Daniel J. Tearpock, Chairman/CEO of Subsurface Consultants &
Associates, LLC (SCA), was recently honored by the AAPG Division of Professional Affairs as the latest recipient of the
Heritage Award. The announcement was
made at an awards luncheon on February 29, 2012 at Del Frisco’s Restaurant in
Houston, Texas. The DPA Heritage Award
honors an individual in the oil and gas industry who is generally known for
substantial industry contributions, including significant discoveries, business
accomplishments, and/or work in academia and publishing. Award recipients are selected
based on having built a reputation for success in the industry, and having
taken a proactive role in passing on their knowledge and experiences to the
next generation.
The
Heritage Award was first given to Michael T. Halbouty (deceased) in 2004. Other
past recipients include such industry luminaries as Robert D. Gunn (2005), William L. Fisher (2006), M. Ray Thomasson (2008), and John J. Amoruso (2009). This
year’s award was based in large part on the achievements of the company founded
by Mr. Tearpock in 1988, Subsurface Consultants & Associates, LLC (SCA).
SCA’s record of industry success includes consulting assignments with over 350
companies across the world resulting in the discovery and/or development of
over six billion barrels of oil equivalent. SCA has also trained tens of
thousands of students in a wide variety of upstream course offerings. Further
signaling his commitment to training and education, Mr. Tearpock’s numerous articles and published works, including Applied Subsurface Geological Mapping (1991), Applied Subsurface
Geological Mapping with Structural Methods (2003), and Quick Look Techniques for Prospect Evaluation (1994), are widely-used
and respected industry references.
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| From left to right: Daniel J. Tearpock and Marty Hewitt |
Upon
bestowing the 2012 Heritage Award, current DPA President Marty Hewitt remarked,
“Your business not only with SCA, but your leadership with the DPA and AAPG has
taken this award to a whole new level.”
Reflecting
on this honor, Mr. Tearpock commented to the assembly, “One of my goals was to
do something significant for the world.
At first I thought I could find that billion barrel field, or find some
new energy technology to help people…It ended up being training and
consulting. We’re now at over 23,000
people that we’ve trained, and the people we’ve trained are all over the world
finding oil and gas. Our consulting
company has helped people find and develop over 6 billion barrels of oil
equivalent. So in a roundabout way, I
was able to accomplish what I set out to accomplish in life…I could not find a
better group of friends and associates than I have found working in the oil and
gas industry.”
More
about Daniel J. Tearpock:
As a working geoscientist, Mr.
Tearpock has generated numerous exploration and exploitation prospects, either
as the sole generator or as part of an organized multidisciplinary team. Mr.
Tearpock was a finalist in 1996 and 1998 for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur
of the Year program and in 1998 received the Distinguished Service Award from Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg,
PA. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Geology from Bloomsburg University, 1970;
and a Masters in Geology from Temple University, 1977. He is a (AAPG/DPA)
Certified Petroleum Geologist No. 4114, State of Texas Licensed Geologist No.
2660 and (SIPES) Certified Earth Scientist No. 3015.
Mr. Tearpock is a member of numerous
associations including the AAPG, SPE, SIPES, SEG ,
GSA, HGS, EAGE, NOGS, LGS, IPA, SEAPEX & PESGB. He is the past President of
the AAPG’s Division of Professional Affairs (2011-2012). He is a founding
member and current Chairman (2011-2012) of the intersociety “Joint Committee on Reserves Evaluator Training” (JCORET). The member societies represented on
JCORET include the AAPG, SPE, SPEE, SEG and WPC.
About SCA
Subsurface
Consultants & Associates, LLC (SCA) provides superior upstream consulting,
direct hire recruitment, and geoscience and engineering training to
stakeholders in the oil and gas industry.
Find out more at www.scacompanies.com
To view a
video of the DPA Heritage award presentation, please visit SCA’s Upstream Petroleum YouTube Channel.
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