JAMES R.

SPEAR
14819 Hoya Court
Houston, Texas 77070
Tel: 832.277.2813
jsb156fe@westpost.net
OVERVIEW
Mr. Spear is a geologist/geophysicist with more than 25 years of experience
generating prospects in both clastic and carbonate reservoirs. He has drilled m
ore than 500 successful wells over his working career. Jamesa forte is finding
hydrocarbons in the ever increasing environment of finding new reserves whether
this
be the use of specialized skills using a variety of geological/geophysical tools
as technological advances are made combined with an innate ability of knowing t
he direction to detect these finds using past, proven subsurface methods. His s
kills are to maximize asset value of producing fields for promotion to potential
joint venture (JV) partners. He worked, in particular,
much of South America and the Caribbean Plate region. He speaks
Spanish as his second language and has taken courses in Portuguese.He is highly
trained in Landmark Graphics software (certified instructor in more than seven a
reas covering Seisworks thru Stratworks). He is also qualified in SMT
software as well as Geoframe (IEXS) in more than eight geological/geophysical ar
eas. He is proficient in many third party software packages used in exploration
/development
Projects (see Core Competency Section at the end of this resume for in-depth cov
erage of skills and workstation programs).
US Offshore/Onshore Basins: Responsible for exploitation of producing prope
rties, developing prospects offset to producing acreage, and evaluating potenti
al farm-ins and acquisitions in a large areas including offshore areas of the Sa
nta Barbara within Monterey Formation, offshore in the Gato Canyon within the Sa
nta Barbara Channel, onshore coastal California (Monterey Formation) in the Sali
nas Valley- King City region, San Joaquin Basin and the Central Valley of Calif
ornia in Miocene type plays, onshore Texas (Ft. Worth Basin-Barnett Shale), Sout
h Texas, onshore Louisiana, Interior Basins of US (Mid-continental in Oklahoma a
nd Kansas along the Nemaha Ridge, western Kansas and Oklahoma, New Albany Shale
of Illinois Basin, Pennsylvania (Marcellus Shale), JB Basin in Colorado, Rocky
Mountain basins inclusive of Powder River Basin, Wind River Basin, Overthrust re
gions of Montana and Wyoming, Williston Basin of North Dakota (Bakken shale) and
Canada), and Alaska (North Slope and Cook Inlet). Other areas onshore US inclu
de West Texas (Delaware Basin), Northeast Texas and northern Louisiana (Jena are
a of Louisiana Wilcox production Panola sands). See resume
International Offshore/Onshore Basins: Exploration within 48 basins of t
he globe with concentration of exploration in northern North America (Canada a"
MacKenzie Delta/Alberta Deep Basin, Maritime Provinces/ Jeanne daArc Basin and A
laska a"North Slope/Cook Inlet), Mexico (offshore and onshore), Central America,
Trinidad (offshore), Sub-Andean Basins of South America (Venezuela, Colombia, E
cuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina (offshore/onshore), Brazil (offshore), Belize,
Guatemala and Brazil (Potiguar Basin, Santos Basin and Campos Basin), Africa (Tr
ansform Margin Trend with West Africa nations from Mococco to Nigeria, inclusive
), Central African Shear (Chad and Republic of Sudan), Egypt, Europe (North Sea
and onshore UK, Spain (Northern Iberian Basin), Norwegain shelf (Norway), Sout
heast Asia (Sumatra a"Arun Field), Palawan Islands (Phillippine Islands), Austra
lia (Northwest Shelf), Bohai Gulf (China), Fergana Basin (Uzbekistan/Kyrgyzstan)
, and Western Siberian Basin (Russian Federation).

WORK EXPERIENCE
TerraData Geoscie
nces, Manager of Exploration Technology
(e-mail: jspear@tdgeo.com )
Manager of Geological/Geophysical for Development Projects Spring, 2010 to Pres
ent
Petrodorado Houston, Bogota, Calgary
* Performed duties to oversee all technical assistance (Houston) and Petrodorado
(Bogota) working the Talora Field development of the Middle Magdalena Basin of
Colombia. This project involved seismic processing using ProMax for 2D and SMT
(2D/3D PAK and VuPak), HR software, RMS, Omni 3D design, NeuraView, NeuraMap,
Neuralog, Move 2D/3D, Paradigm GOCAD 2009; Petrel 2009; Fekete Software (well d
esign and engineering software).

Hyperdynamics Corporation/SCS Sugar Land, Texas

Manager of Exploration & Production, Worldwde Exploration,
January 2007 - February 2010
* Managed all Staff (10 persons/consultants) Geophysicists, Geologists, Reservoi
r Engineers, Birddogs (Seismic Acquisition/processing)
* Supervised all prospect generation (singularly generated the main body of the
prospect portfolio that is the current one) for the 82,000 sq. kms concession of
fshore Guinea in Deepwater environments. Most of these prospects were in water
depths greater than 1000 m down to 2500 m with main targets being turbidite fans
and three-four way closures as draped structures within the Jurassic section; s
ome salt diapiric work was done extending the salt diapiric basin from the north
into our concession area.
* Negotiated acquisitions and terms of Concession agreements with Government off
icials and JV Partners, negotiated terms for Seismic Contractors for both Seismi
c Acquisition/Processing.
* Conducted appropriate due diligence and other research in order to critically
analyze concession technical merit prior to making informed recommendations pert
aining to future strategies with the Government of the Republic of Guinea and We
st African nations with volumetrics and risk analysis (Pete Rose methodology).
* Supervised all technical activities on CSEM, AVO, EEI, seismic acquisition/pro
cessing using PSTM, PSDM, PoSTM, filter design for WB multiples of long period t
ype using Radon and SRME over an area of 82,380 sq. kms.
* Supervised curing activities, which resulted in limiting companyas legal and
financial liability.
* Researched, analyzed, prepared, processed, and executed Land instruments, incl
uding all agreements.
* Reviewed external prospects and generated internal prospects for cash stream s
upport of Exploration program (both domestically and internationally).
* Ensured compliance with terms of agreements and jurisdictional agency requirem
ents; prepared and submitted Regulatory items to governmental agencies and regul
atory authorities.
* Secured Leases at Federal, State and Private Land Auctions & tracked all Land
Auctions in areas of interest for domestic picture.
* Directed all production-related activities in association with companyas acqui
sition, divestiture and drilling programs in North America a" principally in Lou
isiana, Texas, and Rocky Mountain Basins; reservoir description and studies on p
roducing properties in Louisiana
* Directed exploration program with upside growth in compliance with the Company
as mission statement; this included both portfolios of US and foreign assets
* Basin analysis in basins along the West African coast from Ghana north to Sene
gal
* Negotiated acquisition and divestiture of over 500,000 net mineral acres.
* Negotiated surface use and damages for all permitted wells in Lousiana
* Negotiated drilling contracts with Oceanic, AGR, SeaDrill, etc.
* Negotiated and coordinated with Federal and State agencies to permit several g
eophysical exploration projects in a timely manner.
* Negotiated geophysical exploration agreements with contractors.
* Areas of Focus: West Africa, GoM for sub-salt plays in deepwater, deepwater No
rwegian shelf, Muglad Basin (The Republic of the Sudan).
* Directed and worked all Risk Analysis per the Pete Rose methodologies to devel
op templates for all volumetric evaluation in ranking of prospects
* Instrumental in bringing on board the JV partners of Dana Petroleum and Repsol

Royal Dutch Shell Company

Houston, Texas
Geological Advisor for the Deepwater New Ventures Group (GoM) February 20
05 - December
2006
* GoM Deepwater New Ventures Group (Wood Creek/Downtown N. Tower Pennzoil Bldg)
2006 a" January 2007, worked as consultant for prospect generation in sub-salt O
CS blocks that Shell had within its repertoire of exploration targets in the Pal
eocene/Eocene / Lower Tertiary using WAZ, MAZ, RAZ for acquisition geometrics us
ing complex azimuth
* Worked in several areas of Deepwater GoM (Green Canyon, Walker Ridge, Keathley
Canyon Atwater); mapped Top of Salt, Base of Salt, generated salt-flooded surfa
ces and models; mapped Miocene (for targets beneath salt Canopy), Eocene, Paleoc
ene surfaces below all
Salt features for prospect generation targets, generated velocity fields and sem
blance plots using internal Shell software 123DI and various other programs like
Stratworks, Paradigm programs for depth conversation.
* The work consisted in the main with mapping ToS, BoS, salt-flooded surfaces an
d models down thru the Paleocene section. Main objectives were targeted within
the Paleocene/Eocene as the primaries as well as prospects with the Upper Miocen
e, Middle Miocene as being secondary. OCS blocks within the Keathley Canyon, Ga
rden Banks, Green Canyon, Walker Ridge and Mississippi Canyon was the coverage w
ith additional focus on the Garden Banks (aMMas and the aIndiansa). My special
skills from privous work with Chevron/Maersk within the mini-basin of Tahiti, To
nga Deep and Downdip Tonga provided insights into the prospect Pathfinder.
* Other programs used were Petrel, Move 2009.1 (2D, 3D, 4D), RMS 2009 (32-bit),
Omni3D, Paradigm SKUA2009, Petrosys,s later drilled in Green Canyon OCS blocks.

NorthStar Energy Manager of E & P, March 2003 a" January 2005 Plano, Te
xas
.
* Prospect generation was performed for small independent in South Texas (Lavaca
, Kenedy and northeast Texas counties) using Landmark Graphics. He concentrated
within the Frio and Wilcox Formation along with Sligo Formation this exploratio
n effort. James generated 56 prospects in clastic reservoirs. Both field work
in logging wells of prospects generated; drilling and completion of wells into t
he infra-structure. Used full suite of Landmark Graphics products (Seisworks 3D-
2D, Geoprobe, PostStack Pal, Promax3D, Stratworks, SynTool, Omni 3D design, Neu
raView, NeuraMap, Neuralog, Move 2D/3D, Paradigm GOCAD 2009; Rock Solids Images
AVO, Hampson-Russell (AVO, Seismic Inversion (Strata), and Emerge Programs Petre
l 2009; Fekete Software; Drillinginfo.com web applications.
* James developed a a portfolio of prospects in Caddo Parish, Louisiana; Harriso
n County and Marion County in Texas playing the Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak (Ho
sston) sand sequence and the Upper Jurassic-aged Cotton Valley sand facies along
with the deeper Smackover Lime Formation. One prospect, known as the Caddo Lak
e Project, is located 16 miles south of the profilic Rodessa Field and is on the
southwestern flank of the Caddo-Pine Island uplift area where the North Louisia
na oil industry was born. The primary objectives at Caddo Lake are the gas sand
s known to occur in the Travis Peak and Cotton Valley Formations (8,000a to 10,0
00a objective). The analog fields to this prospective area can be found in Long
wood and Greenwood-Waskom Fields were the Upper and Lower Cotton Valley sand pac
kages produce an average of 3-9 BCFG per well. It is estimated post-frac that t
he average Cotton Valley gas sand should yield at least 400 MCFG per acre-foot i
n the Caddo Lake prospective portfolio. In addition to the Cotton Valley produc
tion, there are identified seismic anomalies at the deeper Smackover Lime level
in this area. Several seismic anomalies have been identified to date on re-proc
essed 2D seismic data. The nearest Smackover production is 15 miles away in the
Rodessa and McLeod Fields. Additionally, there are excellent opportunities to
encounter shallow pay zones within the aHilla interval of the Rodessa Formation
and the Pettit Lime Formation in this area.
* Projects in the Ft.Worth Basin of North Central Texas developing Barnett Shale
play utilizing horizontal drilling practices. Several wells drilled in and ar
ound Newark Field and other areas of Wise County, Texas just west of our office
in Plano, Texas. Secured leases around DFW airport region and extending as far
south as into Comanche County, TX at the southern fringe of the play. Work in t
he Dickerson County area of North Dakota in the Bakken shale and the Three Forks
Formation. Leases were taken in the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas fairway (pa
rticularly, Uvalde County). Originally did work on thesis at South Dakota School
of Mines on the Englewood/and its equivalent the Bakken shale) both in South Da
kota and North Dakota. Started to work the Marcellus Shale plays in Pennsylvani
a and New York state in the Devonian section (both in the Mahantango Fm in PA an
d Skaneateles/Ludlowville/Moscow Shales in NY). Did feasibility study for horizo
ntal drilling and made comparison with the costs to compare to the Barnett Shale
play in North Central Texas.
* Developed prospects in the Caddo Lake area of Northeat Texas/NW Louisiana in t
he Lower Bossier (Haynesville) Shale for Northstar Energy and its JV partner Wil
cox Operating in Shreveport, Louisiana. Also worked prospects in the Granite Wa
sh play just south of the Red River on Texas side and southeast of Wichita Falls
and north of Denton area (within the Gainesville area) with partner Bandera Exp
loration in Dallas.
* James completed a project (2004) in West Texas in the Permian Basin working th
e area east of Scurry Field in the Canyon Reef and Ellenberger play of Fisher an
d Kent Counties an play (Pennsylvanian-age reservoir reef rocks of the Strawn, C
anyon, Cisco and Wolfcamp) and is located some five miles from the Ocho Juan Fie
ld which has produced some 6,000,000 barrels of oil. This prospect has the prom
ise to produce 8.33 million barrels of oil and 7.22 billion cubic feet of natura
l gas. The first well will offset the Houston Oil and Amerada Woodard #1 well i
n Section 35/W2 and the Texaco Fisher wells in same area of Texas Pacific Railro
ad Survey in Fisher/Kent Counties of West Texas. Another project is offsetting t
o production in the East Vealmoor Field area in Borden County, Texas. He has ex
perience working the Permian Basin of West Texas from early 1980as period where
he worked in this area for Phillips Petroleum. Another area was the drilling o
f a well.in the Horseshoe Atoll. The Brazos River Prospect (a 7,000a test) is a
Canyon Reef play (Pennsylvanian-age reservoir reef rocks of the Strawn, Canyon,
Cisco and Wolfcamp) and is located some five miles from the Ocho Juan Field whi
ch has produced some 6,000,000 barrels of oil. This prospect has the promise to
produce 8.33 million barrels of oil and 7.22 billion cubic feet of natural gas.
The first well will offset the Houston Oil and Amerada Woodard #1 well in Sect
ion 35/W2 and the Texaco Fisher wells in same area of Texas Pacific Railroad Sur
vey in Fisher/Kent Counties of West Texas. Another project is offsetting to prod
uction in the East Vealmoor Field area in Borden County, Texas. He has experien
ce working the Permian Basin of West Texas from early 1980as period as well work
ing for Randy Kelly of Phillips Petroleum group in Houston. James was active in
prospect generation in Lea County, N.M. with partners of Yates Petroleum in Art
esia, N.M (Lewis Yates)..
* Project Gato Canyon Unit. The play area is part of the Santa Barbara-Ventura
Basin and surrounding areas of California. Gato Canyon is located in the Santa
Barbara Channel within the same anticlinal trend (Five Mile Trend) as Hondo, Pes
cado and Socate fields. Based on regional work, it can reasonably be expected th
at Gato Canyon field would drain Monterey Formation of similar reservoir quality
and thickness as seen in the other fields within the trend. Hondo, Pescado and
Socate fields are structurally controlled accumulations in the Monterey Formatio
n with Estimated Ultimate Recoveries (EURas) of 393 mmboe, 127 mmboe and 70 mmbo
e respectively. These fields combined have produced approximately 400 MMBO and
650 BCF, and are currently producing approximately 15 MMBO plus 35 BCF per year
based on projections from production data during 2003.
* The evaluation work was part of the extension work which indicated recoverable
reserves of 144 MMBOE with full development of federal and state leases. The e
valuation is outlined in supplemental materials provided to achieve goals of the
project.

ASRC Energy Services for ConocoPhillips, Alaska

Anchorage, Alaska 04
/02 to September, 2003
Senior Staff Geologist
a Performing duties as a petroleum consultant to variety of companies starting w
ith BP project (via II and T offices in Houston) working GOM offshore in North P
adre Island 890 Block and surrounding area within clastic reservoirs.
a Contract working for Conoco/Phillips in Anchorage, Alaska via ASRC Energy Serv
ices (Artic Slope Regional Corporation) on North Slope exploration in the Kapura
k River Unit, Colville River Unit Groups, NPRA and ANWAR Group, and Alpine Group
. He generated prospects, mentoring prospect generation, and taught Landmark co
urses to geoscience staff in Anchorage, Alaska in both geophysical and geologica
l applications. James was involved with prospect generation below HRZ unconformi
ty in the Kapurak Sand Formation. This involved mapping mostly in 3D/3D merged
surveys conducted along the area (both onshore and offshore in Beafort Sea) of t
he Barrow Ridge anticline.
a In Alaska (see webpage site for more details on Beluga Prospect in aActive Pro
spectsa folder on this webpage), James has worked prospects in Cook Inlet and th
e North Slope (onshore and offshore areas of Kuparuk, Colville River, Alpine Fie
lds and the NPRA). In Kuparuk Field area of North Slope, James developed new pr
ospects named Tern and NPRA called Powerline which was drilled successfully this
past winter, 2004.

McMoran Oil & Gas /CLK New Orleans/Houston

2000- 2002
Geophysical/Geological Sr. Advisor
a Duties as overseer of 610 Million dollar load from Halliburton to Mr. Jim Bob
Moffett to generate prospects in the Shell/Texaco portfolio of the offshore GoM
continental/deep GoM continental plays along with deepwater prospects in Garden
Banks, Marsh Island (Lighthouse Point, JB Mountain, Mound Point all adjacent and
updip of the Davey Jones Discovery recently cited and the John Paul Jones prosp
ect to be drilled in 2010); Crete GB 272, Ship Shoal, Mississippi Canyon prospec
ts. Performed depth imaging analysis on sub-salt and deep structural plays.
a As for the inland waters of Miocene production in South Louisiana, James has p
rospect generated in several trends in the Louisiana Gulf Coast both in the Lake
Washington area and in the State Leases of the transition zone of south Louisia
na. One of the prospects during his tenure with McMoran Oil and Gas/CLK in 2000
-2002, the Mound Point (State Lease 340) mapped the deeper potential from the lo
wer middle Miocene Operc section and the upper lower Miocene Gyroidina section.
The test well was drilled to some 18,680a and completed in the two mentioned lo
wer Miocene sections. This prospect resulted in a field discovery (see aWork Hi
story Chronologya) for McMoran Oil and Gas (and its partners at El Paso) of some
 estimated 2.4 TCF on what was originally Texaco acreage as result of farmouts.
The lower Rob L section had a structural crest on one of the McMoran farmouts
from Texaco. Another two lower Miocene tests were the Tiger Shoal (Tex 218 - 8
3) and Lighthouse Point Prospect (UPR 207-1, Tex 207-4, Tex 12) in the adjoining
state leases. These prospects led eventually to the discovery of Davey Jones P
rospect and eventually the John Paul Jones.

Andrews Group International AGI, Mexicana (sold to Core Labs in 12/1999) Housto
n, Texas and Pemex offices (whole country) and Caracas, Venezuela
Senior Geoscientist (Chief Geologist) June 1998 to January
2000
a Performed duties as an interpreter in geophysical, geological, and petrophysic
al applications in the Landmark program of integrated studies in reservoir chara
cterization through all offices of Pemex in Mexico, and for PlusPetrolas office
in Lima, Peru. Acted as prospect generator (more than 100 prospects), assessor
(mentoring), and course instructor for more than 36 areas of Landmark Graphicsa
programs for Pemex and other various companies throughout Latin America. Inter
preted and introduced several of Hampson-Russell programs, namely, AVO analysis,
Strata 3D, and Emerge (neuro-systems based) in several of Pemex' s offices in M
exico as workshops and course instruction. Continued to act as instructor and a
ssessor in all Landmark Graphics programs (36 different areas) through AGI for P
emex. Worked as principal prospect generator.
a Principally involved in evaluation (as sub-contract) of British Borneo Inter
national, LTD Santos Basin and Campos Basin areas for PetroBrasas offshore Brazi
l shelf exploration potential. During tenure with British Borneo International
, Ltd., three concessions were won in Blocks BS2, BS8, and BS8 of Santos Basin.
The project explored the turbidites of Oligo-Miocene shelf, Eocene shelf area,
Eocene turbidites, and sand deposition mapping of seismic facies across Cabo Fri
o Arch region. Turbidites in Block BC8 were of particular interest for their dr
illing potential. These targets were identified and mapped utilizing 2-D seismi
c and 3-D seismic grids. The mapping also delineated direction of sand transport
across the Cabo Frio Arch and strike-slip fault occurrence in same area of inte
rest. The modeling done showed transport of sands directionally from BC8 area i
nto BC4 and BS2 region from Northeast to Southwest across the Santos Basin. Iso
pach maps were generated along with structural maps.
a Worked on project in the Potiguar Basin (Arabaiana and Pescada Fields) of Braz
il partnered with El Paso Gas/Petrobras. This work was in the exploration of BM
-POT-11 and BM-POT-13 blocks in the Potiguar Basin offshore northeast Brazil.
a Worked the Campeche Shelf (Sonde de Campeche) offshore in the worldas second l
argest oil field, the Greater Cantarell Field (Ku-Maloob-Zaap) and the in Ciudad
del Carmen along with the Ek-Balam Field.
a Work on projects with Ecopetrol in Bogota, Colombia and taught courses in Cara
cas and B. A. in Argentina. Several projects were worked in the Malvinas Basin
offshore of Argentina and in Punta Arenas, Argentina. Very familiar with work i
n the Falkland Islands shelf region.
Landmark Graphics Houston, Texas, Mexico City, Aberdeen,Scot
land
Managing Director for Latin American Instruction and Manager of Conoco Operation
s at their Rubislaw House in Aberdeen, Scotland September 1997 - June 199
8
a Taught Landmark Graphics courses in geophysical applications, geological appli
cations, and petrophyscial applications in the Unix workstation environment in m
any offices around the globe during tenure, mostly concentrated in Latin America
n countries and European office sites. Certified in broad area of applications
of Landmark software, particularly, as applies to geophysical applications. Jam
es served on-site to Conoco and Royal Dutch Shellas offices in Aberdeen, Scotlan
d as G&G applications specialist. He worked several offshore areas in North Sea
and offshore Shetland Islands of North Atlantic. Taught courses in Royal Dutch
Shellas offices in Leevenhorst and Den Haag, Netherlands. Most responsibilities
involved the coordination and teaching of courses in Mexico Cityas office for P
emex (for Andrews Group International), PVDSA (Lagoven and Corpoven) offices in
Caracas, Venezuela, Amoco offices in Port-of-Prince, Trinidad, Petrobras, Rio d
e Janeiro, Brazil, Total and PlusPetrol offices in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Roy
al Dutch Shell(Nigeria) and Mobil Nigeria in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Taught al
l geophysical applications related courses in Landmarkas home office in Houston
along with several geological related, namely,StratWorks and Advanced StratWorks
; PetroWorks (petrophysical). Prospect in deepwater areas off Shetland Islands i
n Aberdeen, Scotland for Conoco,UK.
French International/French Production Houston, Texas
Exploration Manager (International) Septemb
er 1994 to 1997
a Performed duties as a full-time consulting geoscientist on retainer to Mr. Rob
in L. French, president and owner of French Production. Internationally, working
basin analysis in the Fergana Basin of both Kyrgystan and Uzbekistan. In the U
nited Kingdom, have a major concession on the EXL 259 license in the Pewsey sub-
basin of the Wealden Basin (onshore) and Wessex Basin with targeted prospect gen
eration in the Great Oolite and Sherwood Formation play, known as the Aughton Pr
ospect. Led multi-disciplinary, prospectivity studies of the Rotliegend in the
southern North Sea and the Triassic of the Central North Sea. Role involved ere
cting reservoir layering and correlation, mapping seismic facies and reservoir q
uality, and supervision of junior staff and third party contractors (Yates Inter
national, Geological evaluation of the Santa Elena Basin and Progresso Basins (b
oth offshore and onshore) area of Ecuadoras coastal region (Blocks 1 and 4) and
Gulf of Guayaquil (Block 3) is in progress. Also, involved in the evaluation o
f the Sub-Andean Play in the Oriente Basin in Block #28, working both the Napo a
nd Hollin Formations structurally. This Ecuadorian project was in conjunction wi
th the Tripetrol group based in Quito, Ecuador. In other areas of interest in So
uth America, currently evaluating plays and risks in the Madra de Dios and Beni
basins of Bolivia, the Chaco Basin of Bolivia and Paraguay, the Ucayali and Mar
anon Basins of Peru.
a In Colombia, generation of prospects in the Middle Magdalena Basin and working
thin-skinned tectonics in eastern thrust zone (working north of the Honda Thrus
t inclusive of the Bocachico Block and Rio Negro Block). In Venezuela, working
the Eastern Venezuelan Basin in the Quiamare Field area and south to the Santa R
osa Field as part of the Astra concession block and east to the Anaco Thrust are
a. Evaluated exploration potential in several plays in both Western Venezuela t
o as far east as the Gulf of Paria (Trinidad) in anticipation of the January 199
6 exploration round of bidding. The scope of this project is both in overseeing
the processing of the 3-D seismic and my own interpretations on a Landmark works
tation. Some eight different prospects have been delineated to date. Also,
prospect screening and evaluation of outside deals. Directed all activities of
E & P and a staff of five staff members.
a JV partner with Yates International in project within the Northern Iberian Bas
in of Spain.
MOBIL NEW EXPLORATION VENTURES (MNEV) Houston, Te
xas and Dallas, Texas; Caracas, Venezuela
a Senior Staff Explorationist 6/90 to 1/93
Assigned to generate and evaluate acrea
ge positions with PDVAS(Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A.) and its subsidiaries Marav
en, Corpoven, and Lagoven. Evaluated prospective areas within the Maracaibo, Ll
anos, Barinas, Falcon, Gulf of Venezuela Basins of Western Venezuela, the El Fur
rial Trend of Eastern Venezuelan Basin and offshore areas of the Gulf of Paria ,
Trinidad's Columbus Basin and Guyana. Worked with Ecopetrol of Colombia to eval
uate acreage positions in the Cesar, Catatumbo, Llanos, Magdelena (Upper and Mid
dle), and Putumayo Basins of Colombia and Ecuador. Generated oil prospects wit
hin these sub-Andean basins preliminary to being awarded concessions by Ecopetro
l. Produced seismic ray-trace models to aid in interpretation of overthrust str
uctures. Evaluated several basins both offshore and onshore in Argentina, name
ly, the San Jorge, the Malvinas and Austral basins, the Mendoza, the Cuyo and t
he Neuquen basins prior to YPF(Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales) invitation to
bidding on 145 exploration concession blocks between March and October, 1992. Mu
ch work was done with Dr. James Pindellas group both in Northern South America a
nd Trinidad (Gulf of Paria). Initiated areas of joint interests with Pemex in e
valuating prospective acreage in Northeastern Mexico (Burgos Basin) adjacent to
the Rio Grande in the Lobo Trend of Mexico and the extension of the Wilcox Flexu
re Trend into Mexico. Also, evaluated prospective acreage in offshore Yucatan w
aters and Belize. Developed RMS amplitude facies map for sequence stratigraphy
group for Mobil Nigeria as part of offshore 3-D seismic survey conducted in Gulf
of Guinea, Nigeria and analogs were made to Brazilian offshore shelf areas. Ge
nerated several attribute maps and RMS amplitude extractions for Mobil Niger in
Port Harcourt, Nigeria and worked Mobil Nigeriaas offshore properties for new p
lays. Consulted to Miocene team in Mobil's gas play in the Arun Field of North
Sumatra Basin of Indonesia as part of ongoing MNEV project to evaluate acreage.
a PlusPetrol (Lima, Peru) Evaluation of Block 54 (Corrientes and Pavayacu Fiel
ds) in the Maranon Basin of Peru for PlusPetrol (Argentina) in their Lima, Peru
office. Evaluation of these two fields resulted in several new development well
s, increasing their production by amount of 15,046 bbl/day. James was assigned
to the Maranon Basin for MNEV group and conducted 3D survey over large 4-way cl
osure structure in the Maranon Basin. One well was drilled.
a Mapped several prospect leads in the Hibernia Oil Field within the Jeanne daAr
c Basin on the Grand Banks for Mobil Oil Canada with half-graben prospects of th
e Atlantic-type margin. Another area was work on the Avalon basin within same g
eologic province.
a Mapped prospects in both carbonate and clastic regimes. In the foremost, James
is an international prospect generator utilizing strong workstation skills both
in geophysics and geology. James incorporated use of 2-D/3-D pressure predictio
n for velocity modeling on several subsalt type plays in offshore basins of worl
d.

TransAmerican Natural Gas Houston and Laredo, TX 1985- 1990

Chief Geologist/Geophysicist
Generation prospects in clastic reservoirs for this tenured period. TransAmeric
anNaturalGas, was one of the most active and aggressive exploration/development
companies working in South Texas/East Texas. TANG allowed my drilling of over m
ore than 300 of my prospects. These were drilled as wells into overpressured reg
imes requiring large fracas. I became very experienced in use of dip-meter log
interpretation along with frac technologies application. Most important was to
slide logs to interpret all faults, unconformities and zones of interest for bo
th exploration and development work in many formations, namely, Lobo, Wilcox, Sl
igo, Austin Chalk, Frio, Lower Bossier Sands, and Hayesville Shale. James mainta
ined use of ten drilling rigs along with three work-over rigs during his tenure
with this company. In charge of 19 drilling rigs and 3 workover rigs. Work inclu
ded with drilling horizontal wells and designing fracad jobs with frac heights c
alculated for frac lengths of 1200 to 1500a frac lengths. Most of this work was
done adjacent to the Rio Bravo (Rio Grande) across from the largest fields in P
emex Burgos Basin of Northern Mexico and with the trends crossing into South Tex
as. Many of the Pemex office in Reynosa came to know of his work back in the 19
80as by virtual of his work.
a Managed drillling superintendents and field personnel involved in the gas gath
ering systems inclusive of pumping stations, gaugers, pumpers, decision on start
up of compressors or shut-in if declines set-in, monitor all gas production, ant
icipated pipeline construction as with the most active pipeline needs occurred w
ith completion of new wells as drilled (stayed ahead of the completion and fraca
ing of all wells before going on-line into the gathering system, maintained reco
rds for the TRRC and all water boards (regulatory, permits for drilling, Federal
and State levels, DOT regulations, all injection well Tertiary recovery techniq
ues, waterflooding and CO2 injection on depleting wells
a Mapped prospects in both carbonate and clastic regimes. In the foremost, James
is an international prospect generator utilizing strong workstation skills both
in geophysics and geology. James incorporated use of 2-D/3-D pressure predictio
n for velocity modeling on several subsalt type plays in offshore basins of worl
d. (Please see webpage for more comprehensive coverage and listing of global bas
ins and company chronology).
Phillips Petroleum Europe/Africa International Group 198
1 - 1985 (Bartlesville, Okla
homa).
Geologist London, U.K. and Stravanger, Norway
offices
a Performed duties of both prospect generation and 2-D processing of seismic fr
om areas in Europe and Africa in offshore areas. Worked in the development of E
spoir Field, offshore Ivory Coast, and developed two prospects that were drilled
successfully. Worked in greater Ekofisk Field area of North Sea with London of
fice, as geophysicist assigned both land and marine data in the following areas:
North Sea (T-block: Thelma, Tiffany, and Toni fields and Central Graben), Ivory
Coast (offshore areas of Espoir field), Somalia offshore areas, and the Western
Desert of Egypt (part of the WEPCO group based in Alexandria, Egypt- processing
and prospect generation in the Alemein-Yidma areas of the Western Desert of Egy
pt). Authored numerous single and multi-well, cored-based, reservoir evaluation
studies of the Upper Jurassic (Fulmar, Heather and Kimmeridge), Middle Jurassic
(Brent Group and Pentland), Triassic (Skagerrak and Sherwood), Permian (Leman S
andstone, and Upper Carboniferous (Westphalian C/D and Namurian B/C) of the Nort
h Sea and East Irish Sea Basin.
a Phillips Petroleum (US Domestic, Bartlesville, Oklahoma) 1981 - 1983
Geologist/Geophysicist Bartlesville, Oklahom
a office
a James performed seismic processing of seismic and geological prospect generati
on of onshore coastal California (Monterey Formation) in the Salinas Valley-King
City region along with conducting a refraction seismic study of the Salinas Bas
in to aid in prospect generation. He processed and generated prospects in onsho
re coastal California (Monterey Formation) in the Salinas Valley-King City regio
n along with conducting a refraction seismic study of the Salinas Basin to aid i
n prospect generation. He conducted seismic acquisition and processing of offsh
ore OCS blocks in the Santa Barbara area and was instrumental in identification
of several prospect leads that led to Phillipsa buying of OCS blocks for future
offshore drilling in the Monterey Formation and others. This acquisition came t
o be among the highest costs Phillips ever pursued for offshore leases up to thi
s time in the 1980as. For environmental reasons, these OCS blocks were never t
ested for their oil potential and remain active prospects to this day. He worked
several areas in the San Joaquin Basin and the Central Valley of California in
Miocene type plays.
a Play development in Phillips Petroleum acreage in the Delaware Basin and surro
unding areas. This work was done in Randy Kellyas group working the Ellenburge
r Formation, the Fusselman Formation, Wolfcamp Formation and the Strawn Sands pr
ospecting. Also developed Devonian (not in age) prospects in the Lea County are
a of Southeast New Mexico. Drilled wells and corrected for velocity inversions
in the region. Most of the play was dealing with high platforms of deposits and
their downslope potential targets on the sides of the high structural platforms
.
a Offshore GOM processing and prospect generation in several Texas and Louisian
a prospects in the Brazos(Block A-34, Blocks A-33 & A-34), Matagorda Island( Blo
ck 715), Mustang Island(Blocks 742, 743, 752/753, 780, 787, 868/875, 749 NE/4),
North Padre Island(Blocks 974, Block A-9), High Island(Blocks A-561, A-298, A
-87, A-69, A-161/162, A-119/120), West Cameron(Block 61,62,184,185, 186) and So
uth Timbalier Bay areas of both Miocene and Pliocene-Pleistocene trends. Proces
sing and mapping of the "Deep" Lower Tuscaloosa Trend of southern Central Louisi
ana; processing and interpretation of the following Mid-Continental and Rocky Mo
untain regions in Wyoming and Montana Overthrust play as well as in the Rifle Va
lley area of Nevada, prospect generation in the Powder River Basin (Minnelusa Sa
nds) and Big Horn Basins: West Texas (Ellenberger), Western Oklahoma and Southwe
st Kansas Hugoton area (Morrow sands), and Montana (Madison and Red River Format
ions);
Phillips Southeast Asia
Geologist/Geophysicist
Perth, Australia and Jakata, Indone
sia offices
a Generated prospects in offshore area of Northwest Shelf of Australia, in the
Cooper/Eromanga Basin in onshore area of Queensland and South Australia, and in
the Carnarvon Basin. This work was supervised in conjunction with Perth office.
Processing and prospect generation in the Northwest Palawan area of the Phili
ppines (offshore area of Palawan-Sulu).and processing of data in the Pearl River
mouth (offshore South China Sea).
a A feasibility study of geological and geophysical potential for Inepetrol of t
he Trinidad Posa Complex offshore Venezuela and in the Gulf of Paria was done ov
er 3-month period with several prospect leads generated. This work included a
sequence stratigraphic appraisal of the three major producing horizons going fro
m onshore to offshore area of interest. Paper was published for use by Halliburt
on Energy Services and Mitishubishi internal use (Copy available upon request).
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Rapid City, South Dakot
a
Staff Instructor (allowed this privileged since being a High School Earth Scienc
e Teacher for six years after Military Service in Air Force)
9/78
to 4/80
a Taught courses in structural geology, advanced structural geology adjunct to D
r. Lisenbee (TA) and Dr. Jack Redden. Also taught Descriptive Mineralogy and O
ptical Mineralogy courses.
Exploration Logging USA (now Exlog) Hou
ston, Texas
Mud Logger/Wellsite Geologist
1/78 to 7/78

a Performed duties of a mudlogger in the field, primarily in Upper Texas Gulf Co

ast and South Louisiana areas. Described lithology and mineralogy of sections
in logging practice. All wellsite work performed duties as geologist/mud logger
in Gulf Coast areas of Texas and Louisiana.
RIO TINTO ZINC (and its subsidiary company in U.S.-The Pyrites Company) Wilming
ton, Delaware
Mineral Ore Technician
11/68 to 2/70 M
ineral ore processing and solvent extraction techniques of cobalt, copper and ni
ckel oxides and hydroxides. This work involved use of geophysical techniques in
finding new ore deposits in Canadian provinces.

CORE SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

a Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
a Strong organizational skills; unique and resourceful research capabilities.
a Tenacious and motivated to exceed expectations and create value for company.
a Excellent knowledge of all disciplines within an Oil & Gas Exploration and Pro
duction company; thorough understanding of how disciplines interact with one ano
ther to create positive, valuable results.
a Proficient in MS Office Suite; Landmark Graphics (certified instructor in more
than 9 programs within Geophysical Applications and StratWorks), thirty certifi
cations within Landmark products, SMT (2d/3D Pak, VuPak), Geoframe, HR software
(AVO, Seismic Inversion/Strata, Emerge, elog) , RMS (Roxar for geological modeli
ng), Petrosystems, Paradigm SKUA, Omni 3D design, NeuraView, NeuraMap, Neuralog,
Move 2D/3D, Paradigm GOCAD 2009; Rock Solids Images; CSEM technologies; Petrel
2009; Fekete Software; Drillinginfo.com web application; Fekete (well design, we
ll testing, F.A.S.T. (CBM, Piper, ValiData, VirtuWell, WellTest), Petrel 2009 (S
chlumberger), IMOSS (Rock Solid Images software for petrophysical analtysis), Pe
trosys mapping, Python 2.5, Omin 3D design, Neuralog (all packages), ArcGIS 9.3
SLX (Alcohol 52%), Oasis Montag (GeoSoft), Midland Valley (Move2, Move3, Move4)
a Solid understanding of geophysical/geological terminology, processes, and meth
ods for exploration.
a Construct a static 3D geological model of multi-stacked, deltaic reservoirs us
ing Petrel software; constructing integrated geocellular models honoring geoscie
nce and petrophysical data
a Broad knowledge base of geosciences, reservoir petroleum engineering practices
, drilling, well site operations, and computers (both Unix-based, PC-based, work
station software Landmark Graphics, Geoquest IESX/ Geoframe and Charisma), certi
fied in more than 30 geophysical/geological applications for workstation duties.
Proficient in sedimentology skills, sequence stratigraphy, creation of depositi
onal models, controls on reservoir quality, assessment of the 3D distribution of
reservoir facies, evaluation of rock properties, and the integration of geophys
ical/petrophysical and wireline log data using synthetics.
a Stong background in seismic sequence stratigraphy, geophysical interpretation
and geologic modeling for identification of syst tracts and seismic facies mappi
ng. Performs seismic attribute analysis, seismic inversion (HR Strata program),
and AVO analysis (Hampson-Russell).
a Proficient in log interpretation (sliding of logs and workstation methods) for
identification of formation tops, faults, correlations, and unconformities. Sk
illed in dipmeter log interpretation.
a VSP analysis and processing, correlations with Checkshot Surveys, and Walk-awa
y VSP, Salt-Proximity Surveys (course training and VSP processing via Bob Hardag
e during tenue with Phillips Petroleum)
a Practical 3D Stochastic Modeling (Roxar training) for earth modeling
a Reservoir modeling to include geocellular and geostatistical techniques integr
ating 3D seismic derived attributes using programs such as RMS(Roxar) and SigmaV
iew; simulation of multiple realizations of the geocellular model, stochastic mo
deling
a Structural Geology Extensional and Compressional Tectonics
a Play Analysis & Risk Analysis( Peter Rose & Associates)
a Amplitude Attribute Analysis and Amplitude Extraction using PostStack/Pal and
StratAmp
a AVO anaylsis using Hampson-Russell (Pro3D-AVO), course instruction by Dan Hamp
son
a Seismic inversion ( using Hampson-Russellas Strata3-D)
a Sierra/Landmark Depth Team Explorer (3-D Ray Tracing and Velocity Modeling)
a Rock Physics using Dvorkian (Stanford U.) package using fluid substitution ana
lysis
a Pore Pressure Prediction (AAPG and SEG courses) and pressure forecasting; have
use of programs like PSTAR on geofluids and pore pressure plots via Penn State
Univ.
a Balanced Cross-sections reconstruction(Midlands Valley) for thrust-faulted reg
imes using 3D Move4
a Emerge(Hampson-Russell) Prediction of petrophysical logs from other logs, Pre
diction of petrophysical logs from seismic attributes; predict reservoir propert
ies using seismic attributes and well log data. The technique focuses on target
data at the well locations using multi-linear and neural network algorithms unti
l an optimum transform is derived. Cross validation is used to give confidence i
n the transform, prior to its application to the whole seismic volume. Any measu
red or calculated logs such as porosity, density of water-saturation may be pred
icted and the technique may also be applied in pure log applications
a Construct a static 3D geological model of multi-stacked, deltaic reservoirs us
ing Petrel software; constructing integrated geocellular models honoring geoscie
nce and petrophysical data
a Coherency Technology Skilled and uses discontinuity volumes that are a product
of a post stack noncoherent algorithm that expose faults fractures that might n
ot have been seen in a regular time slice.
a Use of 2-D/3-D pressure prediction for velocity model building
a Seismic Processsing Training ( Promax 2-D and 3-D using ProMax3-D)
a Balanced Cross-sections reconstruction(Midlands Valley) for thrust-faulted reg
imes using 3D Move4
a Gravity and Magnetics (Douglas Guion of Colorado Energy Minerals)
a Hydrocarbon Indicator Analysis
a Well Log Editing for cycle skips, etc. (LogEdit)
a Well Queries and GeoData Bases( OpenExplorer)
a 3-D ray tracing and depth fold mapping (from PoSDM and PreSDM) for depth imagi
ng technology
a Interpretation of faulting in complex settings both in compressional and exten
sional tectonic regimes
a OSHA training for environmental hazards and offshore rig hazards

CERTIFICATIONS & PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

a American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) a" Active Member
a Society of Exploration Geophysicist (SEG) a" Active Member
a EAGE (European Association of Geoscientists/Engineers)
a Geological Society of America (GSA)
a Past Memberships in both Houston Geological Society and the Geophysical Societ
y of Houston
a Asociacin Latinoamericana de Geofsica Espacual (ALAGE)

EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
N
EWARK, DELAWARE
Bachelor of Arts in Math/Physics/Geology/Geophysics
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY
WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA
WORKED ON Masters in Atmospheric Physics while on Active Duty during Vietna
m War AT LANGLEY, VA
SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES
RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA
Completed graduated studies for PH.D. in Geology/Geophysics but left before def
ending thesis for industry position
Military Service for 13.5 years with both US Navy and US Air Force as Weather Fo
recaster during Vietnam War. 115th Weather Squadron, Ft. Lewis, State of Washing
ton, Langley AFB (TAC headquarters), Thule AFB, Greenland (North Atlantic Weathe
r Artic), Ft. Eustis, Williamsburg, VA

Papers of Recent Significance

Contributing co-author to Mobil's DRL-MEPSI report: "Methodology For Seismic Str
atigraphic Analysis", RR910319-1, March 19, 1991- now used as Mobil Oil's "stand
ard bible" for sequence stratigraphy for all of its offices-worldwide.
Cited numerous times both in Oil & Gas Journal (from 1987 to 1991) a
nd Petroleum Information Reports (1987 to1991) for discovery wells and developme
nt wells in Lobo Trend and Wilcox (Perdido Sands) Trend during working tenure at
TransAmerican Natural Gas.
Poster session paper presentation for SEPM's Mesozoic and Early Cenozoi
c Development of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Region 13th Annual Researc, Co
nference held at the Adam's Mark Hotel (December 6-9, 1992): "Seismic Convergenc
e Zone Between the Polochic and Motagua Fault Systems in the Lago del Izabel and
Bahia de Amatique areas of Guatemala"
Hartas Exploration E & P (several papers in this publication that I authored on
West Africa on Guinea and other parts of the Transform Marginal Play), and other
journals within last 3 years
Offshore Guinea gets new look
By James R. Spear, Hyperdynamics
Encouraging seismic data may open the door to an underexplored area.
(see http://www.epmag.com/search.php?q=Offshore+Guinea+gets+new+look&sort= )
Geoscientists confirm Hyperdynamics positive AVO results
By Rhonda Duey, Senior Editor
Results support existence of fluid in giant oil and gas prospect offshore Guinea
.
West Africa: So much oil, so little money
By Rhonda Duey, Senior Editor
Hyperdynamics may be sitting on the play of the century. Itas just looking for a
few good risk-takers.
Several articles in Offshore Magazine (June 2008 on Guinea, West Africa,
Guinea exploration under way in earnest (co-author this paper)
http://www.offshore-mag.com/index/article-display/332238/articles/offshore/volum
e-68/issue-6/geology-geophysics/guinea-exploration-under-way-in-earnest.html