An enabling geoscience tool for automated rock typing, stratigraphic refinement, and reservoir characterisation
Alan Butcher A , Pieter WSK Botha A and Christopher Dunks AIntellection Pty Ltd 7 Mayneview Street Milton QLD 4064
The APPEA Journal 48(2) 482-482 https://doi.org/10.1071/AJ07072
Published: 2008
keywords: QEMSCAN®
Alan R Butcher is a geologist with over 25 years’experience, 10 years of which have been involved with QEMSCAN® technology. He has a PhD from The University of Manchester, and holds the position of Chief Scientist at Intellection, the company he helped co-found in 2003. alan.butcher@intellectioncorp.com |
Pieter WSK Botha is a geologist with a BSc Honours degree and a MSc research degree from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Since joining Intellection in 2006, he has been instrumental in the development of novel sample preparation techniques, automated analysis protocols, and procedures for off-line data interpretation of cuttings using QEMSCAN®. Pieter.botha@intellectioncorp.com |
Christopher Dunks is a Mechanical Engineer working as a business consultant to Intellection Pty Ltd. Chris has spent the last 12 years working on major minerals processing, refining and power projects both in Australia and the USA. Christopher’s experience has been in mechanical design, construction management and supervision, project controls, project management, contract negotiation, and business development and commercialisation of new technology into the mining industry and oil and gas industries. chris.dunks@intellectioncorp.com |
References
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