Kevin Doyle

Current Research

Comparison of sedimentation rates and sediment types between a SW Florida natural wetlands having flood-controlled hydrology and natural wetlands having uncontrolled hydrology.

Holocene to Recent Sedimentology and Stratigraphy:  Near-surface geomorphology of Holocene/Anthropocene subtropical wetland swamps, marshes and related environments in a SW Florida watershed.  Ground penetrating radar and shallow sediment cores were collected in the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watereshed (Collier County, FL) to investigate subsurface influences on the changes in surface environments, including contrasts in the depth to bedrock and the overlying soil thickness, gradual changes in dip or slope of the bedrock and the presence of sink holes at depth.

Holocene to Recent Sedimentology and Stratigraphy: Barrier/mangrove islands of the Ten Thousand Islands, SW Florida (Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Preserve). The study included the integration of satellite imagery, high altitude photography, Lidar, sediment cores and ground penetrating radar. This research has application to the understanding of the SW Florida coast relative to the dynamics of sea level rise and major storms/hurricanes over time.

Modern Ecosystems as Analogs for Ancient Depositional Environments: Emphasis was focused on understanding the impact of rates of sedimentation, time scales, and preservation versus erosion in the rock record.

Geology and Warfare - New course developed to provide students with an understanding of the role of geologic principles and geologists in the planning and execution of warfare.

Course offerings

• GEOL 682: Petroleum Geology
• GEOL 760: Exploration Geophysics
• GEOL 690 / 810: Petroleum Engineering - An Introduction for Geoscientists
• GEOL 690 / 750: Geology and Warfare
• Geothermal Energy Shortcourse

Career Summary

Summer Intern with Gulf Oil Corporation 1981

Graduate Teaching Assistant – Geology, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, 1981-1983

Full-time Employee of Unocal Corporation 1983-2005 & Chevron Corporation 2005-2016

Chevron Chairman's Award 2007 - For outstanding commitment, innovation and performance resulting in a highly successful exploration program in Angola Block 14

Thirty-three years of international and domestic oil & gas exploration / development experience in the Gulf of Mexico deep water and shelf, the US Rocky Mountains, South America, the North Sea, West Africa, China, Thailand and Indonesia.

Interpreter of geologic and seismic data with key skills in play fairway analysis, prospect generation and maturation, petroleum system integration, risk and reserves assessment.

Experience mentoring junior Earth Scientists, both international and US staff, including design and supervision of summer intern and new hire projects.

Multi-cultural experience from projects and business travel to South America, Asia, Africa and Europe. Includes Expatriate assignments in Bangkok and London.

Management experience: Exploration Manager, Team Leader & Chief Geologist.

Instructor - University of Florida Extension / Florida Master Naturalist Program.

Presentations

"CREW Beneath Your Feet", Near-surface Geomorphology of Subtropical Wetland Environments – Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed, Collier County, Florida, K. Doyle, CREW Trust Summer Lecture Series, June 2024.

Sedimentology of Dickman's Point Beach, SW Florida - Integration of Ground Penetrating Radar, K. Doyle, C. Burke, Z. Demissie, V. Ibarra, J. Manninen, Geological Socieity of America Connect 2021, Portland, OR, October 2021

Analysis of Sedimentary Deposits on Dickman's Point Beach, Southwest Florida: Natural and Anthropogenic Influences, V. Ibarra, C. Burke, Z. Demissie, A. Doyle, K. Doyle and W. Parcell, Geological Society of America Connect 2020, October 2020

The Application of Geological Science to Warfare: Examples from 1800 to the Present, K. Doyle, Geological Society of America Connect 2020, October 2020

Recent Gulf of Mexico Algal Blooms as Analogs for Ancient Marine Source Rock Depostional Environments, K. M. Doyle and C. Burke, AAPG Mid-Continent Section Meeting, October 2019

Continued Extension of the Pinda Trend in Block 14, Deep Water, Angola, G. S Raskin, K. M. Doyle, A. H. Saller, Y. K. Altobi, M. C. Hewell, J. P. Lange, and R. M. Ott, The 3rd Regional Deepwater Offshore West Africa Exploration and Production Conference & Exhibition, Abuja, Nigeria, 16 November, 2010

Mixed-Source Oils and Gases Offshore Cabinda (Angola) - The Lucapa Oil Discovery, J. Curiale and K. Doyle, AAPG International Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 2008

New Pinda Exploration in Block 14, Deep Water Angola, G. Raskin, K. Doyle, J. Noah, , and A. Saller, AAPG International Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 2008

Congo Canyon Depositional Systems: Lower Miocene to Present, Block 14, Deep Water Angola, A Saller, R. Brandt, K. Doyle, S. Haas, P. Joao and M. Lima, AAPG International Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 2008

Chevron's 2006 Lucapa Field Discovery - Congo Canyon, Offshore Angola, R. Brandt, K. Doyle, J. Noah, I. Meades, Chevron Subsurface Conference, The Woodlands, TX, 2007

Integrated Subsurface Platform Reviews, K. Doyle, Unocal Annual Technology Conference, Houston, TX 1999 

Structure and Tectonic Evolution of the Xihu Trough and East China Sea, R. Hickman, T. Seeley, K. Doyle, L. Willis, AAPG Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX 1997

Far-East Tertiary Coal-related Petroleum System, R. Lin, L. Dzou, K. Doyle, E. Jardine, AAPG Eastern Section / Society of Organic Petrology Joint Meeting, Lexington, KY 1997 

Recognition of Complex Tertiary Fluvial Reservoir Geometries in the Xihu Trough: A Study of Ancient and Modern Analog Systems, K. Doyle, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 1996

Contracts

2017, Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Petrel Geologic and Geophysical Interpretation Software, Three-Year Software Donation to WSU. 

2017, Platte River Associates Inc., BasinMod Software., Three-Year Software Donation to WSU. Extended in 2023.