Mr. Spear joined Hyperdynamics in November 2007 as Vice President and Chief Geophysicist. He subsequently became an Executive Officer on March 2008.
Being adept at prospecting Mr. Spear has led teams or been a key team member responsible for drilling 512 successful wells over his working career including both exploration and development wells. He has shelf and deepwater Gulf of Mexico experience and Deep Shelf experience GOM. His international experience includes Latin America (Mexico Central America Northern South America Gulf of Paria offshore Trinidad Columbus Basin offshore Trinidad Sub-Andean basins offshore Brazil and offshore Argentina (Malvinas Basin and Falkland Islands) Russian Federation Southeast Asia Africa and North Africa (Sirte Basin Libya Western Desert of Egypt and Muglad Basin Sudan) Dubai UAE West Africa (Ivory Coast Nigeria -Mobil Nigeria/Shell Nigeria) and Europe (Spain UK onshore and offshore North Sea).
Mr. Spear is Experienced in some 42 global basins inclusive of Malaysia Philippine Islands Bohai Gulf Pearl River Basin Palawan Islands Northwest Shelf of Australia Sumatra (Mobil Oil- Indonesia) onshore basins of Australia New Zealand and South China Sea offshore of Republic of Vietnam predominately in the Gulf Coast region of Texas Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico. Recent international experience includes Trinidad Mexico and offshore Nigeria. James is an expert on Landmark workstations and proficient on Geoquest IESX and Charisma workstations/SMT.
Mr. Spear earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1973 from the University of Delaware in Mathematics specializing in Astrophysics and Geophysics. He later went on to the South Dakota School of Mines for his PhD in Geology and Advanced Geophysics in 1977. Mr. Spear is a proud Vietnam War veteran.
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