Craig Shipp
Team Leader, Geohazards Assessment and Pore Pressure Prediction Team
Shell International Exploration and Production Incorporated
Houston, TX
Craig
Shipp is Team Leader of the Geohazards Assessment and Pore Pressure Prediction
Team for Shell International Exploration and Production Incorporated.
This team is involved in drilling an operational safety for Shell’s global
offshore activity.
Dr. Shipp received his Bachelor of Science in Biology from Dickinson College (1972), his Master of Science in Geology from the University of South Carolina (1980) and his Ph.D. in Geological Oceanography from the University of Maine (1989).
Prior to his current position, Dr. Shipp held a number of other positions, besides the ones associated with his degrees, including Diving Officer for the West Indies Laboratory at Fairleigh Dickinson University (1973-77); a Staff Geologist for the Marine Systems Laboratory at the National Museum of National History (1980-83); a Research Geologist for Shell Development Co. (1988-93); a High School Science Teacher (1994-97) and; most recently, a Geologist for the Shallow Water Flow Team at Shell E&P Technology Co. (1998-99).
Dr. Shipp is Chairperson of the OTC/AAPG Subcommittee, Offshore Technology
Conference (OTC) Technical Program Committee; Member of the Environmental
Protection and Safety Panel (EPSP) for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
(IODP); Founder of the Deepwater Operators’ Geohazards Forum; and Co-editor
of the SEPM volume in preparation entitled, “The Importance of Mass-transport
Deposits in Deepwater Settings.” Recently, he completed a two-month tour
of the Asia-Pacific region as a distinguished lecturer for the American
Association of Petroleum Geologists, where he spoke on drilling safety
and the impact of geology on deepwater operations.
Additionally Dr. Shipp is a Certified Geologist with the Texas Board of
Professional Geoscientists and is a member of the American Association
of Petroleum Geologists; the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM and; the Houston
Geological Society.
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