Brad Hayes is President of Petrel Robertson Consulting Ltd., a geoscience consulting firm engaged by industry, government, and legal and financial organizations. PRCL addresses technical and strategic issues concerning conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon exploration and development. Under Brad’s direction, PRCL has developed particular geoscience expertise in unconventional hydrocarbons, including oil sands, tight reservoirs, and shale plays.
Brad earned a PhD in geology from the University of Alberta, and a BSc from the University of Toronto. He joined PRCL in 1996 after 15 years of exploration experience in operating companies, including Shell Canada and Canadian Hunter. Brad is an active member of the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG), and served as its President in 2001. He currently serves as a Board member for the Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources (CSUR), and is serving his second three-year term as a Councillor for the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA). Brad was recently appointed an Adjunct Professor in the University of Alberta Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.
Brad has presented and moderated at numerous technical conferences, and is a prominent media commentator on upstream petroleum industry issues.
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