Scott Napier

Academic Background

Education

   BSc., University of British Columbia, 2003
   MSc., University of British Columbia, 2005-present

Notable Awards

   NSERC CGSM scholarship, 2005 and 2006
   Shirley A. and Stanley H. Ward Scholarship, 2005 and 2006
   CSEG Scholarship, 2003 and 2005
   KEGS foundation scholarship, 2003
   UBC’s Lorentzen scholarship, 2002 and 2003

Papers and Presentations

Napier S., Oldenburg D. W., Cristal J. and Farquharson C., EM Geophysics For Hydrocarbons: Inversion applications and current research at UBC-GIF , Presented at the annual general meeting of the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2005*

Napier S., Oldenburg D. W., Haber E., 3D Inversion of time domain data: Examples from the San Nicolas deposit, Zacatecas Mexico , Presented at the annual general meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists , 2006

Napier S., Oldenburg D. W., Haber E., Practical inversion of 3D time domain data using EH3DT , Presented at the 18th international workshop for electromagnetic induction in the earth , 2006

Oldenburg, D., Eso, R., Napier, S., and Haber, E., Controlled source electromagnetic inversion for resource exploration , First Break, vol. 23, July 2005, pp. 41-48

* Winner of the CSEG's, "best student oral paper" award in 2005

Employment History

Marine CSEM data processor, AGO geomarine operations, July 2003 to November 2004

GoM deep gas exploration, Student internship with Encana Corporation, summer 2002

Other employment

   Grade control and exploration drilling, Kalgoorlie W.A. and Hemlo Ont.
   Heliportable reflection seismic surveys, Western Canada
   Oil and gas well drilling, Alberta

Items of Interest

Modelling step responses for a time domain marine controlled source EM survey (TMCSEM). A demonstration of the effectiveness of an off-time domain system for the shallow water environment.

Other People

Monique McGuigan

Rob 'the slob' Eso