Biography
Andrey Bakulin is unique geophysicist
for the modern-day oil and gas industry. He enjoys all aspects of geophysics:
good theory, elegant numerical studies, field experimentation and practical
implementation. Most of all he enjoys when he meets the combination of all of
these. And of course he does not sit and wait for them to come together – he
is motivating industry and academia colleagues to join forces and always
actively arranging for these things to happen. He does not believe in
geophysics as a closed science with clearly defined boundaries. In fact his
research has pushed many of these boundaries and broken quite a few barriers.
His credo is simple: if there is good science and promising practical
applications – then it is geophysics and it is for him. This credo has
several historical roots. Theoretical side is firmly rooted in St. Petersburg
Russian school of wave propagation while attraction to real-life applications
stems from his father – well-known Russian inventor and geoscientist.
Andrey’s geophysical and engineering interests are
numerous but few passions are worth of particular notice. Andrey did extensive
work on using seismic anisotropy to characterize fractures, stress and
lithology. He developed rock physics transform between 3D stress and
anisotropic velocity. He is co-author of the Virtual Source Method. He works
on applying tube waves for reservoir and well monitoring. His publication
record includes two books and numerous papers and patents. Finally, Andrey
Bakulin has won two prestigious technology awards. First, 2007 E&P
Special Meritorious Awards for Engineering Innovation, Hart E&P industry
award was given to Virtual Source technology (eandp.info/area/meawinners). Second, J. Clarence Karcher
Award from Society of Exploration Geophysics (2005) was presented to Andrey
in “recognition of your contributions in the areas of imaging scattering
series, time-lapse seismic monitoring, inversion and processing on
anisotropic media, rock physics and fracture characterization.”
First Andrey enjoyed an academic career
at St. Petersburg
State University
and short stay at Colorado School of Mines. Industrial career followed with
three years at Schlumberger Cambridge Research and seven years with Shell. Since
April 2008 Andrey works at Schlumberger/WesternGeco.
Updated: October 25, 2008
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