Gerald J. Kuecher, Ph.D., P.G.

(AIPG #CPG-9883)
Saudi Aramco Oil Company
Northern Fields Characterization
P.O. Box 12664
Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabia
Home # in Texas: 281-655-5347
Home # in Saudi Arabia: 878-3902
Work # in Saudi Arabia: 873-9179
Email: kuechegj@aramco.com.sa; gkuecher@aol.com

CAREER OBJECTIVE:
To utilize my skills in geoscience project management, professional teaching and development, rock typing, facies
modeling, static modeling, fracture analysis, paleo-transport, reservoir pressure correlation, image log interpretation,
core analysis and core description, sequence stratigraphy, sedimentology, petrophysics, optical microscopy, diagenesis,
geo-steering for horizontal wells, and integrated studies.

CAREER SUMMARY
• Ph.D. in Geology; major in Sedimentology, minor in Low Temperature Geochemistry
• 26 years industry experience (11 years experience as an international petroleum geologist with Amoco and
Marathon, 7 years experience in the service industry as sedimentologist and image log expert with Baker Atlas, 4
years experience as a university lecturer at Northwestern University (Evanston, Il) and the University of Illinois
(Chicago), 3 years as Geoscience Project Manager for Knowledge-Reservoir in Houston, and currently serving as
Geological Specialist/Sedimentologist for Saudi Aramco Oil.
• Honored for teaching excellence at Northwestern University, Faculty Honor Roll (1995)
• OGCI instructor (1998-2003) teaching Petroleum Sedimentology, Geologic Applications of Well Logs, and
Deepwater and Unconsolidated Reservoir courses to industry professionals
• AAPG Visiting Geologists Program (1998-present)
• Technical expertise in deepwater deposits with numerous publications and speaking arrangements; major editor of
Bouma’s AAPG publication “Fine-Grained Turbidite Systems” (2000)
• Technical expertise in the dynamics and detection of active growth faults and in vertical migration of petroleum
• Technical expertise in image based interpretation, paleodepositional environments, predictive stratigraphy
• Technical expertise in wireline tools and methodologies to deal with thin beds and sequence stratigraphy
• Technical expertise in deepwater turbidite reservoir pressure correlation and their development
• General expertise in fluvial, deltaic, tidal, shallow marine clastics and carbonate depositional systems
• On exploration and management teams that discovered new oil in Indonesia, Egypt, Trinidad, and Kazakhstan
• Well-published with 14 professional papers (6 refereed) and 17 abstracts
• UNIX-based workstation skills; specifically RECALL, OPEN WORKS-STRAT WORKS, Petrel, and Z Map Plus
• Moderate familiarity with PowerLog, Petrel, Crystal Ball, and Resolve PC-based software.
• Regularly managed Petrel (static) and Eclipse (dynamic) simulations
• Petrel Introduction and Intermediate Stratworks Certificates
• PC-based software familiarization includes Windows XP, Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio, Schedule, Outlook,
Journyx, PhotoShop, Paint Shop Pro X, Full Shot, Didgier, Petrel, Oil Field Manager (OFM), and numerous other
programs for the sophisticated geoscience office environment.
• Professional affiliations include AAPG, HGS, AIPG, IAPG, SEPM, SPWLA, and SPE.
CHRONOLOGY OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Saudi Arabian Oil Company (2007-present)

Geological Specialist/Sedimentologist. Interpreted clastic, carbonate and mixed clastic-carbonate core from secondary
reservoirs in Zuluf, Marjan, and Safaniya Fields. Interpreted OBMI image logs where available and integrated results
with core to build stratigraphic models and analyzed thin sections of these reservoirs to better-characterize them.
Donated time and expertise to the Editorial Board of GeoArabia journal and conducted free geoscience seminars for
King Fahad University in Dharhan as a way of giving back to the community.

Knowledge Reservoir, L.P. Consultants (2004-2007)

Project Manager, Geosciences. Directed integrated reservoir engineering studies focused on rock typing, recoverable
reserves estimations, probabilistic studies, core analysis, and static and dynamic modeling for the development of
numerous petroleum properties in the deepwater and shelf areas of the Gulf of Mexico. Also worked unconventional
resources such as a brine-producing carbonate Smackover Formation property in Arkansas, a tight clastic gas deposit in
the Almond Formation, Wamsutter Field, Wyoming, a syn-rift basement reservoir in Bay of Bengal, India,
fluvial/estuarine reservoirs in San Jorge and the Neuquen Basins in Argentina. Worked as an expatriate for 6 months in
Kazakhstan (Max Petroleum) in operations and exploration mode working prolific properties in the North Caspian
Basin. Presented one-week workshop on rift basin sedimentology in Entebbe, Uganda for the East African Petroleum
Congress 2004.

Baker Atlas Geoscience (1998-2004)

HTC Science Division Chief Geologist. Interpreted acoustic and electrical borehole image data utilizing UNIX-based
Recall software and reported findings to clients. On Baker Atlas select team delivering three day seminars on
applications of thin bed modeling, anisotropy, and multi-component induction data. Produced integrated studies
involving Baker tool measurements, core descriptions and analyses, specifically in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
Geologic expertise in the anisotropy of fractures, faults, shales, and reservoir pressure correlation techniques. Taught
weeklong OGCI courses entitled Petroleum Sedimentology: Modern Tools; Geologic Applications of Log Data; and
Deepwater and Unconsolidated Reservoir under agreement between Baker Atlas and Oil and Gas Consultants, Intl
(OGCI).

Visiting Lecturer (1995 to 1998)

Instructor at Northwestern University, Northeastern Illinois University, and University of Illinois in Chicago. Honored
for teaching excellence at Northwestern University, Faculty Honor Roll 1995-1996. Taught a variety of graduate-level
courses, including Geochemistry at Earth's Surface Environment, Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy,
Sedimentary Petrography, Glacial and Quaternary Geology, Clay Mineralogy, and Surficial Processes.

Argonne National Laboratory (1994 to 1995)

Post-Doctoral Fellowship (1-year award) in shallow earth environmental geophysics, specifically in the use of ground
penetrating radar, electromagnetics, and high resolution shallow seismic to shallow earth sedimentology.

Louisiana State University (1989 to 1994)

Ph.D. in Geology (Major in Sedimentology, Minor in Low Temperature Geochemistry). Dissertation focused on the
geotechnical settlement potential of deltaic sediments as well as neo-tectonic causes of subsidence (wetland loss) in south
Louisiana and elsewhere on the Gulf Coast based on 5 deep borings funded by the USGS. This study utilized
petrophysical analysis, isotope C14 dating, SEM imagery, XRD clay­sized mineral diffraction, geotechnical soils 
settlement testing, and compared various models for historical vs. calculated subsidence .

Marathon Petroleum Co., International (1982 to 1989)

Senior Exploration Geologist. Responsible for the exploration and development of numerous Marathon-operated
petroleum properties in Egypt, Indonesia, and Ireland. Primary duties were to model the source rock potential,
sedimentology, and structure, to evaluate and rank prospective areas, and to drill exploration and development wells..
Supervised Indonesian nationals in regional and prospect-level work while on expatriate status in Jakarta 1986-1989.
Skills include well log petrophysics, maturation modeling, reservoir facies mapping, determination of recoverable and in-
place reserves, source rock geochemistry, reservoir modeling, seismic check shot calibrations, forward seismic modeling,
acoustic resolvability, core-reservoir integration, outcrop studies, structural cross sections, dipmeter evaluations, etc.
Attended numerous petroleum training courses at MPC including the following:
Modern carbonates in the Bahamas under supervision of Robert Ginsberg and Noel James
Ancient carbonates in West Texas and New Mexico under supervision of James Lee Wilson
Modern clastics in Mississippi Delta under the supervision of Jim Coleman and Harry Roberts
Brazos River investigations under the supervision of Rufus LeBlanc
Ancient clastics in the Denver Basin under supervision of Bob Weimer and Bob Schneider

Discovered oil in Gulf of Suez wildcat wells Tawila West-1 and Ashrafi-418X. Wellsite geologist on important well in
Celtic Sea, Ireland.

Amoco International Oil Company (1977 to 1980)

Petroleum Geologist. Responsible for the exploration and development of offshore clastic petroleum reserves at Samaan
Field, Trinidad. Training in West Texas, Gulf Coast oil fields. Extensive well site work. On exploration team that
discovered oil in Trinidad’s Samaan Deep Test 1. Numerous training courses completed, namely in the areas of
Petrophysics, Production, Geology, and Geophysics.

Northeastern Illinois University (1980 to 1982)

M.S. Degree in Earth Sciences. Thesis focused on the tidal forcing of rhythmically deposited sediments and the
quantitative estimation of clay minerals in the Middle Pennsylvanian Francis Creek Shale, Braidwood, IL. In special
arrangement with major professor, spent one year on St. Thomas, USVI doing carbonate reef studies and monitoring
health of reefs in light of airport runway extension.

PAPERS

Russell, C.J., Kuecher, G.J., and Lee, J., 2006. RCI pressure application for correlating Miocene turbidite reservoirs,
Green Canyon 562 area, deepwater Gulf of Mexico, in Proceedings, SPE Conference, Cancun, Mexico, 2006.

Kuecher, G.J., and Millington, J., 2001. Turbidites key to deepwater trends. The American Oil and Gas Reporter, v. 44,
no. 7, p. 140-145.

Kuecher, G.J., and Millington, J., 2001. “Turbidites hold great potential for deepwater exploration.” In-Depth, the
magazine of Baker Hughes, May, Houston, TX, v. 6, no. 1, p. 30-35.

Kuecher, G.J., Roberts, H.H., Thompson, M.D., and Matthews, I. 2001. Evidence for active growth faulting in the
Terrebonne delta plain, south Louisiana: implications for wetland loss and the vertical migration of petroleum. Journal
of Environmental Geosciences, v. 8, no. 2, p. 77-94.

Archer, A.W., Kuecher, G.J., and Kvale, E.P., 1995. The role of tidal-velocity asymmetries in the deposition of
Carboniferous tidal rhythmites. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. A65, no. 2, pp. 408-416.

Kuecher, G.J., 1995. The dominant processes responsible for subsidence of coastal wetlands in south Louisiana. In
Barends, F.J., Brouwer, F.J.J., and Schroeder, F.H., eds., Land Subsidence, Proceedings of the Fifth International
Symposium on Land Subsidence, FISOLS '95, The Hague, pp. 69-81.

McGinnis, L.D., Thompson, M.D., Kuecher, G.J., Wilkey, P.L., and Isaacson, H.R., 1995. Salinity and hydrodynamics
of the Holocene and Upper Pleistocene beneath the Louisiana wetlands from electrical measurements. Proceedings,
Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, SAGEEP '95, Orlando, pp.
261-272.

Roberts, H.H., Bailey, A., and Kuecher, G.J., 1994. Subsidence in the Mississippi River Delta-Important influences of
valley filling by cyclic deposition, primary consolidation phenomena, and early diagenesis. Transactions, Gulf Coast
Association of Geological Societies, Austin, vol. 44, pp. 619-629. (Best Paper Award, 1994 GCAGS)

Kuecher, G.J., Roberts, H.H., Suhayda, J.H., Williams, S.J., Penland, S.P., and Autin, W.J., 1993. Consolidation
settlement potential in south Louisiana. In Magoon, O.T., et al., The American Society of Civil Engineers, Proceedings,
Eighth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management, Coastal Zone '93, New Orleans, vol. 1, pp. 1197-1213.

Suhayda, J.N., Bailey, A., Roberts, H.H., Penland, S.P., and Kuecher, G.J., 1993. Subsidence properties of Holocene
sediments, south Louisiana. In Magoon, O.T., et al., The American Society of Civil Engineers, Eighth Symposium on
Coastal and Ocean Management, Coastal Zone '93,
New Orleans, vol. 1, pp. 1215-1229.

Kuecher, G.J., 1992. Seismic mapping of turbidite channels and channel complexes based on predictable scale.
Louisiana State University, Basin Research Institute Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 1, p. 46-52.

Kuecher, G.J., Woodland, B.G., and Broadhurst, F.M., 1990. Evidence of deposition from individual tides and of tidal
cycles from the Francis Creek Shale (host rock to the Mazon Creek Biota), Westphalian D, (Pennsylvanian),
northeastern Illinois. Sedimentary Geology, vol. 68, pp. 211-221.

Kuecher, G.J., and Chalik, M., 1988. Bangka Island Guidebook. Indonesian Petroleum Assoc., 17th Annual
Convention, post-convention field trip, October 28-30, Jakarta, 45 pp.

Baird, G.C., Sroka, S.D., Shabica, C.W., and Kuecher, G.J., 1986. Taphonomy of Middle Pennsylvanian Mazon Creek
fossil localities, northeast Illinois: significance of exceptional fossil preservation in syngenetic concretions. Palaios,
vol. 1, pp. 271-285.

ABSTRACTS

Russell, C.J., Kuecher, G.J., and Lee, J., 2006. RCI pressure application for correlating Miocene turbidite reservoirs,
deepwater Gulf of Mexico, in Proceedings, SPE Conference, Cancun, Mexico, 2006.

Fanini, O., Kuecher, G., Merchant, G., Wang, T., and Olszewski, A. (2002). “Applications of image and multi-
component induction log data to characterize fracture fills in the Marmul Field, Oman.” Proceedings,
Geo 2002, 5th Middle East Conference (April, 2002), Bahrain.

Pavlovic, M.D., Kuecher, G.J., and Pena, A.G., 2001. The distribution of natural fractures in the Austin Chalk
Formation utilizing borehole image logs, Proceedings, AAPG Annual Convention, Denver, vol. 10, p. A153.

Kuecher, G.J., 2000. Seismic, electromagnetic, subsidence, and biozonation evidence for active growth faults in south
Louisiana. Proceedings, AAPG Annual Convention, New Orleans, vol. 9, p. A81-A82.

Kuecher, G.J., 1995. The recognition of active growth faults on the Lower Delta Plain of the Mississippi River:
implications for framework modeling of individual delta cycles. Abstracts with Program, The Geological Society of
America, New Orleans, p. 214.

Archer, A.W., Feldman, H.R., Greb, S.F., Kuecher, G.J., Kvale, E.P., and Naylor, R.D., 1995. Laminated shales in
Carboniferous coal measures: limnic or parallic? Abstracts with Program, The Geological Society of America, New
Orleans, and p. 31-32.

Penland, S.P., Williams, S.J., Roberts, H.H., Bailey, A., Kuecher, G.J., Suhayda, J.N., and Ramsey, K.E., 1995.
Geologic framework, progresses, and rates of subsidence in the Mississippi River Delta Plain. Gulf Coast Association
of Geological Sciences, Baton Rouge. In AAPG Bulletin, v. 79, no. 10, pp. 1565-1566.

Kuecher, G.J., Roberts, H.H., Suhayda, J.H., and McGinnis, L.D., 1992. The Holocene valley fill sequence in south
Louisiana: a geological and geotechnical interpretation based on results of two deep cores. Abstracts with Program,
The Geological Society of America , Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, vol. 24, no. 7, p. 50.

McGinnis, L.D., Thompson, M.D., Miller, S.F., Johnson, D.O., Wilkey, P.L., Scott, V.L.,
Kuecher, G.J., Penland, S.N., and Isaacson, H.R., 1992. Hydrogeophysics of the Louisiana Wetlands. American
Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting, Montreal. Proceedings published as a supplement to Eos, April 7, 1992, no.
H52B-9, p. 132.

Archer A.W., and Kuecher, G.J., 1991. Detection of diurnal inequality in ancient tidal rhythmites. Abstracts with
Programs, The Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, vol. 23, no. 5, p. 461.

Kuecher, G.J., and Connor, P.C., 1991. Preliminary analyses of the entire Holocene valley fill sequence as revealed by
the P-1-90 boring, Terrebonne Parish, and Louisiana. GCSSEPM Foundation Research Conference, Twelfth Annual
Meeting, Houston TX, p. 65.

Kuecher, G.J., and Bouma, A.H., 1991. Acoustic resolvability of individual sand-filled channels in the Lower
Pennsylvanian Jackfork Formation, Arkansas. Abstracts with Programs, The Geological Society of America, Annual
Meeting, San Diego, CA, vol. 23, no. 5, p. 222.

Kuecher, G.J., and Baird, G.C., 1990. Neap-spring tidal rhythmites in the Francis Creek Shale of northeastern Illinois:
evidence for torrential rates of sedimentation in a Pennsylvanian tropical estuary. Abstracts with Programs, The
Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, p. 147.

Baird, G.C., Shabica, C.W., and Kuecher, G.J., 1984. Depositional events recorded in the Francis Creek Shale:
Taphonomy of the Pennsylvanian Mazon Creek locality in Illinois. Abstracts with Programs, The Geological Society of
America , Southeastern and North-Central Sections Meeting, Lexington, KY, p. 124.

Harrison, W., Edgar, D., Barosh, P., Ebel, J., Kuecher, G., et al., 1983. Geology, hydrology, and mineral resources of
crystalline rock areas of the northeastern United States. Final report to the Department of Energy by Argonne National
Laboratory, ANL/ES-136, parts 1 and 2, 364 pp. plus accompanying maps.

Harrison, W., Edgar, D., Barosh, P., Ebel, J., Kuecher, G., et al., 1983. Geology, hydrology, and mineral resources of
crystalline rock areas of the northeastern United States. Final report to the Department of Energy by Argonne National
Laboratory , ANL/ES-136, parts 1 and 2, 364 pp. plus accompanying maps.

RECENT PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

King Fahad University of Mines and Minerals (2007). “Thin beds: an image problem”, Dharhan, Saudi Arabia

Trisakti and ITB universities (2005). “The petroleum reservoir from the perspective of an experienced geologist.”
Bandung and Jakarta, Indonesia.

East African Petroleum Congress (2005). “Petroleum Sedimentology and Structure with particular emphasis on the
Albert Rift.” Entebbe, Uganda.

University of Connecticut, (2004). “The petrographic problem of thin beds and fractures” and “The detection of active
growth faults and their relation to subsidence of south Louisiana wetlands.” Storrs, Connecticut.

Yanbian University, (2004). “Modern concepts and tools in the petroleum industry.” Yanji, China.

Petroleum Technology Transfer Council, (2003). “Modern applications in well logs” Baton Rouge, LA.

Houston Geological Society (2003). “Integrated study of a sub-salt deepwater turbidite play (Gulf of Mexico)
supported by behind-outcrop examples from the Lewis Shale (Wyoming) and the Jackfork Formation (Arkansas), North
American Explorationists Meeting, Houston.

Baker Atlas Lunch and Learn Seminar (2002). “Variability in e-log response to vertical stratigraphic sections.”

Texas A&M University Geology Department (2002). “Tool response to vertical stratigraphic sections and the problem
of thin beds.” AAPG Visiting Petroleum Geologist Program, College Station, Texas.

SIPES-SPEE luncheon meeting (2002). “Imaging turbidite channels: case studies from Arkansas and Wyoming”

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists (2001). “Imaging turbidites: case studies from Arkansas and Wyoming,”
Denver, CO., sponsored by Baker Hughes.

University of Oklahoma Geology Department (2001). “Image log applications in structural and stratigraphic problems:
case study the Lewis Shale, Wyoming,” AAPG Visiting Geologist Program, Norman, Oklahoma.
Colorado School of Mines Geology Department (2000). “The importance of resolution in the proper interpretation of
deepwater sediments: case studies examined”, AAPG Visiting Geologist Program,
Golden, CO.

Louisiana State University (1999). “Process, scale, and resolution in the evaluation of deepwater deposits”, AAPG
Visiting Geologist Program, Baton Rouge, LA.

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette (1999). “The Deepwater Depositional Environment”,

AAPG Visiting Geologist Program, Lafayette, LA.

Baker Atlas Lunch and Learn Seminar (1999). “Thin Beds: an Image Problem”,
Houston, TX.

Baker Atlas Lunch and Learn Seminar (1999). “The Deepwater Depositional Environment”,
Houston, TX

SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE

PC Based: Word, Excel, Power Point, Full Shot, Power Log, Outlook, Visio, Schedule, PhotoShop, Acrobat, Crystal
Ball, and numerous programs designed for the sophisticated geoscience office

Unix-Based: Recall, some Petrel, Stratigraphics, Open Works and Strat Works, Power Log, Power Core

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

The AAPG (since 1979), GSA (since 1991), AIPG (since 1996), SEPM (since 1997), HGS (since 1979), SPWLA (since
2000), SCA (since 2002), IAPG (since 2002), and DGS since 2007.

NON-TECHNICAL WRITING

Recently completed a book memoir of life in a family of 15 entitled “Fruitcake Hill”. Book to be published by CCB
Press in Canada. Due in bookstores by June 1.