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Seismic and well log interpretation. Near surface geophysics (resistivity and electromagnetics). Guy de Caprona set up the company in 2003.


Consulting contracts:
- Ongoing projects: management of Start-up geothermal exploration and production
  company
Geotermica AB with exploration license aplication in Italy;
 O&G Exploration Geophysics: Associate consultant with Aker Geo AS, Norway

- Past consulting contracts:
- Capital Oil AB: Exploration seismic & well log interpretation (Petrel, IP), Baltic, Ukraine,
- Foundex Exploration Ltd: Sea bottom surveys in the Bay of Campeche (Southern part of
  the Gulf of Mexico),
- Norsk Hydro, Russia: Exploration and development seismic, onshore Timan-Pechora
  Basin (VAZ area),
- Norsk Hydro, Norway: Seismic mapping of 34/10-43S and 34/10-44S fields (Gullfaks
  South) and mapping in the Sleipner area (Block 15/8),
- Taurus Petroleum AB: Petroleum potential of Cambodia.

Other larger geophysical interpretation projects:
- Power generation from middle enthalpy geothermal sources, Italy
- Vietnam, offshore (Red River Basin & Saigon Basin)
- Malaysia, offshore: Bunga Raya oil field (block PM3),
- Côte d'Ivoire, western offshore
- Tunisia, northern offshore
- Libya, onshore: Evaluation of oil fields in the Sirte Basin,
- Portugal, northern offshore
- Morocco, offshore
- Turkey, offshore Mediterranean
- Philippines, offshore (Reed Bank)

 Experience:
2003-ongoing:
Power generation from middle enthalpy sources, Italy with Geotermica AB
Ongoing seismic interpretation 2D and 3D, Mid Norway and Barents Sea. Seismic and well log interpretation in Western Ukraine, the Kaliningrad enclave (Russia).
Initiator of Svenska Capital Oil.
Near surface geophysics, Sweden


1994-03: Marketing & management of manufacturers of geotechnical field equipment

1997-94: Gen Mgr, VP/Sales Mgr at Ingenjörsfirman Geotech AB in Gothenburg
             and at the previous subsidiary GeoMil Equipment in Holland. 
             Quadrupling of the turnover of the group and doubling for
             Geotech. Development of geophysics for field geotechnics

1994-97: Geonor a.s., in Oslo (geotechnical & structural instrumentation).


1981-94:  
 
Petroleum Geophysicist/Geologist (seismic interpretation, processing and acquisition, well log interpretation, gravity and magnetics).
Discoveries in Russia, SE Asia & Australia
 
 
 
1991-94: Consultant Russia, Norway
1987-91: Secab (Swedish Exploration Consortium AB), production NW
             Australia, exploration SE Asia, North Africa
1981-87: Mobil Exploration Norway, Inc., Salén Energy AB, Geco:
             exploration SE Asia, West Africa, Mediterranean, Norway
 
Education:
1992: PhD (Structural Geology/Geophysics) - University of Gothenburg, Sweden
1980: M.Sc. (Mining Engineering) - Luleå Technical University, Sweden
1976: License (géologie) - Université Paris-Sud
 
Publications:
Caprona, G. de  and Liljedahl, T (2010):
   
Electromagnetic exploration - Sensitivity analysis in Italian conditions. Poster session, GeothermExpo 2010, Ferrara

Caprona, G. de (2004):
 

 
Screening contaminated soils with multi-frequency electromagnetic sounding - a potentially efficient shortcut, In: Mark och vatten i ett föränderligt samhälle - Geoteknisk forskardag 2004. Swedish Geotechnical Institute Series Varia 551. p. 108

Baziw, E.J., Tichy, J. & Caprona, G. de (2000):
 
Data Acquisition in Seismic Cone Penetration. Integrated Technical Approaches to Site Characterization, 3rd Inter’l Symposium. Argonne Nat. Lab. Sept 12-14, 2000.

Caprona, G. de (1992):
 
 
The Continental Margin of Western Côte d'Ivoire: Structural Framework Inherited from Intra-Continental Shearing. Göteborg University. Dissertation. Publ. A69. 150 p.

Caprona, G. de & Mascle, J. (1991):
 

La marge continentale ouest-ivoirienne: Effets d'une phase de cisaillement océan-continent. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, t. 313, Série II, P. 91-97.

Caprona, G. de & Mascle, J. (1991):
 
La marge continentale ouest-ivoirienne: Conséquences d'une phase de cisaillement intra-continental. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, t. 312, Série II, P. 1565-1571.

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