David H. Bodecott

Ammonite Managing Partner Skip Hobbs is pleased to announce that David Bodecott has rejoined Ammonite as International Senior Exploration Advisor in Europe. David is a Consulting Petroleum Geologist and Geophysicist with over 40 years experience, and is the principal of David Bodecott Consulting. He is an expert in global exploration planning, geology and seismic interpretation, with a major focus on the North and South Atlantic conjugate margins, and East Africa. David received a B.Sc. (Honours) in Geology from the University of Hull, England in 1973, and a M.Sc. in Petroleum Geology in 1974 from Imperial College, London. Mr. Bodecott began his career as a geologist with Arco in London from 1974 -75, and was then employed by Gulf Oil Corporation from 1975-81, as Geologist, then Senior Geologist, while living in Gabon, Houston and London, with temporary assignments to Zaire, Indonesia, and Norway. He became an independent consultant in global petroleum geology and seismic interpretation in 1981, and has specialized in asset evaluations, technical audits and deal reviews in much of West and North Africa, Europe, the Mediterranean, South Atlantic, Middle East and Asia.

Dave was a founding partner of Rockhopper Exploration plc in 2004, and led the company’s exploration efforts in discovering the giant Sea Lion Field offshore the Falkland Islands in 2010. In 2013, David resigned his position as Exploration Director of Rockhopper Exploration, and resumed his career as an independent consultant. In 2014 he was appointed a Non-Executive Director of UK AIM-listed Chariot Oil and Gas Limited. Professional affiliations include: Active Member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Member of the Energy Institute (formerly Institute of Petroleum), and Fellow of the Geological Society of London. David resides in Penrith, in the Lake District of England.