Steve was elected to Foreign Membership of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences at a ceremony in Oslo in May 2004 for his contributions to petroleum geology and geochemistry in the areas of petroleum migration and petroleum biodegradation and for development of the subject in Norway, http://www.dnva.no/
Steve Larter's other awards
research interests
- Production of heavy oil. Petroleum biodegradation and the deep biosphere
- Theoretical, exploration and production aspects of Petroleum Geochemistry
- Application of the geochemistry of petroleum oxygen and nitrogen compounds to studying problems related to secondary petroleum migration and oil production
- Reservoir geochemistry of dynamic petroleum accumulations
- Geochemistry of tar mats
- Novel uses of petroleum reservoirs as in-situ refineries and nuclear waste repositories
- Basin modelling
- Biogeochemistry
- Novel analytical methods for the characterisation of complex geochemical fractions
- New and renewable energy from petroleum reservoirs
- Heavy oil research at PRG
- Soils
- Natural gas
- CO2 sequestration
publications
background
- 2004 - present: University of Calgary, Canada Research Chair in Petroleum Geology
- 1989 - present: University of Newcastle, UK, J B Simpson Professor of Geology
- 1987 - 1989: University of Oslo, Norway. Position held: Visiting Professor of Petroleum Geochemistry
- 1979 - 1986: Unocal Corporation, USA, Positions held: Basin Modelling Group, Research Associate, Senior Research Geochemist, Research Geochemist
- 1975: MSc Organic geochemistry and organic petrology; 1978 - PhD - Petroleum Geochemistry, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- 1974 - BA: University of Cambridge; Natural Sciences
community support
I have served on UK NERC RGTC, NERC ABI steering committee, NERC Biomolecular Paleontology steering committee, LINK/NERC Hydrocarbon Reservoirs steering committee, PSTI technical committee
other interests
- Life, the Universe, bagpipes and everything
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