A life of science as a geophysicist

lJohn Saunders graduated from Southend Institute of Technology (UK) as an Associate of the Institute of Physics in Applied Physics, Atomis Physics and Mathematics in 1965. On 1967 he resigned from the UKAEA Atomic Weapons Research and joined Geophysical Service International as an instrument engineer in North Africa and Northern Europe, setting up and operating seismic recording instruments   In 1972 he was transferred as a Processing Party Chief to London, being responsible for reprocessing seismic data for Aramco and then in 1974 he transferred to Sydney As a processing Party Chief of a special project group.   John joined Esso Australia as a Geophysicist in 1977.  One of the first tasks was to set up and run Esso Seismic data processing operations on the Exmouth Plateau, followed by seismic field and processing operations in the Galilee Badin in Queensland.    After a short time in the USA in 1979, Johnreturned to Sydney as Geophysical Operations Manager of Esso's offshore and onshore processing projects.    In 1982 John was transferred to Exxon Production Research Company , Houston. As a Senior Research Associate, he was engaged in various research projects in the USA.  In 1984 he moved to Esso Norway, as a Geophysical Operations Manager, responsible for the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.   John resigned from Esso in 1987 to set up IGEC Pty Ltd, to provide consulting services to energy exploration companies. He specialises in developing high resolution seismic data collection and processing techniques for the coal and coal bed methane as we as the oil and gas industry in Australia and New Zealand.   In 1989-1992 he was chief investigator at the National Centre for Petroleum Geology and Geopysics in Adelaide, in charge of research into seismic techniques in the Cooper Basin in South Australia.    In 1994 John was appointed as an advisor to the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand in Bangkok.   In 1995 he was appointed as consultant to the Department of Mineral Resources of NSW.   

John is a member of SEG, ASEG and PESA