HOD OFFICER CANDIDATES
Peter Lloyd
Schlumberger-retired, Hon. Prof. Heriot Watt University
Born: 1952, Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom
It is a great honor to be asked to run for the office of Chair-Elect of the House of Delegates. And as I shall be the first non-North American candidate to seek election to this position, it puts rather special responsibilities on my shoulders. Let me first thank all of my HoD colleagues who, over the last 12 years, have done so much to make the AAPG a truly international organization. The Regions have been consistently supported by the members of this House, the Advisory Council and our Executive Committee. Our recent deliberations on the Constitution and Bylaw Committee have just shown how well we are positioned with our assets well protected and liabilities limited. And with the new headquarter offices being set up in strategic oilfield centers around the world, the Regions are fully empowered to recapture any ground that the AAPG might have lost in recent years to the big overseas societies and other organizations.
My position has been and continues to be that we will secure sound growth by streamlining the way we deliver services, including the innovative ideas and technologies pioneered in the EMD and DEG divisions, and professional competence and ethics spearheaded by the DPA. The Sections are an inspiration to how the Regions should communicate and interact with their local Affiliates, as a means of building strong partnerships.
I also hope we can put behind us some of those Global Corporate Structure ideas that would have undermined the strength and independence of the Sections and “NAFTA-erized” the Americas. I believe we have already done enough to be welcoming and inclusive to geoscientists around the world, and need not make compromises on qualification and experience requirements to gain new members. We must also be extremely careful that corporate memberships offered to National Oil Companies do not result in lower professional and ethical standards. We must also seek to avoid the shift towards a non-elected leadership structure that was experienced by the SPE when they followed this path.
In summary, I like that first “A” in AAPG, I like the organization as I see it today. I do not want us to rush into measures that weaken our professionalism simply to get “better looking membership numbers”. I offer my energy and experience from working in six different continents (including eight years in the USA), to assist the globalization process, but pledge to work to maintain strength and stability across the domestic Sections. With my 10 years in the HoD (including work on four different HoD committees), my time on the EC (as AAPG Vice-President), on the AC (as the Asia Pacific Region President), as Chair and Vice-Chair of various AAPG Standing Committees and doing a range of volunteer work in outreach programs, I promise to be a safe pair of hands on the tiller and to uphold the traditions of our great Association.
Academics
- 1974 Bachelor with Honors, University of Cambridge, UK, Natural Sciences, Geology,
- 1978 Masters, University of Cambridge, Natural Sciences, Geology,
- 1994 Adjunct Professor, University of Texas, EE & CE Dept, Software Engineering Masters Program
- 1997-1998 Visiting Professor, University of Brunei
- & 2005 Geoscience Masters Program, Honorary Professor, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Petroleum Engineering Masters Program, current
Honors and Awards
- 2008 AAPG Honorary Membership
- 2005-2006 EAGE Distinguished Lecturer
- 2003 AAPG Certificate of Recognition
- 2002 AAPG Certificate of Merit
- 2000 AAPG Distinguished Service (Special Commendation) award
- 1999-2000 SPWLA Distinguished Speaker
- 1999 SPWLA Award of Appreciation
Experience
- 1974 -1978 British Petroleum, Geologist in UK, Dutch and German Sectors of North Sea
- 1978-1981 Deminex, Senior Geologist, Latin American E&P Project Manager
- 1981-1982 Schlumberger, Venezuela, Chief Geologist, Latin America
- 1982-1984 Schlumberger, Netherlands, Marketing and ID Manager, North Continental Europe
- 1984-1987 Schlumberger, France, Senior Engineer, Worldwide Field Test Coordinator of Formation Micro-Scanner, and Geological Workstation Applications
- 1987-1990 Schlumberger, Texas, Senior Engineer, Workstation Systems
- 1990-1995 Schlumberger, Texas, Manager of Quality Assurance at ASC Centre of Excellence (QA lead for 14 Schlumberger Engineering Centers)
- 1995-1997 Schlumberger, Indonesia, Chief Geologist for Asia-Pacific
- 1998-2000 Schlumberger, Malaysia, Interpretation & Development Manager for Malaysia, Brunei and Philippines
- 2000-2002 Schlumberger/NExT, Malaysia, Manager Asia-Pacific
- 2002-2004 Schlumberger/NExT, Abu Dhabi, Manager Mid East & Asia Pacific
- 2004-pres retired, currently Honorary Professor Heriot Watt and NExT Lecturer
Affiliated and Associated Societies and Sections
- 1999-2002 AAPG Asia Pacific Region, President
- Visiting Geoscientist, Asia Pacific Region, 39 university visits
- 2006 Member of Technical Committee for Perth ICE
- 2005 DEG session co-chair, Paris ICE
- 1999-2002 Geological Society of Malaysia, Life Member, President of Petroleum Geoscience Special Interest Group
- 1999-2002 Director of the Circum Pacific Council for Malaysia
- 2000 Member of Organizing Committee & technical session chair of Bali ICE
- Life Member, South East Asia Petroleum Exploration Society
- 1986 Member of Technical Committee & session chair for Nice ICE
- Life member of the Geological Society of Malaysia
- Fellow and Chartered Member of the Geological Society of London
AAPG Activities
- DPA, EMD, DEG member:
- 2005-2006 AAPG Candidate for President Elect
- 2002-2003 AAPG Vice President and member of the Executive Committee
- since 1996 International Regions Committee, Chair 2001-2002 and 2007-2010
- 2008-2010 HoD member of Constitution & Bylaw Committee
- 2008-2011 HoD Delegate, Asia Pacific Region, Indonesia
- 2008-pres DEG Advisory Board
- 2006-2007 Chair of HoD Resolutions Committee
- 2007 HoD Nominations Committee
- 2005-2008 HoD delegate, Europe, France
- 2005-2006 HoD vice-chair of Resolutions Committee
- 2002-pres DEG Associate Editor of the Environmental Geoscientist
- 2003-2004 HoD ad hoc committee on Sectional & Regional representation
- 2004-2006 Chair of the AAPG’s West European Distinguished Lecturer program
- 2004-2005 HoD Alternate, Asia Pacific Region, Singapore
- 2005-2006 Tactical Operations, Finance and Budget Committees
- 1999-2002 Distinguished Lecturer Committee, & 2004-2006
- 2003-2005 International Vice Chair of Visiting Geoscientist Committee
- 2002-2004 HoD Delegate, Asia Pacific Region, Malaysia
- 1999-2002 AAPG Advisory Council member
- 1999-2002 HoD Alternate, Asia Pacific Region, at large
- 1999-2001 Membership Committee
- 1999-2002 Service Team Leader, Asia Pacific, AAPG
Other Professional Organizations
- Life Member of Indonesian Petroleum Association
- 2002 Technical Committee & Session Chair, SPWLA Oiso International Symposium
- 2002 Co-convener of SPE Education Symposium, Bali
- 1998-2001 SPWLA Regional Director, Far East
- 1999-2000 President of the Formation Evaluation Society of Malaysia
- 1999 Technical Committee for SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference, KL
- Member of European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers
- Member of the Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts
- Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers
Publications
Presented more than 30 technical papers in petrophysics, the integration of geological data, software engineering and education/personnel development. Given 65 industry schools on Petroleum Geoscience, Subsurface Facies Analysis and Log Interpretation.