Dr. Fred Aminzadeh PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer, FACT Inc
Member of the Natural Resources Council
Council Member Biography
Fred Aminzadeh is the President of FACT. FACT-Corp.com is an upstream oil and gas consulting firm, focusing on finding new technology solutions, advising the investment community, consulting and training. He is also a Professor of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Southern California. He was previously President and CEO of dGB-USA, a geophysical contracting firm. Previously, Dr. Aminzadeh also served as the President of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. He also worked was a Manager of Geophysics and Seismic Acquisition at Unocal Corporation that consequently merged with Chevron. Dr. Aminzadeh has consulted on risk, reserves, unconventional resources and other investment issues in the petroleum industry. He is experienced in US onshore, Gulf of Mexico, Caspian, Middle East, Asia, and Latin America and is knowledgeable about geological, geophysical, drilling and engineering issues. He is a Member of AAPG, SEG and SPE and has also served as a Member of DOE's Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee. Dr. Aminzadeh has been featured in Oil and Gas Journal and AOGR. He is now a Member the Board of Directors of KMSTechnologies.com and the External Advisory Board of Saratoga Resources (stock symbol SARA). (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 2008 - 2011
- Owner and Senior Advisor, dGB-USA
- 2007 - 2008
- President, SOCIETY OF EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICISTS
- 1999 - 2008
- President and Chief Executive Officer, dGB-USA
- 1989 - Unspecified
- President and Chief Executive Officer, FACT Inc
- 1982 - 1999
- Manager, UNOCAL CORPORATION
GLG NewsSM Analyses by Fred Aminzadeh
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Another Blackbeard/Davey Jones in the Making?
May 23, 2010
Unlocking Grand Bay's deep treasures: gulf shelf potential at 17,000-28,000 ft | www.ogj.com
A recent Oil and Gas Journal article (April 12, 2010) discusses Grand Bay field in the Mississippi Delta, as another example of a potential new discovery in deep shelf gulf. Ultra-deep shelf plays target reservoirs below the salt weld with sizes up to 1 Tcfe at over 20,000 ft. Interest in deep shelf plays in the Gulf of Mexico has been spurred by McMoRan's recent Davy Jones discovery. These deep prospects have shorter lead times to first production and lower development costs.
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January 24, 2010
McMoRan Davy Jones Gas Discovery | www.theoildrum.com
On January 18, 2010, the Oil Drum reports McMoRan Exploration Company has made a significant discovery in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico that may contain 2-6 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of natural gas reserves. The well was drilled in 20 ft of water 10 miles south of the Louisiana coast discovery by McMoRan and partners.
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Another Sub-Salt Discovery Offshore Brazil
December 3, 2009
Brazil's Wahoo North presalt find extended | www.ogj.com
Oil and Gas Journal Editors report a new sub-salt discovery offshore Brazil. A group led by Anadarko Petroleum Corp. found more than 90 ft of net oil pay at the Wahoo-2 (Wahoo North) appraisal-exploration well in the northern Campos basin in the same pre-salt interval as the Wahoo discovery.
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Seismic While Drilling is Emerging as a Practical Tool to Reduce Drilling Cost
August 17, 2009
Seismic-while-drilling technology advance hailed | www.ogj.com
Nick Snow, Washington Editor of the Oil and Gas Journal reports of a breakthrough in practical implementation of the seismic while drilling technology. Technology International Inc. of Kingwood, Tex., has developed a breakthrough borehole imaging system that is nearly commercial, according to the DOE. SeismicPulser system provides more accurate geosteering for oil and gas discoveries, facilitating field development and improving well economics.
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Seismic technology contributed to successful sub-salt drilling in the GOM
July 28, 2009
BP Heralds Gulf of Mexico Prospects | online.wsj.com
Oil and Gas Journal reported a successful appraisal well drilling by BP PLC. This well was drilled in a previously untested southern segment of Mad Dog field in the Gulf of Mexico. The 826-5 well was drilled on Green Canyon Block 826 about 100 miles south of Grand Isle, La. The well found 280 net ft of hydrocarbons in the objective Miocene hydrocarbon-bearing sands. In 2008, BP drilled the A-7 well in the western part of the field, with 275 ft of net pay.
GLG Study Groups with Fred Aminzadeh(?)
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
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| Oil and Gas Consultants (Texas) | 580 |
| Former C-level Executives in the Energy & Industrials Councils in Member Programs | 570 |
| Drilling Rig Experts | 464 |
| Natural Gas Experts (North America) | 326 |
| Offshore Drilling Rig Experts | 211 |
GLG Live Meetings with Fred Aminzadeh(?)
Fred Aminzadeh has not participated in any GLG Live Meetings.
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