Argo Geological Consultants


Staff Profile

Summary Profiles of the areas of competence of the Argo staff are given below. Specific details and CV's are available upon request


Wenche Asyee
Senior Consultant
Partner

Senior Seismic Interpreter / Geologist

Is a full partner of Argo Geological Consultants since 1989. Wenche has been seconded at several clients amongst which Shell International E&P, NAM, Wintershall and Shell Research. Working for a large client on a large variety of projects, from stratigraphic forward modeling to seismic visualization of deepwater depositional settings. Wenche assigned as seismic interpreter to a carbonate team and apart from the co-organisation of the carbonate workshop she is the principal interpreter of a multidisciplinary project offshore Philippines. Other projects in this multicultural and -disciplinary team included evaluation studies of 3D seismic data in the Middle East (Oman and Syria), Canadian foothills and the Malaysian Luconia platform.



Pieter Gerritsen



Andrea Gootjes
Geologist

Andrea joined Argo Geological Consultants in October 2006 and is seconded at Shell Int. E&P. She is directing a small team of interns responsible for research related data management. This includes setting up databases, mapping data in ArcGIS, and integrating geochemical and geological data for subsurface interpretation.



Richard Huis in 't Veld
Senior Consultant
Partner

Richard
Senior Reservoir Geologist / Seismic Interpreter

Co-founder of Argo Geological Consultants. Richard has been seconded at several clients amongst which NAM, Shell Peru and Wintershall Noordzee. His main fields of expertise are in production geology, reservoir modeling and seismic interpretation. He has been involved in various field development-planning projects, such as the Field Development Plans for NAM's Norg and Grijpskerk Underground Gas Storage fields, as well as equity determinations. Richard is at present working for one of our client on several exploration projects and new gas field developments in the Dutch Offshore.



Martin Koelman
Martin

Joined Argo Geological Consultants in April 2007 and is fulfilling a part-time job as a Geological Technical Assistant for a large North Sea operating company. He is responsible for Petrel, Seisworks and OpenWorks support.



Jaron Lelijveld
Geologist

Joined Argo Services B.V. recently and is seconded at a large operating company. He is a member of a data management team responsible for the integration of all subsurface data.



Henk van Lochem
Senior Consultant
Partner and General Manager

Senior Geologist / Seismic Interpreter

Co-founder and General Manager of Argo Geological Consultants. Henk has worked on a large number of projects mainly in the Southern North Sea Basin for a large operating company in The Netherlands. He is an expert in seismic interpretation and prospect generation in this area and has worked on well proposals for both exploration and production wells. Henk has been assigned as project coordinator for various exploration and production licence applications.



John Malcolm
Geologist

Took a BA at Oxford University 1971-74 and specialized in support work. Did 7 years with SSEL doing seismic data acquisition at first, followed by work in the well survey division on VSPs, Spent the next 12 years with major oil companies (Getty,Texaco,Lasmo) where he worked on mapping and work station support. Since then has done much contract work for Shell, YPF,Fairfield,Elf,and Mersk, along with short contracts on other sites. Specialized skills include data loading (seismic, well and cultural data), mapping, volumetrics and risk analysis, use of Syntool to create synthetic seismograms and general user support. Joined Argo recently and is seconded to a major operating company working with the data management team.



Rob Markgraaf
Senior Consultant
Partner and Human Resource Manager

Senior Seismic Interpreter

Co-founder of Argo Geological Consultants and part of the management team responsible for Human Resource Management. After secondment to various clients Rob is currently serving a contract with a Netherlands based operating company. He is a team member of an exploration team, which is generating and drilling prospects in the Southern North Sea. Rob previously worked on projects involved in production seismology of Permian and Triassic fields offshore the Netherlands and detailed seismic interpretation for Pre Stack Depth Migration.



Kees van Ojik
Senior Consultant
Partner

Senior Geoscientist

Co-founder of Argo Geological Consultants. Kees has been seconded at several clients amongst which NAM, Conoco, OKIOC and Agip KCO and has gained experience in the full spectrum of subsurface evaluations. Until 1999 he was working as an exploration geologist for NAM in the Dutch Southern North Sea Basin at clastic deposits. From 1999 to 2005 he was seconded as a geologist to the OKIOC consortium (later operated by Agip KCO) working in a small multidisciplinary team. Within this team he participated in the discovery and subsequent appraisal of the giant Kashagan oil field and surrounding fields (Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan). From 2005 to date working for a large operator as a geologist in the North Sea basin and Atlantic margin.



Cees van Oosterhout
Senior Consultant
Partner and Acquisition Manager

Senior Geologist / Seismic Interpreter

Co-founder of Argo Geological Consultants and member of the management team responsible for Acquisition and Marketing. Cees has been seconded at several clients amongst which NAM, Mobil, Wintershall, Shell International Petroleum Mij, Shell Temir (Kazakhstan), Shell Gabon and Shell Research. His main fields of expertise are in seismic interpretation and associated study work, mapping at regional and prospect scale. He has been involved in various exploration projects in the FSU conducted by Shell since 1992. Some of these projects resulted in operational ventures to which support has been given in both study and operational phases of these projects.



Maarten Papo

Joined Argo Geological Consultants in January 2006 and is seconded for a large operating company where he is working as a member of the subsurface team. He is responsible for integrating and managing acquired well data, assistance with Petrel structural- and property modeling and general assistance with Geoscience related subjects.



Victor Petri


After a study of Geology and a Master specialization in Geophysics, started at Argo Geological Consultants in februari 2008. Currently working in a data management team at Wintershall Noordzee.



Donny Soenarjo

Joined Argo Geological Consultants BV in February 2006 and is a geologist seconded at a large operating company. He works as a data manager in an exploration team involved in new ventures in Russia.



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