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DICK received his B.S. in Geosciences from The Pennsylvania State
University in 1983 and his M.S. in Geology from West Virginia
University in 1987, where he spent two years working as a Research
Assistant and Teaching Assistant.
From 1985 to 1987, Dick worked as a Geologist for the West Virginia
Geological Survey. From 1987 until 1989, he worked at the U.S.
Department of Energy Technology Center as a Geologist in the
Unconventional Gas Resources Division.
In 1989, Dick joined Texaco USA Offshore Division, as a Geoscientist,
where he worked eight lease sales resulting in successful bids on more
than 20 prospects in Offshore Louisiana and Texas. Dick was
responsible for generating and drilling over 40 wildcat and
development locations in the Gulf of Mexico Shelf and Flex-trend from
1992 to 1999, with over a 90% success rate. He also coordinated
proprietary and spec 3D survey purchases from 1994 to 1999. He was
one of the pioneering geologists for horizontal drilling in the Gulf of
Mexico, planning and drilling 18 horizontal wells between 1993 and
1997. Dick gained accolades from his discovery of Eugene Island
Block 354 Field, where he completed 17 consecutive successful wells
from 1995 through 1997, resulting in peak production of over 12,000
BOPD. He then developed the DART (Discovered Abandoned
Reserves Team) concept while serving as a Shelf Exploration Team
Leader from 1997 until 1999. While at Texaco, he served as a lead
internal consultant for log analysis and formation evaluation using FMI
and Numar tools between 1993 and 1997. He was considered a
primary resource by Texaco Asset Teams worldwide for advice on Low
Resistivity Pay analysis.
In 1999, Dick joined Murphy Exploration and Production Company as a
Senior Geologist, where he was responsible for all lease sale and
development geology activities for the central Gulf of Mexico Shelf. In
2001, Dick joined Anadarko Petroleum Corporation as a Staff
Geologist, where he continued to work integrating 3-D seismic and
sub-surface data to re-develop several mature giant (>100 MMBOE) oil
fields. His work led to several on-going drilling and re-completion
programs, as well as two significant acquisitions of producing
properties.
Dick left Anadarko in 2004 as a principal partner in GoMex Energy.