Madjid Berraki

Leading Advisor Geophysical Acquisition

Equinor

PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Institut Francais du Petrole in 2004. Hold various positions in CGG from R&D Specialist in Marine Seismic Sources to Project Leader in Marine Seismic Acquisition and Processing. Joined Equinor in 2014 as a Principal Geophysicist working mainly on the Grane/Snorre PRM fields and following up various other processing projects. Currently Leading Advisor in Geophysical Acquisition in Equinor.

Julien Large

Product Champion 

Sercel

Julien Large is the Product Champion for Sercel’s Marine Seismic Source business line, responsible for overseeing the 'Marine Source' segment since 2017. In this role, he is involved in defining product development strategies, guiding technology, managing expert teams, and ensuring the financial performance of product lines. Julien also played a key role in the strategy and development of the Bluepulse and TPS product lines and participated in the LISS acquisition. Previously, he worked for over 10 years as a Project Manager in the Oil & Gas, Nuclear Power, and Cryogenics sectors. He holds an Engineering degree from CNAM, Paris and completed the Mastering Business Excellence programme at CEDEP.

Jorge Lopez

Manager Brazil Subsurface Technology

Shell

Jorge Lopez is a geophysicist with 28 years of experience working for Shell in many technical and managerial capacities, including assignments in R&D, Exploration, EOR, and Reservoir Monitoring, applied to reservoirs onshore and in deep water. He is credited with opening new fields of geophysical technology, evidenced by multiple patents, awards, and well-cited publications. He has been in Shell Brasil since 2019, leading the Subsurface Technology group, tasked with investing the ANP R&D obligation in a diverse portfolio of projects to improve upstream efficiency and enable the Energy Transition.

Chris Walker

Chief Geophysicist

BGP Offshore

Dr. Chris Walker received his BSc degree in quantum physics (1972) from the New University of Ulster, N. Ireland and his PhD (1977) in marine geophysics from Durham University, UK. With more than 45 years of oil industry experience in marine survey and source design, marine field operations, data processing and R&D, since 2002 his primary focus has been on establishing ocean bottom surveys as the primary industry technique for both development and exploration.  

David Hajovsky

Executive Vice President, Multi-Client

TGS

Bringing over 15 years’ experience in the energy sector, David leads TGS’ global multi-client strategies and initiatives. David joined TGS in 2017 as Director of Business Development in Western Hemisphere. David served as EVP Western Hemisphere since 2021 and has held other regional VP roles managing the Latin America business and Africa, Mediterranean, Middle East and Asia Pacific business prior to becoming EVP Multi-client. Currently, David serves as a board member for the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA). Prior to joining TGS, he spent nearly nine years with PGS based in Houston, working in both the Onshore and Marine groups. David received his M.B.A. (with distinction) from Robert Gordon University in 2011 and his B.S. degree in microbiology from The University of Texas in 2005. David is a US citizen and currently resides in Houston, Texas. 

Peter Hanssen

Equinor

Dr. Peter Hanssen studied physics and geophysics at the Technical University of Berlin, where he obtained an MSc in neural networks for seismic inversion. After working at the GFZ Potsdam he started his PhD on sub-basalt imaging at the University of Edinburgh while based at the Edinburgh Anisotropy Project. Peter continued his work on seismic imaging of the Atlantic Margin at the British Geological Survey, before moving to Norsk Hydro's research centre in Bergen, Norway, where he worked on sub-salt imaging using additional gravity data from AUVs. He began research into passive seismic exploration using surface waves from microseisms, before overseeing the development of the “Deep Blue” electromagnetic system as a team leader at Statoil. Peter was the Task Manager for geophysical instrumentation and acquisition and led the work on more environmentally friendly seismic sources such as the BASS marine vibrator. He is now the head of geophysical research department at Equinor, and automation for environmental-friendlier geophysical acquisitions is his passion.

Diego Chagas

Petrobras