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Michael Wilt

Staff Scientist

Building 074, Room 0101E

M/S 74R316C

Phone: 510-486-5430

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Biography

Dr. Michael Wilt is a Staff Scientist for LBNL’s Energy Geosciences Division. From 2001 to early 2015 he was employed by Schlumberger, with the most recent position of Schlumberger Advisor in Deep Reading Electromagnetic (EM) Technologies and center manager to the EMI Technology center in Berkeley, California. From 1977-1984 he was employed as a geothermal division staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and from 1989-1997 he was a project leader for crosswell electromagnetics at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories. In 1997 he joined Electromagnetic Instruments Inc (EMI) where he lead research and development projects in crosshole EM, surface to borehole EM and extended induction logging. Michael Wilt received his B.S (1973) and M.S. (1975) in Geophysics from the University of California, Riverside and received his PhD from U.C. Berkeley in 1991 in applied geophysics.

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Education

  • PhD, Engineering (Geophysics), University of California, Berkeley, 1991, Thesis: Interpretation of Time-Domain Electromagnetic Soundings Near Geological Contacts
  • MS, Geophysics, University of California, Riverside, 1975
  • BS, Geophysics, University of California, Riverside, 1973

Experience

  • Staff Scientist , Lawrence Berkeley National Lab , 2015-Present
  • Chief Geo-Scientist , Groundmetrics, Inc., 2015-2017
  • Center Manager, Schlumberger EMI Technology Center, Berkeley, CA, 2011-2015
  • Deep Reading EM Business Manager , Schlumberger, Middle East and Asia , 2007-2010
  • Deep Reading EM Technology Manager , Schlumberger EMI Technology Center, 2001-2007
  • Vice President , Electromagnetic Instruments, Inc., 1997-2001
  • Senior Staff Scientist and Program Leader , Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1989–1997
  • Staff Scientist, Geothermal Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1977-1984

Patents, Copyrights, and Software Systems

  • 2014: Geological Model Analysis Incorporating Cross-Well Electromagnetic Measurements, US 20140257706 A1
  • 2013: Electromagnetic imaging of proppant in induced fractures, WO 2014004815 A1
  • 2011: Using low frequency for detecting formation structures filled with magnetic fluid, WO 2013012967 A8
  • 2010: Single well reservoir characterization apparatus and methods, WO 2010107672 A3
  • 2008: Method and apparatus to automatically recover well geometry from low frequency electromagnetic signal measurements, WO 2008137314 A2
  • 2007: Model based workflow for interpreting deep-reading electromagnetic data, WO 2009076066 A3
  • 2006: Removing effects of near surface geology from surface-to-borehole electromagnetic data, CA 2790208 A1
  • 2000: Method and apparatus of electrical resistivity measurements in geological formations employing modeling data, CA 2383245 C
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