JEWEL E. WELLBORN
Certified Petroleum Geologist #4353
Wyoming Professional Geologist #2875
2 Mountain Cedar Lane
Littleton, CO 80127
(303) 933-0533 (Office) (303) 881-0810 (Cellular)
EMAIL: wellborns@mindspring.com
Summary: Thirty years technical experience in domestic and international petroleum, coal mining, and
coal bed methane evaluations. Diversified experience in geologic and geophysical interpretation,
exploration for and development of hydrocarbon reserves and mining operations. Expert PC workstation
skills: Petra and PetraSeis, Seismic Micro Technologies (SMT), and Geographix Discovery software
platforms. 2D/3D Geophysical and Geological Evaluations. Experienced in Project Management and
Staff development.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT, INC., Littleton, CO
8/99 – Present President
5/98 - 8/98
 Owner and President of Active Consulting Company. Expertise includes Coal Bed Methane,
Rocky Mountain Basins, Permian Basin, Gulf of Mexico, and South Louisiana areas. Expert
Witness, lease sales, development, prospect generation, and evaluation activity. Sequence
Stratigraphy. Basin Expertise includes Denver-Julesberg, Piceance, Powder River, San Juan,
Raton, Uintah, Green River, Gulf Coast, Permian, Black Warrior, Arkoma, and Paradox Basins.
International areas: West Africa, Indonesia, Russia, China.
 Expert User of Petra/PetraSeis software. Instructor for IHS Petra Training Courses, Colorado
School of Mines, and IHS Energy Corporation.
 Provide International Training programs for IHS.Energy Petra and PetraSeis software.
 Project Management, including staffing, multi-disciplinary team lead, and cost control.
OCEAN ENERGY, INC., Denver, Colorado
8/98 - 8/99
Senior Geologist
 Lead Development Geologist for Rocky Mountain and Permian Basin Properties. Conducted
geophysical and geological reservoir studies. Geologic drilling and development operations.
 Lead Development Geologist for Coal Bed Methane Drilling Program, responsible for all geologic
field and mapping activities related to the development of Coal bed Methane properties.
SHELL CO2 COMPANY, Houston, Texas
4/97-4/98
Senior Geologist
 Sr. Geologist for CO2 Company Technical Team. Team Lead for reservoir characterization and
development work related to tertiary recovery/CO2 floods in Oklahoma, West Texas, and New
Mexico areas. Stratworks and Seisworks expertise -- Landmark Platform, GeoPlus and
Geographix systems.
 Development Geologist for CO2 source field, Montezuma County, Colorado.
CONSULTING GEOPHYSICIST/ GEOLOGIST, Denver, Colorado
1/95-4/97
 Independent consulting activity, Gulf of Mexico, Rocky Mountain, CIS (Russia), and West Africa
project areas. 3D/2D seismic, sequence stratigraphic analysis, and exploration and development
geology/geophysics.
 3D seismic interpretation, log correlation and analysis on Eugene Island Area resulting in five
wells drilled, all successful and online.
 East Cameron / Garden Banks area-- 3D interpretation, sequence stratigraphy, reserve
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determination and drill site recommendations.
 So. Timbalier, Ewing Bank, Vermillion, and Green Canyon area property evaluations.
 Consulting Geophysicist for North Dakota/Williston Project, 3D interpretation.
 Consulting Geophy/Geol..for 3D evaluation of Morrow Sandstone, Oklahoma project.
 Consulting Geophy/Geol..for 2D/3D evaluation of onshore Miocene and Eocene, Louisiana.
CONOCO INC., Denver, Colorado
6/94-1/95
Geological Advisor, Rocky Mountain Business Unit
 Evaluation of prospect submittals and plays relative to company's gas strategies.
 Conducted scouting activities for Rocky Mountain Business Unit.
 Conducted field studies for use in regional geologic and statistical evaluations.
CONOCO, INC., Houston, Texas
6/92-6/94
Geological Advisor, Russia Business Unit, Worldwide Exploration Services
 Evaluation and interpretation of 3D and 2D seismic and geologic/engineering well data for
reservoir characterization and commercial development of the Ardalin Field, Timan Pechora
Basin, Russia. Team lead and coordinator for geological, geophysical and operational activities.
 Coordinated joint Russian/Western 3D seismic data acquisition ($6 MM USD, 137sqkm), Ardalin
Field, Russia.
8/90-6/92
Staff Geoscientist, Worldwide Exploration Services
 Managed geoscience evaluations of West African concessions, onshore and offshore Congo,
Angola, and Nigeria. Member of Indonesian Regional Evaluation Team
 Developed and executed a three well drilling program ($14 MM USD) with accurate technical
results. Used sequence stratigraphic methods to accurately predict reservoir facies and
correlations of stratigraphic units previously unrecognized.
5/82-8/90
Associate to Staff level Geologist positions, Gulf of Mexico Division
Highlights:
 Discoveries: 5 Mobile Area (160 BCFG), 1 Mississippi Canyon (40 BCFG, 18 MMBO), 1 Ewing
Bank (20 BCFG, 22 MMBO).
 Responsible for leasing offset acreage and increasing reserves by 30 BCFG and 7 MMBO on
Ewing Bank production acreage.
 Evaluated and interpreted offshore Alabama acreage using 3D seismic and geologic data (Mobile
Area-two 3D surveys, covering 32 and 18 blocks, respectively). Developed 8 prospects, 7 drilled,
5 successful (all producing).
 Advised and coordinated contracted paleontological, isotope, and geochemical studies as
regional geologist for the Gulf of Mexico Division.
 Developed drilling plans, advised and monitored drilling activities of exploratory and development
wells.
 Conducted regional and prospect specific evaluations of the offshore Gulf of Mexico OCS
planning areas (Offshore Texas, Offshore Louisiana, OCS Lease Sales 69-118).
 Successfully farmed out Miocene acreage (acreage now is held by production). Prepared and
presented technical documentation of farm-out opportunities in Offshore Alabama and Florida.
 Member of Coal Bed Methane Evaluation Team, San Juan Basin, NM.
ARCO COAL CO.- Denver, CO
1/79 - 5/82
Geologist
 Conducted field drilling operations for Underground Coal Gasification projects in Wyoming,
Colorado, and Texas. Operations included drilling, logging, coring, completion and hydrologic
testing of coal and water wells.
 Conducted underground mine and field survey mapping and core analysis to support mining
operations in Western Colorado and Wyoming (West Elk Coal Mine -CO, Black Thunder MineWY).
 Assisted in permit acquisition and compliance at the Federal and State levels during reclamation
and hydrologic evaluations.
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OCCIDENTAL GEOTHERMAL - Bakersfield, California
Summer Hire, 1978
 Evaluated geothermal projects, conducted geochemical and geological analyses.
UTAH INTERNATIONAL - Cedar City, Utah
Laboratory Geochemist, 1975-1977
 Conducted ore assays and laboratory testing for engineering support in open pit mining - Iron
Springs Mine.
EDUCATION
Colorado School of Mines
Master of Science in Geology - 1982
Thesis: Stratigraphy of the Mesaverde Formation, Mt. Gunnnison Coal Property, Gunnison County,
Colorado. T-2506
California State University, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Science in Geology - 1978
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Certified Petroleum Geologist #4353
Wyoming Professional Geologist #2875
Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists (Positions held: President, Vice-President, Continuing
Education Committee Chair, Speaker Chairman, and AAPG Delegate for Rocky Mountain Section)
Denver Geophysical Society
Girl Scouts of the United States, Life Member
PUBLICATIONS
Primeau, S.T., Wellborn, J.E., Kuprianov, A., Ignatiev, S., Lansley, M., and Brooks, L., 1993, A 3D
Seismic Survey of Russia's Ardalin Field. Presented at Moscow SEG, August 1993.
Solomon, S.T., Ross, K.C., Burton, R.C., and Wellborn, J.E., 1993, A Multi-Disciplined Approach to
Designing Targets for Horizontal Wells. SPE Paper 25506 first presented at the 1993 SPE/IADC Drilling
Conference held in Amsterdam, Feb. 26-28. Published in the Journal of Petroleum Technology, February
1994, pages 143-149.
Coleman, M., Hendarjo, K., McCalmont, L., and Wellborn, J.E., 1993, Deep Water Reservoir
Characterization Study, Conoco Technical Report. Southeast Asia, Australia, and Gulf of Mexico portions.
Wellborn, J.E., and Brown, A.R., 1991, Delineation of Gulf of Mexico Miocene Reservoirs with 3D
Seismic Data, Presented at AAPG 1991 Convention, Dallas, TX.
Wellborn, J.E., 1982, Stratigraphy and depositional environments of the Mesaverde Formation, Mt.
Gunnison Coal Property. Grand Junction Geological Society Field book.
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