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Research Interests
Publications
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Professor Richard Hillis

Telephone	+61 8 8303 3080
Position	Head of Australian School of Petroleum
Email	richard.hillis@adelaide.edu.au
Fax	+61 8 8303 4345
Building	Santos
Floor/Room	2 19
Campus	North Terrace
Org Unit	Petroleum Science, Australian School of

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Biography/ Background

I am the Head of the Australian School of Petroleum and the PIRSA (SA State Government) Professor of Petroleum Geology at the University of Adelaide. Prior to this I was a lecturer in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Adelaide and I have been a Research Fellow at the British Geological Survey (Edinburgh, UK) and at Flinders University (Adelaide).

I work with a group of ~10 post-docs and PhD students researching petroleum geomechanics and sedimentary basin tectonics at the Australian School of Petroleum. The details of my research interests are best summarised in the attached file of publications.

I enjoy both the pure science and applied aspects of my research. I have been extensively involved with industry having taught short courses in Australia, Brunei, Japan, Malaysia, UK and Vietnam. I have undertaken approximately 35 consulting projects for 25 Australian and international oil companies. I am also a non-executive director of JRS Petroleum Research Pty. Ltd. (a privately-owned petroleum geomechanics and image log consultancy) and of Petratherm Ltd. (an ASX-listed geothermal energy company).

Qualifications

PhD (1988) University of Edinburgh
"The Geology and Tectonic Evolution of the Western Approaches Trough, UK"

BSc (Hons) Geology (1985) Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, University of London

Teaching Interests

Exploration Geophysics

Petroleum Exploration

Tectonics

Thesis Writing & Oral Presentation Skills

Research Interests

Petroleum Geomechanics (Present-Day Subsurface Stresses)

Sedimentary Basin Tectonics

Pore Pressure

Naturally Fractured Reservoirs and Tight Gas

Hot Rock Geothermal Energy

Geological Storage of Co2

Publications

See attached file

Professional Associations

American Association of Petroleum Geologists

American Geophysical Union

Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists

Geological Society of London

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia

Geological Society of Australia

European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers

Society of Exploration Geophysicists

Society of Petroleum Engineers

Files

Publications.doc [200.0K] (application/msword)

Expertise for Media Contact

Categories	Mining and energy, Science and technology
Expertise	geothermal energy; petroleum exploration; crustal stresses
Notes	Alt phone: (08) 8303 4299
Mobile	0418 110 737

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