John Kelly
Flat 20 Lockview Court,
67 Narrow Street,
Limehouse,
London, E14 8EN,UK.
Tel: +44 (0)2030697051
Mobile: +44 (0)7940067757
E-mail: 1981jonnyk@gmail.com
PERSONAL PROFILE
Confident, reliable, flexible and ambitious Geoscience professional seeks a challenging role
within a diverse, international energy company. I am particularly interested at working at the
commercial edge of Geoscience where science meets and makes business opportunity. I
am keen to learn, develop and grow and ultimately aspire to a management role where I can
help grow the business and bring my technical and commercial skills to bear. I am a self
starter with a proven track record in delivery and work well both individually, as part of a
team or leading a team towards shared goals and deliverables. I am keen to take on
responsibility, ownership and accountability in an ambitious, dynamic company where I can
consistently deliver and add value.
EDUCATION
September 2005 – September 2008. University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
PhD Research. Thesis title: Post-Triassic uplift and erosion of SW UK.
Using evidence from seismic data, sedimentary compaction (porosity and sonic velocity) and
thermal history reconstruction (using Apatite Fission Track Analysis and Vitrinite Reflectance
data) to elucidate the timings and magnitudes of exhumation events both onshore and
offshore.
September 2000 - July 2004. Keele University, Staffordshire, UK.
MGeoscience (hons) 2:1 in Geology with Astrophysics
Subjects Studied: Structural geology, geophysics, igneous petrology, sedimentology, basin
dynamics. I was awarded the Exley prize for best undergraduate field mapping project.
Final year project: ‘Hydrocarbon exploration in the Ebro Basin’ sponsored by Serica Energy.
September 1993 - July 2000. Handsworth Grammar School, Birmingham, UK.
A-Levels (4 subjects) and GCSE (13 subjects) grades and subjects available on request.
EXPERIENCE
June 2014 – present. Sasol Exploration & Production International
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Employed as a Senior Exploration Geoscientist leading a team of 10 geoscientists
and geophysicists working Africa New Ventures, North and South American
unconventionals and Mexican Gulf of Mexico PBE analysis. 
Responsible for project planning, technical QC and processes as well as developing
strategy for potential entry into new countries and evaluation of held blocks including
M&A analysis and metrics
Active participant in scouting community seeking farm-in deals and networking with
peers 
Risking and volumetric assessments and QC to ensure consistent portfolio approach
Coaching and mentoring junior staff to ensure consistent technical evaluations and
provide them with the tools to be top quartile explorers 
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September 2008 – June 2014. Shell International Exploration & Production 
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Employed as an Exploration Geoscientist and worked in Sub-Sahara Africa, RussiaCIS and European regions in the New Ventures Teams with heavy emphasis on
farm-in deals and M&A evaluations (particularly in East and West Africa (Tanzania,
Ghana, Gabon, Benin, Angola, Mozambique) specific projects available on request).
Last role was the development of the tight oil JV business in the West Siberian Basin
through auctions, tenders and M&A activity. 
Wide range of experience in New Ventures sphere and commercial/business/G&G
interface, maturation of projects from regional scale studies to prospect level and drill
ready targets, with appropriate risking and volumetrics, participation in bid rounds.
Worked in conventional onshore, offshore, stratigraphic traps, unconventionals 
Experienced in Basin modelling, geophysics, 2D seismic interpretation, planning,
commercial strategy, opportunity screening, volumetrics, technical report writing,
ArcGIS, Petrel, MSOffice applications, Well correlations, Sequence
Stratigraphy,Planning (both project and portfolio) Datarooms and external
engagement, JV project work 
Basic level competence in Petrophysics, Geochemistry, 3D Interpretation,
hydrocarbon maturation, economics, HSSE Audit and operations safety, Non
Technical Risk appraisal, Urban planning for development, logistics. 
Confident presenter of technical content to a wide range of audiences from technical
review to senior management and external parties 
Worked in a range of different cultural and situational settings in Europe, Russia,
Middle East and North America with a diverse range of colleagues. 
Also active contributor to senior forums and group level strategic initiatives reporting
directly to the Executive committee 
September 2004 – September 2005. Defence Estates/Debut Services Ltd.
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Initially employed as general administrator for Project SLAM
Promoted to HSQ Administrator after 3 months.
Acted as central point of contact for all site managers and regional admin teams as
well as senior management and supply chain partners.
Succeeded in implementing a web based system of Health and Safety reporting as
well as automated statistics charts for the Quality and Environmental team.
Provided technical assistance to the Health and Safety, Information and Quality
managers and worked as part of the team preparing reports for senior management.
In charge of designing and creating the bi-monthly project status report for client,
senior management and supply chain partners.
ACHIEVEMENTS & INTERESTS
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I am a keen Martial Artist having reached Black Belt in a number of styles and
particularly enjoy Karate, which I have taught to people of all ages and abilities
I enjoy playing rugby and captained my local clubs 3rd XV team for 2 years before
going to university.
I enjoy travelling, experiencing new cultures and learning new modern languages. I
have basic to conversational skills in Dutch, French, German and Spanish.
REFERENCES
Available on Request