Wiekert Visser
Wiekert Visser (1948) obtained his MSc in geology /geochemistry
at Utrecht University, and his PhD at the University of Illinois at
Chicago. He joined Shell in 1979 as research geochemist. After a
few years, he changed disciplines to seismic interpretation and
worked as an interpreter in Oman. In 1989 he became team leader of
the Seismic Stratigraphy services group within Shell, subsequently
moved on to head the geochemistry research effort and finished his
career within Shell as Chief Geochemist for the company. During the
years 1999-2003 Visser was Manager of Exploration and Field
Evaluation at the State Oil Company of Suriname. In 2003 he
established his own consultancy company "Cepex" (Consultancy and
Education in Petroleum Exploration). In 1999 he was co-founder of
EPTS, for which he has been serving as a director since 2003.