 
PERSONAL RESUME
E. R. (Ross) Crain,
P.Eng. is a Consulting Petrophysicist and
Professional
Engineer celebrating 50+ years experience in the
integration of well log analysis and petrophysics
with geophysical,
geological, engineering,
stimulation, and simulation phases of oil and
gas
exploitation, in
Canada and Worldwide.
Strengths include
excellent managerial skills, especially in
integrated,
multi-disciplined field studies, an
ability to bring these projects in on-time
and
within budget, a successful entrepreneurial
background, a proven record
of innovation in
computer applications, and an ability to teach these
skills.
Ross's current interst is in distance
eduation and mentoring of both novices and experienced
petrophysicists.
EDUCATION
1962: McGill University, Montreal
Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical)
1972:
University of Calgary, Alberta
Certificate in Management Development
(Business Administration Certificate Program)
1980:
Olds College
Farm
Business Management
1963 - 2006: Industry courses in well log
analysis, core analysis,
seismic processing, mining geophysics, DST
analysis, petroleum
economics, production logging, water
chemistry.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
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1984 - Present:
Principal Consultant, Spectrum 2000 Mindware, an
independent petrophysical consulting practice,
specializing in petrophysical analysis for integrated
projects, mentoring, forensic analysis, and courseware.
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1973 - 1986: President
and Principal Consultant, Log/Mate Limited, where he
developed and successfully marketed the first desktop
microcomputer system for log analysis (1976), five years
before the terms microcomputer, personal computer, or PC
had been coined.
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1962 – 1973: Prior Industry Experience – Schlumberger (well
logging), Geophysical Services Inc (seismic data
processing), Dome Petroleum Ltd (reservoir engineer),
Sproule and Associates Ltd (reservoir engineer), Digitech Ltd (seismic processing center manager, Canada
and Australia. See
Career History for
details.
PROFESSIONAL
ACHIEVEMENTS
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Taught more than 2500
students in open and in-house seminars on a variety of
petrophysical topics, published 10 textbook quality
Reference Manuals, prepared 4 multi-media (audio-visual)
narrated self-study courses covering basic and advanced
petrophysical topics.
Completed nearly 700 petrophysical analysis projects,
from 40 countries, ranging in size from the Burgan Field
(770 wells) to one well current drillers.
Author
or co-author of more than 60 technical papers and
articles, receiving Best Paper of Year Award CWLS
(1985), CSEG (1981), Schlumberger (1964), Keynote Speaker, Libya
(2000).
2001: Published "Crain's Petrophysical Handbook
- 3rd Millennium Edition",
an Internet based Worldwide eLearning Project, also
available on CD-ROM, with associated spreadsheet
software and Reference Manuals.
2005 - 2007: University
of Calgary - Invited to assist in curriculum design and
course presentation of a new Petrophysics course for 3rd
year Geology and Geophysics students.
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2004 - 2009: University
of Tulsa - Invited to teach Petrophysics portion of TU
Leader Program run by TU for Schlumberger engineers.
1994: Elected an
Honorary Member of Canadian Well Logging Society.
President 1990, Treasurer 1988 and 1989, Publications
Chairman 1981 and 1982,
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1986: Published
hardcover textbook, "The Log Analysis Handbook", Pennwell, widely used as a reference for practical
quantitative petrophysical log analysis.
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1983 - 1986: Expert
systems research on artificial intelligence applications
in petrophysics for Alberta Research Council / D&S
Petroleum Consultants Joint Venture-
1976 - 1982: Developed and marketed LOG/MATE, the first
desktop computer package (hardware and software) for
petrophysical analysis.
1973 - 1982: Supervised logging operations on-site and
supervised petrophysical analysis for 120+ wells drilled
in the Arctic Islands of Canada.
MEMBERSHIPS
AND COMMUNITY
Current Memberships:
APEGGA, CWLS, SPWLA
Previous Memberships:
CIMM, CSEG, ASEG
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