About Us

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)