Frank Walles

Experience

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  TENNECO OIL EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COMPANY

  Jan 1979 - Jan 1988

  Global Geologist Frontier Projects and International

  Gulf of Mexico - original division to Eastern Gulf Division, offshore MAFLA, Trinidad and Tobago, Bahamas, Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Central America, South America New Ventures, West Africa - Gabon - Angola

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  BG Group

  Jan 1988 - Jan 1994

  Global Senior Geologist

  International Division Global Senior Exploration/ Exploitation Geologist - Responsible for obtaining management backing of investing 2 Billion $ for Western Hemisphere first LNG Export Project - located in Trinidad. Responsible of exploration and exploitation opportunities in South and Central America - with consulting to West Africa teams.

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  UNION PACIFIC RESOURCES COMPANY

  Jan 1994 - Jan 2000

  Sr Geologist

  North America Petroleum Systems/ Unconventional Geologist - Nine (9) CBM Project Lead - Shale Gas/Shale Oil - with horizontal applications initiation. Major focus in Land Grant position across western USA. Gulf Coast CBM and Gulf Coast tight gas sand opportunity development.Union Pacific Resources purchased by Anadarko Petroleum

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  Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

  Petroleum Systems Geologist - Basin Studies

  Global Advisor to teams throughout the company in International and Domestic Exploration and Exploitation - Coal Bed Methane and Shale Gas to Tight Gas Sands. Domestic included extensive Rocky Mountains and Gulf Coast areas. International included Africa, South America, Asia/Russia

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  Kerr McGee Oil & Gas Corp

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2005

  International Petroleum Systems Advisor

  International Advisor for North Africa and West Africa - Onshore and Offshore - Hydrocarbon Source Rock Systems including offshore chemo-synthetic communities tie to HC migration of oil and natural gas. Gas Hydrate relationships to subsurface prospecting. Integration of Multi-beam ARC GIS seismic to real time positioning of subsea coring operations.

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  Devon Energy

  Jun 2005 - Aug 2011

  Global Unconventional Sr. Geological Advisor - Corporate Advising Group

  Global unconventional reservoir characterization professional/ Assists six Devon Divisions (multiple locations - North America and International) in applying state of the art technology to better characterize unconventional reservoir targets. Responsible for technology transfer and new technology development for effective characterization of gas/ liquids rich shale targets for horizontal development.

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  American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Energy Minerals Division

  Jun 2008 - Jun 2011

  Past AAPG EMD President 2009/10

  Past President (Elected) Energy Minerals Division of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. The Energy Minerals Division (EMD) is an organization of 12+ technical commodity committees that include all unconventional energy resources. These include gas shales, oil shales, tight gas sands, gas hydrates, CBM,coal, geothermal, nuclear minerals, energy and economics, and renewable energies (wind, solar, tidal).Frank was instrumental in widening the membership of this Division (Dues changes) and in increasing Vice Chair representation from Industry, Government, and University. Show less

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  Talisman Energy

  Aug 2011 - May 2014

  Global Technical Advisor - Corporate Unconventional Resources Exploration Technology & Geosciences

  Global Unconventional Resources - Exploration Technology & Geoscience Technical Advisor of unconventional reservoir characterization to North American and International Delivery Units. Applied 16 layer approach with integration of layered petroleum system process model approaches. Part of world wide technical excellence team with value add responsibility of assessment and optimization (improvement in productivity and recovery) of unconventional reservoirs.

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  Baker Hughes, Inc

  May 2014 - Jul 2016

  Director of Unconventional Solutions, - Global Geoscience

  Director of Unconventional Solutions, Global Geoscience of Baker Hughes Inc.. Global Unconventional, Tight, and Complex Reservoirs SME to help define Producibility, Fracability, & Geohazard. Applications include investigation stages of exploration, pilot, ramp up and exploitation. Direct advanced applied technology approaches to assessing petroleum systems, complex inorganic and organic systems interactions, mineralogy and inorganic chemistry, fracture systems and geomechanics, quantitative fluids and gas analysis, geochemistry of kerogens, bitumens, HCs and gases, aqueous chemistry and rock fluid interactions. Layered process model approaches utilized to predict three dimensional spatial reservoir characterization attributes.High business value improvements through identifying optimal methods to improve hydrocarbon recovery. Optimization of vertical and horizontal lateral target identification/evaluation including custom completion approaches. Reservoir reach improvements through increased fracture conductivity, extended proppant placement, improved water recovery and increased hydrocarbon flowback. Show less

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  Baker Hughes

  Jul 2016 - Aug 2023

  Provides experience-based knowledge and specific technology applications approaches for needed formation evaluation solutions for benefit of Baker Hughes global clients, BH product lines, and regions. As part of the global Baker Hughes Reservoir Technical Services (RTS) organization, he contributes his skills within new technology and new applications of technology to geothermal energy and subsurface carbon capture. Developing economical, & time effective applications of wireline, logging while drilling, reservoir navigation services, & surface logging formation evaluation technologies for reservoir and formation characterization / systems evaluation including advanced geochemical analytical applications of fluids and gases (compositional, isomers, and isotopes), organic materials of kerogens and bitumens, and mineral matrix – molecular through atomic characterization. Energy transition - formation evaluation technology as an expanded client service value for direct operational decisions within Geothermal & Carbon Capture & Subsurface Hydrogen Storage Show less Global Discipline Manager managing a team of global advanced reservoir characterization specialists (including Petrophysics, Geochemistry, & Geomechanics) that develop and supports applied technology approaches (wireline, LWD, Surface Logging Systems) that are utilized within Baker Hughes’ worldwide teams. Applied technologies of unconventional and conventional reservoir characterization for optimization of hydrocarbon recovery. As example to improve vertical positioning for URP lateral placement (singular or stacked) and capital efficient custom completion design opportunities within laterals.Assessment of complex reservoirs & unconventional resource plays (URPs), tight oil, heavy oil. Critical Lead within BH ARGOS Developed Methodology (including full super computer 3D Tensor fracture simulation modeling) of integrated unconventional workflow applied for clients from beginning to life of field in tight, complex, unconventional field development.Applications nanoscale expertise of digital rock analysis/physics (DRA/ DRP) with development of advanced organic geochemistry of kerogens, bitumens, pyrobitumens into predictive upscaled (log based) reservoir characterization. Responsible for developing capital efficient technology geoscience deliverables and workflows with specific analytical approaches for five advanced product lines within Surface Logging Systems (SLS) that utilize advanced technology approaches within quantitative fluids and gases, organic chemistry pyrolysis, and inorganic elemental and mineralogical.Custom horizontal lateral completions / stimulation design (FRACFITTM) that optimizes hydrocarbon fluid / gas recovery and rate by advanced reservoir characterization protocols.Integrating the most appropriate advanced applied technology /nanoscale technology applications along with preferred interpretation approaches. Show less

  • Senior Global Advisor - Formation Evaluation - Reservoir Technical Services (RTS)

    Mar 2020 - Aug 2023

  • Global Discipline Sr. Engineering Manager - Geoscience and Petroleum Engineering (GPE)

    Jul 2016 - Mar 2020
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  Self Employed

  Aug 2023 - now

  Chief Scientist

  Application of advanced technologies that brings high value