Denise Cox

Denise Cox (née Mruk) is the President of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. She is the President of Storm Energy, an oil and gas exploration company.

Denise Cox
Alma materBinghamton University
University of Colorado, Boulder
EmployerMarathon Oil
OrganizationAmerican Association of Petroleum Geologists

Early life and education

Cox studied at Binghamton University graduating in 1980.[1] She was awarded the Glenn G. Bartle Award for excellence in geology. She started working at the United States Geological Survey on a 9 well Uranium and Thorium coring project.[2] Recognising she would need further degrees to continue working as a geologist, she moved to the University of Colorado Boulder, and earned a master's degree in 1985.[3] She joined the American Association of Petroleum Geologists in 1984.[3] Her thesis considered the Permian Capitan Formation.[2]

Career

After Cox graduated she joined the Marathon Oil Denver Research Center, exploring carbonates and petroleum.[2] She studied the Yates Field reservoir, describing 118 cores in the field.[4] She worked in Littleton, Colorado, Midland, Texas and Denver.[1]

She joined Storm Energy in 2004, taking over from her husband Kurt who became a writer.[2] In 2014 she was appointed President of the Association for Women Geoscientists.[2] In 2015 she was awarded the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Distinguished Service award.[2] Cox began was selected as president elect of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists in 2017, and is the first woman to hold this role.[5]

References
  1. "Binghamton University, Harpur College of Arts and Sciences: Department Programs - Geological Sciences". www.binghamton.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  2. "President-Elect of the AAPG: Denise Cox". GEO ExPro. 2018-05-27. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  3. "Meet Denise Cox - PROWESS Committee Volunteer". archives.aapg.org. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  4. "Reservoir Characterization of A Permian GiantYates Field, West Texas | Hydrocarbon Reservoir CharacterizationGeologic Framework and Flow Unit Modeling | GeoScienceWorld Books | GeoScienceWorld". pubs.geoscienceworld.org. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  5. "AAPG Names Denise Cox as President-Elect". American Geosciences Institute. 2017-05-30. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
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