Vol. 58 No. 7

July 2006

Rick Nelson, SPE, is a petrophysical consultant in exploration for BP in Cairo. His areas of technical expertise include operations petrophysics, coring and core analysis, seismic rock properties, and general petrophysical integration. Previous BP assignments included working at BP’s London Sunbury campus, working in its Azerbaijan Business Unit, and working with the Houston Technology Group. Previously, he was with Schlumberger (GeoQuest) and Oryx Energy. Nelson earned a BS degree in engineering sciences from Johns Hopkins U. Jean-Baptiste Clavaud, SPE, is a research petrophysicist with the Formation Evaluation Development team of Chevron Technology Corp. His areas of technical expertise include formation evaluation, special core analysis, resistivity interpretation, and petrophysical workflow design. Previously, he worked for Schlumberger both in scientific research at Schlumberger Doll Research and in development at the Sugar Land Product Center. Clavaud earned a PhD degree in geophysics from the U. of Paris. Udit Guru, SPE, is the Formation Evaluation and Solution Manager with Schlumberger in India. Previously, he was Petrophysics Domain Champion with Schlumberger, Egypt, where he was responsible for interpretation development and Egypt-based client support. He has 15 years of prior work experience with a national oil company. Guru earned an MS degree in exploration geophysics from the Indian Inst. of Technology, Kharagpur. Hanming Wang, SPE, is a senior engineer with Schlumberger in Sugar Land, Texas. His areas of technical expertise include well logging modeling, inversion, and log analysis. Wang earned a PhD degree in electrical engineering from the U. of Houston.