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Over the last four years, Mr. Birdsall has been involved in five geologic and economic successes in exploration and drilling for oil and gas in the Texas Gulf coast. These discoveries have an estimated ultimate recovery of 30 BCE and 1 MBO. His examination of several thousand square miles of seismic 3-D data and more than 46,000 linear miles of 2-D data played a key role in these finds. Prior to this accomplishment, as Apache Corporation’s chief geologist in Poland, he set up, shot and interpreted several thousand miles of 2-D and 3-D seismic data that led to the first of three discoveries in that country by an outside operator.
A Navy veteran with a Master of Science degree in Geology from the University of South Florida, he has also drilled, or caused to be drilled, multiple Gulf Coast discoveries, including Conn Brown Harbor and Stedman Island South. These two fields will ultimately recover 1.5 MBO and 10 BCF. Both were found using 3-D seismic. In the course of Mr. Birdsall’s career, he has also overseen ambitious exploration and development programs in the U.S. and around the world. These discoveries, conducted in conjunction with many companies and numerous people, will ultimately exceed a ½ TCF (trillion cubic feet of gas equivalent) of gas. In his work, he has had extensive experience interfacing with engineering firms and representing companies at state hearings. He is a member of the Houston Geological Society and the American Association of Professional Geologists, as well as a registered professional geologist in Arkansas, Florida and Texas. | 