Dr Bryan Cronin – Sedimentary Geology

Bryan is a geologist with nearly 20 years of technical experience with deep-water clastics (turbidites) at outcrop, on the sea floor and in the subsurface as hydrocarbon reservoirs. He also works on other clastic sandstone reservoirs such as shallow marine and deltaic. He has been involved in education and training for 12 years with postgraduate (MSc & PhD) students, oil company employees, and other industry professionals. He also runs a series of short technical courses.

From 2005 Bryan has been an independent consultant, actively involved in E&P geological consultancy, from peer-assist consultancy, data room visits, core description and interpretation projects, seismic interpretation, workshops, field courses, etc, primarily in the North Sea (Upper Jurassic, Lower Cretaceous, Tertiary), in North Africa (west Nile Delta) and in West Africa (Mauritania, Cote d’Ivoire, Angola, Congo), and in other areas.

Dr Cronin is an associate Lecturer at both the University of Aberdeen and The Robert Gordon University. In 2007 he was awarded the prestigious William Smith Fund by the Geological Society as part of the society’s bicentenary celebration for his work on interaction between academia and the O&G Industry, as well as his international standing in his fields of research into deep-water sedimentary systems and reservoirs. His list of publications is extensive, from ancient (California, France, Turkey, Spain, Ireland) outcrops, modern deep floor systems (Mediterranean, Black Sea, Atlantic, offshore West Africa) and the subsurface (Gulf of Mexico, North Sea, West Africa) in most mainstream peer reviewed science journals.

Bryan runs his own company, Deep Marine, an organisation dedicated to providing consultancy, field and class-based training courses on deep-water turbidite and other clastic sedimentary environments, to the Oil and Gas Industry. It also provides research information on deep-water sedimentary environments for University students, O&G industry employees, and general deep-water enthusiasts.