Paul Curtis is a senior petroleum geologist and geomodeller with over 13 years of experience in the industry, specializing in prospect creation and redevelopment. His notable roles include leading geological support for exploration in Iran and managing several significant discoveries across various countries including Denmark and the UK. Curtis has also authored over 30 professional reports and has a range of technical skills in geological modeling and data interpretation.

1. Paul CURTIS
Senior Geologist
Contact Detail:
Apartment 26
15 Victoria Street
Liverpool
L2 5QS
+44 (0) 7966 369 170
Ptcurtis55@gmail.com
Profile
Senior Petroleum Geologist / Geomodeller with over 13 years of industry
experience from frontier prospect creation to brown field redevelopment.
Expert geomodeller. Worked for different types of operator: small independent
to major. Reliable and committed team player with vast experience of working
closely with geophysicists, reservoir & petroleum engineers and drillers
Work Experience
May 2016 – Date
London / Liverpool
Paul Curtis
Consultant
 Providing geological support to a small consortium securing Iranian
exploration licences with a view to making deals with larger companies.
Please note: Dec 2014 to Feb 2016 was spent on a world trip.
July 2011 – Oct 2014
London
PA Resources
Senior Geologist
 Lead Development Geologist – Broder Tuck Discovery, Denmark.
 Led a full appraisal of the discovery and ensured a compelling case for
implementing major changes to the reservoir correlation. This also
involved managing and co-ordinating large Chemostrat, Biostrat &
Sedimentology studies. Built a complete Petrel geomodel and
recommended three development scenarios.
 Appraisal Geologist – Turquoise Discovery, Congo.
 Re-assessed the deep water channel sequences. I produced a new
understanding of juxtapositions across the main fault that satisfied all data
& gave a complete fill and spill explanation for each accumulation.
 Lead Development Geologist – Fiddich Discovery, UK.
 Completed all the geological work to ensure the winning of this licence
(awarded with a record number of points). Fully appraised the discovery
& built Petrel geomodel. Culminated in a complete development plan.
 Lead Appraisal Geologist – Ekland Prospect, UK.
 Identified & completed a full assessment of this complex, pinch-out
prospect. Mean reserves ~ 750 bcf and 75 mmbc.
 Exploration Geoscientist – Block 8, Greenland.
 Our team assessed the whole of Block 8 (11,000 km2
). Included seismic
interpretation in a frontier acreage. Led to the identification & ranking of
around 50 leads & prospects identified.
Feb 2008 – May 2011
Aberdeen
Enquest Ltd
Senior Geologist
 Lead Production Geologist – Thistle Field, UK.
 Led a complete reinterpretation and built a fully integrated reservoir
(Petrel) geomodel. Identified several new drilling options and
implemented a 4 well drilling campaign. The first 2 wells drilled (in 21
years) improved production from ~4,500 bopd to ~13,000 bopd.
Previous Experience:
Areas worked:
IT Skills:
Advanced:
Petrel
All Window applications
Basic:
Seisworks
Kingdom
Irap RMS
Gocad
Petro Image Xplorer
Petroview
Production
Development
Exploration
Appraisal
UK
Denmark
Greenland
Congo

2. Language Skills:
Basic French (OCR Level 2)
Basic Spanish
Communication Skills:
Led or assisted in several successful
farm out/in. Presented at industry
convention presentations.
I have a proven record of convincing
the need to change geological
concept where necessary.
I have always worked as part of
teams with international personnel.
Various roles have included close
communication between London,
Aberdeen, Paris, Oslo, Copenhagen,
Houston, Nuuk, Alberta and
Stockholm via telephone, email,
video conferencing and personal
meeting.
My report writing skills are concise
and professional - I’ve written or co-
written over 30 reports including
regional handbooks, prospect /
discovery assessments, field geology
studies, dataroom reports, field
development reports and
relinquishment notes.
Interests and Hobbies:
Health is very important to me; I
regularly attend the gym and enjoy
distance running (completed 7
marathons). I love hiking along the
coast or in the hills.
Football is my favourite sport. I
regularly play 5-a-side and 11-a-side,
representing various amateur
clubs in the past.
I also enjoy music, history and art. I
am a self-taught guitarist and bass
guitarist. I performed live many
times and recorded several tracks
with various bands. I am an
accomplished painter and have sold
work in several galleries.
Nov 2005 – Feb 2008
Aberdeen
CNR International
Geologist
 Production Geologist - Murchison Field, UK.
 Reassessed the field and led a detailed post-mortem report on 76 wells.
Created multiple new opportunities, provided targets and assisted the
drilling. Completed 2 successful producers, 1 injector & a near field
exploration well. Led a produced water re-injection study. This included
managing and collaborating 4 outside contractors.
 Exploration Geologist - Northern North Sea, UK.
 Assisted and implemented recommendations on 4 external datarooms.
Reviewed and updated CNR’s Northern North Sea portfolio in order to
make drill or drop decisions.

Mar 2002 – Nov 2005
Aberdeen
Total E&P UK plc
Geologist
 Near Field Exploration Geologist – Elgin Franklin HPHT area.
 Constructed and enhanced a regional scale 3D geomodel built in RMS for
exploration in the HPHT area.
 Regional Facies Modelling – Elgin Franklin, UK.
 Created a detailed 3D facies model using gOsed (pre-industrialised
software in testing). Produced a detailed sequence stratigraphic
interpretation across both fields.
 New Ventures Geologist – Central Graben, UK.
 Assessment of prospects, discoveries & farm-in opportunities including
data rooms. Recommendations ensured 2 successful farm-ins, 2 positive
relinquishments, and approval for one exploration well.
 Exploration Geologist - Central Graben (HPHT), UK.
 Assisted on the PGS Megasurvey project over 32 blocks, 5460 km2
of 3D
seismic and 236 wells. A complete project, close collaboration with
geophysicists on well post-mortems, sequence stratigraphy, regional X-
sections, paleoenvironments, reservoir analyses, seal, trap and migration
potentials. Produced 87 potential targets. Total actively implemented 8
farm-ins following the results of this project.

Sept 2001 – Mar 2002
Aberdeen
Talisman Energy
(6-month contract) Geologist
 Regional overview of the Witch Ground and Buchan areas
Education
2000 - 2001 1997 - 2000
University of Aberdeen University of Liverpool
MSc
Petroleum Geoscience
BSc (Hons) First Class
Geology and Physical
Geography
Thesis: “3D Interpretation of Tertiary
Inversion Structures & Implications of
Uplift to Seismic Velocity analysis in
the Foinaven–Schiehallion Sub-basin.”
Completed at Enterprise Oil.
Dissertation: “The Geology of
Camaret Sûr Mer (Brittany,
France)”