Chief Scientific Advisor
Halliburton
3000 North Sam Houston Pkwy E
Houston TX 77032
Office telephone +1 713-839-3409
Office email Mark.Willis@Halliburton.com
Personal email: Mark_E_Willis at hotmail dot com
Research Interests
Reservoir characterization using geophysical methods
Fracture characterization using surface seismic, VSP, microseismic, and sonic data
Seismic interferometry
Seismic migration and imaging methodologies
Borehole acoustic wave modeling and rock property extraction
Seismic wave propagation and data processing
Distributed Acoustic Sensor (DAS) vertical seismic profiling (VSP)
Musical acoustics
Education
Univ. of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Applied Math and Physics, B.S. May 1977
Massachusetts Inst. Technology Geophysics, Ph.D. May 1983
Professional Experience
Mobil Dallas Research Laboratory – Dallas, TX
Senior Staff Geophysicist 1983-1988
Geophysical Team Leader 1988-1992
Mobil Exploration and Technology Center – Dallas, TX
Supervisor of Seismic Processing 1992-1994
Manager Seismic Acquisition 1994-1995
Mobil North Sea Limited – Aberdeen, Scotland
Distributed Research Geophysicist 1995-1998
Mobil Exploration and Technology Center – Dallas, TX
Associate Geophysical Advisor 1998-2000
Liberty Mutual Group – Portsmouth, NH
Manager, Offices of Technology and Program Management 2000-2002
Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Cambridge, MA
Research Scientist 2002-2008
Manager MIT New England Seismic Network 2002-2005
Principal Research Scientist 2008-2008
Cambridge GeoSciences – Houston, TX
Program Director Acoustics 2005-2011
ConocoPhillips – Houston, TX
Principal Geophysicist, Seismic Analysis Group 2008-2010
Team Lead Fracture Imaging Group 2010- 2011
Blue Blazer Technologies
Science Officer 2009-2016
Halliburton – Houston, TX
Chief Scientific Advisor, Borehole Seismic, Wireline & Perforating 2011-present
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