Mr Roderick Owen

Mr Roderick Owen Metadata Manager

Location: Edinburgh

Tel: 0131 6500 214

E-mail Mr Roderick Owen

Biography

  •  2010 –present :  Vice President, Prospect NERC Branch
  •  2000 –present :  Metadata Manager, Information Systems Group, BGS
  •  1994 –2000 :  Seismic Analyst, Global Seismology & Geomagnetism Group, BGS
  •  1992 –1994 :  Marine Geology and Operations Group, BGS
  •  1980 –1992 :  Seismic Interpreter, Hydrocarbons Group, BGS
  •  1978 –1980 :  Draughtsman, Marine Geophysics Group, IGS
  •  1973 –1976 :  BSc University of Aberdeen, Geography

Boards and committees

  •  2012 –present :  BGS Dignity Support Team
  •  2010 –present :  NERC Departmental Whitley Committee
  •  2010 –present :  NERC Equality Group
  •  2010 –present :  NERC General Purposes Committee
  •  2008 –present :  Prospect NERC Branch Executive Council

Skills

  •  Oracle web - based applications
  •  SQL*Plus, SQL Developer, TOAD

Professional association

  •  1984 –present :  Edinburgh Geological Society

Published outputs

Key papers

Owen, R.J. and McCormac, M. (1987). Regional Interval Velocity Maps of UK Northern North Sea. Petroleum Geology of North West Europe: Brooks, J. and Glennie, K (eds), 997-1007.

Owen, R.J., Li, X-Y., MacBeth, C.D. and Booth, D.C. (1988). Reservoir Characterisation: how can anisotropy help? Structural Geology in Reservoir Characterization, Geol. Soc. Special Publication 127, Coward, M.P., Daltaban, T.S. & Johnson, H. (eds), 115-119.