Paul Worthington-Remembering a Technical Genius?
Paul enjoying a post project beverage in Kiev in 2000 Paul Worthington passed away in May 2020 leaving a vast legacy of high quality petrophysical publications. In my view the breadth and quality of Paul’s papers makes him one of the greats in petrophysics, as well as being renowned for his work in Unitization & Redetermination (U&R). My connection with Paul started in 1992 when we worked on several Syrian oil field studies, working in Damascus. This led on to collaboration on several fascinating and challenging Redetermination projects, working with both Operators and partners. I learnt a huge amount through these collaborations, both in terms of deep technical issues, but also in terms of technical strategies. Around this time I became the lead presenter of a Unitization & Redetermination course which was delivered pretty much all round the World. The last phase of Paul’s technical career focussed primarily on technical support on U&R. He became, as you would expect, ...