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Marel Sanchez

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Cross discipline Manager | Senior Exploration Geoscientist | Play-based Assessment | Latin America, Caribbean, & Africa |
Houston, Texas, United States

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  • C
    Chief Geophysicist and VP of Technology
    Coastline Exploration
    Jun 2022 - Jun 2024 (2 years 1 month)
    Evaluating oil and gas opportunities offshore Somalia, 2D regional seismic interpretation, Play opportunities identification, geologic integration, planning exploration strategy, and 3D acquisition for exploration campaign. Dataroom coordination and business development are needed to look for partnerships.
  • code t
    Industrial Advisor
    code t
    Jul 2020 - May 2022 (1 year 11 months)
    Industrial Advisor, advising on digital transformation, defining customized virtual cloud-native solutions for industrial geoscience projects. Collaborating with experts worldwide, sharing the knowledge on collaboration platforms, offering specialized solutions for national data depositories for South American and West African countries.
  • U Explore
    U3 Explore Founder and Managing Director
    U Explore
    Jan 2020 - Current (6 years 4 months)
    Co-founder and Managing Director of U3 Explore is a value network of knowledge workers collaborating in de-risking business decisions. Main areas of advisory: regional subsurface characterization, industrial geotechnical project advisory, and cross-discipline project collaborator
  • Big Frog Custom TShirts More of The Woodlands
    Business Owner
    Big Frog Custom TShirts More of The Woodlands
    Oct 2017 - Current (8 years 7 months)
    Business owner of Big Frog Custom T-Shirts & More of The Woodlands is based franchise company specializing in custom decorating high-quality t-shirts and apparel without up-front fees or minimums, no art and design charges. Online services.
  • Actus Veritas Geoscience LLC
    Co-Founder / Managing Director
    Actus Veritas Geoscience LLC
    May 2016 - Current (10 years)
    Co-founder and Managing Director. Advisory in geoscience and digital transformation E&P and decarbonization projects in Latin America and West Africa. International oil and gas projects in exploration offshore, regional geology and geophysical studies, basin/play/prospect opportunities evaluations. We are helping to shape technical and economical approach strategies for new opportunities from prospecting to production for decision-making.
  • Murphy Oil
    Exploration Geophysicist, New Ventures
    Murphy Oil
    Jan 2013 - Apr 2016 (3 years 4 months)
    Senior Geophysicist, New Ventures. Focused on the seismic interpretation of 2D/3D data for geology and geophysical framework, integrating multiscale comprehensive regional or asset framework for play/prospect assessment and risk analysis of new opportunities in Latin America and West Africa. ● Regional geological framework for GOM-Mexico integrates multiscale geological and geophysical data from public information, studies, publications, wells, and seismic for bidding rounds related to shallow/deep water in Mexico and 2015-2016. ● Regional geological framework for MSGBC (Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Bissau, and Conakry) to integrate multiscale geological data of Central Atlantic in West Africa margin, from public information, studies, pu
  • Repsol
    Exploration Geophysicist
    Repsol
    Sep 2010 - Dec 2012 (2 years 4 months)
    Senior Geophysicist, North Latin America Exploration. Seismic interpretation to build a regional geologic framework with 2D / 3D data in South Caribbean Region ● Regional seismic interpretation and basin /play assessment for offshore Colombia, Venezuela, Aruba, Curacao, and Bonaire to generate a geologic framework to support exploration activity in the region. ● Aruba offshore seismic interpretation supports acreage negotiation (signed Dec. 2012), new seismic acquisition planning, and potential interest areasnof exploration. Also, I supported exploration opportunities and plays/prospect generation onshore Colombia in the Sub-Andean regions and Llanos Basin.
  • Petrobras Global Trading BV
    Exploration Geophysicist
    Petrobras Global Trading BV
    Jan 2007 - Sep 2009 (2 years 9 months)
    Venezuela, Brazil, Angola Senior Geophysicist, International Served as a technical team player and interpreted regional seismic data to support regional geologic framework for Kwanza and Benguela Basins, integration with Basin petroleum studies, play definition and risk assessment in pre/post-salt plays/prospects, prepare technical support for drilling commitment of 11 exploration wells that includes, pre-salt/ post salt and subsalt opportunities. ● Support technical meetings and regional seismic interpretation for Blocks: 6/06, 18/06, 15/06, and 34 in Kwanza Basin-related salt-related structural traps. ● Follow up in all-new seismic acquisition surveys on blocks operated by Petrobras. ● Play assessment in the pre-salt section for Bengue
  • PDVSA Petroleos de Venezuela SA
    Exploration Geophysicist
    PDVSA Petroleos de Venezuela SA
    Jan 1998 - Jan 2003 (5 years 1 month)
    Senior Geophysicist, Exploration Department. Seismic interpretation for large 2D/3D seismic data sets for integrating a geologic framework, and exploratory opportunities. • Focus Deformation Front on Monagas North (Furrial Trend), to generate Play/ Prospect assessment in Lower Miocene-Pliocene. • Define a geologic framework in offshore Orinoco Delta (Northern Extension of Guyana Basin. Geophysicist, Exploration CORPOVEN S.A., Caracas, Venezuela. Seismic interpretation in the Eastern Venezuelan and Barinas basins. QA in seismic acquisition in different geophysical surveys (grav/mag, 2D/3D onshore seismic, VSP, and Check Shots) for E&P assets, also follow up on processing and results in deliveries for a different full-cycle opportunities eva
  • C
    Geophysicist
    Corpoven PDVSA
    Jan 1994 - Jan 1998 (4 years 1 month)
    Seismic Interpreter allocate in production/exploration areas as part of program to reduce cycle time in a drillable projects, also involve in seismic acquisition and processing for wells and onshore surveys.
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  • The University of Texas at Austin
    Masters, Geological Sciences
    The University of Texas at Austin
    Jan 1999 - Dec 2001 (3 years)
    Petroleum Geology
  • Universidad Simón Bolívar
    Geophysical Engineer
    Universidad Simón Bolívar
    Jan 1989 - Dec 1994 (6 years)
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    U3 EXPLORE Venezuela
    Dec 2019
    Unlocking Venezuela's Subsurface Legacy: Investing in the Preservation and Digitization of Geoscience for Strategic Energy Investors and Institutional Sponsors
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    U3 EXPLORE Venezuela Project
    Oct 2019
    Our objective is to create a cloud-native decision support platform for sustainable development in Venezuela. SDDC will support sustainable exploitation of Venezuela's mineral resources and deployment of renewable energy projects to satisfy energy and fuel demands in a sustainable manner and progress the social development of Venezuela.