Ben Herber
Exploration Team Leader with Shell | Geoscientist | Skilled in Geological Exploration & Project Management
- Role
- Team Leader Central Gulf of Mexico Exploration Area Lead at Shell
- Location
- Houston, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ben Herber
As a seasoned professional with over 15 years of expertise in the energy sector, I bring…
Experience
Team Leader Central Gulf of Mexico Exploration Area Lead
Aug 2021 — Present · Houston, TX, US
Technical QC and Project Management: Coordinated technical quality control for prospect maturation projects and lease sale evaluations, serving as the primary focal point with partners during active projects and commercial datarooms.Provided technical quality control in highly complicated subsalt environments, ensuring the highest standards of accuracy and reliability to make informed decisions for drilling deepwater wells-Team Leadership: Led a team of 8-10 geoscientists to deliver prospect maturation evaluations, lease sale evaluations, and portfolio analysis and ranking. Coordinated successful project handovers and managed subsurface input during operations of multiple deepwater wells with spend in excess of $100 million.Promoted a culture of continuous learning, coaching, and accountability, ensuring cohesive team dynamics post-reorganization. Collaborated with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver critical business updates-Development Assets: Integrated highly-active development assets while maturing new field exploration (NFE) prospects and proposing NFE wells. Successfully interfaced with exploration Business Managers and Development Managers.
Education
The University of Texas at Austin - Red McCombs School of Business
Post Graduate Program in Data Science and Business Analytics
2020 — 2021
The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
2000 — 2005
University of Colorado at Boulder
Master of Science (M.S.)
2008 — 2010
Skills
- Sequence Stratigraphy
- Prospect Generation
- Structural Geology
- Logging
- Log Analysis
- Stratigraphy
- Prospect Maturation
- Oil & Gas Exploration
- Sedimentology
- Subsalt Seismic Interpretation
- Seismic Attributes
- Deepwater Stratigraphy
- Salt Tectonics
- Smt Kingdom
- Petrel
- Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
- Petroleum Geology
- Mineral Exploration
- Geology
- Geophysics
- Deepwater
- Geological Mapping
- 3d Seismic Interpretation
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