CEO and Founder
Dr. Michael Shoemaker is the CEO and Founder of SciCat Oil LLC and is a proven oil and gas finder with 20 years of E&P operations experience in both unconventional and conventional plays worldwide. Prior to starting SciCat, Shoemaker was the Chief Geoscientist at Callon Petroleum, focused with the operations, development and exploration of unconventional plays in the Permian Basin with multidisciplinary expertise in conventional and tight rocks.
Before that, Michael was a lead prospecting geophysicist at BP America in conventional onshore plays where significant hydrocarbons were discovered using petroleum geology integrated with 3D seismic. After graduating, he was an expatriate geophysicist working for foreign international companies located in the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, and Malaysia where he prospected for Petronas.
Shoemaker holds a Ph.D. in Geophysics from the Missouri University of Science and Technology (formally the University of Missouri-Rolla) and has authored over 60 publications, and is the recipient of the 2020 AAPG Levorsen Memorial Award for innovation in subsurface exploration. He is a member of SEG, AAPG, SPE, and ARMA.