SEISMAR LTD
Seismar Ltd was incorporated in 2017 in Oxford, UK. In the last 7 years Seismar has been involved directly and indirectly with small and leading players in the energy sector. Our portfolio of experience spans from small onshore targets to multi-billion dollar assets spread in different basins worldwide.
Martino Foschi
Martino Foschi holds a BSc in Geology and an MSc in Exploration Geophysics from the University of Pisa (Italy), and a Ph.D. in Petroleum Geology from Cardiff University (UK). He worked as Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) and as Shell Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. He has worked as a contractor since 2015 and as a full time contractor since 2022. He is a specialist on fluid flow related problems, including leakage from caprock before and during production, and during injection of fluids in reservoirs and storage sites.
Education/Experience
Senior Specialist Geoscientist, 2022 - current
Shell, UK
Publications
Shell Research Fellow, 2019 - 2022
University of Oxford, UK
Publications
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 2014 - 2019
University of Oxford, UK
Publications
PhD Petroleum Geology, 2014
Cardiff University, UK
Thesis: Seismic Evidence for Hydrocarbon Migration
MSc Exploration Geophysics, 2009
University of Pisa, ITALY
Thesis: Development of a Matlab toolbox for the processing of 2D seismic field data
BSc Geology, 2005
University of Pisa, ITALY
Thesis: Seismic and gravimetric inversion of transform faults in offshore West Africa
Explored regions
Bati-Torres (Est Med Turkey, post-salt)
Bonaventure (NWS Australia)
Central Luconia (NW Sarawak)
Southern North Sea, post-salt (Block A-B)
Southern North Sea, pre-salt (Block K15)
Falkland Plateau Basin (FOGL/Noble blocks)
Faroe-Shetland Basin (Block 214, UK)
Great South Basin (New Zeland)
GOM (multiple assets)
Gumusut (NW Borneo)
Kashagan Oil Field
Israel Offshore
Luderiz (Namibia)
Myanmar Offshore
Nigeria Offshore
Scarborough (NWS Australia)
Sile (Black Sea)
South Falkland Basin (Border&Southern blocks)
UK (onshore, multiple assets)
(current projects in bold)