Ole J. Martinsen

education

  • Cand.scient., University of Bergen (1987)
  • Dr.scient., University of Bergen (1990)

professional experience and service

  • Visiting assistant professor, University of Wyoming 1990-92
  • 33-year industry experience 1993-2026 (Norsk Hydro, StatoilHydro, Statoil, Equinor)
  • Global experience in exploration, field development and award-winning technology
  • VP Research, VP Exploration and Chief Geologist, Senior Advisor, Corporate Reviewer investment projects at executive level
  • Led internal course academy and field safety program
  • Proven record of mentoring and building others’ careers
  • Extensive internal and external international course leader and field work experience
  • Taught numerous field courses in Europe and the US (industry, geo-orgs., academia)
  • SEPM International Councillor 2002-2004
  • Co-chair of AAPG Distinguished Lecturer Committee 2011-2014 (member from 2009-2019)
  • Geological Society of America Penrose and Thompson Conferences committee member 2022-2025.

scientific credentials

  • 75 published and peer-reviewed papers and >100  presentations at external conferences

  • 3 edited books

  • Award winner: AAPG’s top research award Robert R. Berg Outstanding Research Award (2011); AAPG's Roy M. Huffington International Distinguished Lecturer to Asia-Pacific Region (2010); AAPG's Ziad Beydoun Award (2003); Norsk Hydro Innovation Award (2006); Fredrik Meltzer Outstanding Research Award for Young Researchers at the University of Bergen (1991); Fulbright Scholar (1990); and Hans and Helga Reusch's Legacy Award (1986).
  • Student supervision (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) and Ph.D. opponent (UK, Denmark, Holland)
  • Forthcoming Professor at the University of Bergen (part time from fall 2026)
  • University courses taught: Texas at Austin, Delft, Bergen, Troms
  • Member of the Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG) at the University of Texas Visiting Board

Major geoscience interests

  • Earth science for application in energy exploitation, clastic sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, S2S (source-to-sink), tectonics and sedimentation, virtual geology
  • Field areas: Norway, Northern England, Western Ireland, Western Interior Basin (US), Southern France, Spanish Pyrenees, East Greenland

memberships

  • Norwegian Geological Society, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists), IAS (International Association of Sedimentologists), Geological Society of London