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Lindell Bridges
Vice President, Exploration |
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Mr. Bridges is a highly regarded shale exploration geologist with over 30 years experience in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Bridges joins Realm Energy from Pittsburgh's EQT Corporation (EQT:NYSE), where he served as Senior Vice President of Geoscience, responsible for directing the company's geoscience activity in the Appalachian Basin. One of his key accomplishments, at EQT, included the implementation of a technology program that resulted in one of the best wells in the Marcellus shale gas play, with a 30 day production rate of 22 MMCFGD and a EUR of 13 BCFG.
Prior to this, Mr. Bridges served as Exploration Manager for the Barnett Shale North Division of EOG Resources and Geological Manager, Eastern Division for Chesapeake Energy Corporation. While at Chesapeake, Mr. Bridges successfully drilled Fayetteville Shale discovery wells in White County Arkansas, extending the play more than 40 miles east of the established core areas. He also was responsible for directing geoscience activities in 10 eastern USA States, including several shale plays.
Mr. Bridges was an independent consultant, for 11 years, working projects in several basins including the Appalachian, Illinois, Michigan, Anadarko and Arkoma basins. Prior to this, he spent nine years as Senior Exploration Geologist with Union Oil Company where he was responsible for exploration and development in the Arkoma, Anardarko, Illinois, Michigan & Appalachian Basins.
Mr. Bridges received his BSc and MSc in Geology from the University of Arkansas. His thesis was supported by NASA, and utilized imaging radar data from the Space Shuttle Program.
He is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Geological Society of America, the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the Oklahoma City Geological and the Sigma gamma Epsilon Society. Mr. Bridges has also been a guest speaker at many industry conferences and authored numerous geological thesis', publications and papers. The most recent include "U.S. Shale Case Studies-Marcellus", "Tight Oil from Shale….or Something Like That", "Strategies to Identify 'Sweetspots' in Shale Gas Reservoirs" and "Basic Tools for Shale Exploration." |
