2024 Houston SPWLA Chapter Officers
President
Ron J.M. Bonnie
VP Northside
Ali Eghbali
Baker Hughes
Ali Eghbali is a scientist in the Physics & Metrology, Research and Technology Development team at Baker Hughes. He began his oil and gas career in 1999 as a wireline field engineer at Schlumberger (now SLB). Over his 12 years there, Ali held various roles in field operations, sales and marketing, technical assignments, and management. He then joined ConocoPhillips as a petrophysicist, where he spent 7 years researching oil sands and unconventional reservoirs in the Western Canadian Basin. Ali holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and both M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
VP Downtown
Artur Posenato Garcia
Chevron
Artur Posenato Garcia works as a Research Petrophysicist/Earth Scientist for Chevron ETC in Houston. He earnt his Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020. Additionally, Artur has 7+ years of industry experience working for Petrobras, Aker Solutions/MHWirth, and Embraer. Artur in his role of Editor 2020-22 did
rejuvenate the Houston chapter Newsletter and made sure for consistent
deliverables.
VP Westside
QinShan “Shan” Yang
GOWell
QinShan “Shan” Yang
is Director of GOWell at Houston. To define, plan, and lead research team/works
for new technologies, products, and their iterations; Throughout his career,
Shan has worked in various positions for Schlumberger, CNPC, and now at GOWell.
He has published 20+ technical papers and holds 10+ patents. Shan received
Ph.D. from the Chinese Academy of Science and his post-doctoral study on
the formation evaluation and unconventional reservoir from The University of
Texas at Austin. Shan is an active SPWLA, SPE, and SEG member and involved in
volunteering activities. Shan serves as Editor of 2022-2024 Houston Chapter and
looking for more opportunities to serve . He was awarded as 2021-2022 SPWLA
distinguished speaker and the paper was selected as one of the best papers from
the 2021 Symposium. When not working, he likes tennis, boardgame, and
volunteering. He is an active member and serves as the President at a
Toastmaster club.
Treasurer
Zeyad J. Ramadan
SLB
Zeyad J. Ramadan is a Principal Petrophysicist at the SLB Houston Formation Evaluation Center. He has held various roles in borehole geology, well placement, petrophysics, and answer product development across several countries, including Libya, Qatar, Egypt, France, Kuwait, and the USA. He earned his MSc in Earth Science from Benghazi University in 2008. Zeyad’s current work focuses on petrophysical answer product development.
Secretary
Ronke Olutola
Woodside
Ronke Olutola (nee Aderibigbe) joined BHP (now Woodside) as a petrophysicist for the central Gulf of Mexico exploration group after earning her Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2016. Since joining BHP (now Woodside) in 2016, she has worked in the geological business group supporting formation evaluation and characterization.
Editor
Muhammad Noman Khan
University of Houston
Webmaster
Tianmin Jiang
Conocophillips
Tianmin Jiang is a Staff Petrophysicist in Geoscience group of Conocophillips in Houston. He has more than ten years of experience in oil and gas industry. His current focus is on integrated petrophysical interpretation with novel NMR techniques. He has published numerous technical papers and has been granted four patents. In 2009-2019, he worked in Schlumberger as a petrophysicist on log analysis and interpretation. He received his BS and MS from Tsinghua University in 2002 and 2004, and his PhD from Rice University in 2009, all in Chemical Engineering. He is an active member of SPE since 2005 and SPWLA since 2010.
