MR. JOHN LOGEL is the Senior Advisor for the North American Operations for Talisman Energy, Calgary Alberta. He works on geophysical problems throughout Canada and the new ventures organization with primary responsibility in the technical development, mentoring and advancement of technology application for the exploration staff in western Canada. He has over 26 Years of experience in the industry, and has worked on several giant, world class oil and gas fields throughout the world. Prior to Talisman, he held several technical management and advising positions with Anadarko Canada, and Petro-Canada and before that worked 19 years for Mobil in numerous assignments in Europe and North America. His interests are in reservoir prediction and characterization from seismic data, and understanding and quantifying risk, with a recent emphasis on the adaptation of geophysical techniques to understand and exploit unconventional reservoirs effectively. He is a member of SEG, CSEG, APEGGA, and AAPG. He held several positions with the CSEG and the SEG, on technical committees, curriculum committee for the doodletrain, several session chair positions at the conventions and positions on the International showcase. He is a professional Geophysicist and received a B.S. and M.S. from the University of Iowa.