Basin and Regional studies
Project design and implementation
Government energy policies
The interface between government policy and oil company contractual
aspirations
Regional & Basin Experience
1958 BSc Geology, Stanford University
1961 MSc Geology, University of Colorado at Boulder
Memberships
Listed in “Who’s Who in America, in the East, Science and
Engineering and in the World” 1995 – Present
Chairman of the Board of Benchmark Oild & Gas AB, a Swedish oil company
traded on the Stockholm exchange, 2003 – 2008
Adjunct Professor in the George Washington University Graduate School of
Political Management and Imperial College’s Royal School of Mines, London
Gorton, T.J. and O’Connor, T.E.; 1992. The World Bank and Petroleum
Exploration Promotion Projects: Retrospective Evaluation and Recommendations.
Published in Proceedings of the Indian Ocean First Regional Seminar on
Petroleum Exploration; sponsored by the United Nations Department of Technical
Co-operation for Development; 10=15 December,1990; pp. 543-60
O’Connor, T.E.; 1992. The Red Sea-Gulf of Aden: Hydrocarbon Evaluation of Multinational Sedimentary Basins: The Methodology of Regional Cooperation; Journal of Petroleum Geology; Vol. 15, No. 2; pp. 121-126
O’Connor, Thomas E., 1993, Perseverance Pays Off; Politics, War, coups Fail to Deter Red Sea Project. Bank’s World, April 1993, Volume 12, Number 4. Bank Archive Accession number A1992-026, Box 3
O’Connor, Thomas E. 1994; Factors Affecting the Future Direction of World Oil Markets; Directions These markets are Likely to Take. Sea Technology, August 1994; Vol. 35, No. 8; pp 41-47
Johnston, David H. (Moderator); panel participant at the SEG Interpretation Committee’s Open Forum; 1993 Annual International Meeting; Washington, DC. Reported in The Leading Edge, Sept, 1994 pp.937-942 and Oct, 1994; pp.1015-1020
O’Connor, Thomas E. 1997; Self-sufficiency in crude oil makes little sense for US. Odessa American; Sunday, January 19.1997, P. E1 (Oil and Gas Review)
Kronman, George E.; Felio, Don B. and O’Connor, Thomas E. editors; 2000; AAPG Special Publication. International Oil and Gas Ventures; A Business Perspective. Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Engineers
O’Connor, Thomas E. 2000; The World Bank’s Successful Intervention in Petroleum Exploration in Developing Countries; in. International Oil and Gas Ventures: A Business Perspective; Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. Pp.
