Tom Bjorklund

Research Scientist
Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
University of Houston

Resume

Summary

Supervisory and technical experience with three major oil and gas exploration and development companies ranging from exploitation and close-in exploration in the Los Angeles basin, Utah-Wyoming thrust belt, Anadarko and Arkoma basins, San Juan basin and S. Texas Vicksburg trend to international operations in the frontier areas of Pakistan, S. China and Trinidad. Broad-based skills in structural geology, reservoir description, reserve estimation and risk-weighted prospect analysis. Led multidisciplinary teams responsible for geologic operations on drilling wells in wide range of geographic settings. Facilitated cross-disciplinary teamwork and partner relationships. Experience with UNIX workstations, the SMT Kingdom suite, 2DMove, ArcInfo and the application of advanced seismic attributes to assess subsurface reservoirs for CO₂ sequestration potential.

Professional Experience

Selected Field Studies (carried out or supervised)

• Anchutz Ranch-Jurassic Nugget sandstone, gas, Utah
• Beurline-Oligocene Vicksburg overpressured gas sands, Texas
• Brea-Olinda-Tertiary turbite-channel sandstones, heavy oil, California
• Cat Canyon-Miocene fractured Monterey shale and chert, oil, California
• Cement-Paleozoic overpressured gas sands, Oklahoma
• Dickman, Mississippian porous zone, CO₂ sequestration, Kansas
• Geysers-Jurassic fractured Franciscan metamorphics, geothermal steam, California
• Howard Townsite-Tertiary distal turbidites, oil, California
• Hugoton-Panoma-Paleozoic gas-bearing carbonates, Kansas
• Javelina-Jefferie-Oligocene Vicksburg overpressured gas sands, Texas
• La Copita-Oligocene Vicksburg overpressured gas sands, Texas
• Long Beach-Tertiary distal turbidites, waterflood, California
• Los Indios-Oligocene Vicksburg overpressured gas sands, Texas
• McAllen Ranch-Oligocene Vicksburg overpressured gas sands, Texas
• Mocane-Laverne-Paleozoic carbonates and sandstones, gas, Oklahoma
• MonteCristo-Oligocene Vicksburg overpressured gas sands, Texas
• Newport-Cambrian sandstone, meteoric impact structure, oil, N. Dakota
• Orcutt-fractured Monterey shale, oil, California
• Patoka, Trenton and Mt. Simon sandstone, CO₂ sequestration, Illinois
• Pavillion-Tertiary gas sands, Wyoming
• Red Oak-Paleozoic tight gas sands, Oklahoma
• Red Wash-Tertiary lacustrine sandstones, high pour-point oil, Utah
• Rincon-Oligocene Vicksburg overpressured gas sands, Texas
• Roscrans-Tertiary distal turbidites, oil, California
• San Juan Basin-Tertiary coalbed methane, New Mexico
• Schmidt-Oligocene Vicksburg overpressured gas sands, Texas
• Seal Beach-Tertiary distal turbidites, oil, California
• Slocum-Tertiary Carrizo sands, steam drive, East Texas
• Teapot Dome, Tensleep sandstone, CO₂ sequestration, Wyoming
• Tract C-b-Eocene oil shale, underground mine evaluation, Colorado
• TWG-Paleozoic gas sands, Oklahoma
• Wattenberg-Cretaceous tight gas sands, Colorado
• Weatherford-Paleozoic gas sands, Oklahoma
• Whitney Canyon-Mississippian Madison limestone, sour gas, Wyoming
• Wilburton-Paleozoic gas sands, Oklahoma
• Yorba Linda-Tertiary turbidite-channel conglomerates, steam-soak, California

Operations Areas-Domestic

• Anadarko and Arkoma basins-field development and stepout drilling, Oklahoma
• California and Alaska offshore hazards evaluations-platform and pipeline site surveys
• Denver basin, infill drilling, Wattenberg field
• Hugoton Embayment-infill drilling, Kansas
• Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Maria basins, California-field and exploratory drilling
• Powder River basin, Montana and Wyoming-appraisal core holes, surface coal mine planning
• San Juan and Raton basins-coalbed methane development, New Mexico and Colorado
• South Texas Vicksburg-overpressured sandstones, gas, stepout drilling
• Uinta, Piceance and Sand Wash basins, Utah and Colorado-field and exploratory drilling
• Utah-Wyoming overthrust belt-field development and exploratory drilling
• Williston basin-field and exploratory drilling, North Dakota
• Wyoming foreland basins, tight gas sand development and lease maintenance

Operations Areas-International

• Teak, Poui, Mora, Cassia, Samaan fields and Gulf of Paria-exploration seismic surveys and development drilling, offshore Trinidad and Tobago
• Liuhua 11-1 field area-Pearl River-Mouth basin, exploratory drilling, South China sea, PRC
• Indus and Kohat licenses-exploratory drilling, Northwest Territories-Pakistan

Employment History

University of Houston (2008-Present)

Research Scientist, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

University of Houston (2006-2008)

P.I. and Project Manager, Center for Applied Geosciences and Energy, DOE CO₂ sequestration project

University of Houston (2003-2008)

Research Scientist, Department of Geosciences

Amoco Production Company (1978-1994)

Senior Geological Associate, Houston, Texas (1993-1994)
Director of Exploration, Amoco Pakistan Exploration, Islamabad, Pakistan (1992-1993)
Senior Geological Associate, Houston, Texas (1991-1992)
Chief Geologist, Amoco Orient Petroleum Company, Shekou, China (1990-1991)
Chief Geologist, Amoco Trinidad Oil Company, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago (1989-1990)
Division Exploitation Geologist-Denver, Colorado (1981-1988)
Staff Geologist, Denver, Colorado (1978-1981)

Shell Oil Company (1966-1978)

Senior Geological Engineer, Houston, Texas; Los Angeles, California; New Orleans, La.

Chevron Oil Company (1962-1966)

Geologist, Denver, Colorado, Salt Lake City, Utah

Academic Background

University of Houston, Geology, Ph.D., 2002
Dissertation: Evolution of the Whittier fold-fault system of the northeastern Los Angeles basin, California

University of Texas at Austin, Geology, M.A., Minor: Math, 1962
Thesis: Structure of Horse Mountain anticline, Brewster County, Texas

California Institute of Technology, Geology, B.S. with honor, 1960