Tim Truax

Experience

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  CNOOC International

  Jun 2008 - now

  As Manager - Exploration, South America, my role expanded in scope to include leading regional opportunity studies in South America. These studies are directed at developing a detailed and fundamental understandings of regional to prospect scale geology and geophysics, strategic potential, and above ground risk, in an effort to identify areas for exploration opportunity capture, portfolio growth and diversification. The role also continues to include supporting CNOOC's non-operated assets in Brazil including partner managements and communication, acting JV representative (TCR), facilitating internal balloting, and budgeting, and facilitating technical meetings and technical (G&G) reviews with teams in Houston, Calgary, and Beijing. Show less I was the lead geologist of a regional assessment of the Central Graben, U.K. I was responsible for regional and prospect scale seismic mapping at the Tertiary, Cretaceous, and Jurassic Play levels on multiple 3D datasets. I created a new play focused workflow for Well Success-Failure Analysis, which was adopted by the company, and ran all wells within the study area through it. I contributed to multiple application in the 26th U.K. licensing round which resulted in the capture of several blocks. I was also responsible for maturation of Tertiary and Jurassic aged prospects in the newly acquired licenses. Show less

  • Manager - Exploration, South America

    Mar 2022 - now

  • Team Lead, Brazil Exploration

    May 2020 - Feb 2022

  • Team Lead, Guyana Exploration

    Apr 2017 - May 2020

  • Sr. Geoscientist (P. Geo), Guyana Exploration Asset Team

    Oct 2014 - Apr 2017

  • Geoscientist (P.Geo), South Atlantic Margins New Ventures Team

    Jan 2014 - Sept 2014

  • Geologist (P.Geo), U.K. Regional and Prospect Maturation Team

    Jun 2012 - Dec 2013

  • Geologist in Training (G.I.T), West Africa New Ventures Team

    Nov 2010 - Jun 2012

  • Geologist in Training (G.I.T), Norway, North Viking Graben New Ventures Team

    Sept 2009 - Nov 2010

  • Geologist in Training (G.I.T), License Team and Norway New Ventures

    Jun 2008 - Sept 2009