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Fernando Ziegler has been in the oil and gas industry for over ten years. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics from The University of Texas at Austin and Master of Science in Geophysics from the University of Houston. Fernando started his career in testing seismic applications for Petroleum Geo-Services and then moved to geophysical migration and processing quality control for GX Technology. Fernando eventually began to specialize in pore pressure, fracture pressure, wellbore stability, seal capacity, hydrocarbon column height estimates, rock physics, and geomechanics for Marathon Oil and then Repsol. During the most recent downturn, he has worked as Chief Operating Officer for a start-up company and as an independent geophysics consultant for various operators and service companies. Currently, Fernando is an Principal Geophysicist working for BHP.

Presently, Fernando is Executive Committee Member of the Operators’ Pore Pressure Forum (2015 to present).