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Resume for Neil Hookway, Formation Evaluation Technologist/Junior Petrophysicist For further information please contact Paul Theologou, The Saros Group Pty Ltd e-mail: paul@saros.com.au mob: 0410 557967

Skills Overview
Petrophysical Interpretation Geoscience Application Support Geoscience Application Training Petrophysical Software Development Project Management Client Management Business Development <1 year experience 7 years experience 7 years experience 7 years experience 2 years experience 7 years experience 7 years experience

Professional Experience
The Saros Group Pty Ltd Formation Evaluation Technologist (Jan 2006 present day)
Projects undertaken Backfill for Petrophysical Data Manager role and parallel project reviewing and making recommendations on Log Data Management Practices and Procedures within Woodside Energy Limited (Full time Oct 2006 ongoing) Log data loading, merging and splicing of logs. Regional correlation of new log data with existing wells for OMV (Nov 2006) Basic petrophysical interpretation of 5 wells in the Otway Basin for Australian School of Mines Kaia Little Phd (May 2006) LogQC as apart of broader petrophyics projects for Sunshine Oil and Gas and Great Artesian (Apr 2006) LogQC and composite log generation for Roc Oil (Apr 2006) Regional correlation generation in Section module for OMV Australia (Apr 2006) Building of a raw logs database; loading/logQC/merging from raw data for Amerada Hess Malaysia (Feb/Mar 2006)

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Paradigm Geophysical Asia Pacific Geoscience Application Specialist (Jan 2002 Jan 2006)
Key Successes Successfully replaced long term 3rd party contractor providing Geolog support to Australia/AsiaPacific Relocated Geolog support to Perth from Brisbane and established it as the 2nd tier support centre for AsiaPacific Developed exceptional working relationship with R&D groups in Brisbane and Woking (UK) during the production of the Geolog Correlator Technical contact point on first global sale of Geolog Correlator to Total Balikpapan in Dec 2002 Trained and subsequently mentored support staff when Paradigms Indian office was opened in autumn 2003. Indian Geolog support self sufficient through 2004 Technical contact point for successful evaluation of Geolog by Woodside

Responsibilities Primary technical support for Geolog and the Geolog Correlator o Geolog (industry standard petrophyscial database and analysis system) o Geolog Correlator (geological correlation and cross section building) Regional expert in number of Geolog affiliate products; o iMap (geoscience mapping package) o 3D Canvas (integrated visualization and interpretation package) o WAM (Web-based tool for cataloguing, searching and collecting oil and gas data)

Day-to-day duties included Client site and in-house software installations/demonstrations In house/telephone support Internal/External software training Technical reference point (contract negotiation, tendering etc) Regular liaison with the account managers Onsite consultancy Global expert on Geolog/Geolog Correlator integration Configuration of software with 3rd party data stores (OpenWorks and GeoFrame) Pre-release software tester Liaison with London/Brisbane R&D: design and implementation of new features Contract negotiation Maintenance of annual contract database (internal system) Maintenance of contact database (internal system) Client management/lead generation DETAIL OF CONSULTANCY PROJECTS UNDER Oct 2006 Backfill for Petrophysical Data Manager role and parallel project reviewing and making recommendations on Log Data Management Practices and Procedures within Woodside Energy Limited

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July 2005 OMV - Wireline data loading and QC. Master Database QC. Display and modification of existing regional correlations Dec 2004 Raw image log loading, image generation and optimisation using Geologs Geomage tool (Chevron) Sept 2004 Assisted in the upgrade of Santos non-Geolog software to EPOS3 to ensure required Geolog down time was minimised and that amendments to Geolog set up was fully documented (three days) Feb 2004 Onsite advisor to Santos during upgrade of their digital log libraries to Geolog 6.5 format (from Geolog 6.4 format). The project involved the upgrade of (est.) $1.5 billion of master copy well log data over a two days July 2003 10 days as part of larger Paradigm/ONGC project using the Geolog Correlator, I developed a regional correlation panel across Mumbai High, for ONGC. Included loading of raw logs, splicing and merging logs, development of composite template and modification of existing marker set Jan 2003 1 month onsite support Total Balikapapan. Included migration of all Total Geolog Projects to new disk architecture, modification of Geolog site set up and the testing of new the architecture prior to roll out. Additional duties included 1st tier support for Geolog, support for Geolog Correlator, loading and unloading data derived from or to be loaded to GeoFrame (by GeoFrame DBA) Nov 2003 1 month onsite support Total Balikapapan. Duties included 1st tier support for Geolog, support for Geolog Correlator evaluation, loading and unloading data derived from or to be loaded to GeoFrame (by GeoFrame DBA)

Paradigm Geophysical UK Limited Technical Sales (Apr 2001 Dec 2001)

Key Achievements Member of the design team that road mapped the integration of GeoScene into Geolog (the result of which is the Geolog Correlator) Successful introduction of GeoScene and the GEM Collection to Paradigm client base Developed integration model and workflow used throughout Paradigm (pre-Geolog Correlator release) for the demonstrating Geolog/GeoScene integration Presented for Paradigm at the EAGE in Amsterdam, the CSEG in Calgary and the NAPE on the correlation of well logs in horizontal wells using GeoScene

Responsibilities Technical Pre-Sales for GeoScene, Geolog and the GEM Collection, includes: o Client site and in-house software installations/demonstrations o Trade show presentations o Lead/Client management o Regular liaison with the account managers o In house/telephone support o Devising new integrated workflow/data management strategy for GeoScene/Geolog o Pre-release software testing o Configuration (testing and onsite) of Geolog on 3rd party data stores (OpenWorks and GeoFrame)

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Oilfield Systems Limited - Geoscience Support (Jan 1999 Apr 2001)

Key Achievements The development of skills outside of my immediate responsibility that ultimately saw me move from telesales into a technical support/pre-sales role Working closely with a software developer colleague to produce a development plan for the GEM Collection software Successful launch of the GEM Collection at the AAPG New Orleans 2000 Representing Oilfield Systems at the AAPG New Orleans, SEG Calgary (2000), PETEX2000 and GeoCanada2000 The primary contact for the GEM Collection, included: o E&P Company survey to generate business plan for the GEM Collection o Supporting the GEM Collection beta tests o Conducting the initial telesales campaign o Issuing of licenses o Frontline Support (telephone and e-mail) o Maintaining Contact (ACT!) and Support (Microsoft Access) databases o Arranging software demonstrations/sales presentation (UK and overseas) o Installing and demonstrating the GEM Collection at client sites on client data o Testing of software against 3rd party databases (OpenWorks and GeoFrame) o One to one and group training o Working closely with the development team to design and implement new features Trade show demonstrations Frontline support of Oilfield Systems geological workstation GeoScene

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS

Dec 2006 May 2006 Australia) Dec 2004 Introduction to Basic Petrophysics Wyatt Canady, Halliburton (Course in Perth) Controlled source electromagnetic (CESM) workshop ASEG/CSIRO (Perth, PPDM Australian Data Management Conference

Sept 2004 E & P Petroleum Data & Information Data Conference, Perth Included a workshop on Best Practice Quality Assurance in Data Management Mar 2004 Oct 2003 Electrofacies for Flow Unit Determination Philippe Rabiller Petrophysics (4 days); University of Adelaide

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Instructors - Suzanne Hunt (Australian School of Petroleum) and Keith Boyle (Chief Petrophysicist, Santos) May 2002 Jan/Feb 2002 Oct 2001 Aug 2001 Sept 1999 1994-1997 Paradigm Geophysical internal Geolog training (Houston) Paradigm Geophysical internal Geolog training (Brisbane R&D) Miller-Heiman Strategic Selling course Hillside Software Making your case presentation skills course Paradigm Geophysical internal Geolog training (Woking, UK) Cambrian Consultants and Geotechnix Computer Services Unix fundamentals for Geoscientists University of Liverpool Upper Second Class BSc. Geology with Honours (2:1)

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