Tony Doré

Global Chief Scientist – Senior Advisor to the Director

 

Phone: 801-581-5126
Fax: 801-585-3540

Tony obtained his Ph.D. from University College London and joined the petroleum industry in 1977. He held senior technical and leadership positions with Equinor (formerly Statoil) for 20 years, including VP Exploration Americas, VP North America, and Senior Advisor to Exploration Management (until 2019).

Having retired from Equinor, he now holds the position of Global Chief Scientist with the Energy & Geoscience Institute (EGI) at the University of Utah.

He has worked petroleum provinces all over the world, with emphasis on NW Europe, the Arctic and the Americas. His achievements include major oil and gas discoveries in Norway, Brazil, Gulf of Mexico and Canada.

Tony has published on stratigraphy, NE Atlantic – Arctic evolution, basement reactivation, basin modeling, passive margin structure, hyperextension, exhumed petroleum systems and exploration risk analysis. He has edited books on basin modeling, resource quantification and passive margins.

He was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Petroleum Geoscience between 2006 and 2009, and chairman of the Geological Society Petroleum Group 2001-2003; chaired the 2003 Petroleum Geology of NW Europe conference and edited the subsequent proceedings (2005).

Tony serves on the advisory boards of several universities and currently holds an Honorary Professorship at Durham University.


Regional & Basin Experience

  • NW Europe
  • The Arctic
  • The Americas

Petroleum geology

Regional geology particularly of passive margins

Hyperextended margins

Basement reactivation

Cratonic basins

Petroleum systems of exhumed basins

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) Marine Geology of the N.E. Celtic Sea, 1977 (University College London)

B.Sc. Honours in Geology, 1970 (University College London)

OBE, BSc, PhD, DSc, FGS


Memberships

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of London

  • Member of Geological Society Club

  • Member of the Geologists” Association

  • Member of the Geological Society of Glasgow

  • Member of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain (PESGB)

  • Member of the Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF)

  • Member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)

William Smith Medal, 2015

Best Presentation Proze, Petex, 2014

Special Award, American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), 2011

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE), 2010

Geological Society Petroleum Group medal, 2007

  1. DORÉ, A.G., 1976. Preliminary geological interpretation of the

Bristol Channel Approaches. J.Geol.Soc.Lond, v.132, pp 453-459

  1. VOLLSET, J. and DORÉ, A.G., (eds.) 1984. A Revised Triassic and Jurassic

lithostratigraphic nomenclature for the Norwegian North Sea. Norwegian Petroleum Directorate Bulletin 3. Stavanger, 53 pp.

  1. DORÉ, A.G., HAMAR, G.P., LILLENG, T., SHAW, N.D., SKARPNES, O and

VOLLSET, J., 1984. Revised Triassic and Jurassic lithostratigraphic nomenclature for the Norwegian North Sea, Northern Area. In: Norwegian Petroleum Directorate Bulletin No.3 Stavanger, see above, pp 17-33.

  1. DORÉ, A.G., HESJEDAL, A., OLSEN, R.C., PRICE, I., SKARPNES, O., and

STRASS, I.F., 1984. Revised Triassic and Jurassic lithostratigraphic nomenclature for the Norwegian North Sea,Southern Area. In: Norwegian Petroleum Directorate Bulletin No.3 Stavanger, see above pp 33-53.

  1. DORÉ, A.G., VOLLSET, J. and HAMAR, G.P. 1985. Correlation of the offshore

sequences referred to the Kimmeridge Clay Formation -relevance to the Norwegian Sector. In: Thomas, B.M. et al., (eds). Petroleum Geochemistry in Exploration of the Norwegian Shelf. Graham and Trotman, London pp 27-38.

  1. DORÉ, A.G., and WANDAAS, B. 1985 (for 1984). Lost fossil amphibian of

Bear Island. Geological Curator Vol 4, No.3 pp 169-171.

  1. GAGE, M.S. and DORÉ, A.G. 1986. A regional geological perspective of the

Norwegian exploration provinces. In Spencer A.M. et al., eds, Habitat of Hydrocarbons on the Norwegian Shelf. Graham and Trotman, London pp 21-38.

  1. DORÉ, A.G. and GAGE, M.S. 1987. Crustal alignments and sedimentary

domains in the evolution of the North Sea, North East Atlantic Margin and Barents Shelf. In Brooks, J. and Glennie, K. eds. Petroleum Geology of NW Europe. Graham and Trotman, London pp 1131-1148.

  1. DORÉ, A.G. et al. 1989. Mesozoic Paleogeography, Seaways and Connections

between Europe and the Arctic Sea. Abst. 28th Int. Geol. Congress (Washington D.C., 1989) v. 1 p. 408.

  1. DORÉ, A.G. 1991. The Structural Foundation and Evolution of Mesozoic

Seaways between Europe and the Arctic. In: J.E.T. Channell, E.L.Winterer and L.F.Jansa, eds. Palaeogeography and Palaeoceanography of Tethys. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 87, 441-492.

  1. DORÉ, A.G., HERMANRUD, C., SYLTA, O. & AUGUSTSON, J.H. 1991. Conference

Review. Basin Modelling: Advances and Applications, Stavanger, Norway, 13-15 March 1991. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 8, 493-494.

  1. DORÉ, A.G. 1992. Synoptic palaeogeography of the Northeast Atlantic

Seaway: late Permian to Cretaceous. In: Parnell, J. (Ed.) Basins on the Atlantic Seaboard: Petroleum Geology, Sedimentology and Basin Evolution. Geological Society Special Publication 62, 421-446.

  1. DORÉ, A.G. 1992. The Base Tertiary Surface of southern Norway and the

northern North Sea. In: Jensen, L.N. & Riis, F. (Eds.) Post-Cretaceous Uplift and Sedimentation along the Western Fennoscandian Shield. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift Special Issue. 72, 259-265.

  1. LIU, G., LIPPARD, S., FANAVOLL, S., SYLTA, O., VASSMYR, S. and DORÉ,

A.G. 1992. Quantitative Geodynamic Modelling of Barents Sea Uplift and Erosion. In: Jensen, L.N. & Riis, F. (eds.) Post-Cretaceous Uplift and Sedimentation along the Western Fennoscandian Shield. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift, Special Issue. 72, 313-316.

  1. DORÉ, A.G., et al., (Eds.) 1993. Basin Modelling: Advances and

Applications. Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF) Special Publication No.3. Elsevier, Amsterdam. 49 papers, 680 pp.

  1. JENSEN, R.P. and DORÉ, A.G. 1993. A recent Norwegian Shelf heating event

– fact or fantasy? In: Dore, A.G. et al., (Eds.) Basin Modelling: Advances and Applications. Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF) Special Publication 3. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 85-106.

  1. DORÉ, A.G. 1995. Barents Sea geology, hydrocarbon resources and future

potential. Arctic, 48, 3, 207-221

  1. DORÉ, A.G., LUNDIN, E.R., BIRKELAND, BUTCHER, H.Y., FICHLER, C.,

HENNINGSEN, T. and JENSEN, L.N. 1995. The tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the Mid-Norwegian shelf in an Atlantic Margin context, and its implications for prospectivity. Abstract. A.A.P.G. Bulletin 79, 8.

  1. SCOTCHMAN, I. and DORÉ, A.G. 1995. A Regional Appraisal of Source Rocks

North and West of Britain and Ireland. Abstract. A.A.P.G. Bulletin 79, 8, 1247.

  1. GABRIELSEN, R.H. and DORÉ, A.G. 1995. The history of tectonic models on

the Norwegian Continental Shelf. In Hanslien, S. (ed.) Petroleum Exploration and Exploitation in Norway. Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF) Special Publication 4, Elsevier, Amsterdam. 333-368.

  1. DORÉ, A.G. and JENSEN, L.N. 1996. The impact of late Cenozoic uplift and

erosion on hydrocarbon exploration: offshore Norway and some other uplifted basins. Global and Planetary Change, 12, 415-436.

  1. DORÉ, A.G. and SINDING-LARSEN, R. (Editors). 1996. Quantification and

prediction of hydrocarbon resources. Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF) Special Publication 6, Elsevier, Amsterdam.

  1. SNOW, J.H., DORÉ, A.G. and DORN-LOPEZ, D.W. 1996. Risk analysis and

full-cycle probabilistic modelling of prospects: a prototype system developed for the Norwegian Shelf. In: Dore, A.G. and Sinding Larsen, R. Quantification and prediction of hydrocarbon resources. Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF), Elsevier, Amsterdam. 153-165.

  1. LARSEN, R.M., DORÉ, A.G. and LILLETVEIT, R. 1996. Challenges in deep

water hydrocarbon exploration from the Vøring Basin, offshore Norway, and West Africa, with focus on Nigeria. Abstr. 30th International Geological Congress, Beijing. 835.

  1. DORÉ, A.G. and LUNDIN, E.R. 1996. Cenozoic compressional structures on

the NE Atlantic Margin: nature, origin and potential significance for hydrocarbon exploration. Petroleum Geoscience, 2, 299-311.

  1. LUNDIN, E.R. and DORÉ, A.G. 1997. A tectonic model for the Norwegian

passive margin with implications for the NE Atlantic: Early Cretaceous to break-up. Journal of the Geological Society, 154, 545-550.

  1. DORÉ, A.G., LUNDIN, E.R., FICHLER, C. and OLESEN, O. 1997. Patterns of

basement structure and reactivation along the NE Atlantic margin. Journal of the Geological Society, 154, 85-92.

  1. DORÉ, A.G., LUNDIN, E.R., BIRKELAND, Ø., ELIASSEN, P.E. and JENSEN, L.N.
  2. The NE Atlantic margin: implications of late Mesozoic and Cenozoic

events for hydrocarbon prospectivity. Petroleum Geoscience, 3, 117-131.

  1. FJAERAN, T., BIRKELAND, Ø., SPENCER, A.M., DORÉ, A.G., and HAARR, G.
  2. Reserve potential of European frontier areas. Society of Petroleum

Engineers Publication 38502. 285-299.

  1. DORÉ, A.G., LUNDIN, E.R., BIRKELAND, Ø., ELIASSEN, P.E., FICHLER, C.and

JENSEN, L.N. 1999. Principal tectonic events in the evolution of the northwest European Atlantic margin. In: Fleet, A.J. and Boldy, S.A.R. (eds.) Petroleum Geology of Northwest Europe: Proceedings of the 5th Conference. Geological Society, London. 41-61.

  1. FICHLER, C., RUNDHOVDE, E., OLESEN, O., SAETHER, B.M., RUESLATTEN, H.,

LUNDIN, E. and DORÉ, A.G. 1999. Image enhancement and structural discusiion of regional gravity and magnetic data covering the Norwegian Sea and adjacent mainland. Tectonophysics, 306, 183-197.

  1. DORÉ, A.G., SCOTCHMAN, I.C. & CORCORAN, D. 2000. Cenozoic exhumation and

prediction of the hydrocarbon system on the NW European Atlantic margin. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 69-70, 615-618.

  1. JOHNSTON, S., DORÉ, A.G. & SPENCER, A.M. 2001. The Mesozoic evolution of

the southern North Atlantic region and its relationship to basin development in the south Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland. In: Shannon, P.M., Haughton, P.D.W. & Corcoran, D.V. (Eds.)The Petroleum Exploration of Ireland”s Offshore Basins. Geological Society Special Publication 188, 237-263.

  1. CORCORAN, D.V. & DORÉ, A.G. 2002. Top seal assessment in exhumed basin

settings – some insights from Atlantic Margin and borderland basins. In: Koestler, A.G. & Hunsdale, R. (Eds.) Hydrocarbon Seal Quantification. NPF (Norwegian Petroleum Society) Special Publication 11, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 89-107.

  1. LUNDIN, E. & DORÉ, A.G. 2002. Mid-Cenozoic post-breakup deformation in

the “passive” margins bordering the Norwegian-Greenland Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 19, 79-93.

  1. DORÉ, A.G. & STEWART, I.C. 2002. Similarities and differences in the

tectonics of two passive margins: the Northeast Atlantic Margin and the Australian North West Shelf. In: Keep, M. and Moss, S.J. (Eds.) The Sedimentary Basins of Western Australia 3. Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA), 89-117.

  1. DORÉ, A.G., HOLDSWORTH, R.E., SLEIGHT, J.M & WATTS, L.M. 2002. Basins

and basement: crossing the onshore-offshore divide. In Hurst, A. (Ed.) Onshore-offshore relationships on the Nordic Atlantic margin. Abstracts and Proceedings of the Norwegian Geological Society, 2, 47-50.

  1. DORÉ, A.G., CARTWRIGHT, J.A., STOKER, M.S., TURNER, J.P. & WHITE, N.J.

(Eds.) 2002. Exhumation of the North Atlantic Margin: Timing, Mechanisms and Implications for Petroleum Exploration. Geological Society Special Publication 196. Geological Society, London, 494 pp.

  1. DORÉ, A.G., CARTWRIGHT, J.A., STOKER, M.S., TURNER, J.P. & WHITE, N.J.
  2. Exhumation of the North Atlantic Margin: introduction and background.

In: Doré, A.G., Cartwright, J.A., Stoker, M.S., Turner, J.P. & White, N.J. (Eds.) Exhumation of the North Atlantic Margin: Timing, Mechanisms and Implications for Petroleum Exploration. Geological Society Special Publication 196, 1-12.

  1. DORÉ, A.G., CORCORAN, D.V. & SCOTCHMAN, I.C. 2002. Prediction of the

hydrocarbon system in exhumed basins, and application to the NW European margin. In: Doré, A.G., Cartwright, J.A., Stoker, M.S., Turner, J.P. & White, N.J. (Eds.) 2002. Exhumation of the North Atlantic Margin: Timing, Mechanisms and Implications for Petroleum Exploration. Geological Society Special Publication 196, 401-429.

  1. CORCORAN, D.V. & DORÉ, A.G. 2002. Depressurization of

hydrocarbon-bearing reservoirs in exhumed basin settings: evidence from Atlantic margin and borderland basins. In: Doré, A.G., Cartwright, J.A., Stoker, M.S., Turner, J.P. & White, N.J. (Eds.) 2002. Exhumation of the North Atlantic Margin: Timing, Mechanisms and Implications for Petroleum Exploration. Geological Society Special Publication 196, 457-483.

  1. DORÉ, A.G. & VINING, B.A. (Eds.) 2005. Petroleum Geology: North-West

Europe and Global Perspectives – Proceedings of the 6th Petroleum Geology Conference. Geological Society, London. 2 vols, 1660 pp.

  1. LUNDIN, E.R. & DORÉ, A.G. 2005. NE-Atlantic break-up: a re-examination

of the Iceland mantle plume model and the Atlantic-Arctic linkage. In: Doré, A.G. & Vining, B.A. (Eds.) Petroleum Geology: North-West Europe and Global Perspectives – Proceedings of the 6th Petroleum Geology Conference. Geological Society, London. 739-754.

  1. LUNDIN, E.R. & DORÉ, A.G. 2005. The fixity of the Iceland hotspot on the

Mid-Atlantic Ridge: observational evidence, mechanisms and implications for Atlantic volcanic margins. In: Foulger, G.R., Natland, J.H., Presnall, D.C. & Anderson, D.L. (Eds.) Plates, plumes and paradigms. Geological Society of America Special Paper 388, 627-652.

  1. CORCORAN, D.V. & DORÉ, A.G. 2005. A review of techniques for the

estimation of magnitude and timing of exhumation in offshore basins. Earth Science Reviews, 72, 129-168

  1. DORÉ, A.G. & LUNDIN, E.R. 2006. Challenges and controversies in

exploration of the northeast Atlantic margin. In Post, P. et al, (Eds) GCSSEPM conference volume, extended abstract.

  1. JOHNSON, H., DORÉ, A.G., GATLIFF, R.W., HOLDSWORTH, R., LUNDIN, E.R. &

RITCHIE, J.D. (Eds.) 2008. The Nature and Origin of Compression in Passive Margins. Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 306.

  1. DORÉ, A.G., LUNDIN, E.R., KUSZNIR, N.J. & PASCAL, C. 2008. Potential

mechanisms for the genesis of Cenozoic domal structures on the NE Atlantic margin: pros, cons and some new ideas. In: Johnson, H., Doré, A.G., Gatliff, R.W., Holdsworth, R., Lundin, E.R. & Ritchie, J.D. (Eds.) 2008. The Nature and Origin of Compression in Passive Margins. Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 306, 1-26.

  1. HILLIS, R.J., HOLFORD, S.P., GREEN, P.F., DORÉ, A.G., GATLIFF, R.W.,

STOKER, M.S., THOMSON, K., TURNER, J.P., UNDERHILL, J.R. & WILLIAMS, G.A. 2008. Cenozoic exhumation of the southern British Isles. Geology, v. 36, no. 5, 371-374.

  1. JOHNSON, H. & DORÉ, A.G. 2010. Unconventional oil and gas resources and

the geological storage of carbon dioxide: overview. In: VINING, B.A. & PICKERING, S. C. (eds) Petroleum Geology: From Mature Basins to New Frontiers – Proceedings of the 7th Petroleum Geology Conference, 1061-1063. Geological Society, London.

  1. LEVELL, B., ARGENT, J., DORÉ, A.G. & FRASER, S. 2010. The future of

passive margin exploration – a global perspective. In: VINING, B.A. & PICKERING, S. C. (eds) Petroleum Geology: From Mature Basins to New Frontiers- Proceedings of the 7th Petroleum Geology Conference. 823-830. Geological Society, London.

  1. LUNDIN, E.R. & DORÉ, A.G. 2011. Hyperextension, serpentization and

weakening: a new paradigm for rifted margin compressional deformation. Geology v.39, no. 4, 347-350.

  1. LUNDIN, E.R., DORÉ, A.G., RØNNING, K. & KYRKJEBØ, R. 2013. Repeated

inversion and collapse in the Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic northern Vøring Basin, offshore Norway. Petroleum Geoscience, November 2013, v. 19, p. 329-341,*

  1. DORÉ, A.G. 2013. The Dark Art of regional geology. Essay in: Hall, M.

(ed). 52 Things You Should Know About Geology. Agile Libre, Canada, 86-87.

  1. DORÉ, A.G. 2013. The Dark Art’s great payoff. Essay in: Hall, M. (ed).

52 Things You Should Know About Geology. Agile Libre, Canada, 88-89.

  1. DORÉ, A.G. 2013. Presenting your career. Essay in: Hall, M. (ed). 52

Things You Should Know About Geology. Agile Libre, Canada, 70-71.

  1. HILLIS, R.R.; HOLFORD, S.P.; GREEN, P.F.; DORÉ, A.G.; GATLIFF, R.W.;

STOKER, M.S.; TURNER, J.P.; UNDERHILL, J.R.; WILLIAMS, G.A. 2013. Comment on “Crustal structure of the British Isles and its epeirogenic consequences” by M.W. Davis, N.J. White, K.F. Priestley, B.J. Baptie and F.J. Tilmann. Geophysical Journal International, 194 (2). 678-679.

  1. DORÉ, A.G. 2014. Don’t lose your plagiosaur. Essay in: Cullum, A. &

Martinius, A.W. (eds). 52 Things You Should Know About Palaeontology. Agile Libre, Canada, 46-47.

  1. DORÉ, A.G. & LUNDIN, E.R. 2015. RESEARCH FOCUS: Hyperextended

continental margins – Knowns and unknowns. Geology, v. 43 no. 1 p. 95-96 doi: 10.1130/focus012015.1

  1. DORÉ, A.G., LUNDIN, E.R., GIBBONS, A., SØMME, T. O & TØRUDBAKKEN, B.O.
  2. Transform margins of the Arctic: a synthesis and re-evaluation. In:

Nemčok, M., Rybár, S., Sinha,S., Hermeston, S.A. & Ledvényiová, L. (eds.) Transform Margins: Development, Controls, and Petroleum Systems. Geological Society Special Publication. 431, 32 pp.

  1. NEMČOK, M., SINHA, S. T., DORÉ, A.G., LUNDIN, E.R., MASCLE, J. & RYBÁR,

S. 2015. Mechanisms of microcontinent release associated with transform margins during continental break-up; a review. In: Nemċok, M., Rybár, S., Sinha, S., Hermeston, S.A. & Ledvényiová, L. (eds.) Transform Margins: Development, Controls, and Petroleum Systems. Geological Society Special Publication 431, 37 pp.

  1. SCOTCHMAN, I.C., DORÉ, A.G & SPENCER, A.M. 2016. Petroleum systems and

exploration results on the Atlantic margins of U.K, Faroes & Ireland: what have we learnt? In: Bowman, M. & Levell, B. (eds) Petroleum Geology of NW Europe: 50 Years of Learning – Proceedings of the 8th Petroleum Geology Conference. Geological Society, London.

  1. LUNDIN, E.R. & DORÉ, A.G. 2017. The Gulf of Mexico and Canada Basin:

Genetic siblings on either side of North America. GSA Today, 27, 1, 4-11. Geological Society of America.

  1. DORÉ, A.G. 2017. Fossils for sale. Essay in: Cullum, A. & Martinius,

A.W. (eds). 52 More Things You Should Know About Palaeontology. Agile Libre, Canada, 50-51

  1. DORÉ, A.G. & OATES, M.J. 2017. A case of mistaken identity. Essay in:

Cullum, A. & Martinius, A.W. (eds). 52 More Things You Should Know About Palaeontology. Agile Libre, Canada, 14-15.

  1. LUNDIN, E.R., DORÉ, A.G. & REDFIELD, T.F. 2018. Magmatism and Extension

Rates at Rifted Margins. In: Rifts III, Catching the Wave. Petroleum Geoscience thematic set. https://dx.doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2016-158 .

  1. LUNDIN, E.R. & DORÉ, A.G. Non-Wilsonian break-up, pre-disposed by

transforms: examples from the North Atlantic and Arctic. In: Wilson, R. W., Houseman, G. A., McCaffrey, K. J. W., DorÉ, A. G. & Buiter, S. J. H. (eds) Fifty Years of the Wilson Cycle Concept in Plate Tectonics. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, http://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.6

  1. SØMME, T.O., DORÉ, A.G., LUNDIN, E.R. & TØRUDBAKKEN, B.O. 2018.

Triassic-Paleogene paleogeography of the Arctic: implications for sediment routing and basin fill. American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Bulletin 102, 12, 2481–2517.

  1. WILSON, R. W., HOUSEMAN, G.A., BUITER, S. J. H., McCAFFREY, K. J. W. &

DORÉ, A.G. 2019. Fifty years of the Wilson Cycle Concept in Plate Tectonics: An Overview. In: Wilson, R. W., Houseman, G. A., McCaffrey, K. J. W., Doré, A. G. & Buiter, S. J. H. (eds) Fifty Years of the Wilson Cycle Concept in Plate Tectonics. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470-2019-58

  1. PEACE, A.L., PHETHEAN, J.J.J., FRANKE, D., FOULGER, G.R., SCHIFFER, C.,

WELFORD, J.K., McHONE, G., ROCCHI, S., SCHNABEL, M. & DORÉ, A.G. 2019. A review of Pangaea dispersal and Large Igneous Provinces – In search of a causative mechanism. Earth-Science Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.05.009.

  1. SCHIFFER, C., DORÉ, A.G., FOULGER, G.R., FRANKE, D., GEOFFROY, L.,

GERNIGON, L., HOLDSWORTH, R.E., KUSZNIR, N., LUNDIN, E.R., McCAFFREY, K.J.W., PEACE, A.L., PETERSEN, K.D., PHILLIPS, T., STEPHENSON, R., STOKER, M.S. & WELFORD, K. In Revison, Earth Science Reviews.

  1. DORÉ, A.G., SIMILOX-TOHON, D., RØNNING, K., STOUPAKOVA, A., RYSETH,

A.E.,FORTHUN, T., KÅSLI, K., THIESSEN, O., HENRIKSEN, L.B., DAHLGREN, T., RAFAELSEN, B. & HANSEN, J.O. Under Review. Geology of the South-Central Barents Sea. In: Arctic Sedimentary Basins. Geological Society Memoir.

  1. NEMČOK, M., POSPÍŠIL, L., MELNIK, A., HENK, A., DORÉ, A.G., RYBÁR, S.,

SINHA, S.T., CHOUDHURI, M., SHARMA, S., STUART, C.J., WELKER, C., SINHA, N., NUTTALL, P. & VENKATRAMAN, S. Under Review. Breakup of the last layer during lithospheric separation in magma-poor and magma-rich settings.

Research Interests 

  • Petroleum geology 
  • Regional geology, particularly of passive margins 
  • Hyperextended margins 
  • Basement reactivation 
  • Cratonic basins 
  • Petroleum systems of exhumed basins Business Interests 
  • Prospect and play generation 
  • Commercial negotiation in the exploration domain 
  • Economics 
  • Future energy supply

Recently retired from Equinor (formerly Statoil), Tony Doré obtained his PhD from University College London and joined the petroleum industry in 1977. He has held senior technical and leadership positions with Equinor (Statoil) for 20 years, including VP Exploration Americas (2002–2008) and VP North America (2008–2011), and is currently based in London.

He has worked petroleum provinces all over the world, with emphasis on NW Europe, the Arctic and the Americas. His achievements include major oil and gas discoveries in Norway, Brazil, Gulf of Mexico and Canada.

Tony has published on stratigraphy, NE Atlantic–Arctic evolution, basement reactivation, basin modelling, passive margin structure, transform margins, hyperextension, exhumed petroleum systems, and exploration risk analysis. He has edited books on basin modelling, resource quantification and passive margins.

He was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Petroleum Geoscience between 2006 and 2009, and chairman of the Geological Society Petroleum Group 2001-2003; chaired the 2003 Petroleum Geology of NW Europe conference and edited the subsequent proceedings (2005).

Tony serves on the advisory boards of several universities and currently holds an Honorary Professorship at Durham University.

His awards include the Petroleum Group Medal (2006), Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2010 for services to geology, the AAPG Special Award, (2011), the William Smith Medal of the Geological Society (2015), Doctor of Science honoris causa Durham University (2016) and Lifetime Achievement Award from the Petroleum Group of the Geological Society, 2017.

Recent Publications

Doré, A.G., Lundin, E.R., Gibbons, A., Sømme, T. O & Tørudbakken, B.O. 2015. Transform margins of the Arctic: a synthesis and re-evaluation. In: Nemčok, M., Rybár, S., Sinha,S., Hermeston, S.A. & Ledvényiová, L. (eds.) Transform Margins: Development, Controls, and Petroleum Systems. Geological Society Special Publication. 431, 32 pp.

Lundin, E.R. & Doré, A.G. 2017. The Gulf of Mexico and Canada Basin: Genetic siblings on either side of North America. GSA Today, 27, 1, 4-11. Geological Society of America.

Lundin, E.R. & Doré, A.G. 2018. Non‐Wilsonian break-up, pre-disposed by transforms: examples from the North Atlantic and Arctic. In: Wilson, R. W., Houseman, G. A., McCaffrey, K. J. W., Doré, A.G. & Buiter, S. J. H. (eds) Fifty Years of the Wilson Cycle Concept in Plate Tectonics. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470. Online First, 18 pp.

Sømme, T.O., Doré, A.G., Lundin, E.R. & Tørudbakken, B.O. 2018. Triassic-Paleogene paleogeography of the Arctic: implications for sediment routing and basin fill. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 102 (12), 2481-2517.