1. Kenneth MacAllister
26 Dick Place, Edinburgh, EH9 2JJ
kennethmacallister@yahoo.co.uk
Career Summary
Geophysicist with 28 years operating E+P experience. UKCS and international exploration, appraisal,
and development. Identified opportunities for brown field life extension, and exploration targets resulting
in several successful discoveries internationally. Specialist in seismic interpretation, depth conversion,
reservoir characterisation, rock physics and seismic inversion. Proven record in hydrocarbon discovery,
appraisal and development. Strong presentation skills. Multidisciplinary team player.
Current Employment 2010-present, Bowleven Oil and Gas, Chief Geophysicist, Edinburgh
Sub Saharan Africa focussed exploration
 Functional responsibility for all internal and external geophysical activities.
 Prospect generation on 3D PSTM seismic resulting in significant hydrocarbon discoveries.
 Identified new play Etinde opening fairway resulting in IM-5 Intra Isongo discovery well.
 Project managed 4C 3D OBC seismic processing on time and within budget.
 Interpretation and depth conversion of field development specific PPPS 3D 4C seismic.
 Implementation of RokDoc software enabling inhouse rock physics modelling.
 Instrumental in adoption of essential Petrel software for Etinde Development Project.
 Successful integration of rock physics evaluation resulting in appraisal target selection and fairway
derisking.
 Facilitated international workshop and aligned JV partners and SNH.
 Responsible for G+G group activities in Bowleven/Euroil Cameroon office.
 Presentations to management, partners and SNH and international conferences.
 Author and presenter of Bowleven IM-5 exploration/appraisal success at EAGE 2014 annual
conference, Amsterdam, SEG 2014 annual conference, Denver, and PETEX 2014, London.
Employment hist. 2009-2010, Dana Petroleum Plc, Deputy Exploration Manager (Zeitco JV), Cairo, Egypt
 Responsible for East Zeit (EZ) Field, Gulf of Suez, subsurface activity.
 Initiated and managed several G+G projects relating to EZ. All within budget.
 Interpretation of EZ Field 3D PSDM seismic volumes resulting in infill well selection adding
significant resource.
 Responsible for Petrel implementation, training and fieldwide static model build.
 Subsurface coordination of EZ Field Development Planning.
2005-2009, Apache North Sea Ltd, Senior Geophysicist - Aberdeen
 Forties Field development geophysicist.
 Responsible for 2005 Forties 3D/4D seismic acquisition, processing and inversion projects.
 Interpretation of Forties 3D/4D seismic volumes resulted in drilling of ~12 infill development wells
per year. Infill drilling and workovers increased production from ~40kbopd to ~70kbopd.
 Forties infill drilling target portfolio enabled risked and ranked well locations to be high graded.
 Responsible for borehole seismic acquisition enabling anisotropy evaluation and thin pay identification.
 Forties reservoir Petrel model build for FRDP – seismic interpretation and depth conversion.
2001 – 2004, Cairn Energy India PTY, Senior Development Geophysicist - Chennai, India
2003-2004  Rajasthan onshore RJ-ON-90-1 appraisal/development geophysicist.
 Interpretation of Rajasthan 2003 Saraswati field 3D seismic and identification of infill well locations.
 Saraswati declaration of commerciality, and field development plan.
2001-2003 Offshore Gujarat, Lakshmi Field interpretation, mapping, depth conversion of 2001 3D seismic.
Stacked channel development recognition leading to optimisation of key development wells.
Liaison with ONGC and DGH technical staff, building good local relationships.
Prospect generation and development well planning resulting in field coming on stream within plan.
Built and integrated Geoviz 3D model for use in well planning process.
Presentation to management, JV partners and DGH.

2. Kenneth M MacAllister
1997 – 2001, Kerr McGee UK (pre-April’99 Oryx Energy), Senior Geophysicist -Aberdeen
Ninian Field Production Geophysics.
Ninian Field interpretation, mapping and depth conversion of 1995 field-wide 3D seismic.
Management of outsourced PSTM and PSDM reprocessing of 1995 3D seismic.
Resulting data improvements enabled identification of new infill target locations.
Prospect studies leading to drilling key development wells, opening up Ninian North and East flank.
Champion of Oryx Ninian field Prospect Portfolio, and development of well planning process procedure.
Lead geophysicist, Ninian Field 4D (time lapse) Seismic Feasibility Study. (Co-author PETEX98).
Oryx/Kerr McGee, (Ninian Field) representative for DTI Link research MIND project (4D research).
Responsible for Ninian east flank development, integrating coherence technology. (PETEX 2000 paper).
1990 - 1996 BG E+P, Geophysicist - London/Reading/Staines
1995-1996 Secondment to British Gas Trading Reservoir Group.
Technical and commercial evaluation of various operators’ producing fields.
Recommendation to analysts on material balance and expert/legal intervention on gas contracts.
1992-1995 Geophysicist responsible for BGE&P acreage in the UK Southern North Sea.
12th, 14th, and 16th UKCS licence round evaluations. Applications successful.
Gravity, magnetics, depth migration and depth conversion sensitivity integration.
Prospect evaluation and risking in conjunction with exploration geologists.
1990-1992 Geophysicist responsible for BGE&P acreage in the UK Central North Sea.
Instrumental in operatorship transfer of block 30/8 from Amoco to BG.
Seismic interpretation led to Tertiary 30/8-2 (Peach) discovery.
1988-1990, Geoteam UK Ltd, Geophysicist - Aberdeen.
Acquisition and interpretation of high-resolution seismic data.
Responsible for offshore QC during seismic acquisition operations.
Liaison with clients and final reporting.
1985, Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Co.Ltd, Geologist, Rustenburg, South Africa.
University summer placement in South Africa.
Successful in national selection process.
Practical experience and research, involving mapping of Merensky and Pothole Reef.
Education 1986-87 Aberdeen University, M.Sc. Petroleum Geology.
1982-86 Strathclyde University, B.Sc. (Hons.2.1) Applied Geology.
Software Experienced user of various UNIX and PC based seismic interpretation software.
Most recently Schlumberger Petrel, SMT Kingdom, and RokDoc
Personal PESGB, EAGE, SEG, FGS and Chartered Geologist.
Interests Telemark ski touring, swimming, and cycling.
Personal British, DOB. 27/11/64.