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Отправлено: 23.09.20 13:40. Заголовок: Paul F. Worthington 1945–2020
Так и не сложилось с ним поспорить И уже не сложится ============================ 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 ========================================= Душевно скупее у нас пишут ;-((
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