Gerhard Diephuis
Gerhard Diephuis (1947) studied Geology and Geophysics at the
State University of Leiden. The Netherlands. In addition he
obtained a Bachelors degree in Economics, Rotterdam Erasmus
University. He became research assistant to Prof. Dr. J.G.
Hagedoorn, one of the founders of modern geophysics. After
completing his military service as Officer in the Royal Guards, he
joined Shell International in 1977.
He followed initial training in The Hague and was posted soon
thereafter to Sarawak Shell in Malaysia, where he worked as seismic
interpreter in various provinces. In 1982 he was seconded to
Woodside Petroleum, in the Petroleum Engineering Department, where
he jointly interpreted the Rankin 3D survey, the first in the
country. In 1984 he moved to Shell Expro in London, where he first
worked as senior geophysicist in the Central North Sea Team and
later led the Business Opportunity Team. In 1987 he was posted to
Oman where, after an initial stint in the North Oman Team, he
became Discipline Head Production Seismology. In that function he
was the main instigator of the Natih 3D3C Experimental Survey, an
industry first in the field of shear-wave exploration. In 1991 he
left for the Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij in The Netherland,
where he headed a section that applied novel techniques in
Quantitative Interpretation.
Since 1997 Diephuis is independent consultant engaged in a large
number of highly varied geophysical assignments in combination with
educational activities both for industry and university. He
undertook major assignments in UAE, Suriname, Morocco, Saudi
Arabia, India, Libya, UK, Norway and the Far East, apart from
various unitisation activities in the Dutch and Norwegian sectors
of the North Sea.
Between 2007 and 2017 Diephuis was associated with IF Technology
as Senior Advisor for deep geothermal projects.
In addition to his consultancy activities, Diephuis is long
involved in education at the Technical University Delft and in
professional training mostly for Schlumberger/NExT. During the last
8 years he was the mentor of the TUD student team, participating in
AAPG's Imperial Barrel Award competition.
From 1997 to 2004 Diephuis was first Associate Editor and later
Editor in Chief of "Geophysical Prospecting", an ICI listed journal
- for these efforts he was awarded Honorary Membership of EAGE. He
served on the Board of EAGE as Publication Officer from 2013-2014.
His memberships further include AAPG, SPE, Royal Dutch GeoScience
& Mining Association (KNGMG) and SEG. The last mentioned
association nominated him "Outstanding Reviewer" For the journal
"Geophysics" in 2012.
Between 2007 and 2017 Diephuis was associated with IF Technology
as Senior Advisor for deep geothermal projects.
Diephuis speaks various languages and is computer literate - in
particular he is familiar with Trace Interpretation Systems and
with UNIX application.
Diephuis is an active veteran race-rower and loves playing
Baroque music on his traverso.
August 2018