Paul Gerlach Professional Biography

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PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:

Thirty Three (33) year track record as a proven oil-finder in the Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountains.
Three (3) Fold increase in Mid-Continent Operators Oil and Gas Production through the accurate integration of geological and geophysical data.
Built Charter Production Company from a start-up venture to $25.6 million in revenues in three years by exploring for new oil and gas reserves.
Supervised five-member exploration team, which generated, assembled, funded, and drilled over one hundred (100) exploratory wells in four years, with an overall success ratio of 31%.
Responsible for the farm-out of Mesa Petroleums deep-rights within the Hugoton. Participated, with equity interest, in over three hundred wells drilled on 225,000 acres.
Designed, implemented, and managed the worlds premier petroleum geology website at the Kansas Geological Survey.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2000 - Present
Charter Consulting, Miramar, Florida, President - Owner

Providing geoscience consulting services to clients in the Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountains
Geological / Geophysical Modeling and Interpretation of Thin Bedded Reservoirs
Density Inversion for Porosity Prediction
Co-Rendered Attribute Analysis
Sub-Salt-Anhydrite / Shallow Zone Velocity Analysis for Depth Correction

1995 - 2000
Kansas Geological Survey, Petroleum Research Section, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, Research Scientist

Petroleum Resource Assessment and Modeling
Reservoir Characterization and Numerical Simulation
Internet and GIS application in Petroleum Geology

1990 - 1995
Charter Production Company, Wichita, Kansas, Vice President Exploration - Partner

Supervised five member team, three geologists, geophysicist, and petroleum engineer, which generated, assembled, funded, and drilled over one hundred exploratory wells in the Mid-Continent.
Prepared prospectus and presented exploratory drilling programs to investment companies and high net worth individuals.
Raised $20 million for direct investment in exploratory drilling
Designed and implemented a quality investor marketing, reporting, and relations program.
Responsible for year-end oil and gas reserve reporting system.

1978 - 1990
Charter Development Corporation, Wichita, Kansas, President - Owner

Prepared detailed geological, geophysical, and oil and gas reserve study of producing formations in Hugoton Embayment.
Responsible for the farm-out of Mesa Petroleum's "deep-rights" within the Hugoton. Participated, with equity interest, in over three hundred wells drilled on 225,000 acres.
Providing geoscience consulting services to clients in the Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountains. Clients include, but not limited to Union Pacific Resources, OXY USA, Chesapeake Operating, Murfin Drilling, Stelbar Oil Corporation, Midco Exploration.

1976 - 1978
Farmland Industries, NCRA Crude Oil Division, Denver, Colorado, Exploration Geologist

Responsible for prospect development in the Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountains.

CONTINUING EDUCATION:

Expert in Computer-Aided Exploration
Geographix Discovery Suite Geological and Geophysical Interpretation & Mapping
GMA Geophysical Modeling
SMT Kingdom Geophysical Interpretation Suite
ARC/Info and Arcview Certified
Extensive experience in Computer-Aided Production Analysis
OGRE - decline curve analysis, economic projections, and reporting
MICA - decline curve analysis, economic projections, and reporting
Extensive experience in DOS, Windows, and Sun UNIX operating

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Certified Petroleum Geologist #2620
Department of Professional Affairs Committee Member
Geological Computing and Website Committee Member
Licensed Kansas Geologist, License #215
Society of Petroleum Engineers
Geological Society of America
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists
Kansas Geological Society
Editor, Oil and Gas Fields in Kansas, Volume #5
Editor, Kansas Geological Society Bulletin
Houston Geological Society

PERSONAL DATA

Private Pilot
Fly Fishing
Golf

PERTINENT PUBLICATIONS:

Gerlach, P.M., 1985, Oil and Gas Fields in Kansas - Trembly Field, Kansas Geological Society, Volume 5, p 97 - 103.

KGS Open-file Report 97-14, Digital Petroleum Atlas Annual Report - 1996 , by Lee C. Gerhard, Timothy R. Carr, W.Lynn Watney, Paul Gerlach, Dana Adkins-Heljeson, Willard Guy, Joseph M. Kruger, Ken Stalder, Saibal Bhattacharya and Wyatt Weeks

Carr, T. R. and Gerlach, P. M., 1999, KGS Open-file Report 98-50, 1998 Kansas Oil and Gas Production: An Examination of the Importance of Stripper Production

Gerlach, P. M. and Bhattacharya, S., 1998, KGS Open-file Report 98-29, PC-Based Reservoir Simulation using U.S. Department of Energy's BOAST 3 and Enhanced Post Processing Tools

RELEVANT PRESENTATIONS TO PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Gerlach, P. M., 2000, Horizontal Drilling in Kansas: Current Status and Case Histories, presented to Society of Petroleum Engineers, Wichita Chapter

Gerlach, P. M., 1999, Kansas Oil and Gas Exploration - A Ten Year History and Future Strategies, presented to American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Mid-Continent Section Meeting

Gerlach, P. M. and Merriam, D. F., 1999, The Resource-Full Mississippian of Kansas, presented to the conference on Silurian, Devonian, and Mississippian Geology and Petroleum in the Southern Mid-continent Oklahoma Geological Survey, DOE, National Petroleum Technology Office

Gerlach, P. M., 1998, Identifying Candidate Reservoirs for Horizontal Drilling in Kansas, presented to PTTC Horizontal Drilling Seminar, Wichita, Kansas

Gerlach, P. M. and M Bhattacharya, S.A., 1998, Cost-Effective Reservoir Characterization and Simulation - The Schaben Field (Mississippian), Ness County, Kansas, present to American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, April, 1998.

Gerlach, P.M., 1997, Northern Mid-Continent Digital Petroleum Atlas, presented to Department of Energy Contractors Review Meeting, Houston, Texas, May, 1997.

Bhattacharya, S.A. and Gerlach, P.M, 1997, Carbonate Reservoir Characterization and Field Simulation using Boast 3 - The Schaben Field (Mississippian), Ness County, Kansas, present to Tertiary Oil Recovery Project Annual Meeting, March, 1997.

Bhattacharya, S.A. and Gerlach, P.M, 1997, PC Based Reservoir Simulation using BOAST 3 and Enhanced Post Processing Tools, present to Kansas Geological Survey Computer Applications for the Petroleum Industry, June 1997.