Institute for Reservoir Characterization (IRC)Directed by Dr. Roger Slatt, the Institute for Reservoir Characterization is known and respected internationally with its interdisciplinary approach to the science of reservoir characterization. Institute geophysicists, geologists, engineers, mathematicians and computer scientists use the Gypsy Project, a unique test reservoir owned by OU, to develop and test reservoir characterization tools and methods. An interdisciplinary course on applied reservoir characterization is the first such course ever offered at a university, and an intensive version of the course for industry professionals is in great demand across the U.S. and abroad.
Roger M. Slatt is currently the Gungoll Family Chair Professor in Petroleum Geology and Geophysics at University of Oklahoma. He was Director of the School of Geology and Geophysics and Eberly Family Chair Professor at University of Oklahoma from 2000-2006. He formerly was Head of the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering at Colorado School of Mines (1992-2000) and Director of the Rocky Mountain Region Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (1995-2000). After receiving his Ph.D. in 1970 from the University of Alaska, he taught geology for 8 years at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Arizona State University. He then spent 14 years in the petroleum industry with Cities Service Research, ARCO Research, and ARCO International Oil and Gas. Co. before joining Colorado School of Mines in 1992. He has published over 100 papers and abstracts, and has made numerous presentations on the subjects of petroleum geology, reservoir geology, seismic and sequence stratigraphy, shallow marine and turbidite depositional systems, geology of shale, glacial and Pleistocene-Quaternary geology, and geochemical exploration. He sits on various professional society committees, has organized technical conferences for American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), and teaches short courses for industry and AAPG on the "Introduction to the petroleum geology of deep-water (turbidite) depositional systems" and on "Principles of geologic reservoir characterization". He also offers a global, web-based course on Introduction to Geologic Reservoir Characterization" to people from many different countries. He has taught his two courses in many places in the U.S., as well as in many countries, including Colombia, Mexico, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, and England.
In 1996 he received the AAPG Distinguished Service Award. In 1999 he was the Esso Australia Distinguished Lecturer in Petroleum Geology. In 2001-2, he was an AAPG Distinguished Lecturer, giving a presentation titled "Outcrop/behind outcrop characterization of deepwater (turbidite) petroleum reservoir analogs: why and how". In 2002-3, he offered the same presentation as an SPE Distinguished Lecturer in 2003. In 2003, he was awarded with AAPG Honorary Membership. In 2006 he received the AAPG Grover Murray Distinguished Educator Award. The University of Oklahoma |
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Dr. Roger M. Slatt, Director, Institute for Reservoir Characterization