Luke Walker

About Luke Walker

Expl. and Prod. Geologist with 28 yrs experience (8 yrs Exxon, 8 yrs Apache, 4 yr Noble and 8 Equinor) and 2 Intl. postings (Norway 4 yrs and Argentina 2 yrs). 16 years New Ventures & Exploration, 12 years Field Development- Primary Skills - New Ventures Evaluation / Exploration, Integrationist, Deep Water Systems Expl. & Field Dev, Mature Field Redevelopment, Sequence Stratigraphy- Basins - Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Greater Columbus Basin, Trinidad; North Sea, Norway; Congo Basin, Angola; Bohai Bay, China; Neuquén Basin, Argentina; Austral Basin, Argentina and Chile• Began career at Exxon in 1997 as Field Dev. Geologist- Norway - Responsible for all geological work to appraise and develop Jotun Fld, Multiple wells, 143 MBO/D- Houston - Dev. Geologist for Deepwater Angola discoveries. Multiple wells, 120 MBO/D. Exploration, Near Field Wildcat Coordinator - NA, SA, and Europe.• Joined Apache in 2005 as New Ventures Senior Geologist, Assigned to international posting in South America in 2007, Returned to New Ventures in 2009, transferred to DWGOM Exploration Jan 2011- New Ventures - Dev. Plan for C4 discovery in Bohai Bay, Project lead for Trinidad Onshore and Shelf Bid rounds, Chile Austral Expl, Permian Expl- Deep Water Gulf of Mexico Exploration - Exploration Geologist responsible for generating sub salt prospects, primarily working the Pliocene and Expanded Miocene sections in Keathley Canyon and Walker Ridge.• Joined Noble Energy working in the International New Ventures Team, then worked as Explorationist in the DW GOM New Ventures Group. • Currently responsible for GoM Exploration Team at Equinor • BSc Geology Bowling Green State University 1994, MSc Geology University of Michigan 1996.

Experience

1. Subsurface Lead Goa Exploration

   Equinor

   Jul 2024 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Lead for GoA Exploration Team at Equinor.

Education

• University of Michigan

  MSc, Geology

  1994 — 1996

• Bowling Green State University

  BSc, Geology

  1991 — 1994

Skills

• New Ventures
• Geological Mapping
• Basin Modeling
• Log Analysis
• 3d Seismic Interpretation
• Basin Analysis
• Petrel
• Earth Science
• Drilling
• Upstream
• Petra
• Geology
• Onshore Operations
• Sequence Stratigraphy
• Squash
• Mineral Exploration
• Seismology
• Reservoir Characterization
• Petroleum Geology
• Stratigraphy
• Onshore
• Sedimentology
• Seismic Interpretation
• Deepwater
• Analysis
• Field Development
• Characterization
• Reservoir Management