My professional history includes more than ten years of progressive experience as a geologist in both the environmental and geothermal industries. I started my career in Michigan in 2005, on remediation for petroleum companies performing soil and surface clean-up at compressor stations along major natural gas pipelines, focusing on soil and groundwater remediation for BP at their service stations and terminals, HSE at a molybdenum facility, and monitoring gas emissions at landfills. In...
My professional history includes more than ten years of progressive experience as a geologist in both the environmental and geothermal industries. I started my career in Michigan in 2005, on remediation for petroleum companies performing soil and surface clean-up at compressor stations along major natural gas pipelines, focusing on soil and groundwater remediation for BP at their service stations and terminals, HSE at a molybdenum facility, and monitoring gas emissions at landfills. In 2009, during the economic downturn, my employer at the time lost its contract to BP and was forced to make massive headcount reductions. The opportunity to expand my credentials presented itself and I chose to go to Iceland for a Masters program in renewable energy, focusing on geothermal power. Following graduation I found a job with Ormat, an Israeli based company which stationed me in Kenya for two years working as on-site geologist and project manager for a geothermal power plant expansion project in the East African Rift Valley. This led to my next position as a consultant, and consulted on the same projects I previously been working on.
Primary geothermal field duties included oversight of the drilling progress of multiple wells, writing and distributing daily drilling reports, developing the drilling program, and directional plan, and identifying regional lithology, and using that to determining casing points. This was done through direct communication with the drilling crew, mud loggers, and directional crew. My rig site experience also included specialized well tests and field surveys to determine if the target was reached and to correlate with near-by wells. Non-geologic responsibilities included various managerial tasks such as invoicing, well budget analysis, and logistics, which involved communicating and working with our vendors to coordinate shipments, meetings, and payments. The bulk of this work was done in a remote location, over long and irregular hours, with limited resources available. The small si
