Professor John Kaldi is the Chief Scientist for
CO2CRC, and Professor and Chair of Geosequestration at the University of
Adelaide. John's expertise is in CO2
storage (containment, injectivity, capacity), seal evaluation, petroleum reservoir
geology, carbonate sedimentology and diagenesis. John has had a distinguished career, in both
academia (12 years at University of Adelaide) and in the Petroleum Industry (over 18 years
with Shell, Arco, Vico), where he served in both technical and managerial roles.
He obtained his Bachelors degree (1974) and studied for his Masters degree
at Queens College, City University of New York (1976). He then received a Ph.D
from Cambridge University, England in 1980 for a dissertation on Permian
carbonates (hydrocarbon reservoir rocks) in the North Sea. He then worked with
Saskatchewan Geological Survey in Regina (1980-82), Shell Canada in Calgary
(1982-87), with ARCO Oil & Gas in Texas, USA (1987-91), with ARCO Indonesia in
Jakarta (1991-97), and with VICO Indonesia (1997-98). He became Director of the
National Centre for Petroleum Geology and Geophysics at University of Adelaide, Australia
(1998-2003) and then was the inaugural Head of School of the Australian School of Petroleum,
also at the University of Adelaide (2003-2005).
He has received numerous honours and awards from professional
societies, including the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)’s Honorary
Member Award, Distinguished Service Award, Special Commendation Award, the DEG Public
Outreach Award and several Certificates of Merit Awards. He has served as the
AAPG AsiaPacific Region President and Chaired the AAPG International Regions
and Visiting Petroleum Geoscientist Program. He has contributed more than 50
peer reviewed technical publications, organised numerous workshops and
conferences on Carbon Capture and Storage and Seal Evaluation. He served on the
organising committees for both the Bali 2000 (Oral ProgramChair) and Perth 2006
(Technical Program Chair) AAPG International Conference and Exhibitions. He has
been, on multiple occasions, both a PESA and an AAPG Distinguished Lecturer.
John has recently retired as a South Australian State Soccer Referee and is now pursuing
his sporting glories as an over-the-hill, but avid, squash player!
Carbon Capture and Storage, CCS, CO2 Geoequestration, Petroleum geology, Petroleum engineering, petroleum industry in Indonesia
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