" …my plasma physics degree opened my horizons to include controlled fusion, cosmology and astrophysics."

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Philippe Theys

Born in Lille, France, 1949

Ingenieur Diplome

Ecole Centrale de Paris, 1971

Licence de Sciences Economiques

Paris-Assas, 1971

Diplome Etudes Approfondies, Plasma Physics

Paris-Orsay, 1972

Field of work

Data Quality

Areas of interest outside work

Photography, video, running 25 miles a week and an occasional marathon, biking, skydiving, traveling, teaching, reading, writing, history, geography, languages, mathematics puzzles, bridge, music (classical, jazz-Miles Davis, sixties), theology, and taking catnaps to rest.

I grew up in France, Tunisia and Algeria. I became interested in science and technology at the age of seven when I dismounted the mechanical clock of my parents. Much later, my plasma physics degree opened my horizons to include controlled fusion, cosmology and astrophysics.

Following a year of research work with the French Atomic Commission I joined Schlumberger in 1972. I have been a Field Engineer, Technical Manager, Line Manager, Marketing Manager, Interpretation Development Manager, Quality Manager, and now Quality Health Safety Environment Manager. I have worked in France, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, USA, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Yemen, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Nigeria, and Colombia.

I was recently elected President-elect of the Society of Professional Well Log Analysts. I am the author of the textbook Log Data Acquisition and Quality Control.