Melissa Evans is a 14-year veteran of the petroleum industry with ten years of reserves estimations.  She is a Vice President and Senior Petrophysicist for the private international consulting firm, DeGolyer & MacNaughton, working primarily on fields in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.  She has performed petrophysical evaluations, including rock and fluid type characterizations for oil, gas, and helium fields in over 40 countries. Melissa specializes in fractured carbonate environments.

Prior to working for DeGolyer & MacNaughton, Melissa worked for Schlumberger where she developed a Geomechanics department in the Midland Basin, using acoustic theory to determine rock fracturing, stress regimes, and best completion strategies.

Melissa received her BS in Geoscience from the University of Iowa in 1999 and she is a member of the Society for Professional Well Log Analysts.

Research Interests: 

Application of acoustic and image log data for characterization of natural fracture networks in tight carbonates, international exploration