API will meet on Oct. 13 The Club at Stoneridge. Social hour will begin at 6:30 p.m. with dinner served at 7:30 p.m.. followed by the meeting. Guest speaker will be Mr. Russell Opfer.
Mr. Russell Opfer graduated in 1997 from Colorado School of Mines, with two degrees; a Bachelor of Science, Geophysical Engineering and a Professional Geophysical Engineer degree. After graduation he continued with graduate studies in Mineral Economics at Colorado School of Mines.
Mr. Opfer started his career with Amoco Production Company in 1978. During his career, he worked various exploration and research projects in the Rockies and Internationally.
In 1996, Opfer Exploration was incorporated and started by offering quantitative GravStat™ gravity and seismic processing and interpretation technologies to the oil industry.
From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Opfer was vice president of Carson Services, an airborne gravity contractor who invented the airborne gravity technology. Mr. Opfer was responsible for international projects in some of the most remote corners of the world.
In 1993, Opfer Exploration Inc. began offering 3D GravSta™ surveys and Synthetic Gravity Modeling services catering mostly to the major oil companies in areas where seismic data had been difficult to image. One such project was for Chevron, who with Wolverine Gas and Oil, are credited for the highly publicized Utah discovery.
Mr. Opfer, Chief Geophysicist of Lockhart Geophysical Corp, isresponsible for geophysical survey designs, geophysical quality control, and business development. Mr. Opfer is currently integrating his GravStat technologies and gravity crews into Lockhart’s seismic operations for the purpose of increasing exploration success rates in Kansas.
Russell Opfer was president of the Denver Geophysical Society, and was Membership Chairman of the SEG. He is an active alumni of the Colorado School of Mines, member of AAPG, SEG, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists (RMAG), and the Denver Geophysical Society (DGS).