PETROLEUM GEOSCIENCES PROGRAM

Professional Staff

Mr. James Small Senior Geophysical Engineer Email: jsmall@pi.ac.ae Phone: +971 2 607 5246

Currently James conducts Laboratory exercises and fieldwork for the undergraduate and geophysical research programs at The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi. His responsibilities also includes maintaining and supporting the technical computing environment and geophysical equipment for the Petroleum Geosciences Dept.

Experience:

• More than twenty years industry experience as both geophysicist and IT specialist in the minerals and petroleum exploration industries
• Approx. 7 years in tertiary education
• Has worked in geographically diverse regions, including Australia, Indonesia, Iran, Norway, SE Asia, UK, and United Arab Emirates.

Education:

• BSc. Physics/Computer Science, Deakin University, Australia (1980)
• Grad. Diploma Exploration Geophysics, Macquarie University, Australia (1987)
• Master Education Tech., University of Southern Queensland, Australia (2007)

Interests:

• data Interpretation & visualization technologies for exploration
• potential fields and seismic data processing
• passive seismic methods
• project-based and situated learning pedagogies

Selected posters, presentations, publications:

• M. Ali, K. Berteussen (The Petroleum Institute), J. Small (Managing Consultant, Norway), B. Barkat (The Petroleum Institute), Low Frequency Passive Seismic Experiments in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Implications for Hydrocarbon Detection, Geophysical Prospecting (article in press, Oct. 2009)

• M. Ali, K. Berteussen (The Petroleum Institute), J. Small (Managing Consultant, Norway), B. Barkat (The Petroleum Institute), A study of ambient noise over an onshore oilfield in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (article in press, Nov. 2009)

• M. Ali, K. Berteussen, J. Small, B. Barkat (The Petroleum Institute), Results from a low frequency passive seismic experiment over an oil field in Abu Dhabi, First Break, Vol. 27, April 2009 pp. 91-97

• M. Ali, M. Sirat & J. Small (The Petroleum Institute),  Integrated gravity and seismic investigation over Jabal Hafit structure: Implications for basement configuration of the frontal fold-and-thrust belt of the Northern Oman mountains, Journal of Petroleum Geology, Vol. 32(1), January 2009 pp. 21-38

• M. Ali, M. Sirat & J. Small (The Petroleum Institute), Geophysical investigation of Al Jaww plain, eastern Abu Dhabi: Implications for structure and evolution of the frontal fold belts of Oman Mountains, GeoArabia, Vol 13, No. 2, 2008 pp. 91-118

• M. Ali, K. Berteussen, J. Small, B. Barkat (The Petroleum Institute) A low frequency, passive seismic experiment over a carbonate reservoir in Abu Dhabi, First Break, Vol. 25, November 2007 pp. 71-73

• M. Ali, & J. Small (The Petroleum Institute) Gravity and Magnetic Investigation of Southeast of Al Ain, UAE – Implications for Evolution of Frontal Fold Belts of Oman: 69th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, Expanded Abstract June 2007 p. 346