| Dr. Weldon Beauchamp Position: Geology - New Ventures Weldon worked for Sun International Exploration & Production Company for 10 years, where he served as a new venture exploration geologist in the U.S., North Sea, Africa, South America, and the Middle East. Additionally, he worked for ARCO New Ventures as a senior geophysicist in the Middle East, Africa, and South America. Since leaving ARCO, he has worked as a consultant/advisor for Triton Energy in Equatorial Guinea, for Hunt Oil offshore Togo, Phillips Petroleum, ONHYM offshore Morocco, and Hillwood International Energy in Kurdistan. Weldon worked on TransAtlantic's Nigerian assets (OML109) in the Ejulebe Field, and farmed this acreage out to Transworld Energy. His dissertation was entitled "Tectonic Evolution of the Atlas Mountains, North Africa". Weldon has been instrumental in the acquisition of the Company's Moroccan properties (Guercif and Tselfat) based upon his 17 years of working in Morocco, and key to winning various properties in Romania (Izvoru, Vanatori and Marsa), and Turkey (4262). Weldon received a B.A. degree in geology from New England College, a M.S. degree in Geology from Oklahoma State University, and a Ph.D. in Geophysics from Cornell University. He is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, certified by the State of Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, American Geophysical Union, and Geological Society of America. Weldon is an adjunct faculty member of the University of Texas at Dallas. | |
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