Achour Jamal Madi - president
Expert in Exploration & Sedimentology
Dr Madi is a multi-disciplinary geoscientist with more than 35 years’ experience. He provided management, technical and operational leadership for operating oil Companies (Petro-Canada, Occidental) and independent consulting firms. Dr Madi holds a PhD degree earned in 1994 in Canada. Expert in frontier exploration, carbonate expert & exploration of subtle traps, volume and risk assessment of conventional & unconventional plays, prospect maturation, exploration strategy, concession/acreage capture, carbonate sedimentology & diagenesis. Oil finder with proven track record. Involved in numerous oil and gas exploration projects in more than 40 countries.Familiarity with almost all basins, fields and geological settings around the globe including North and South America including GOM, APAC, MENA, North, East and West Africa, and Europe. Developed algorithms and software to identify shale gas / tight oil plays, and to estimate resources of unconventional plays. Identified and characterized tight oil plays in many countries e.g., SE Saskatchewan (Canada), North-Dakota (USA), Paris Basin (France), Rub al Khali Basin (Oman, Saudi Arabia), NE Algeria, and southern Mexico.Co-founded four oil companies: Madison PetroGas (2007-2012), Allied Petroleum Exploration (APEX) (2011-2022), Canem Petroleum LLC, and recently Emerald Petroleum that co-operates an exploration concession in Central America. Dr Madi is a Professional Geologist (APEGA), and member of AAPG, CSPG, CSEG and SPE. He has published technical papers in AAPG Bulletins, Sedimentology, Facies, Journal of Sedimentary Research and Society of Petroleum engineers (SPE).
selim barama
Expert in artificial intelligence & software development
Selim Barama is a highly skilled software development professional with over 15 years of experience in the field. He has a deep understanding of a range of applications, including those used in the medical, travel, national television, and financial industries, as well as in computer security.
In recent years, Selim has focused on artificial intelligence, data science, and machine learning, and has developed and maintained distributed applications in these areas that are particularly applicable to the gas prospection industry.
His mission is to provide usable and actionable information and visualizations from complex data, enabling companies in the gas prospection industry to make informed decisions.
He is well-versed in a variety of programming languages and frameworks, and has a track record of delivering high-quality, user-friendly front ends and applications for several large companies.
Selim holds a Bachelor of Science in Informatics from the Université de Montréal.
WIlfried Fauvel
Expert in artificial intelligence & software development
WIlfried Fauvel is a highly skilled computer science engineer with more than 15 years of experience within a width variety of industries such as avionics, grid automation and transportation.
He holds a master's degree in computer science from a french University and did not stop learning ever since.
His expertise includes programming languages such as Python, Java, and C++, as well as experience with critical embedded systems, machine learning and data analytics.
In his current role of software leader he is responsible for designing software solutions within a cross-functional teams for railroad industry, as well as managing a team of software engineers.
His aim with Emerald is to provide usable and actionable information and visualizations from complex logs data, helping petroleum explorationists to make informed decisions.
Wilfried is always looking for ways to stay up-to-date on the latest technologies and techniques in the field.
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