RODNEY L. KIRKLAND
14222 Dallas Parkway #1091
Dallas, Texas 75240
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Email:Rodney.Kirkland@oryx-usa.com


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EDUCATION TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY Fort Worth, Texas
M.S. in Geology, May 1997, 3.97 Cumulative GPA

GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
Statesboro, Georgia
B.S. in Geology, March 1995, 3.60 Cumulative GPA, 3.83 in Major

ACHIEVEMENTS Inducted into Sigma Gamma Epsilon Honor Society, Spring 1996
Member of Texas Christian University Geology Club, 1995-1997
Member of Georgia Southern University Geology Club, 1992-1995
Inducted into Golden Key National Honor Society, February 1995
Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor Society, May 1995
Received Hope Grant for Academic Excellence, 1995
Awarded Stanley H. Hanson Scholarship for Excellence in Geology, 1994
Dean’s List, Winter 1991 through Fall 1994
Inducted into Gamma Beta Phi Academic Honor Society, March 1992
Financed undergraduate education through summer and weekend employment
GRADUATE THESIS “SPOT Data Mapping of Lineaments and Spring Analysis in the Rosillos Mountains- Brewster County, Texas” Supervisor: Dr. A. B. Busbey
PUBLICATIONS “Lineaments and Springs in the Rosillos Mountains, Brewster County, Texas” In Press
WORK EXPERIENCE Oryx Energy Company, Dallas, Texas Geologist-U.S. Onshore, (1/98-present)

ERM-Southwest, Houston, Texas Geologist (08/97-12/97)

Texas Christian University, (Fort Worth, Texas), Department of Geology
Graduate Departmental Assistant- Taught undergraduate Physical Geology and Environmental Geology laboratories, (8/95-05/97)

Georgia Southern University, (Statesboro, Georgia), Department of Geology and Geography Undergraduate Tutor and Laboratory Assistant, (01/95-04/95)

INDUSTRY SKILLS Basic Unix skills
Stratlog Experience
Zycor/Z-Map Plus Mapping Experience
Subsurface Geological Mapping Techniques Course, Tearpock et al., 7/98
Geological Considerations of Waterflooding: A Workshop, Oklahoma Geological Survey, 6/98
Tide-Influenced Shorelines in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) Sego Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale: Field Trip, Bureau of Economic Geology, 5/98
Pennsylvanian and Permian Geology and Petroleum in the Southern Midcontinent: A Workshop, Oklahoma Geological Survey/Department of Energy, 4/98
Basic Seismic Interpretation Course, Yorston, 4/98
Well Log Analysis/Interpretation Course, Schlumberger, 3/98
Basic Petroleum Reservoir Engineering Course, Smith, 2/98
GRADUATE COURSEWORK Advanced Image Processing
Image Interpretation
Computer Applications in Geology
Image Processing
Environmental Engineering Technology
Remote Sensing Technology
Environmental Geology
Seminar I: Internet Research Presentation
Geographic Information Systems
Seminar II: Oral Research Presentation
Groundwater Modeling
Seminar III: Oral Research Presentation
Hydrogeology
Volcanology
GEOLOGY-RELATED
UNDERGRADUATE
COURSEWORK
Applied Geophysics: Gravity and Magnetism
Petrology and Petrography
Applied Geophysics: Resistivity and Refraction
Principles of Environmental Geology
Economic Geology
Sedimentology
Elementary Mineralogy and Crystallography
Selected Problems/Research
Field Methods in Geology
Silicate and Optical Mineralogy
Hydrology
Stratigraphy
Introduction to Research
Structural Geology
Invertebrate Paleontology
Tectonics
Museum Methods in Geology


Department of Geology
Texas Christian University
Box 298830
Fort Worth, Texas 76129
VOICE: (817) 257-7270
FAX: (817) 257 7789