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Established in 1968, Paleo-Data is a centralized, full-service micropaleontological consulting firm specializing in Gulf Coast and Offshore Gulf of Mexico biostratigraphic services. Over 11,000 Offshore and 4,500 Onshore wells have been examined in-house utilizing a consistent biostratigraphic framework for optimum uniformity and accuracy in stratigraphic correlation. Well reports are available individually or in package format for integration into a fully comprehensive geologic database.

 

PDI's staff includes nine micropaleontologists specializing in benthic/planktonic foraminifera and calcarous nannofossils from Jurassic through Quaternary age, and a full-time support staff of lab and clerical personnel.

 

 

Paleontologists/ Biostratigraphers

Art Waterman - President

  • B.Sc. - St. Lawrence University
    M.A. - Indiana University
  • 36 years of petroleum industry experience
    - Texaco 1974-1978
    - Paleo-Data since 1978
  • Calcareous Nannofossils (Jurassic - Recent)

Albert Porter, Jr. - Vice President

  • B.Sc. - University of New Orleans
  • 32 years of petroleum industry experience
    - Paleo-Data since 1978
  • Calcareous Nannofossils (Oligocene - Recent)

 

Michael Center - Officer

  • B.Sc. - Monmouth College; University of SW Louisiana
  • 33 years of petroleum industry experience
    - Gulf Oil 1977-1979
    - Amoco 1979-1981
    - Paleo-Data since 1978
  • Calcareous Nannofossils (Cretaceous - Recent)
    Foraminifera (Jurassic - Recent)

Norman Valette - Vice President

  • B.Sc. - University of New Orleans
  • 29 years of petroleum industry experience
    - Paleo-Data since 1981
  • Foraminifera (Eocene - Recent)

 


Thomas M. Reilly - Senior Paleontologist

  • B.Sc. - University of New Orleans
  • 33 years of petroleum industry experience
    - Crosbie Macomber 1977-1993
    - Consultant 1993-2001
    - Paleo-Data since 2001
  • Calcareous Nannofossils (Paleocene - Recent)
    Foraminifera (Oligocene - Recent)

Richard A. George - Senior Paleontologist

  • B.Sc. - University of South Alabama
  • 30 years of petroleum industry experience
    - Texaco 1980-1992
    - TBS 1992-2006
    - Paleo-Data since 2006
  • Foraminifera (Paleocene - Recent)

Rhonda Roederer - Foram Paleontologist

  • B.Sc. - University of Louisiana, Lafayette
  • 23 years of petroleum industry experience
    - Bane & Shunick 1987-2006
    - Paleo-Data since 2006
  • Foraminifera (Oligocene - Recent)

 

Jens Schmieder - Foram Paleontologist

  • Diplom (M.Sc.) - University of Tübingen, Germany
    Ph.D. - University of Nebraska
  • Paleo-Data since 2008
  • Foraminifera (Oligocene - Recent)

 

John A. Sarao, Jr. - Nanno Paleontologist

  • B.Sc. - Virginia Tech
    M.Sc. - University of Nebraska
  • Paleo-Data since 2009
  • Calcareous Nannofossils (Jurassic - Recent)

 

 

Lab and Clerical Personnel

Donna Lacoste - Office Manager

  • Paleo-Data since 1990

 

 

 

Jamie Gonzales - Administrative Assistant

  • Paleo-Data since 2009

 

 

 

Shaka Garel - Lab Manager

  • Paleo-Data since 2006

 

 

 

Rick Frascona - Assistant Lab Manager

  • Paleo-Data since 2008

 

 

 

Ray Burleson - Building & Maintenance Manager

  • Paleo-Data since 1977

 

 

 

 

  • Kirk Wilson - Lab Technician
  • Paleo-Data since 2006

 

 

 

 


 


 

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