Gregory Croft  |  Interests  |  Scholarship  

Education:

• Doctor of Philosophy Civil Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, December 2009
  Dissertation: Resource Limits and Conversion Efficiency with Implications for Climate Change
• Master of Science Geophysics, Stanford University, January 1983
  My research topic was the use of 2-dimensional filters in the Fourrier domain to suppress coherent seismic noise in the Val Verde Basin of West Texas
• Bachelor of Art Geology, University of California at Santa Barbara, June 1981
  Outstanding Senior Award

Professional Experience:

• Principal - Greg Croft Inc. (November 2000 - Present)
  I have an oil and gas consulting business.
• Executive Vice President - Harrods Energy Thailand Limited (March 1998 - October 2000)
  I managed an oil and gas exploration program in the Gulf of Thailand. Our discoveries now belong to Pacific East Asia Resources Limited.
• Staff Geophysicist - Chevron Overseas Petroleum (February 1983 - October 1994)
  I worked in a number of positions in South America, West Africa and Corporate Staff

Teaching Experience:

• Lecturer - Saint Mary's College (February 2010 - Present)
  I teach Historical Geology (EES 50)

Presentations:

Canadian Studies

• Canada, the United States and Carbon Emissions. Croft, Gregory (invited, paper, primary presenter, associated proceeding, report in print)
  Western Social Science Association
  (April 2010)

Publications:

• Croft, Gregory and Patzek, Tadeusz. "A Global Coal Production Forecast with Multi-Hubbert Cycle Analysis." Energy 35.8 (2010): 3109
• Croft, Gregory and Patzek, Tadeusz. "Potential for Coal-to-Liquids Conversion in the U.S.-Resource Base ." Natural Resources Research 18.3 (2009): 173
• Croft, Gregory and Patzek, Tadeusz. "Potential for Coal-to-Liquids Conversion in the United States—Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis ." Natural Resources Research 18.3 (2009)