Modeling, Field Development

    Jan 1999 - Jan 2009

  • Staff Geologist - Reservoir Modeling, Field Development, Field Studies, Prospect Generation

    Jan 1976 - Jan 1999
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  BP

  Apr 2009 - now

  Retired Senior Staff Geologist