Speakers
Eric Zimmermann
Eric Zimmermann is Chief Operating Officer of LLOG Exploration and has worked been with the company since 2007. LLOG Exploration is one of the largest privately held exploration companies in the U.S. and a top five producer in the Gulf of Mexico. Prior to LLOG, Mr. Zimmermann worked for BP and Dominion as an exploration geologist. Mr. Zimmermann’s experience has been focused on exploration and development projects in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico for his career.
Mr. Zimmermann received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Geology at Louisiana State University. He is a Professional Geologist in the states of Texas and Louisiana and is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London. He is a former President of the Southeastern Geophysical Society. He has been an invited lecturer at Colorado University – Boulder, Rice University, Tulane, UNO, and LSU as well as at AAPG, OTC, and SEG.
Presentation Description
The Role of the Independent Energy Operator in the Deepwater Gulf of MexicoLLOG Exploration is one of the largest privately held oil and gas companies in the United States, but uniquely LLOG is a pure-play Deepwater player in the Gulf of Mexico. LLOG was incorporated in 1977 and has evolved as a producer from onshore South Louisiana to the GoM Shelf to the Deepwater and now to the Ultra-Deepwater. The company has made this evolution through careful discernment of quality geologic prospects as a first hurdle. As a small operator, the company then brings in operational efficiencies and standardization principles to the development process in order to streamline the timeline and costs necessary to first production. All of this is done in the framework of current influences of ESG goals and a zero-tolerance safety culture.
