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Paul F. Worthington 1945–2020


Paul Francis Worthington was born on August 8, 1945, in
Preston, Lancashire. He attended St Mary’s College, Blackburn,
and remained proud of his northern English roots throughout
his life.
The son of a headteacher and an assistant headteacher,
Paul was born into a family of educators. He dabbled with that
route himself after graduating with a BS degree in Mathematics
and Physics from the University of Hull, UK, teaching for a year
at Kilburn Polytechnic in London. It was an unlikely late-night
conversation at a house party that introduced him to the field
of geophysics, hitherto unknown to him, and that chance
encounter set him on the path that defined his academic and
professional life.
Thereafter, Paul’s academic career took him first to
a Master’s degree in Geophysics at Durham, then to the
University of Birmingham, UK, where he both earned a
PhD researching the petrophysics of Britain’s second most
important aquifer—the Sherwood Sandstone Group—and
met Catherine, his wife of almost 50 years.
He started his technical career in the water industry,
which led to 5 years in Pretoria, South Africa, during which he
became Chief Research Officer with the South African Council
for Scientific and Industrial Research, and was awarded a DSc
by the University of Pretoria. After his return to the UK, he
spent an additional 2 years in the water industry with Howard
Humphreys & Partners in Reading, before moving into the oil
industry with BP in 1980
Within BP, he rose to become Head of Formation
Evaluation at the BP Research Centre in Sunbury-on-Thames,
England, promoting the study of both the theoretical side
of petrophysics and the use of core data to condition the
interpretations obtained from well log data, especially those
obtained when investigating reservoir rocks that contained
appreciable amounts of clay minerals (shaly sands). His main
interests were in integrated studies for reservoir evaluation
and management and in assimilating data from different
measurement scales effectively in formation characterization.
After BP, he joined the petroleum engineering consulting
firm, Gaffney, Cline & Associates, based in Hampshire, UK
and Singapore, where he concentrated on matters of equity
redetermination and reserves estimation.
A prodigious academic and first-rate consultant, Paul
was devoted to the pursuit of excellence and to sharing his
knowledge for the benefit of the industry. He published more
than 100 peer-reviewed papers in the fields of engineering
geoscience and petroleum unitization and coedited four
books on core and log analysis. More than a few of Paul’s
papers are considered seminal within their subject areas and
must be referenced in any relevant research. After becoming
a stalwart member and early President of the local London
Chapter in the early 1980s, Paul went on to serve the SPWLA
in many roles, including as Director-at-Large (1982–1983),
Publications Committee (1981–1984, 1986–1989), Vice
President Publications (Editor of Petrophysics) (2006–2007),
Petrophysics Associate Editor (1996–2003, 2007–2009), Vice
President of Technology (1984–1985), and as President of
SPWLA (1985–1986). In addition, he co-chaired four SPWLA
topical conferences, and instigated and co-chaired the first
Annual Symposium of the Society to be held outside of the
USA, in London in 1987, during a downturn in the oil and gas
industry. That the event was a technical, social, and financial
success was largely down to his drive and vision.
Described by the SPWLA as “one of the giants of the
discipline” and one of its “most referenced authors,” Paul
was the recipient of numerous SPWLA Awards including the
society’s top honor, the Gold Medal for Technical Achievement
(2012), as well as the Medal of Honor for Career Service
(2006), the Distinguished Technical Achievement Award
(2004), and the Distinguished Service Award (1996). He was
also the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award of the
Society of Core Analysts.
Outside of SPWLA, from 1986–1992 he served as
Chairman of the Downhole Measurements Panel of the
International Ocean Drilling Program and was for 10 years a
coeditor of Petroleum Geoscience for the Geological Society
of London. He was also active in the London Section of the
Society of Petroleum Engineers, being a guest speaker from
time to time at their monthly meetings.
Paul’s determination was legendary, stretching into all
aspects of his life. As a young man, he was a football (soccer)

goalkeeper of formidable reputation and became a lifelong
fan of Manchester United. Wherever in the world he traveled,
he would always go to great lengths to do two things—watch
the Red Devils’ latest match and attend Mass.
As both a scientist and a committed Christian, the
Catholic faith played a huge role in Paul’s life. He was an active
parishioner in the parish of St Francis, Ascot, for almost 40
years, where he taught the children’s liturgy, was a regular
reader, and edited the parish magazine. In later life, he was
honored to be invited to become a Knight of the Holy Order of
the Equestrian Sepulchre of Jerusalem.
Paul continued his pursuit of learning and education
right until the end. His final academic achievement was
consolidating the legal side of his unitization experience into
an LLM by Research at the University of Reading, UK. Paul
completed his thesis the day before he was diagnosed with
the illness that ultimately claimed his life. He spent the last
weeks of his life finalizing the thesis for publication, and his
final legacy, The Law on Petroleum Unitization, was published
in May 2020, the month of his death.
Paul is survived by his loving wife Catherine, his children
Michelle, Mark, and Tim, and his four grandchildren.
Mark Worthington
Brian Moss

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