Volker Dieckmann

About Volker Dieckmann

Ph.D. qualified Geologist/Geochemist with a total of 20+ years experience in and with IndustryProven ability to initiate, plan, execute, deploy and communicate any type petroleum analysis study/project (e.g. operational solutions, multiyear strategic projects) to various stakeholder levels.Track record of leadership skills by leading various teams with 3 to 15 staff members in mid/large size organisationsSkilled in petroleum systems analysis combining petroleum geochemistry, basin modelling and PVT modelling used for the assessment of conventional and unconventional petroleum systems around the world. Examples include but are not restricted to US and Mexico GoM, Angola, Gabon, Nigeria offshore - North Africa, North America onshore, North Sea, China, Russia and Italy onshore.Proven track record in the planing, managing and successful deployment of new technologies and workflows relevant for conventional and unconventional petroleum systems in mid to large size organizations - e.g. play screening technologies, source rock and reservoir screening/evaluation tools, basin modelling apps.Internationally recognized Geoscientist and author of more than 40 publications and training classes on source rocks evaluation, kinetics, PVT modelling and charge evaulation for IOCs and academia in Europe and S-America.Co-organizer SPE workshop: Economic impact of reservoir geochemistry on E&P results, Milan,ItalyChairman IMOG conference: 25th International Meeting of Organic Geochemists 2011, Interlaken, CH

Experience

1. Manager North Africa, Middle East & Caspian - Basin Mastery

   Shell

   Jan 2025 — Present · The Hague, NL

Education

• Kurt Schwitters Gymn

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

• RWTH Aachen University

  Ph D

  1994 — 1998

• RWTH Aachen University

  Master's degree

  1988 — 1994