2016 Pacific Coast Section
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Officer’s Election
Please vote for one candidate in each office or nominate a write-in
President:
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Scott Mossman (SMGM Consulting)
Or enter name __________________________
1st Vice President:
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Bill Bartling (Deputy, District 4, California Department of Conservation
Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources)
nd
2 Vice President:
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Jim Ballard (Sr. Geophysical Advisor at CRC working Elk Hills)
Or enter name __________________________
Treasurer:
___ Dan Szymanski (DLS Consulting)
Or enter name _________________________
Secretary:
____ Kathy Smith (PacSeis, Inc.)
Or enter name ________________________
Web-Master:
____ Christopher Sine (California Resources Corp.)
Or enter name __________________________
Thank you for your participation!
Please return ballots by December 31, 2015.
They can be turned in at the monthly luncheon, via e-mail kathysmith@pacseis.com or by
mail to: Kathy Smith, PacSeis Inc., 5400 Rosedale Hwy., Bakersfield, CA 93308
Candidate Bios
Scott Mossman: Senior Geophysicist with 30 years’ experience in evaluating and
interpreting gravity and magnetic data. Worldwide experience includes onshore and
offshore projects including work for most of the major oil companies, mining companies
and World Bank projects. Specialize in magnetic and gravity interpretation, including 2D
and 3D modeling, survey design and quality control, project management, and prospect
level evaluation. Member SEG and current President for Pacific Coast Section of SEG
(since 2012).
Bill Bartling: Currently District Deputy for Department of Oil, Gas and Geothermal
Resources in Bakersfield California. Formerly General Manager Borehole Imaging for
OptaSense Ltd. focusing on VSP and microseismic monitoring and processing from
downhole DAS sensors, President and CEO of SR2020, a borehole geophysics company
specializing in high resolution VSP and microseismic monitoring and Technical Advisor
to Ambrose Oil and Gas, a startup oil and gas company out of Houston, Texas. Prior
history, spent 15 years at Chevron in Exploration, Production and Research, 2 years at
Occidental managing Technical Computing, 2 years as SVP of Software Engineering at
CogniSeis Development (now Paradigm Geophysical) and 5 years at Silicon Graphics in
charge of global industry marketing for the energy, sciences and education segments.
Member SEG, AAPG, SPE and EAGE. Current Vice President of Pacific Coast SEG
(since 2012).
Jim Ballard: Currently Sr. Geophysical Advisor at CRC working Elk Hills, before the
spin-off he was with Occidental since 2003. He worked international new ventures in
Houston, then the Permian basin before coming out to Bakersfield. He was project
manager for seismic programs in Peru, Suriname and West Texas. Before Oxy he was
with Conoco and ConocoPhillips 24 years. One of his first assignments was in Ventura
interpreting offshore California data, acquired an early marine 3D survey. He was a
geoscience manager in Midland and then started international work (AEO) in Houston,
generating prospects in Venezuela and elsewhere in South America, Southeast Asia and
the Caspian region. He earned an MS from the University of Montana in
geology/geophysics and joined the SEG in 1980.
Dan Szymanski: Owner of DLS Consulting, an oil and gas advisory company. Currently
serves as chairman to Citadel Exploration, an oil E&P startup. Previous gigs include Oxy
(USA, International, Elk Hills, Oxy Resources California, Occidental Petroleum, Vintage
Production), Chevron and Tenneco. Silver (haired) member of AAPG & SEG. Acting
Treasurer of the PCS-SEG since Eighteen-Aught-Six. Dan threatens to retire someday
and hopes to hand off the esteemed Treasurer position to some unwitting – er, I mean –
enthusiastic young professional.
Candidate Bios
Kathy Smith: Currently office manager of PacSeis, Inc 13 years, WesternGeco Processing
office 2 years, Western Geophysical Processing office 10 years, Western Geophysical field
Crew 2 years. North High Graduate 1987, Presently Secretary of SEG, Treasurer of SJGS and
SJGS Golf Tournament & BBQ for the past 9 years. Members of SEG, SJGS, AAPG.
Currently Secretary of Pacific Coast SEG (since 2009).
Christopher Sine: All around good guy and geophysicist at CRC. He has a lock on the
webmaster job, so no need to include a flowery bio here.