Mia van Steenwinkel
Mia Van Steenwinkel (1956) has a Ph.D. in
Geology from the University of Leuven (Belgium). She started
working in Shell in 1989 as a carbonate research geologist. From
1992 to 2008 she worked for Shell's operational unit Petroleum
Development Oman (PDO), in both exploration and production
environments. In exploration she dealt with regional play analysis
to detailed prospect evaluation and maturation, of both carbonate
and siliciclastic plays. As a senior production geologist, she was
responsible for static modelling and field development planning of
numerous oil and gas fields, including Enhanced Oil Recovery
projects. As a carbonate reservoir characterization expert, she was
responsible for coordination of studies and service providers,
company-wide carbonate reservoir support and advice, field reviews,
training and coaching. In the role of PDO's Work Place Learning
facilitator, she designed and facilitated technical and leadership
workshops, training seminars (using Accelerated Learning
principles), opportunity framing workshops, and new-graduates
programmes for PDO and Shell. She has 25+ years experience in
guiding geological field trips and outcrop analogues training for a
large variety of hydrocarbon plays and reservoirs of various
geological ages in Oman and Europe. She is currently working as an
independent geological consultant & trainer.