Vincent Favreau

About Vincent Favreau

Vincent is an expert geophysicist specializing in oil and gas prospect maturation and sizing, with decades of experience working for major geophysical and integrated oil companies. Vincent has had the opportunity to work in many basins around the world, gaining valuable knowledge of rare geological settings. Using his broad and deep expertise as a QI geophysicist and geoscientist, Vincent has mastered all key aspects of hydrocarbon resource discovery, de-risking and sizing. Vincent\'s recent expertise in the development of seismic data conditioning techniques and algorithms has revolutionized the qualitative and quantitative assessment of the presence and quality of significant hydrocarbon reservoirs in the subsurface. Vincent\'s work experience has influenced multi-billion dollar offshore oil and gas field developments as well as smaller single well onshore studies. Vincent now focuses his efforts by offering his expertise as a Senior Consultant for GeoInquest LLC, primarily serving the oil and gas industry.TECHNICAL KEY SUCCESSES:* Key value creator producing realistic seismic synthetics used to condition machine learning calibrations used to predict hydrocarbon/reservoir presence estimates and reservoir rock property uncertainties* Proven Research Geophysicist awarded US and European patents to remove amplitude discrepancies and harmonize bandwidth on pre- and post-inversion seismic data to produce de-tuned intercept and gradient derivatives.* Fit-for-purpose solutions inventor for resolving seismic mis-positioning and advised on the modification of well path planning to hit the right reservoir targets with tight lateral tolerances.* Mentor of senior professionals and new recruits on geophysical techniques and prospect huntingBUSINESS KEY SUCCESSES:* Advised business unit management on divestment (country exit) or continued investment in prospects and field development* Presented key technical studies to external partners on seismic mis-positioning to ensure successful drilling results* Recognized for long track record of producing drilling success and ranking large number of prospectsLANGUAGES:* Native French, proficient English* intermediate Spanish,* beginner Norwegian and IndonesianCONTACT:* Email: G••••••••@protonmail.com* https://geoiq.us* Mobile:+17•••••••54* SOURCES:Selected images reflecting key interests: Well planning, prospect evaluation from seismic derivatives and reservoir property prediction (sources DGI, RESEARCHGATE and CGG)

Experience

1. Senior Geophysicist Small Business Owner

   Geoinquest Llc

   Feb 2022 — Present · Spring, TX, US

   Senior geophysicist expert in UPSTREAM prospect evaluation, seismic data conditioning, geoscience data integration, and customized software development. I will take your data to the next level of understanding, mature your prospects or find extra opportunities on your acreage.Key competencies:+ seismic and well data quality control+ geoscience data interpretation+ prospect “cold eyes” review+ seismic data conditioning+ turn-key studies

Education

• University of Nancy III

  D.E.A. (masters), geochemistery - geostatistics

  1993 — 1994

• MATH SUP and SPE BIO

  Preparatory School, Math Physics Chemistery Biology

  1989 — 1991

• Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Géologie

  Engineer diploma - PhD equivalent, Sedimentary geology - hydrocarbon ressources

  1991 — 1994

Skills

• Geostatistics
• Avo
• Geophysics
• Seismology
• Reserves
• Well Planning
• Seismic Attributes
• Inversion
• Structural Geology
• Programming
• Petroleum Geology
• Earth Science
• Advanced Geophysics
• 3d Seismic Interpretation
• Statistical Modeling
• Sensitivity Analysis
• Risk Analysis
• Petrel
• Geology