Bob has 45 years petrophysical experience in the oil industry, including 27 years with Schlumberger. He has also worked as a consultant for Texaco, Unocal, and Z&S/Dresser Atlas/Baker Atlas. Some of the many plays/fields he was worked on are offshore West Africa, West Texas Devonian, West Texas carbonates, Alberta Devonian reefs, and Texas gas sands. He is particularly interested in the mineralogical and chemical aspects of petrophysical problems involving shaly sands and tight gas sands, and has been directly involved with the development of mineralogical and geochemical logging tools. He has a BASc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia.