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Fred Aminzadeh

Dr. Fred Aminzadeh PhD

Owner and Senior Advisor, dGB-USA

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Council Member Biography

Fred Aminzadeh is the Owner and Senior Advisor of dGB-USA, a geophysical contracting firm. Previously, Dr. Aminzadeh was the President of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. Prior to that, he was a Manager at Unocal Corporation. Dr. Aminzadeh has consulted on risk, reserves and other investment issues in the petroleum industry. He is experienced in US onshore, Gulf of Mexico, Caspian, Middle East, Asia, and Latin America and is knowledgeable about geological, geophysical, drilling and engineering issues. He is a member of AAPG, and SPE and has also served as a member of DOE's Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee. Dr. Aminzadeh has been featured in Oil and Gas Journal and AOGR. He is now the Chairman of the Advisory Board of Western Standard Energy Corp. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History

2008 - Unspecified
Owner and Senior Advisor, dGB-USA
2007 - 2008
President, SOCIETY OF EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICISTS
1999 - 2008
President and Chief Executive Officer, dGB-USA
1989 - 2007
President and Chief Executive Officer, FACT Inc
1982 - 1999
Manager, UNOCAL CORPORATION

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Seismic While Drilling is Emerging as a Practical Tool to Reduce Drilling Cost

August 17, 2009

Seismic-while-drilling technology advance hailed | www.ogj.com

Nick Snow, Washington Editor of the Oil and Gas Journal reports of a breakthrough in practical implementation of the seismic while drilling technology. Technology International Inc. of Kingwood, Tex., has developed a breakthrough borehole imaging system that is nearly commercial, according to the DOE. SeismicPulser system provides more accurate geosteering for oil and gas discoveries, facilitating field development and improving well economics.

Seismic technology contributed to successful sub-salt drilling in the GOM

July 28, 2009

BP Heralds Gulf of Mexico Prospects | online.wsj.com

Oil and Gas Journal reported a successful appraisal well drilling by BP PLC. This well was drilled in a previously untested southern segment of Mad Dog field in the Gulf of Mexico. The 826-5 well was drilled on Green Canyon Block 826 about 100 miles south of Grand Isle, La. The well found 280 net ft of hydrocarbons in the objective Miocene hydrocarbon-bearing sands. In 2008, BP drilled the A-7 well in the western part of the field, with 275 ft of net pay.

Largest discovery in California in 34 years

July 24, 2009

Oxy adds California gas-condensate giant | www.pennenergy.com

HOUSTON, July 23 -- Occidental Petroleum Corp. has drilled six wells in an apparent giant gas-condensate field in California’s San Joaquin basin that has an estimated 150-250 million boe recoverable. The discovery identified a new play concept that Oxy officials compared with an offshore deepwater structure. They said the concept is prospective underneath Oxy’s giant Elk Hills field southwest of Bakersfield and indicated it may be exploitable by other operators in the basin.

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