Peter Bartok

 
 

Petroleum Exploration                                         1992 - present

Consultant                                                             Houston, Tx


  1. • Generated prospects and carried out regional studies in the Gulf of Mexico Onshore (Mesozoic and Tertiary), Montana Rocky Mountains and Williston Basins.  Projects involved integrating seismic and geologic information.


  1. •Carried out special consulting studies on specific geologic problems that require specific regional knowledge, and expertise in structural geology and sedimentology. Client companies include Pemex (5 years, Reforma, Burgos, Tampico-Misantla Basins), Shell (Alberta Basin – Paleozoic and Mesozoic)),  Chevron-Texaco, PDVSA (Venezuelan National Oil company), Conoco-Phillips, Exxon-Mobil, Total, Repsol, World Bank


Research Scientist                                               1990- 1992   

BP Exploration                                                        Houston/London

 

  1. •Magnetic Research : Chief research scientist on investigations related to high sensitivity aeromagnetics in Europe, Canada and the Gulf of Mexico. The project involved a detailed understanding of the application of high frequency residual magnetic anomalies in close flight line spacing and comparing the results with subsurface data. 


  1. •Studies on the Role of CO2 and Diagenesis in the Sub-Salt of the Southern North Sea : Carried out investigations on the effects of CO2 dissolution in subsalt siliclastics of the Rotliegendes Sandstone (Permian) Southern North Sea resulting from the lowering of the isotherms due to the higher thermal conductivity of salt. The CO2 originates from the Westphalean coal beds that underlie the Rotliegendes Fm.


Latin America Project Manager (UK)

Chief Onshore Geologist (US)                              1982- 1990

BP Exploration                                                         Houston, TX


  1. •Coordinated and enhanced the exploration effort of the Yegua trend in Texas, the Smackover, Norphlet trend in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico; and improved the exploration strategy in the Wyoming thrust belt.


  1. •Evaluated prospects in over 40 basins of the world: Latin America, Europe, China, West Africa.


Project Leader and Pathfinder                              1972-1975

Texaco                                                                     1980-1982

                                                                                 Caracas/Miami

 

  1. •Involved with all aspects of exploration in Venezuela, Paraguay, Angola, Guatemala and Brazil. Drilled the discovery well Xan-1 in Guatemala and recommended entry into northern Brazil.


  1. •Defined the exploration technique that led to the discovery of the Pinda carbonates in Angola.


Lead Geologist                                                        1975–1980

     Heavy Oil Belt                                                       Caracas

     Cretaceous (Maracaibo Basin)

PDVSA

 

  1. •Directed the initial exploration effort of the San Diego trend.  Currently one of the three principal producing trends of the Heavy Oil Belt in Venezuela.


  1. •A four year investigation of the Cretaceous of the Maracaibo Basin led to landmark redefinitions of the play concept and multiple publications on the topic.

Petroleum Exploration Consultant


Research Interests:

Complex salt tectonics and Regional Gulf of Mexico Tectonics and Williston Basin


Education:

State University of New York Buffalo, NY


    Bachelor’s Geology     ’69

    Master’s Geology        ’73


Languages:

Fluency in technical Spanish and English


Gulf Coast Areas Studied:

Experience:

  1. •P. Mann, A. Escalona, P. Bartok, 2006, Field trip guide to the Falcon Basin, northwestern Venezuela. Caribbean Basins, Tectonics and Hydrocarbons Research Project, Institute of Geophysics, University of Texas Austin (private circulation)


  1. •Martinez K,H.,M. Valera S, P. Bartok, S. Ghosh, 2005, The Artesa Mundo Nuevo Platform of the Chiapas-Tabasco Region, South-East Basin, Mexico: an Enigma. GCAGS 55th Annual Conv. New Orleans.


  1. •Martinez K.H., J.F. Gozalez P.,P. Bartok, 2005, Salt Involvement in the Jujo Tecominoacan Thrust Belt, Chiapas-Tabasco Region, South East Basin Mexico, GCAGS 55th Annual Conv. New Orleans


  1. •Bartok, P. , 2003, The Peripheral Bulge of the Interior Range of the Eastern Venezuela Basin and its Impact on Oil Accumulations: in The Circum Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean: Hydrocarbon Habitats Basin Formation and Plate Tectonics; ed. C. Bartolini, R. Buffler and J. Blickwede. AAPG Memoir 79, 179p.


  1. •Ghosh, S. and P. Bartok, 1997, Estratigrafía y evolución del Margen Continental del Mesozoico al Paleogeno de los Andes Venezolanos. Sociedad Venezolana de Geólogos, Edición Especial. Excursión No. 3 del VIII Congreso Geológico Venezolano. 121 p.


  1. •Bartok, P.,1993, Pre-breakup geology of the Gulf of Mexico-Caribbean: its relation to Triassic-Jurassic rift systems of the region. Tectonics, v. 12, p. 441-459.


  1. •Bartok, P. E., O. Renz, and G. E. G. Westermann, The Siquisique ophiolites, northern Lara State, Venezuela: A discussion on their Middle Jurassic ammonites and tectonic implications, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 96, 1050-1055, 1985.


  1. •Bartok, P. E., T. J. A. Reijers, and I. Juhasz, Lower Cretaceous Cogollo Group, Maracaibo Basin, Venezuela: Sedimentology, diagenesis and petrophysics, A.A.P.G. Bull., 65, 1110-1134, 1981.


  1. •Feo-Codecido, G., Martin Bellizzia, C., Bartok, P., 1974, Excursion geologica a la Peninsula de Paraguana. Asoc. Ven. Geol. Min. Pet. 22p.


  1. •Hunter, V. F., and Bartok, P., 1974, The age and correlation of the Tertiary sediments of the Paraguana Peninsula, Venezuela. Mem. VII Car. Geol. Conf., p. 497-504.

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