DR. MARK A. McCAFFREY co-founded OilTracers, LLC in 1999 (www.oiltracers.com and www.gaschem.com), specializing in the integration of geochemical, geological and engineering data to solve petroleum exploration and development problems. Previously, he spent ten years at Chevron and Arco working on these issues.

Dr. McCaffrey is 2006-2008 Chairman of the Organic Geochemistry Division of the Geochemical Society, and was a 2001-2002 Distinguished Lecturer for the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He was the 1995 recipient of the Pieter Schenck Award from the European Association of Organic Geochemists for “outstanding work on biomarkers in relation to paleoenvironmental studies and petroleum exploration.” In 1998, Dr. McCaffrey received (with project co-workers) the Arco Award of Excellence “for developing a new charge and migration model for the Brookian petroleum system, allowing improved charge risk assessment for prospects on the Central North Slope of Alaska.”

He is a senior or co-author of 30 articles on petroleum exploration, reservoir management, oil biodegradation, hazardous waste remediation, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, and marine chemistry. He is a California Registered Geologist (License #5903), a Texas Professional Geoscientist (License #350) and an AAPG Certified Petroleum Geologist (Certificate #5339). Dr. McCaffrey received his B.A. degree (1985) from Harvard University, magna cum laude with highest honors in Geological Sciences, and his Ph.D. (1990) in Geochemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Joint Program.