Dr Bruce Ainsworth

Biography/ Background

Bruce joined the Australian School of Petroleum in 2007 following fifteen plus years industry experience with Shell International Exploration and Production Company and two years as a Statoil and BP funded research assistant at the University of Liverpool, UK. His career has covered all aspects of the upstream petroleum industry from exploration to appraisal, development, production and research. Bruce worked for five years in Shell Research Laboratories and gained practical experience in exploration and production companies around the globe and has work experience of geological systems from fourteen countries. He has niche expertise in sedimentology, seismic and sequence stratigraphy and the application of the inherent uncertainties in these data and interpretations to multiple scenario three-dimensional reservoir modelling. Bruce is currently the leader of the ASP Reservoir Analogues Research Group (RARG; http://www.asprg.adelaide.edu.au/RARGwww/rarg_index.html) and leader of the WAVE Consortium (http://www.asprg.adelaide.edu.au/WAVE/index.htm) which focusses on reservoir heterogeneities in mixed process (wave/fluvial/tidal) sandbodies. He is also Discipline Leader for the Reservoir and Seals Characterisation group, CO2CRC (CO2 geosequestration).

Qualifications

1. PhD, 2003, University of Liverpool, UK. Sequence stratigraphic-based analysis of depositional connectivity using 3-D reservoir modelling techniques. Supervised by S. Flint and J. Howell.
2. Msc, 1991, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Sedimentology and high resolution sequence stratigraphy of the Bearpaw-Horseshoe Canyon transition (Upper Cretaceous), Drumheller, Alberta, Canada. Supervised by R.G. Walker.
3. BSc Honours, 1987, Imperial College, London, UK.

Teaching Interests

1. 3D Reservoir Modelling
2. Sedimentology
3. Sequence Stratigraphy
4. Seismic Stratigraphy

Research Interests

1. 3-D Reservoir Modelling: Application of the inherent uncertainties in sedimentological, sequence stratigraphic, seismic and structural data and interpretations to multiple scenario 3-D reservoir modelling.
2. Reservoir Connectivity: Impact of depositional and structural architecture on the predictability of connectivity and compartmentalisation of reservoirs.
3. Sedimentology & Sequence Stratigraphy: Particular interests in marginal marine and fluvial depositional systems focussing on the prediction of coastal depositional style and reservoir heterogeneity related to accommodation/sediment supply regimes and basin morphology.
4. High Resolution Seismic Stratigraphy: Relationships between sedimentary and stratigraphic architectures and high-resolution seismic geometries and attributes.
5. Geological Sequestration of CO2: Reservoir and seal characterisation studies for the sequestration of CO2.

Publications

See attached file.

Professional Associations

1. American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG).
2. International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS).
3. Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM).
4. The Geological Society, London.
5. Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

Files

• Bruce_Ainsworth_Publications.pdf [59.5K] (application/pdf)

Entry last updated: Tuesday, 7 Jul 2009