Nordine Sabaou Ph.D.

Principal Geologist and Reservoir Center of Excellence Lead, Woodside Energy, Houston – Texas (USA)

Nordine has 30+ years extensive worldwide experience in oil and gas exploration, field development and drilling operations. He has been the technical lead to deliver minded G&G work for multidisciplinary teams in various E&P companies such as Sonatrach, BHP, Tullow Oil and Woodside Energy. As a principal geologist and reservoir modeler at Woodside Energy in Houston Texas, his current role is to evaluate discovered resource opportunities and make recommendations to acquire DRO opportunities across the globe to grow the company by working closely with reservoir engineers, business analysts, commercial and M&A.

Nordine received a geological engineering and mining degree from USTHB University in Algiers and a Ph.D. in petroleum geology from Birmingham University (UK) and has a strong background in sedimentology and stratigraphy, having worked in all type of reservoir depositional environments.

Beside geoscience, Nordine is a passionate aviation fan and a travel addict, which he shares with his wife and two daughters.