Vitor Abreu has 32 years of experience in the oil industry in petroleum exploration, development production and research, with a proven record in evaluating, risking and/or drilling in 22 countries and 31 sedimentary basins in 6 continents. His areas of expertise include projects in exploration, development and production of deep-water reservoirs, regional studies to define the petroleum system elements and key plays in frontier exploration, tectono-stratigraphic evolution of basins in different tectonic settings, maturing opportunities to drillable status, and play to prospect risking assessment. On research, Vitor is considered one of the world leaders on reservoir characterization of deep-water systems, proposing new deep-water models with strong impact in development and production.
Jack Neal is Senior Exploration Geoscience Consultant for ExxonMobil Exploration Company.
Jack was educated in Tulsa and Houston, gaining a B.Sc. in Geology and Geophysics from Tulsa University and a Ph.D. in Geoscience from Rice University on the Paleogene Sequence Stratigraphy of NW Europe under Peter Vail.
Following his Ph.D. in 1994, Jack joined Exxon Production Research working basin analysis and hydrocarbon source rock prediction for exploration in Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Brazil, Chad, China, Malaysia, Nigeria, Angola, Trinidad, US and Canada, plus global synthesis projects. Additionally, he created and delivered in-house technical training.
At the ExxonMobil merger in 2000, Jack left research to join ExxonMobil Development working the Eastern Canada Sable Island project. In 2003, he moved into a series of management assignments across the Upstream, culminating with Africa Regional Exploration Manager in 2010. From 2010-2013 Jack worked in ExxonMobil Upstream Research and Upstream Ventures to interface between Engineering and Geoscience, Research, Operations and external parties to analyse the technology landscape and communicate differentiating technical capabilities. In his current role, Jack supports the Upstream with geoscience analysis and technical/commercial integration to find quality new opportunities.
Jack has taught around the world, published on geology and geophysical integration in many environments, authored and co-edited SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology #9 “Sequence Stratigraphy of Siliciclastic Systems: The ExxonMobil Methodology.
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