Summary
Biography
Professor Alastair J. Fraser has recently (June 2010) been appointed to the newly created post of EGI Chair in Petroleum Geoscience. He holds a BSc from Edinburgh University (1977) and a PhD from Glasgow University (1995), both in Geology. Al previously worked for BP as a Petroleum Geologist/Exploration Manager for over 30 years. His career in petroleum exploration, has taken him to most corners of the world including N. America, Europe, Africa, Middle East and the Far East. Following the BP Amoco merger, he led the team which made the significant Plutonio discovery in Block 18, deepwater Angola. He is the author of many papers on the petroleum geology of extensional basins most notably on the North Sea Jurassic and northern England Carboniferous.
Recent Measures of Esteem
- 2010-present - EGI Chair in Petroleum Geoscience
- 2008- present - Co-Editor Petroleum Geoscience journal
- 2007-2010 - Honorary Professor in Petroleum Geoscience, University of Manchester
- 2006-2010 - Secretary of the Petroleum Group committee of the Geological Society London
Research Interests
- Origin and fill of rifts and rifted margins
- Petroleum basins, play fairway analysis and prospect evaluation
- Main areas of research: Arctic, South Atlantic, Eastern Mediterranean and North Sea
Publications
Journals
Perkins JR, Fraser AJ, Muxworthy AR, et al., 2023, Basin and petroleum systems modelling to characterise multi-source hydrocarbon generation: A case study on the inner Moray Firth, UK North Sea, Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol:151, ISSN:0264-8172
Abdulkarim M, Muxworthy AR, Fraser A, 2022, High temperature susceptibility measurements: A potential tool for the identification of oil water transition zone (OWTZ) in petroleum reservoirs, Frontiers in Earth Science, Vol:10, ISSN:2296-6463
Abdulkarim MA, Muxworthy A, Fraser A, et al., 2022, Effect of hydrocarbon presence and properties on the magnetic signature of the reservoir sediments of the Catcher Area Development (CAD) region, UK North Sea, Frontiers in Earth Science, Vol:10, ISSN:2296-6463, Pages:1-20
Abdulkarim M, Muxworthy A, Fraser A, et al., 2022, Siderite occurrence in petroleum systems and its potential as a hydrocarbon-migration proxy: a case study of the Catcher Area Development and the Bittern area, UK North Sea, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, ISSN:0920-4105
Conference
Sims M, Fraser A, Neumaier M, et al., 2022, NEAR WELLBORE PETROLEUM SYSTEMS MODELLING FOR IDENTIFICATION OF UNCONVENTIONAL TARGETS WITHIN THE LOWER CARBONIFEROUS OF ENGLAND, Pages:2749-2753