Professor NICK SCHOFIELD

Biography

Nick Schofield is a Professor of Igneous and Petroleum Geology. He specializes in the seismic and field interpretation of intrusive and extrusive sequences in volcanic terranes and their interaction with hydrocarbon systems. 

He is a multi-award winning scientist at the forefront of aiding industry in understanding challenging volcanic geology in the subsurface globally. External roles include sitting on the UK-IODP program advisory group (PAG).

Nick is presently on 80% secondment from the University of Aberdeen to Pulsar Helium (https://pulsarhelium.com/overview/default.aspx) where he is acting as Chief Geologist. 

Research Overview

• Geology and Petroleum Geology West of Shetland
• Geology of NE Atlantic Margin
• Seismic Interpretation of Volcanics
• Petroleum Geology
• Evolution of Sedimentary Basins affected by Volcanism
• Sill Complexes
• Intra-Lava hydrocarbon plays (e.g. Rosebank)
• Lava field stratigraphy
• North Atlantic Igneous Province
• South Australian Volcanism
• Salt-Igneous interaction

Current Research

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