Darren Jones

Darren Jones’ biography

• 2021 – ongoing: Senior Geologist, British Geological Survey
• 2015 – 2021: Geologist, British Geological Survey
• 2011 – 2015: Exploration Geologist, Surestream Petroleum Ltd
• 2010 – 2011: Application Geoscientist, Paradigm (now Emerson)
• 2009 – 2010: MSc Petroleum Geoscience, University of Manchester
• 2005 – 2009: MSci Earth Sciences, University of Manchester
• 1995 – 1997: BSc Geology, University of Birmingham

Research interests

• Geothermal exploration of medium to high enthalpy systems
• Repurposing hydrocarbon data for evaluating geo-energy systems.
• Conceptual modelling of geothermal systems
• Basin evolution of Mesozoic and Palaeozoic geological systems of the UK
• Geological Systems of the East African Rift System
• Evolution of deepwater systems of passive margins – Transportation of deepwater clastic systems of the Equatorial and South Atlantic

Current projects and collaboration

• Deep geothermal potential of the UK Carboniferous Limestone
• Partnerships for Development – Provide support on BGS work under FDCO’s Partnership for Development programme, capacity building to manage natural resources in developing countries.
• Project Manager for Isle of Man Government – Provide geoscience and policy advice to Isle of Man Government
• LEAP-RE – European-African Research Partnership. WP4 – Geothermal Atlas 4 Africa.

ORCID: 0000-0002-5698-2280

Key papers

Pharaoh, T, Jones, D, Kearsey, T, Newell, A, Abesser, C, Randles, T, Patton, A, and Kendall, R. 2021. Early Carboniferous limestone of southern and central Britain: Characterisation and preliminary assessment of deep geothermal prospectivity. ZDGG – Journal of Applied and Regional Geology. http://doi.org/10.1127/zdgg/2021/0282

Jones, D J R, McCarthy, D J, and Dodd T J H. 2019. Tectonostratigraphy and the petroleum systems in the Northern sector of the North Falkland Basin, South Atlantic. Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 103, 150–162. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.02.020

Commissioned reports

Jones, D J.2017. The remaining prospectivity of the Paleocene and HPHT pre-Cretaceous plays and the validation of the Edinburgh prospect, Q30, Central North Sea. British Geological Survey Commissioned Report for OGA. CR/17/079.

Jones, D J, McCormick, T, Singh, A, and Robertson, J. 2017. IT infrastructure and geo-data management assessment of the geological institutions in Freetown, Sierra Leone. British Geological Survey Commissioned Report for DFID. CR/17/051

Goodenough, K M, and Jones, D J. 2017. Capacity review of geological institutions in Freetown, Sierra Leone and proposal for future partnership working. British Geological Survey Commissioned Report for DFID. CR/17/016

Jones, D J. 2016. Petroleum Directorate in Sierra Leone: Review and suggestions for support. British Geological Survey Commissioned Report for DFID. CR/16/013

NERC Open Research Archive – Darren Jones

Skills

• Basin Analysis
• Seismic interpretation
• 3D geological modelling
• Geo-energy resource evaluation
• ArcGIS and digital mapping
• Science communication

• 2019 – Chartered Geologist of the Geological Society of London
• Committee Member of the Central Scotland Regional Group of the Geological Society of London
• Reviewer: Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology