David Leslie is an independent researcher/consultant working through MBO Partners and through MicroSeismic Matters LLC which he established after retiring from Schlumberger in the U.K. in July 2011. Over the course of a long career with Schlumberger he worked largely in sonic and microseismic R&E, holding engineering positions in Houston, Texas, and Fuchinobe, Japan, and research positions in Ridgefield, Connecticut, and Cambridge, England. He started his career as a Junior Field Engineer at Schlumberger Offshore Services in Houston, and also worked in Interpretation Development at ATL Marketing in Montrouge, France. Prior to joining Schlumberger David worked as a research assistant at the Woods Hole
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Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). He received the degrees of BSEE from Princeton University in 1969, MS from MIT, and Ocean Engineer from MIT and WHOI in 1978. He has co-authored patents in the areas of cement evaluation, sonic tool design and microseismic processing. Since retiring and returning to the USA David has remained active in SEG, EAGE and SPE, serving occasionally and voluntarily as a paper reviewer and an attendee of conferences and workshops. His principle focus remains induced seismicity, but he is using his “considerably freer time” to more widely explore topics related to energy and environment
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