Shane Prochnow is a digital geology advisor at the Chevron Corporation Subsurface Innovation Lab. Prochnow earned his master’s in 2001 and his doctorate in 2005 in geology from Baylor University and continued to complete three years of post-doctoral research there before moving on to the energy industry. He first joined ExxonMobil in 2008 working several roles in the Upstream Research Company. He then joined Chevron in 2012, specializing in shale and tight reservoir Development by taking on roles in both business units and in research. He has published numerous articles and formulated 15 patents on the application of machine learning and data science for subsurface unconventional development. Prochnow is a military veteran and a Texas cattle rancher and Alaskan homesteader in his off time.
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