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American Association of Petroleum
Geologists AAPG l’Association Marocaine des
Géosciences et La Cellule Doctorale de l’Institut
Scientifique (Université Mohammed V, Rabat) ont le plaisir de vous inviter à la conférence intitulée :
A success story of finding and exploiting new resources
in an old
productive basin – the Rharb, Northern Morocco & Geoscientist roles in the search for petroleum
resources.
Animée par
Le Professeur Stuart Harker
Circle Oil PLC
le Mercredi 27 mai, 2015 à 10h,
Salle de Conférences de l’Institut
Scientifique, rue Ibn Batouta, Agdal
Pr. Stuart
Harker
Stuart gained his BSc
in Geology in 1972 from the University of London, followed by an MSc (1975) and
PhD (1978) at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He joined Texaco as an exploration geologist in
1976, completing his PhD remotely. A
company transfer to Aramco in Saudi Arabia followed in 1978, where he worked on
both Mesozoic and the then new Palaeozoic plays. Stuart returned to Canada to work for Murphy
Oil in 1980, responsible for exploration in Alberta and British Columbia. The lure of international work led to him taking
a job with Occidental in Californian 1981, where he was involved in the
discovery and appraisal of Harriet, Jabiru and Blina fields in Western
Australia; Dhurnal field in Pakistan and Safah field in Oman (400 MMBO
reserves), becoming Chief Geologist for the Middle and Far East in 1982. In 1985 Stuart transferred to Occidental’s Aberdeen
office and worked on the Producing Fields and Exploration of the UKCS including
the discovery and appraisal of West Claymore, Saltire and Scapa oil fields (250
MMBO reserves). Elf bought Occidental’s UK
assets in 1991 and Stuart worked in several management roles in Exploration and
Development, before transferring to the Paris Headquarters in 1998 to work on
International Prospect Evaluation. In
2000 he moved back to Aberdeen following the Total takeover of Elf to be responsible
for Exploration and Development around the operated North Sea fields, including
the discovery of the Forvie North gas-condensate field (40 MMBOE
reserves). Stuart took early
retirement from Total in 2004 and worked for the following three years in
consulting, latterly with PGS on a variety of international exploration and
development projects, prior to joining Circle Oil as VP Geology in 2008. Since joining Circle, Stuart has been
involved in the discovery and development of 13 gas fields in Morocco and two
oil fields in Egypt, as well as the evaluation of multiple exploration and
field redevelopment opportunities.
Stuart has taught on the Masters course in Hydrocarbon Exploration in
Aberdeen and was appointed Honorary Professor at Heriot Watt in late 2014
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