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Michael Holmes
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| Title: |
President |
| Industry: |
Oil and Gas |
| Type of Organization: |
Oil and Gas Software/Consulting |
| Major Product/Service: |
Software sales of a variety of products including data presentation, petrophysical analysis and neural networks; Consulting activities worldwide, from single well to multi-well field evaluations, determining the distribution of oil and gas |
| Expertise: |
Mr. Holmes has over 45 years experience in petrophysics. He established his own consulting practice involving technical due diligence activities for the brokerage community, individuals and investor entities and was retained by the United Nations to consult and teach worldwide. He has served as an expert witness in several cases. |
| Geographic Area of Distribution: |
International |
| Affiliations: |
American Association of Petroleum Geologists; Society of Petroleum Engineers; Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts; Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum; American Institute of Professional Geologists; Rocky Mountain Assocation of Geologists; Denver International Petroleum Society; Denver Well Logging Society |
| University/Degree: |
B.Sc., Geology, University of London, 1957; M.Sc., Petroleum Engineering, Colorado School of Mines; Ph.D., Hard Rocks and Geology, University of London, 1961 |
| Born: |
October 6, 1936 |
| Hobbies/Sports: |
Classical music, Scandinavian folk dance |
| Spouse: |
Sheryl J. Holmes |
| Children: |
Antony, Dominic |
| Work History: |
Dr. Holmes worked with British Petroleum, Shell Canada and was a Research Scientist in Marathon Oil Company's Denver Research Center. He served as Exploration and Production Manager for Berry Wiggins in London and was the Vice President in Charge of North America Consulting Activities with H.K. van Poollen & Associates, Petroleum Consultants. He served as an instructor of various petroleum courses including geology, well logging and petroleum economics. Dr. Holmes formed Digital Formation, Inc. in 1992, which is owned and operated jointly with his sons, Antony and Dominic. They offer software and consulting services in the oil and gas, environmental and related industries. |
| Published Works: |
1 book; 50 articles; Wrote extensive software for the analysis of geologic, well log, economic and engineering data; Conducted courses internationally in well log analysis and the economics of international oil and gas activities |
