Divining futures by signs from the Earth

Nathaniel Putzig, Geophysicist

Houston, Texas
November 1996-July 2000

Sole-proprietor consultancy offering exploration and systems services to the oil and gas industry.

Summary

• 60% exploration prospect development employing 2D and 3D seismic interpretation, subsurface well data analysis, and seismic processing in Texas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Paradox, and Gulf of Mexico basins.
• 40% systems services including cross-vendor software project conversion, data management, application training, and software and systems administration, configuration, and maintenance.

Primary clients

PetroCorp Inc., Houston TX

• Developed and implemented new in-house ProMAX processing methodology (field data through pre-stack migration), obtaining superior results for datasets over many key prospect areas in Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Colorado.
• Worked together with geological staff to ensure structural and stratigraphic integrity of seismic processing results through integration of well-derived data with velocity analysis and statics & migration modeling.
• Assisted with interpretation and presentation of Mississippi Salt Basin and Paradox Basin prospects.
• Established and maintained network of 5 UNIX workstations (Sun, SGI) shared by 8 users.
• Providing data management and network & systems administration.

JN Oil & Gas, Inc., Houston TX

• Identified and delineated structural and stratigraphic prospects using 3D seismic and subsurface well data in Lavaca Co., TX (Frio, Yegua, Wilcox); Monroe Co., AL (Frisco City); Smith Co., MS (Burns Field - Paluxy, Smackover); East Baton Rouge Ph., LA (Lower Tuscaloosa); and Brazos A21, Offshore Texas - GOM.
• Identified two Frio prospects leading to successful discoveries in Lavaca Co., TX.
• Monroe Co., AL work used for Field-wide unitization of three fields.
• Performed GMAplus (Win95) to Photon SeisX (NT) project transfer.
• Provided data management and network & systems administration.

Broughton Operating Corp., Houston, TX

• Performed GeoQuest to Photon (SGI, NT) project conversions.
• Designed and implemented automated 'bru' backup scheme for fileserver.
• Provided data management and network & systems administration.

Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Houston, TX

• Evaluated potential for using stratigraphic amplitude analysis in central Texas 3D seismic dataset.

Aspect Management Corp., Denver CO

• Prepared and instructed "Introduction to SeisX" on-site training course for 4 students, July 1998.