Rene Jonk

Director, ACT-Geo Consulting and Training; Honorary Professor, University of Aberdeen.

Rene has 25 years of experience in geoscience characterization for exploration, development and research projects.

He held technical advisor and leadership roles with ExxonMobil and Apache working on projects across onshore and offshore basins in Africa, South America, North America and Europe. His experience covers conventional and unconventional systems from frontier exploration to mature field development.

Rene holds a PhD in Petroleum Geology from the University of Aberdeen where he serves as an honorary professor teaching courses and advising research projects. He is an active member of SEPM, EAGE and the Geological Society of London and has published numerous papers on petroleum geology and stratigraphy.

Education

PhD in geology, University of Aberdeen, 2000-2003
MSc in geology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1995-1999

Courses Taught

Sequence Stratigraphy and its expression on Seismic, Logs and Cores (G001)
Sequence Stratigraphy of the Permian Basin, Texas and New Mexico (G002)
Reservoir Characterization of Deepwater Systems: Ross Formation, County Clare, Ireland (G023)
Prospect Generation, Assessment and Risking (G026)
Characterization of Clastic Reservoirs: Workflows for Reservoir Evaluation (G035)
Reservoir Characterization of Deepwater Systems, San Diego, California (G046)
Basin-Scale Stratigraphy (Source-to-Sink): Basins of the Pyrenean Foreland, Spain (G117)