Richard Sherlock - Senior Data Management Specialist

A highly motivated subsurface Geodata management specialist in the Oil and Gas industry. Responsible for securing and improving geoscientific data management processes to support the exploration and DesDev teams. Over 9 years’ experience

Qatar Petroleum – Qatar March 2019 – April 2020
Sr. Data Management Specialist (Contractor)

 Sole data manager within the Reservoir and Geoscience team for the transition of the North and South Dome Idd El-Shargi fields (~100,000 bbl/day) from Occidental Petroleum to Qatar Petroleum. 
 Created the corporate upstream systems architecture for the Petrel, OpenWorks, RECALL, Interactive Petrophysics, and document management environments within the 8 months before the commencement date.
 Responsible for the whole lifecycle of the incoming data (Seismic, Wells, Spatial, Production, Core) into the team from Oxy. Documenting, cataloguing, loading, QC’ing and distributing to the operational teams.
 Successfully managed the data from transition to operations ahead of time and on budget.
 Ensures loading, QC and synchronization of geodata across subsurface applications within Reservoir & Geoscience team.
 Generated key metrics to ensure the data integration goals were recorded, reported and delivered.
 Fast paced environment where the highest quality data is needed to support business process and activities.




North Oil Company – Qatar June 2018 – March 2019 Geoinformation Project Specialist (Contractor)

 Lead the Petrel synchronisation project to align all working Petrel projects with the Techlog and Petrel Studio databases. Taking the all the legacy data from various sources and consolidating them into one validated data store for all users to use with confidence. Therefore, eliminating duplicate seismic and wells data items, inconsistent naming conventions and allowed synchronisation across all G&G applications.
 Implemented procedures to the subsurface community to streamline their workflows and ensure consistent data management practices are followed in the future.
 Actively works with the Geologists, Geophysicists, Petrophysicists and Reservoir Engineers to provide all users with the data they demand.
 Focal point for all on-site subsurface technical application support and data management needs – helping set up the RECALL project and loading data.

University College London Geology Msci – 2:1
2007 - 2011

Christ’s Hospital School A-Levels
2000 – 2007 Geography – A
Biology – B
Economics – B