Consulting geologist, Houston. Previously with BP, Vastar Resources, ARCO, Anaconda and Gulf Mineral Resources. Riese has worked in both minerals and petroleum as a geologist, geochemist and manager during 40 years in industry. His exploration and development activities include most provinces in western North America and the Gulf of Mexico. Riese’s research focuses include biogeochemistry, isotope geochemistry, sequence stratigraphy, and coalbed methane petroleum systems.
He has taught for 25 years via adjunct positions at several universities and participated in several National Petroleum Council and National Research Council studies. Dr. Riese was asked to tour as a lecturer through the AAPG Distinguished Lecture program. The title of his lecture is “Oil Spills, Ethics, and Society: How they intersect and where the responsibilities reside.” Additionally, he is widely published and the holder of numerous patents.
- 1980: Ph.D., geology, University of New Mexico
- 1977: M.S., geology, University of New Mexico
- 1973: B.S., geology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Retired; Adjunct Professor & Lecturer
- 1985-2015: Adjunct professor and lecturer, Rice University, Houston
- 2008-10: Geoscience adviser, BP Alternative Energy, Houston
- 2000-08: Consulting geologist, geoscience adviser, BP Americas, Houston
- 1998-2000: Adjunct professor, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M.
- 1993-2000: Senior principal geologist, consulting geologist, Vastar Resources, Houston
- 1990-93: Adjunct faculty and lecturer, California State University, Bakersfield, Calif.
- 1989-93: District geologist, area exploration manager, ARCO, Bakersfield, Calif.
- 1983-90: Committee member, Colorado State University, Oregon State University, Humboldt State University (California), University of Houston-Clearlake
- 1985-89: Instructor, University of Houston, Houston
- 1984-89: Area geologist, ARCO, Houston
- 1981-84: Project geochemist, Anaconda Minerals, Denver
- 1983: Instructor, Arapahoe Community College, Denver
- 1973-81: Project geologist, Gulf Mineral Resources, Albuquerque, N.M.
- Riese, W.C. and Brookins, D.G., 1984, The Mount Taylor Uranium Deposit, San Mateo, N.M., U.S.A.: Uranium, v. 1, pp. 189-209.
- Riese, W.C. and Arp, G.K., 1986, Biogeochemical prospecting in the Stillwater (Pt) complex, Montana (abstract): in Carlisle, D., et al., eds., Mineral Exploration: Biological Systems and Organic Matter: Rubey Volume V: Prentice-Hall, New York, pp. 170-182.
- Michaels, G.B. and Riese, W.C., 1986, Microbiological exploration for mineral deposits – a new technique: Applied Geochemistry, v. 1, n. 1, pp. 103-109.
- Riese, W.C., Herald, C.J. and Flammang, J.A., 1986, The application of advanced statistical analysis to interpretation of geochemical data from glaciated terrains, Northwest Territories, Canada: in Prospecting in Areas of Glaciated Terrain-1986: Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, London, pp. 151-162.
- Stednick, J.D., Klem, R.B. and Riese, W.C., 1987, Temporal variation of metal concentrations in biogeochemical samples over the Royal Tiger Mine, Colorado, Part 1: Within year variation: Jour. Geochem. Explor., v. 28, n. 1, pp. 75-88.
- Riese, W.C. and Riese, A.C., 1988, Prediction of geochemical formation damage in the Vicksburg Formation of South Texas: SPE 18132, in proceedings of the annual meeting of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Houston, Oct. 2-5.
- Riese, W.C., Hill, W.A., Rosen, R.N., Olsen, R.S., and Sudduth, D.N., 1990, Sequence stratigraphy of the Miocene System, offshore Texas – Alternative models and their global implications: in Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual GCSSEPM Foundation Research Conference - Gulf Coast Sequence Stratigraphy: Concepts and Practices, Houston, Dec. 2-5, pp. 299-306.
- Snyder, G.T., Riese, W.C., Franks, S., Fehn, U., Pelzmann, W.L., Gorody, A.W. and Moran, J.E., 2003, Origin and history of waters associated