William R. Drake

About William R. Drake

Innovative problem-solving petroleum geologist with multi-basin experience ranging in…

Experience

1. Senior Geologist

   Kimmeridge

   Jun 2023 — Present · Denver, CO, US

   Reservoir Evaluation and New VenturesBasin-Scale Petroleum-System Characterization:• Completed regional sequence-stratigraphic mapping, mass-balance organic-geochemistry analysis including quantifying hydrocarbon generation and migration, thermal-maturity mapping, petrophysical analysis and resource-in-place mapping, and play-fairway delineation• Uinta Basin (lower Green River, Wasatch), Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (Montney), San Juan Basin (Mancos), Permian Basin (Woodford and Barnett), South Texas (Eagle Ford/Woodbine), Powder River Basin (Niobrara, Frontier/Turner, Mowry)Asset-Scale Evaluation for M&A Opportunities:• Detailed petroleum-system assessment and characterization for key inputs to machine learning and predictive analytics • Deal screening and evaluation; supported acquisition bids ranging up to $2B

Education

• Northern Arizona University

  Master of Science (MS), Geology

• UC Santa Barbara

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Geological Sciences

  1990 — 1993

Skills

• Petroleum Geology
• Oil & Gas Exploration
• Subsurface Mapping
• Geological Mapping
• Structural Geology
• Sequence Stratigraphy
• Petroleum Systems
• Stratigraphy
• Fault Analysis
• 3d Seismic Interpretation
• Seismic Attributes
• Rock Mechanics
• Tectonics
• Geochemistry
• Sedimentology
• Basin Modeling
• Geophysics
• Volcaniclastics
• Core Data
• Carbonates
• Shale
• Geochronology
• Hydrogeology
• Contaminated Site Assessment
• Groundwater Contamination
• Groundwater Modeling
• Groundwater Remediation
• Hazardous Waste Management
• Horizontal Wells