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CAREER HISTORY
E. R. Crain, P.Eng., Consulting Petrophysicist

c. 1978 - 2007 E. R. (Ross) Crain, P.Eng.
Rocky Mountain House, Alberta Canada T4T 2A2
403-845-2527  email us

Updated 20 Nov 2007
 

CAREER HISTORY

Oct 1984 to Present
Spectrum 2000 Mindware
Principal Consultant

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See Recent Professional Experience for details.

Nov 1987 to Oct 1988
Husky Oil Operation Ltd, Calgary AB
Staff Petrophysicist


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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 to over 100 staff members.

  • Installed and supported PC based digitizing and log analysis system.
  • Installed and tested VAX based log analysis system.
  • Demonstrated economic significance of productivity analysis from logs.

Jun 1982 to Oct 1986
D&S Petroleum Consulting Group Ltd, Calgary, AB
General Manager Petrophysics
Technical Manager, D&S/ARC Joint Venture

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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.
  • Best paper of year award for LOG/MATE ASSISTANCE from CWLS.
  • Led development of LOG/MATE ESP software on HP 9000 using HP BASIC.

Oct 1973 to Aug 1986
Log/Mate Limited
President, Log/Mate Limited, Calgary and Log/Mate Inc. Denver, CO
Vice President, Log/Mate Services Inc, Denver, CO
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Principal consultant and manager, specializing in well log interpretation, 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.

  • 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)
  • Doubled gross sales each year to $1.9 million, the largest pure petrophysics consulting firm in the world at the time.
  • 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)
  • Supervised wireline crews as client representative, and developed petrophysical technigues, 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)
  • 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.

Feb 1970 to Oct 1973
Digitech Limited, Calgary AB
Managing Director, Digital Technology Pty. Ltd., Sydney, Australia
Director and Vice-President Operations, Digitech Limited, Calgary AB

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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.

Dec 1968 to Feb 1970
J.C. Sproule and Associates Limited, Calgary, AB
Consulting Reservoir Engineer

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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 interpretation; preparation and presentation of log interpretation courses; developed log analysis program on CDC computer.

Feb 1968 to Dec 1968
Dome Petroleum Limited, Calgary AB
Systems Analyst/Reservoir Engineer

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Programmed reservoir engineering application, log interpretation and training, reservoir; engineering studies, liason with other computer users in company, developed log analysis program on IBM 1130.

Jun 1966 to Feb 1968
Geophysical Service Inc, Calgary, AB
Geophysical Engineer

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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.

Jun 1962 to Jun 1966
Schlumberger of Canada
General Field Engineer

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Well logging and perforating; management of small locations; field interpretation and sales; Salesman of the Year award for potash research, 1964. Developed potash log analysis on IBM 1401 in Regina.

Summers 1959 to 1961
Bell Telephone Company of Canada
Trainee Engineer

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Pole and line inspection, pole and buried line design, CATV system design, R&M design.

Summers 1954 to 1958, After School 1954 to 1962
Montreal West Hardware
Gopher

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Small machinery repairs, general repairs, sales and service, inventory, lawn mowing, snow clearing

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