Dr Greg Samways is a petroleum geologist with a PhD in sedimentology and inoragnic geocemistry. He began his consultancy career in 1989 with Badley Ashton and Associates, ultimately as Technical Director. He became an independent petroleum geoscience consultant in 2002, and has been focusing on training and technical facilitation since 2008.

Greg has undertaken a wide range of studies over the years, from petrographical to basin scale, including analytical, mentoring, interpretational, reporting and editorial roles in more than 250 technical projects.

In his role as an independent petroleum geologist, Greg has provided consultancy services for the following clients during his career:

BP, Shell, Exxon, Saudi Aramco, Petroleum Development Oman, Enterprise, Talisman, Chevron, Kuwait Oil Company, Conoco, Total, Burlington Resources, BHP, CEPSA, Organisation Ourhoud, Applied Reservoir Technology, Tullow, ADMA, ADCO, British Gas, ADNOC, Statoil, Amerada Hess, Fina, LASMO, Monument, Elf, Schlumberger, Occidental, Apache, Anadarko, Corelabs, RPS, ADNOC, Zadco, Adco, Petrovietnam, JAPEC, Repsol and many more.

Regional Coverage

Greg has had a wide exposure to reservoirs around the world, from a range of basins and stratigraphic contexts. Some of the key examples are as follows:

UKCS: Southern North Sea Carboniferous and Rotliegend reservoirs, including the following fields: Ravenspurn, Wherry, Audrey, West Sole, Galleon.

UKCS Central North Sea: Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Tertiary reservoirs, including the following fields: Ula, Gyda, Puffin, Marnock, Mungo, Montrose, Forties, Clyde, Auk, Josephine.

UKCS Northern North Sea: Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous reservoirs, including the following fields: Brent, Murchison, Cormorant, Pelican, Thistle, Don, Tern, Dunlin, Beryl, Bruce, Scott, Brittannia, Goldeneye, Ross, Beatrice, Heather, Lyell, Statfjord, Magnus, Birch, Larch, Brae, and Miller.

UKCS Atlantic Margins: Irish Sea, and South Coast Carboniferous and Triassic fields including: Schielhallion, Foinaven, Millom, Corrib, Wytch Farm.

United States: Gulf of Mexico, including the following fields: Great White, Thunder Horse, Mad Dog, Blind Faith. Alaska: Prudhoe Bay.

Columbia: Cupiagua and Cusiana Fields.

North Africa; including Tiguentourine and Ourhoud Fields.

Russia and Eastern Europe; including the following fields: Taylakov, Kharampur, Kovinitskoye, North Buzachi, Azeri, Chirag, Gunashli.

Middle East: Cambrian, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous fields, including the following: Marmul, Mukhaizna, Saih Rawl, Tibr, Lahan, Kauther, Maududd, Minagish, Umm Gudair, Sabriyah-Raudhatain, Burgan.

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