Kent E Newsham 2016 CV

Resume for Kent E. Newsham
Employment History
Occidental Petroleum Corp
2016 Chief Petrophysicist – Unconventional Resources. Reporting to the VP of Subsurface Characterization and
SVP OOG Subsurface Technical Services & Support. Promoted to a dual reporting role, both line manager and
functional Chief. Assumed the leadership of the Permian Basin Petrophysics community comprised of the
Appraisal, Reservoir Characterization, Surveillance and Rock Properties teams; 23 employees. Appointed to
the Oxy Reserves Board. Functional responsibilities will include coordination of data management, staff
alignment, skills assessment and promotion tracking.
2015-2016 Senior Petrophysical Consultant. Reporting to the VP of Exploitation. Responsible for developing Oxy’s
Petrophysical-Engineering workflow for evaluating organic mudstone and tight oil systems within the Permian
Basins. The workflow includes elements of core and pore pressure analysis, PVT, relative permeability, and
geochemistry components, all up-scaled from point measurements into profiles using well logs. The new
workflow training and documentation were provided across Oxy’s Petrophysics and Engineering community.
Pore pressure from 3D seismic methods were developed and implemented.
Apache Petroleum Corp
2013-2015 Chief of Staff – Geosciences & Distinguished Petrophysics Advisor. Continue COS duties (as defined
below) and serve as the Distinguished Petrophysics Advisor on Apache’s North American New Venture
Exploration team. Responsibilities include provision of technical mentorship of team members, building and
execution of basin to prospect level cross discipline workflows, and directing all Petrophysical evaluations.
Functional activities include core and log analysis, geochemical assessment, rate transient analysis, IFOT-DFIT
interpretation, decline curve analysis and analytic or numerical reservoir simulation.
2011-2015 Chief of Staff – Geosciences. Assist COO in preparation of reports, briefings, speeches, presentations and
other formal communications for analyst conference calls and BOD meetings. Collaborate with the Chief
Science Officer in alignment of technology with regions. Collaborate with COO and EVP of HR in key role
staffing and promotion recommendations for G&G staff. Serve as liaison between Chief Operating Officer and
region management in all aspects of G&G talent management. Work with HR in establishing skills matrix,
skills gap analysis and personal development plan structure for G&G staff. Coordinate with Recruiting and
Training initiatives to insure proper structure and alignment with regions. Meet with G&G staff annually for
one-on-one discussions. Aid in career path development and provide career move recommendations.
2011 Global Director Petrophysics and Distinguished Advisor. Advisor to the EVP of Technology and CEO of
Apache. Responsibilities include providing Petrophysical-engineering consulting services to all of Apache
global operations, Business Development and International New Ventures teams. Core technical area is
Petrophysics, advising for world-wide exploration, development and production activities for Apache. Special
areas of interest include unconventional natural gas systems such as tight gas and gas-shale. I also provide well
log and core analysis services and mentoring. Participate on the Apache academic recruiting team. I
established the Apache-OU Co-Operative in Petrophysics; a Petrophysical-Engineering research and
development initiative at the University of Oklahoma. This is a rock lab-based program which focuses on the
description and measurement of storage and flow capacity in ultra-low permeable systems.
2008-2011 Director Petrophysics. Same as above.
2006-2008 Manager Petrophysics. Same as above.
Kent Newsham31827 Edgewater Drive, Magnolia, TX 77354 281-789-7037 tex-a-cali-helen@comcast.net

2004-2006 Senior Petrophysics Advisor. Advisor to the EVP of Technology and CEO of Apache. Responsibilities
include providing Petrophysical consulting services to Canada, Egypt, Argentina, GOM and the Tulsa Regions.
Areas of impact include the Granite and Atoka Wash of the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma, Devonian Shale
of NEBC, Qasr Field of Egypt, and carbonate reservoirs of West Texas. Co-discovered Ootla, the Horn River
Basin Devonian Gas-Shale system.
Anadarko Petroleum Corp
2001-2004 Petrophysics Advisor. Expanded responsibilities include providing consulting services to Canada,
International, the Deep Water GOM, and the Nautilus Training Alliance. Focus of interest is currently on “tight
gas sand” reservoirs. Actively support DOE projects on fracture stimulation (East Texas, Bossier) and Gas
Hydrates (Alaska, Hot Ice). Involved in many research consortiums including UT’s Formation Evaluation,
Penn State’s Petroleum Geofluids, Geocosm’s Touchstone diagenetic modeling, and KSI’s DEA 199 on pore
pressure.
1999-01 Project Petrophysicist. Provided core analysis and Petrophysics support for the East Texas and North
Louisiana Bossier tight gas sand play, Delaware Basin of west Texas, California, and the Foothills of Alaska.
Considered Anadarko’s expert in geomechanics, pressure and core analysis and log interpretation. Other
activities include providing support in seismic rock properties modeling, geocelluar modeling, and single-well
natural gas reservoir simulation studies.
BPAmoco Corp.
1999 Engineering Petrophysicist. High Value Wells-Deep Water/Subsurface Wells providing analysis of shallow
hazard surveys, abnormal pore pressure determination and assessment of shallow water flow risk.
Amoco Petroleum Corp.
1997-99 Amoco Petrophysics Center of Excellence. Research on relationships between rock strength, stress, and
reservoir production and the effects on borehole stability and sand production. Graduated as the top ranked
Petrophysicist of the Class of 1998.
1997 4-D Seismic Team, EPTG/GT/Formation Evaluation. Calibrated seismic attributes to physical rock
characteristics and aided in developing screening criteria for 4-D candidate reservoirs.
1992-97 Field Studies Team, Amoco EPTG/GT/Formation Evaluation. Characterized reservoir fluids, pores, and rock
types into flow units to seed reservoir simulation studies and to determine the economic level of interest in
investment.
1992-96 Eurasia Resource Acquisition Team, EPTG/GT/Formation Evaluation. Prospected throughout Eurasia for
investment opportunities. Services included on-site Petrophysics and FE support, contract negotiations for data
packages, and on-site field reserve assessments.
Unocal
1988-92 Division Advising Petrophysicist, International Division. Sole Petrophysicist for all worldwide E&P activity.
Provided well site analysis, field studies, and reserve analysis for unitization, equity, and audits.
1981-88 Division Petrophysicist/ Area Exploitation Geologist, West Coast Division. Responsible for all division well
logging, core and Petrophysics activities. Coordinated geologic development of Sacramento Basin gas
reserves.
Gearhart Industries
1979-81 Senior Field Engineer. Gearhart Industries. Well logging in PA, TX and CA.
Dresser Atlas
1978-79 Field Engineer. Open hole well logging in TX and OK.

Education
1997-98 Amoco Petrophysics Center of Excellence. A one-year, master’s-equivalent program in Petrophysics (see Oil & Gas
Journal, Aug. 3, 1999, pp. 71-72). Thesis: Sand Strength/Controls on Sanding, Tertiary Sediments of Trinidad
1980-82 University of Southern California, graduate studies in marine sedimentation under Dr. Gorsline.
1980 Gearhart Industries Logging School. Graduated as the top ranked engineer.
1979 Dresser Atlas Logging School
1978 B.S. in Earth Science/Geology with Certification in Marine Science, Penn State University, State College, PA
Undergraduate thesis: The Origin of the Carolina Bays (1978)
1977 Penn State Research Honors Program, Wallops Island (VA) Marine Science Consortium
Continuing Education and Professional Development
2009 Nautilus M162 – The Stratigraphy & Structural Geology of a Devonian Gas Shale play: A field workshop focused on
the Marcellus of the Appalachian Basin
2007 Apache Alluvial Fan Field trip to Death Valley, Ca.
2005 Nautilus AC42 – Reservoir Sedimentary and Stratigraphy of Coastal and Shelfal Secessions
2003 Nautilus M24 - Characterizing Fractured & Faulted Reservoirs: Scaling of Hydraulic Properties. This is a field
course describing the various elements of fractures and faults and the fluid flow response to these flow modifiers.
2002 Nautilus M56 - Turbidite Systems & Their Response to Thrust & Fold Structures.
This is a field course taught by Ken McClay and Joseph Munoz in the Pyrenees
of Northern Spain.
2001 Nautilus M-11 High Frequency Sequence Stratigraphy. This is field course taught by Andy
Pulman in the Book Cliffs of Utah.
2001 Pressure Transient Testing: Design and Analysis. This is a two-week course taught by Dr. James T. Smith using
PanSystem software.
2001 Material Balance Decline-Type Curve Analysis. This is a four-day course taught by Dr. Tom Blasingame using the
Material Balance Decline Type Curve software.
2001 RMS Geocellular Modeling. This is a one-week course in the use of the RMS software.
Academic Affiliations/Activities
2011-12 Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geosciences Board of Advisors.
Professional Affiliations/Activities
2009 Technical Program Committee Member, SPE/AAPG/SEG Workshop from Macro to Micro - The Description
and Analysis of Tight Gas Sand Reservoirs
2007 Steering Committee Member, SPE Applied Technology Workshop Advances in Performance Diagnostics for
Fractured and Horizontal Wells 19–21 September 2007 — Rimrock Hotel — Banff, Canada
2007 Beyond Decline Curves, SPE Applied Technology Workshop Advances in Performance Diagnostics for
Fractured and Horizontal Wells 19–21 September 2007 — Rimrock Hotel — Banff, Canada
2007 Petrophysics and the Reservoir Integration Process Model (RIPM), SPE Applied Technology Workshop
Advances in Performance Diagnostics for Fractured and Horizontal Wells 19–21 September 2007 —
Rimrock Hotel — Banff, Canada

2003 An Integrated Workflow Using Multiple Data Sources, Scales, and Methods to Reduce Uncertainty in
Reservoir Characterization, 2003 SPWLA Fall Topical Conference Uncertainty, Petrophysics, and Reservoir
Valuation Galveston, TX October 12-16, 2003
2004 Reservoir Characterization: Capturing the Elusive “Stranded Barrel” Petrophysics Technology, 2004 SPE
Forum Series – Enhancing Value of Mature Fields: Technology or Efficiency?
1996-98 SPE Review Committee on Well Logging and Formation Evaluation
1988-89 SPWLA Steering Committee Member, SPWLA Symposium on MWD
1986-87 President, Ventura Chapter of the SPWLA
1985-86 Treasurer, Ventura Chapter of the SPWLA
1978 to present Member of: AAPG, SPE, SPWLA, and SCA
Endowments
The Newsham-Comisky Endowment in Petroleum Engineering at Pennsylvania State University was established in 2012 and
provides funds necessary for undergraduate students in the petroleum field of study to participate and attend the SPE
Petrobowl, an annual academic competition related to petroleum engineering.
The Newsham-Farris-Apache Petrophysics Endowment at the University of Oklahoma was established in 2007 and funds
scholarships for undergraduate students in the petroleum Engineering and Geologic-Engineering with an expressed interest,
activity and emphasis in Petrophysics.
The Newsham Petroleum GeoSystems Endowment at the Pennsylvania State University was established in 2001 to promote the
study of Petroleum Geosciences and to provide funds to defray expenses for the Wallops Island Field Camp and stratigraphy
field trips.
Co-sponsor of the Dr. Roger J. Cuffey Fund for Paleontology in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at the Pennsylvania
State University, in honor of his undergraduate advisor.
Patents
Three significant patents for Vapor Desorption technology were co-authored by Pat Lasswell of Weatherford Laboratories and
Kent Newsham of Apache Corporation. The patents relate to the use of an electronically controlled humidity chamber to
measure extended range air/brine capillary pressure on preserved rock fabrics. This analyses system can be used with both
conventional and unconventional resource plays to provide superior pore structure information. With enhanced data quality,
economic assessments are more accurate and reliable. The patents cover the extended range vapor desorption analysis as well
as applications which relate to the transform of mercury injection data and to the extension of electrical properties
determinations in difficult resource applications. The specific descriptions of each of the three patents involved are as follows:
Patent 7171843 (2-6-2007) concerns the transform of mercury injection capillary pressure data through the use of high pressure
vapor desorption capillary pressure data; through the integration of air/brine vapor desorption capillary pressure analyses data,
mercury injection data can be transformed or modified to yield pore throat and pore volume capillary pressure response that is
more representative than traditional methods.
Patent 7406857 (8-5-2008) covers the analyses method and procedural outline for obtaining high pressure air/brine vapor
desorption capillary pressure through the use of an electronically controlled humidity chamber. The pressure range equals or
exceeds that obtained with high pressure mercury injection analyses.
Patent 7453266 (11-18-2008) combines air/brine vapor desorption capillary pressure analyses with electrical properties
(resistivity index) investigations. This process extends the desaturation range of resistivity index investigations from 1,000 psi

to greater than 15,000 psi. As a result, the analyses programs can be extended to include accurate electrical assessment of very
low porosity tight gas sand materials.
Invited Presentations and Poster Sessions
“Beyond Decline Curves: Life-Cycle Reserves Appraisal Using an Integrated Work-Flow Process for Tight Gas Sands”,
Unconventional Reservoirs Workshop, Moore Norman Technology Center, Norman, Oklahoma August 20, 2009
“Petrophysics at Apache”, University of Oklahoma, Mewbourne School Geologic Engineering Seminar Series, Oct. 12, 2007
“Petrophysics at Apache”, Pennsylvania State University, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and the Department of
Geosciences, 2006
“Petrophysics at Apache”, University of Texas, Jackson School of Geosciences, 2005
“A Comparative Study of Laboratory Techniques for Measuring Capillary Pressures In Tight Gas Sands”, paper SPE 89866
presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX, Sept. 26-29, 2004
“Klinkenberg-Corrected Permeability Measurements in Tight Gas Sands: Steady-State Versus Unsteady-State Techniques”,
paper SPE 89867 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX, Sept. 26-29, 2004
“Reservoir Characterization: Capturing the Elusive Stranded Barrel; Petrophysical Applications,” SPE Invited Discussion
Leader, 2004 SPE Forum Series – Enhancing Value of Mature Fields: Technology or Efficiency, June 20-256, 2004,
Broomfield, C0.
“An Integrated Workflow Using Multiple Data Sources, Scales, and Methods to Reduce Uncertainty in Reservoir
Characterization,” SPWLA Invited Key Note Speaker for the Topical Symposium on Uncertainty, Petrophysics, and Reservoir
Valuation, Oct. 12-16, 2003, Galveston, TX.
“Measurement of the Two-Phase Gas Slippage Phenomenon and Its Effect on Gas Relative Permeability in Tight Gas Sands,”
paper SPE 84297 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, CO, Oct. 5-8, 2003
“Use of Vapor Desorption Data to Characterize High Capillary Pressures in a Basin-Centered Gas Accumulation with Ultra-
Low Connate Water Saturations”, paper SPE 84596 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition,
Denver, CO, Oct. 5-8, 2003
“Low Resistivity Cotton Valley Reservoirs: Their Morphology and Diagenesis”, poster session presented at the AAPG Annual
Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, May 11-14, 2003.
“Laboratory and Field Observations of an Apparent Sub Capillary-Equilibrium Water Saturation Distribution in a Tight Gas
Sand Reservoir,” paper SPE 75710 presented at the SPE Gas Technical Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 2-5, 2002.
Presented three internal Anadarko project posters at Anadarko’s Annual Technology Conference, 2002.
Produced and presented a Forum on Tight Gas at Anadarko’s Reservoir Engineering Conference in Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
2002.
“An Integrated Work-Flow Model to Characterize Unconventional Gas Resources,” papers SPE 71351 and 71352 presented at
the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, Sept. 30-Oct. 3, 2001.
“Comprehensive Analysis of Russian Petrophysics Measurements”, at the 36th
Annual SPWLA Logging Symposium, 1995.
Publications
J.T. Comisky, Apache Corp., M. Santiago, B. McCollom, Poro-Labs Inc., A. Buddhala, University of Oklahoma,
K.E. Newsham, Apache Corp. “Sample Size Effects on the Application of Mercury Injection Capillary
Pressure for Determining the Storage Capacity of Tight Gas and Oil Shales”, CSUG/SPE 149432, Canadian
Unconventional Resources Conference held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 15–17 November 2011.

Shariat, SPE, R.G. Moore, SPE, S.A. Mehta, SPE, and K.C. Van Fraassen, SPE, University of Calgary; K.E.
Newsham, SPE and J.A. Rushing, SPE, Apache Corp. “Laboratory Measurements of CO2-H2O Interfacial Tension at
HP/HT Conditions: Implications for CO2 Sequestration in Deep Aquifers”, CMTC , Carbon Management
Technology Conference held in Orlando, Florida, USA, 7–9 February 2012.
A. Shariat, SPE, R.G. Moore, SPE, S.A. Mehta, SPE, and K.C. Van Fraassen, SPE, University of Calgary; K.E.
Newsham, SPE and J.A. Rushing, SPE, Apache Corp. “A Laboratory Study of the Effects of Fluid Compositions on
Gas-Water Interfacial Tension at HP/HT Reservoir Conditions ”, SPE-146178-PP, SPE Annual Technical
Conference and Exhibition held in Denver, Colorado, USA, 30 October–2 November 2011.
F. Tabasinejad, SPE, R. G. Moore, SPE, S. A. Mehta, SPE, K. C. Van Fraassen, SPE, Y. Barzin, SPE, University
of Calgary, J. A. Rushing, SPE, Anadarko Petroleum Corp., K. E. Newsham, SPE, Apache Canada LTD. “Water/CO2
system at high pressure and temperature conditions: Measurement and modeling of density in equilibrium liquid and
vapor phases”, SPE 131636-PP, SPE EUROPEC/EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition held in Barcelona,
Spain, 14–17 June 2010.
F. Tabasinejad, SPE, R. G. Moore, SPE, S. A. Mehta, SPE, K. C. Van Fraassen, SPE, Y. Barzin, SPE, University
of Calgary, J. A. Rushing, SPE, Anadarko Petroleum Corp., K. E. Newsham, SPE, Apache Canada LTD. “Density of
high pressure and temperature gas reservoirs: Effect of nonhydrocarbon contaminants on density of natural gas
mixtures”, SPE 133595-PP, SPE Western North America Regional Meeting held in Anaheim, California, USA, 26–
30 May 2010.
C.H. Sondergeld, SPE, University of Oklahoma; K.E. Newsham, SPE, J.T. Comisky, SPE, M.C. Rice, SPE, Apache
Corp; and C.S. Rai, SPE, University of Oklahoma “ Petrophysical Considerations in Evaluating and Producing Shale
Gas Resources”, SPE 131768 PP, SPE Unconventional Gas Conference held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 23–
25 February 2010.
J.A. Rushing, SPE, Anadarko Petroleum Corp., K.E. Newsham, SPE, Apache Corp., and T.A. Blasingame, SPE,
Texas A&M University, “Rock Typing-Keys to Understanding Productivity in Tight Gas Sands”, SPE 114164-MS,
SPE Unconventional Reservoirs Conference, 10-12 February 2008, Keystone, Colorado, USA, 2008
J.A. Rushing, SPE, Anadarko Petroleum Corp.; K.E. Newsham, SPE, Apache Corp.; and K.C. Van Fraassen, SPE,
S.A. Mehta, SPE, and G.R. Moore, SPE, University of Calgary, “Laboratory Measurements of Gas-Water Interfacial
Tension at HP/HT Reservoir Conditions”, SPE 114516-MS, CIPC/SPE Gas Technology Symposium 2008 Joint
Conference, 16-19 June 2008, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2008
S.A. Mehta, SPE, and G.R. Moore, SPE, University of Calgary, “Natural Gas z-Factors at HP/HT Reservoir
Conditions: Comparing Laboratory Measurements With Industry-Standard Correlations for a Dry Gas”, SPE 114517-
MS, CIPC/SPE Gas Technology Symposium 2008 Joint Conference, 16-19 June 2008, Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
2008
S.A. Mehta, SPE, and G.R. Moore, SPE, University of Calgary, “The Catalytic Effects of Non-hydrocarbon
Contaminants on Equilibrium Water Vapor Content for a Dry Gas at HP/HT Reservoir Conditions”, SPE 114517-MS,
CIPC/SPE Gas Technology Symposium 2008 Joint Conference, 16-19 June 2008, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2008
J.A. Rushing, SPE, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; K.E. Newsham, SPE, Apache Corporation; A.D. Perego, SPE,
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; J.T. Comisky, SPE, Apache Corporation; and T.A. Blasingame, SPE, Texas A&M
University, “Beyond Decline Curves: Life-Cycle Reserves Appraisal Using an Integrated Work-Flow Process for
Tight Gas Sands”, SPE 109836-MS, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 11-14 November 2007,
Anaheim, California, U.S.A., 2007
J. T. Comisky, SPE, Apache Corp., K.E. Newsham, SPE Apache Corp., J.A. Rushing, SPE, Anadarko Petroleum Corp., and
T.A. Blasingame, SPE, Texas A&M University paper SPE 11“A Comparative Study of Capillary-Pressure-Based Empirical
Models for Estimating Absolute Permeability in Tight Gas Sands”, SPE 110050 presented at the SPE Annual Technical
Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX, 11-14 November 2007, 2007

C.H. Huet and J.A. Rushing, Anadarko Petroleum Corp.; K.E. Newsham, Apache Corp.; and T.A. Blasingame, Texas A&M
U.,” Estimating Klinkenberg-Corrected Permeability From Mercury-Injection Capillary Pressure Data: A New Semi analytical
Model for Tight Gas Sands”, SPE 102890-MS, Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Technology Symposium, 16-18 April 2007,
Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.,2007
P.M. Lasswell, OMNI Laboratories Inc., K.E. Newsham, Apache Corp. and J.A. Rushing, Anadarko Petroleum Corp.,”
Laboratory Analysis Of Electrical Rock Properties And Capillary Pressure In Tight Gas Sands With Low Water Saturations”,
Insite CWLS Magazine, Vol. 2, Issue 24, June 2005
F.A. Florence, Texas A&M U.; J.A. Rushing, Anadarko Petroleum Corp.; K.E. Newsham, Apache Corp.; and T.A.
Blasingame, Texas A&M U.,” Improved Permeability Prediction Relations for Low Permeability Sands”, SPE 107954-MS,
Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Technology Symposium, 16-18 April 2007, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., 2007
C.C. Huet, Texas A&M U.; J.A. Rushing, Anadarko Petroleum Corp.; K.E. Newsham, Apache Corp.; and T.A. Blasingame,
Texas A&M U., “A Modified Purcell/Burdine Model for Estimating Absolute Permeability from Mercury-Injection Capillary
Pressure Data”, SPE 10994-MS, International Petroleum Technology Conference, 21-23 November 2005, Doha, Qatar, 2005
Newsham, K.E., et.al., “Methane Hydrate Production from Alaskan Permafrost Logging Operations, January 28, 2003 to
March 19, 2004”, Topical Report DE-FC26-01NT41331, February 2005
K.E. Newsham, Apache Corp.; J.A. Rushing, Anadarko Petroleum Corp.; P.M. Lasswell, OMNI Laboratories Inc.; J.C. Cox,
Texas Tech U.; T.A. Blasingame, Texas A&M U.., “A Comparative Study of Laboratory Techniques for Measuring Capillary
Pressures In Tight Gas Sands”, paper SPE 89866 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston,
TX, Sept. 26-29, 2004
J.A. Rushing, K.E. Newsham, et.al., “Klinkenberg-Corrected Permeability Measurements in Tight Gas Sands: Steady-State
Versus Unsteady-State Techniques”, paper SPE 89867 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition,
Houston, TX, Sept. 26-29, 2004
K.E. Newsham, R. Sigal, and J.T. Kwan, “An Application For Correcting Thermal Gradients Below Permafrost Using An
Empirical Diffusion Model.,” Advances In the Studies of Gas Hydrates, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Pub, J.T. Kwan and C.E.
Taylor, Eds., 2004.
J.A. Rushing, A. Chaouche, and K.E. Newsham, “A Mass Balance Approach for Assessing Basin-Centered Gas Prospects:
Integrating Reservoir Engineering, Geochemistry and Petrophysics,” presented at the 2003 Reservoir Geochemistry II
Conference, London, England; Petroleum Reservoir Geochemistry II: Linking Reservoir Engineering and Geochemical
Models, eds. John Cubitt, et al., Special Publications, Geological Society of London (2004).
K.E. Newsham, J.A. Rushing, and P.M. Lasswell, “Use of Vapor Desorption Data to Characterize High Capillary Pressures in
a Basin-Centered Gas Accumulation with Ultra-Low Connate Water Saturations,” paper SPE 84596 presented at the SPE
Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, CO, Oct. 5-8, 2003.
J.A. Rushing, K.E. Newsham, and K.C. Van Fraassen, “Measurement of the Two-Phase Gas Slippage Phenomenon and Its
Effect on Gas Relative Permeability in Tight Gas Sands,” paper SPE 84297 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference
and Exhibition, Denver, CO, Oct. 5-8, 2003.
K.E. Newsham, and J.A. Rushing, “Laboratory and Field Observations of an Apparent Sub Capillary-Equilibrium Water
Saturation Distribution in a Tight Gas Sand Reservoir,” paper SPE 75710 presented at the SPE Gas Technical Conference,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 2-5, 2002.
K.E. Newsham and J.A. Rushing, “An Integrated Work-Flow Model to Characterize Unconventional Gas Resources: Part
I--Geological Assessment and Petrophysical Evaluation,” paper SPE 71351 presented at the 2001 SPE Annual Technical
Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, Sept. 30-Oct. 3, 2001.
J.A. Rushing and K.E. Newsham, “An Integrated Work-Flow Model to Characterize Unconventional Gas Resources: Part
II--Formation Evaluation and Reservoir Modeling,” paper SPE 71352 presented at the 2001 SPE Annual Technical Conference
and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, Sept. 30-Oct. 3, 2001.

K. Newsham, G. Gunter, and G. Kullman, “Application of Non-Destructive Continuous Motion X-Ray Analysis for
Petrophysical Reservoir Characterization Studies,” Society of Core Analysts Annual Conference, Abu Dhabi, Sept. 2000.
E. Rodriguez, D. Tetzlaff, C. Smart, K. Newsham, and H. Cansler, “A Flexible Method for Accurate Volumetrics in Complex
Lithologies”, 1996 Society of Mathematical Geology.
J. C. Tingey, Kent Newsham, and R. Nelson, “Comprehensive Analysis of Russian Petrophysical Measurements”, SPWLA 36th
Annual Logging Symposium, June 26-29, 1995.
Internal Company Reports
G. Ruckgaber, M. O’Brien, K. Newsham, K. Rockwood, T. Kragas, C. Sondergeld, and G. Riggert, “Recent Developments in
4-D Seismic Methods,” EPTG Geoscience Technology Bulletin, F97-G-20, June 1997, Tulsa, OK.
N. Higgs, K. Newsham, and J. Zhang, “Significance of the Thermal Component of In Situ Stress,” EPTG Geoscience
Technology Bulletin, F98-G-09, June 5, 1998, Tulsa, OK.
I. Palmer, K. Newsham, and J. Zhang, “Use of Cohesive Strength Measurements to Predict Critical Drawdown Pressures in
Trinidad Sands for Stability of OH Horizontal Wells and the Need for Gravel Packing Wells,” EPTG Geoscience Technology
Bulletin, F98-G-10, June 11, 1998, Tulsa, OK.
N. Higgs and K. Newsham, “Results of Finite Element Depletion Simulations for Immortelle 18/19”, Amoco Internal Report,
Nov. 13, 1998, Tulsa, OK.
Awards
AAPG Best Poster in Theme, “Low Resistivity Cotton Valley Reservoirs: Their Morphology and Diagenesis”, AAPG Annual
Conference held in Salt Lake City, UT., May 11-14, 2003 (John Neito personal communication, AAPG Judge).
Obtain membership to the Pennsylvania State University Obelisk Society for establishing the Kent and Helen Newsham
Petroleum GeoSystems Endowment in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, 2003.
Awarded Best Poster for, “An Integrated Work-Flow Model to Characterize Unconventional Gas Resources: Parts I and II,”
papers SPE 71351 and 71352, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, Sept. 30-Oct. 3, 2001.
Amoco Distinguished Service Award In Recognition of Outstanding Achievement for Accomplishments during Petrophysics
31, 1997-1998, given by Richard Flury (Executive Vice President) and Wolfgang Schollenberger (Vice President).
Awarded SPWLA Second Best Poster for, “Comprehensive Analysis of Russian Petrophysical Measurements,” SPWLA 36th
Annual Logging Symposium, June 26-29, 1995. (the paper was so well received that it was published in a Russian Well
Logging Journal in 1996. I do not have the specific reference, however.)
Amoco Recognition and Reward Program for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Transfer between Amoco and Sonagol
(Angola NOC), 1995.
Amoco Recognition and Reward Program for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Analysis of the Bombay High Field,
given by the Bombay High Production New Ventures Team, 1994.
Amoco Recognition and Reward Program for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Analysis of the Australia NW Shelf
Regional Project, given by the Australia NW Shelf Team and the Geoscience Technical Services Organization., 1993.
SPWLA, Award of Appreciation for services provided as SPWLA Ventura Chapter President, 1997.
Classes Taught
The following classes have been taught at various times at Amoco's Petrophysics Center of Excellence, directly at Anadarko, or
within the Nautilus Training Consortium at Anadarko:
Introduction to Formation Evaluation Introduction to Geomechanics
Probabilistic Interpretation Methods Capillary Pressure Methods
Sand Strength Determination Methods Pore Pressure Methods

Computer and Software Proficiencies
Log analysis Software: Synergy’s Interactive Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Software: StimPlan,
Petrophysics; Petcom's Powerlog, Recall Gas3D and Vertex (reservoir simulation); Pansystem (pressure
Western Atlas' WDS and Express systems, Geolog transient analysis); RTA and WPA (decline type curve analysis
Pore Pressure Analysis Software: Drillworks Geologic Applications Software: Petra, Geographix
Predict, Landmark’s Presgraf and Petrospec’s
GPES.
Programming Languages: Basic, Fortran, and Visual Basic
References: Available upon request

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