Needham Geoscience specializes in structural geology consultancy, which ranging from fault and fracture analysis of single wells, through field and prospect evaluations to regional basin studies.

UK-based but with worldwide experience

The Company offer a wide range of structural geology services including seismic and reservoir model QC and interpretation, structural core description and analysis, structural restorations, fault seal and fractured reservoir studies.

Needham Geoscience additionally have a long-established record of training industry geoscientists in applied structural geology, both in the field and in the classroom.

Services offered by Needham Geoscience:

• Seismic-scale structural analysis, interpretation and QC
• Structural restoration
• Fault seal analysis
• Fractured reservoir analysis
• Structural core description
• Structural interpretation of image logs
• Regional basin and multi-basin studies
• Outcrop analogue studies

Tim Needham is a structural geologist and managing director of Needham Geoscience. He has worked as a structural geologist in the petroleum industry since 1988. Before forming Needham Geoscience he has worked with:

• Rock Deformation Research (RDR)
• BP Exploration
• Badley Earth Sciences
• and
• Robertson Research

His particular interests are fault and fault seal analysis, structural restoration and naturally fractured reservoirs. Tim has conducted structural evaluations in exploration, appraisal and production settings. These studies range from the analysis of reservoir-scale deformation in core or using image logs, structural interpretation on individual fields and prospects to regional basin scale appraisals. Geographically, these studies include areas of the North Sea, Middle East, North America, South America, North and West Africa and SE Asia.

He has been involved in the delivery of training courses in structural geology, fault seal analysis and fractured reservoir description to industry geoscientists worldwide. Tim also contributes to the teaching on the MSc. course in Structural Geology with Geophysics at Leeds University.

Tim gained a BSc in Geology from Imperial College, London in 1981 followed by a PhD from Leeds University in 1984 for research into the deformation processes at active continental margins which he continued with a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Durham University. Before moving into industry Tim also lectured at University of London Goldsmiths’ College. Tim is also involved with Geological Society of London. He acted as an editor for the Journal of the Geological Society (2004-14) and sat on the Petroleum Group committee. Tim also jointly edited GSL Special Publication 348, 'Hydrocarbons in Contractional Belts'.

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