Richard W.
Richard W. Ball
Director
Detring Energy Advisors, Houston
Academic Degrees

  • 2007 – M.S., Geology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  • 2007-15 – Chevron Training Program, including:
    • Reserves and Uncertainty
    • Software and Modeling
    • Lean Sigma (Green Belt Certification)
    • Field Studies
  • 2005 – B.S., Geology, Stephen F. Austin State University

Experience

  • 2016-Present – Director, Detring Energy Advisors, Houston
  • 2012-16 – Chevron Southern Africa Strategic Business Unit
  • 2012-16 – Development Geologist-Angola Block 0
  • 2010-12 – Exploration Geologist-Gulf of Mexico
  • 2007-10 – Development Geologist-San Juan Basin
  • 2006 – Contract Geologist, Chevron (Topp Knotch, Lafayette, La.)

 

AAPG Activities

  • 2002 – Joined AAPG – Member EMD and DPA
  • 2020-22 – House of Delegates (HoD) Membership Committee
  • 2018-20 – Treasurer, AAPG Executive Committee
  • 2018-20 – Budget Review and Finance, Audit Review, and Investment committees
  • 2017-18 – Visiting Geoscientist Special Interest Group
  • 2017-18 – Credentials Committee, HoD
  • 2016-17 – General Vice Chair, ACE Organizing Committee
  • 2015-18 – HoD delegate, Houston Geological Society
  • 2014-16 – Ad Hoc Committee on Governance
  • 2013-15 – Secretary, AAPG Executive Committee
  • 2013-15 – Executive Committee Liaison (Preservation of Geoscience Data; Public Outreach; Youth Educational Activities; History of Petroleum Geology, Professional Women in Earth Sciences)
  • 2013-15 – HoD At-Large delegate
  • 2013-15 – Member, Astrogeology Committee
  • 2010-13 – Chair, Student Chapters Committee
  • 2008-10 – Vice Chair, Young Professional Committee
  • 2007-12 – Director, Student Chapter Leadership Summit
  • 2007-10 – Vice Chair, Student Chapters Committee
  • 2005-08 – Member, Education Committee
Professional Affiliations
  • Houston Geological Society
  • Lafayette Geological Society
  • Tulsa Geological Society

AAPG Honors & Awards

  • 2018 – Distinguished Service Award
  • 2017 – AAPG Certificate of Merit, ACE 2017 General Vice Chair
  • 2016 – James A. Hartman Service to Students Award
  • 2013 – AAPG Certificate of Merit, Student Chapters Committee Chair

 

  • 2010, The Highs and Lows of Subsalt Exploration in Southeastern Green Canyon, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico - A World-Class Petroleum System
  • 2009, LIDAR Imaging Technology Used to Reduce Cycle time, and Costs while Increasing Safety and Stakeholder Alignment
  • 2009, Digital Regional Investigation of the Wilcox Group of Northern Louisiana: Application to Coalbed Natural Gas Evaluation
  • 2007, Regional Subsurface Investigation: Coal Accumulation in the Wilcox Group, Northern Louisiana
  • 2006, Ore Petrographic Aspects of Recent Basaltic Andesite from Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica

Presentations and publications I have been a part of concentrated on lessons learned from work projects that focused on geo-modeling, geosteering, lean sigma application, and offshore exploration. Some publications are not listed as they were deemed company confidential.

Executive Committee