James Pickens
Global Growth Exploration Manager, Opportunity Identification and Portfolio
- Role
- Exploration Manager - New Global Growth at Shell
- Location
- Houston, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About James Pickens
Highly experienced integrator known for his ability to operate seamlessly between geoscience, commerical and portfolio management elements of the energy industry. Successful leader, project manager, prospector, researcher, mentor and teacher. Excellent team building skills and known for turning lagging teams into high performing ones. Advocate and driver of Agile-based team dynamics and mindset. Specialties: mastery knowledge in play based exploration and structural geology, skilled in risk analysis and portfolio management, strong record of novel software design and development
Experience
Exploration Manager - New Global Growth
Jul 2021 — Present · Houston, TX, US
Education
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Master's degree, Structural Geology
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geophysics
1996
University of Aberdeen
BSc (Hons), Geology Maths
University of Aberdeen
Bsc Honours, Geology & Maths
University of Massachusetts Amherst
PhD, Geophysics
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geophysics
Skills
- Petrel
- 3d Seismic Interpretation
- Field Development
- Petroleum Geology
- Petroleum
- Sequence Stratigraphy
- Teaching
- Mineral Exploration
- Earth Science
- Structural Geology
- Petrophysics
- Sedimentology
- Geological Mapping
- Stratigraphy
- Geophysics
- Seismology
- Geology
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