ploureiro512@gmail.com
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(201) 618-7759
1122 West Bell St., Houston, TX, 77019
Objective
To obtain an internship in oil and gas exploration, in which I utilize my expertise in seismic interpretation, gravity modeling and well log interpretation for basin analysis.
Education
University of Houston, Houston, TX
Doctor of Philosophy in Geology (September 2014- expected December 2016) GPA : 4.0
Thesis: Controls of rift margin asymmetry on lacustrine carbonate and travertine reservoirs in postrift sag basin settings of Africa and South America
Advisor: Paul Mann
University of Houston, Houston, TX
Master of Science in Geology (January 2012- August 2014) GPA : 3.40
Relevant Courses : Sedimentary Petrogenesis, Carbonate Sedimentology, Sequence Stratigraphy,
Carbonate Petrography, Terrigenous Depositional Systems, Basin Analysis for Petroleum Exploration,
GIS for Geologists, 3D Seismic Interpretation, Geodynamics, Petroleum Geology of the Gulf of Mexico and Latin America, AAPG Imperial Barrel Award 2013
Thesis : Cenozoic basin evolution of the Virgin Islands basin and Anegada Passage, northeastern
Caribbean
Advisor: Paul Mann
University of Wisconsin , Madison, WI
Bachelor of Science in Geoscience (2007- 2011) GPA: 3.16
Relevant Courses : Intro to Geologic Structures, Mineralogy and Igneous Petrology, Applied Structural
Geology, Intro to Economic Geology, Wasatch-Uinta Field Camp, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy,
Hydrogeology, Geochemistry
Activities : GeoClub, Theta Delta Chi
Skills
Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Landmark Decision Space Desktop, Petrel, SMT Kingdom, , Oasis Montaj,
Midland Valley Move, DEFNODE, Fledermaus, ArcGIS, Easy Copy, Adobe Illustrator, Neuralog, Geoprobe,
Seisworks, Stratworks, Petromod, Matlab
Operating Systems: Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix
Fluent in Portuguese. Proficient in Spanish.
Employment Experience
University of Houston, Houston, TX
Graduate Research Assistant (September 2013-Present)
Conducting research on the structural and tectonic history of the Virgin Islands Basin. Project involves seismic interpretation, basin modeling, and the creation of velocity models in and around the basin.
BP, Houston, TX
Integrated Geology Intern (Summer 2013)
Worked with the Brazil exploration team in order to create and describe a depositional model for an early
Cretaceous carbonate reservoir. Project involved well log interpretation and correlation used in combination with seismic data. Created a workflow that is being used to characterize other carbonate reservoirs in upcoming bid rounds.
Catalyst Recovery of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA
Lab Technician (2011-2012)

Conducted various tests on spent and unused catalyst used in the oil refining process. These tests help enforce a set of environmental and company enforced standards for the catalyst. Services provided to major oil companies including Shell, BP, Exxon Mobil, Marathon and Chevron. Entrusted to perform all the trial experiments on a new type of catalyst to ensure it met industry and environmental specifications.
Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers , New York, NY
Summer Intern (Summer 2010)
Responsible for identification and classification of various soil and rock types as well as running various tests on said samples. Performed the majority of strength tests on various concrete samples for the Center Hill Dam project in Tennessee.
Activities and Honors
HGS PESGB Short Course- Petroleum Basins of Sub-Saharan Africa Fall 2014
Teaching Assistant: Basin Analysis for Petroleum Exploration Fall 2014
Teaching Assistant: Petroleum Geology of the Gulf of Mexico and Latin America Fall 2014
Head of the Graduate Student Committee- University of Houston May 2014- Present
Midland Valley Move 2014 Software Training June 2014
2 nd Place- UH Student Research Day Poster Contest May 2014
Teaching Assistant: Petroleum Prospecting Workshop (UH IBA Team) Spring 2014
Teaching Assistant: Basin Analysis for Petroleum Exploration Fall 2013
Teaching Assistant: Petroleum Geology of the Gulf of Mexico and Latin America
Secretary- UH AAPG Wildcatters (Student AAPG Chapter)
Using Seismic Data: From Acreage Capture to a Wildcat Well Short Course
UH IBA Gulf Coast Region- 3 rd Place
Fall 2013
2013-Present
Fall 2013
Spring 2013
Risk and Uncertainty for Contemporary Prospect Evaluations Short Course
Fundamentals of Basin Evaluation and Prospect Assessment Short Course (Shell)
President of Theta Delta Chi Fraternity
Member of Theta Delta Chi- Wisconsin Alumni Board
Organizations
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
2009-2010
2011-Present
American Geophysical Union 2014-Present
American Association of Petroleum Geologists 2012-Present
SEPM- Society for Sedimentary Geology
Houston Geological Society
Geological Society of America
2012-Present
2012-Present
2007-Present
Publications and Presentations
Loureiro, P., Mann, P., Bird, D., Role of the Tristan Da Cunha plume in asymmetrical rifting of the South
Atlantic and its sag basins: Insights from seismic and 2D gravity transects. In Review Journal of Geophysical
Research (2015)
Loureiro, P., Mann, P., A Newly Recognized, 460 km Long and Arcuate, Right-Lateral Strike-Slip Fault
Traversing Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands . In Review Tectonophysics: Tectonics of Oblique Plate Boundary
Systems (2015)
Loureiro, P., Mann, P., Saunders, M., Controls of asymmetrical rifting on giant oil habitats within conjugate, pre-salt carbonate sag basins of Brazil and West Africa , 2015 AAPG ACE, June 2015
Loureiro, P., Regional review of lacustrine carbonate and travertine reservoirs in post-rift sag basin settings of
Africa and South America , 13 th HGS-PESGB Conference on African E&P, September 2014
Loureiro, P., Miocene to recent opening direction of the Virgin Islands basin from offshore seismic data, highresolution bathymetry, onland faulting, and GPS measurements, UH Student Research Day, May 2014