EDUCATION:

2006 PhD, Marine Geology and Geophysics, University of Miami

2000 Bachelor of Science in Systems Analysis, University of Miami

PERTINENT EXPERIENCE:

2004-present Consulting Agreement with Shell International Exploration and Production B.V. Carbonate Development Team, Rijswijk, Netherlands

· Permeability from Seismic

Fall 2002 Internship at Shell International Exploration and Production B.V., Rijswijk, Netherlands

· Seismic Interpretation and Attribute Analysis

· Carbonate Facies Identification using uncalibrated multi attribute analysis

Summer 2002 Internship at ChevronTexaco E&P Technology Co., Bellaire, Texas

· AVO modeling and Attribute analysis

· AVO Interpretation: “soft” calibration in the absence of well control

1997 - 2000 Part Time Employment at the Seismic Laboratory Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, Florida

· General Unix Systems administration and maintenance

· Basic seismic processing and data management.

1997 - 2001 Part Time Employed at the University of Miami School of Business Undergraduate Academic Services, Miami, Florida

· Performed General Office Tasks and Tech Support

· Design and Implementation of operational databases

1992 - 1994 Self Employed Construction Contractor, Miami, Florida

· Proposals Preparation for contract bidding and supervision of sub contractors

AWARDS RECEIVED :

2005 Honorable Mention in the category of Best Paper in GEOPHYSICS

2005 Fritz Koczy Doctoral Research Fellowship for Outstanding Ph.D. Scholarship

2004 Best Student Poster Paper Presented at the 2004 SEG Annual Meeting

2002 Student of the Year Award (RSMAS/MGG)

2000-2004 University of Miami Fellowship, Marine Geology and Geophysics

2000 The Beatrice Gitlow Endowed Award in Management Science

2000 Departmental Honoree, (Management Science)

2000 Beta gamma Sigma Academic Honoree

1996-1999 President's Honors Roll, University of Miami,

1996-2000 Dean's List, University of Miami, School of Business Administration

1998 The Department of Physics Prize for Outstanding Performance in Physics with Calculus

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

American Association of Petroleum Geology

Geological Society of America

Society of Exploration Geophysicists

European Association of Geophysicists and Engineers

Publications

published papers

Baechle, G.T., Weger, R. J., Eberli, G.P., 2005, Massaferro, J.L., and Sun, Y.F., Changes of shear moduli in carbonate rocks: Implications for Gassmann applicability, The Leading Edge, vol.24, no.5, pp.507

Grasmueck, M., Weger, R. J., and Horstmeyer, H., 2004,Three-Dimensional GPR imaging of sedimentary structures, fractures and archeology at sub-meter resolution, Geology

Grasmueck, M., Weger, R. J., and Horstmeyer, H., 2004, Full-resolution 3D GPR imaging, Geophysics vol.70, no.1

Grasmueck, M., Weger, R. J., 2002, 3D GPR reveals complex internal structure of Pleistocene oolitic sandbar, The Leading Edge, vol.21, no.7, pp.634

published abstracts

Gregor Eberli, Jose Luis Massaferro, Ralf Weger, Yue-Feng Sun, Gregor Bächle and Guido Bracco Gartner, 2006, Permeability from Seismic in Carbonate Reservoirs, Part I: Dream or Reality?, AAPG Annual Meeting, Houston, Abstr. Vol.

Guido Bracco Gartner, Ralf Weger, Mosab Nasser, Jaap Leguijt, Kees van der Kolk, Heiko Hillgärtner, Wenche Asyee, Gregor Eberli, Yue-Feng Sun and Paul Wagner, 2006, Permeability from Seismic in Carbonate Reservoirs, Part II: The Field Example, AAPG Annual Meeting, Houston, Abstr. Vol.

Bracco Gartner G.L., P.D. Wagner, G.T. Baechle, Y. F. Sun, R. J. Weger, G.P. Eberli, W. Asyee, H. Hillgartner, K. Van der Kolk, J. Leguijt, M.R. Nasser, J. L. Massaferro, 2005, Obtaining Permeability from Seismic Data: A New Breakthrough in Carbonate Reservoir Modelling, Proceedings of the International Petroleum Technology Conference, Qatar, Paper 10577

Weger, R. J., Baechle, G.T., Massaferro, J.L., and Eberli, G.P., 2004, Effects of Porestructure on Sonic Velocity in Carbonates, SEG Annual Meeting, Denver, Abstr. Vol.

Baechle, G.T., Weger, R. J., Massaferro, J.L., and Eberli, G.P., 2004, The role of macroporosity and microporosity in constraining uncertainties and in relating velocity to permeability in carbonate rocks, SEG Annual Meeting, Denver, Abstr. Vol.

Baechle, G.T., Weger, R. J., Eberli, G.P., 2004, Experimental fluid substitution studies question applicability of Gassmann's theory in carbonate rocks. AAPG regional meeting El Paso.

Eberli, G.P., Baechle, G.T., Weger, R. J., and Massaferro, J.L. 2004, Quantitative Discrimination of Effective Porosity Using Digital Image Analysis - Implications for Porosity-Permeability Transforms. EAGE Paris.

Baechle, G.T., Weger, R. J. and Eberli, G.P., 2004, Gassmann revisited: Variations in dynamic shear modulus of carbonate rocks. AAPG Annual Meeting, Dallas, Abstr. Vol. p. A9

Grasmueck, M., Weger, R. J., McNeill, D., Steffen, K., Rankey, E., 2003, Definition of Litho- and Hydro-Stratigraphic elements of the Miami Oolitic Carbonates with 3-D Ground Penetrating Radar, GSA Annual Meeting, Abstr. Vol.

Baechle, G.T., Weger, R. J. and Eberli, G.P., Massaferro, J.L., and Sun, Y.F., 2003, Changes of Shear Modulus in Carbonate Rocks: Implications for Gassmann Applicability, Workshop on Carbonate Rock Physics, SEG Annual Meeting, Dallas

Grasmueck, M., Weger, R. J., and Horstmeyer, H., 2003, How Dense is dense enough for a “real” 3D GPR Survey, SEG Annual Meeting, Abstr. Vol.

Weger, R. J., Baechle, G.T., Bracco Gartner, G., Eberli, G.P., 2003, XPL in Thin Section Image Analysis: The Key to Digital Petrography, Poster at Carbonate Research Group Meeting in Salt Lake City / AAPG 2003

Grasmueck, M., Weger, R. J., 2002, Reassessment of local paleocurrent directions in the Miami oolitic limestone with 3D ground-penetrating radar, 9th Intern. Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Santa Barbara, Abstr. Vol. p. 211

Weger, R J; Rosendahl, B R; Odegard, M E, 2001, New constraints on rift margin development through integration of deep-imaging seismic interpretation and gravity modeling, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, vol.33, no.6, pp.209

Rosendahl, B R; Mohriak, W U; Odegard, Mark E; Weger, R J, 2001, West African and Brazilian margins; pre-drift to early drift plate configurations and conjugate seismic pairings, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, vol.33, no.6, pp.157

unpublished reports

J. L. Massaferro, G.P. Eberli, R. J. Weger, G.T. Baechle, Y. F. Sun, 2005, Extracting Permeability from Seismic Data in Carbonate Reservoirs: GameChanger Project, pp.128.

Eberli, G.P., Baechle, G.T., Weger, R. J., 2004, Shuaiba RQ and Acoustic Properties Model. Phase 1 Report, Petroleum Development of Oman, pp. 80.

Weger, R. J., 2002, Carbonate Facies Identification using multi attribute analysis: Examples from Luconia E11 and E11-west

Weger, R. J., 2002, AVO Analysis and Interpretation: “soft” calibration in the absence of well control

LANGUAGES

· Fluent in German and Spanish

COMPUTER SKILLS

· Basic Systems Administration: Windows 95/98/NT/2000, Solaris 2.5.1/7, Linux

· Application Software: Arena, Caps Logistic, MatLab, ProMAX, SAS System, Visible Analyst, Paradigm (VoxelGeo, Probe 2D), Landmark

· Programming Languages: Java, C++, (Basic Perl), and miscellaneous tools

· Database: 2 years of coursework in relational databases, Oracle and MS Access

Selected ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS

Effects of Pore Structure on Sonic Velocity in Carbonates

Ralf J. Weger, Gregor T. Baechle, Jose-Luis Massaferro, and Gregor P. Eberli

(Best Student Poster Paper Presented at the 2004 SEG Annual Meeting)

[mini-poster]

DEFINITION OF LITHO- AND HYDRO-STRATIGRAPHIC ELEMENTS OF THE MIAMI OOLITIC CARBONATES WITH 3-D GROUND PENETRATING RADAR

Mark Grasmueck, Ralf Weger, Don McNeill, Kelley Steffen, and Eugene Rankey [abstract]

(GSA 2003)

Three-dimensional ground-penetrating radar imaging of sedimentary structures, fractures, and archaeological features at submeter resolution

Mark Grasmueck and Ralf Weger [abstract]

(Geology, 2004)

CHANGES OF SHEAR MODULI IN CARBONATE ROCKS: IMPLICATIONS FOR GASSMANN APPLICABILITY

Gregor T. Baechle, Ralf J. Weger, Gregor P. Eberli, Jose-Luis Massaferro and Yue-Feng Sun

[mini-poster]

(Poster at SEG 2003 Workshop on Carbonate Rock Physics)

HOW DENSE IS DENSE ENOUGH FOR A ‘REAL’ 3D GPR SURVEY?

Mark Grasmueck, Ralf Weger, and Heinrich Horstmeyer [abstract]

(Presentation at SEG 2003)

XPL IN THIN SECTION IMAGE ANALYSIS: THE KEY TO DIGITAL PETROGRAPHY

Ralf J. Weger, Gregor T. Bächle, Guido Bracco Gardner, and Gregor P. Eberli

[poster]

(Poster at Carbonate Research Group Meeting in Salt Lake City / AAPG 2003)

3D GPR of the Miami Oolite: Resorvoir scale internal anatomy

Ralf Weger and Mark Grasmueck [CSL 2002]

(published in The Leading Edge 3-2002)

NEW CONSTRAINTS ON RIFT MARGIN DEVELOPMENT THROUGH INTEGRATION OF DEEP-IMAGING SEISMIC INTERPRETATION AND GRAVITY MODELING

Ralf Weger, Bruce Rosendahl, and Mark Odegard [abstract] [presentation]

(submitted early 2002)