E. R. (Ross) CRAIN,
P.Eng.
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CAREER
HISTORY
 
Spectrum 2000 Mindware, Oct
1984 to Present
Principal Consultant
See
Recent Professional Experience for
details.
Husky Oil Operations, Calgary Nov
1987 to Oct 1988
Staff Petrophysicist
Created log analysis capability
for production department; set log quality control standards;
provided expert advice on drilling locations and well completions;
devised gas leak detection methods; presented in house courses
for over 100 staff members.
- Installed and supported
PC based digitizing and log analysis system.
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Installed and tested VAX
based log analysis system.
- Demonstrated economic significance
of productivity analysis from logs.
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D&S Petroleum Consulting Group, Calgary, AB Jun 1982
to Oct 1986
General Manager Petrophysics
Technical Manager, D&S/ARC Joint Venture
Responsible for training, planning,
design, research, development and marketing for an artificial
intelligence expert system for log analysis, as well as for ongoing
consulting business; facilitated technology transfer between D&S
and ARC personnel; supervised staff of up to 14 professionals.
- Prepared proposal for artificial
intelligence (expert system) version of LOG/MATE ESP,
presented and sold concept to Alberta
Research Council, supervised completion of LOG/MATE
ASSISTANT, a knowledge based log analysis system, based on
HP 9000 or IBM PC using Unix/C.
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Best paper of year award
for LOG/MATE ASSISTANCE from CWLS.
- Led development of LOG/MATE
ESP software on HP 9000 using HP BASIC.
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Log/Mate Limited, Oct 1973
to Aug 1986
President, Log/Mate Limited, Calgary and Log/Mate Inc. Denver,
CO
Vice President, Log/Mate Services Inc, Denver, CO
Principal consultant and manager,
specializing in well log analysis, supervision of logging
operations at the wellsite, special projects, and computer centre
proposals for foreign governments; development and marketing of
LOG/MATE, a computerized desktop system for log analysis and reservoir
volume mapping; extensive log analysis and petrophysical experience
in all parts of the world; supervised staff of up to 14 professionals
and technicians.
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Developed Canada's largest
petrophysical consulting firm, with up to 7 professional
petrophysicists and 7 technical staff, offering petrophysical
analysis, petrophysical software and desktop computer
hardware, and supervision of wireline crews. (1973
- 1982)
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Doubled gross sales each
year to $1.9 million, the largest pure petrophysics
consulting firm in the world at the time.
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Developed LOG/MATE and
LOG/MATE Plus, the first desk top micro computer
system for log analysis, subsequently sold more
than 40 systems in 5 countries, based on HP 9000
computers using HPL. (1976)
- Installed
first shared resource management computer system (LAN)
at Alberta Energy and Utilities Board for analysis
of tar sands and conventional oil reservoirs. (1978)
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Supervised wireline crews
as client representative, and developed petrophysical
techniques, for Canadian High Arctic, Deep
Basin, and Prairies, as well as numerous USA and
overseas assignments.
- Presented multi-million
dollar seismic system proposal in Beijing (1974).
- Best paper of year award
from CSEG for LOG/MATE seismic system paper. (1981)
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Consulting business and
client base was sold to D&S Petroleum Consulting
Group Ltd. in June, 1982. Hardware sales and Denver operations retained until Aug
1986.
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Digitech Limited, Calgary AB, Feb 1970
to Oct 1973
Managing Director, Digital Technology Pty. Ltd., Sydney, Australia
Director and Vice-President Operations, Digitech
Limited, Calgary AB
Responsible for installation, site
planning, operation, cost control, personnel, and maintenance
on EMR, CDC, and IBM multi-mainframe systems; supervised development
of UNIVAC 1108 based seismic processing system and all gravity
and magnetic data processing programmes,
as well as major improvements in synthetic seismogram package.
Considerable travel to Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, New Zealand,
and all capital cities in Australia for marketing and client presentations.
Supervised up to 45 professional and
technical staff.
J.C. Sproule and Associates Limited,
Calgary, AB, Dec 1968
to Feb 1970
Consulting Reservoir Engineer
Evaluation of proven, probable,
and unproven oil, gas, and sulphur properties; management of drilling,
geological and geophysical operations in the Arctic with a staff
of up to 100 men; negotiations in unit committee meetings; log
analysis; preparation and presentation of log analysis
courses; developed log analysis program on CDC computer.
Dome Petroleum Limited, Calgary AB, Feb 1968
to Dec 1968
Systems Analyst/Reservoir Engineer
Programmed reservoir engineering
application, log analysis and training, reservoir; engineering
studies, liason with other computer
users in company, developed log analysis program on IBM 1130.
Geophysical Service Inc, Calgary, AB, Jun 1966
to Feb 1968
Geophysical Engineer
Prepared geophysical data for input
to TIAC computer; velocity analysis and synthetic seismogram preparation;
supervision of non-exclusive data sales; market research, compilation
of internal and external sales data, development of market forecasting
and crew activity prediction techniques.
Schlumberger of
Canada, Jun 1962
to Jun 1966
General Field Engineer
Well logging and perforating; management
of small locations; field analysis and sales; Salesman of
the Year award for potash research, 1964. Developed potash log
analysis on IBM 1401 in Regina.
Bell Telephone Company of
Canada,
Summers 1959 to 1961
Trainee Engineer
Pole and line inspection, pole
and buried line design, CATV system design, R&M design.
Montreal West Hardware, Summers 1954
to 1958, After School 1954 to 1962
Gopher
Small machinery repairs, general
repairs, sales and service, inventory, lawn mowing, snow clearing
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