Speaker Profile

Dr Geoffrey O’Brien is the Chief Scientist for CO2CRC. He has over 35 years’ experience in the marine research, petroleum and CCS sectors and has worked in and for the petroleum industry as a petroleum systems and CCS technical specialist. Geoff has also worked for Geoscience Australia, where he was the Research Group Leader for the Marine Environment & Offshore Petroleum Group, as a research consultant at the University of Adelaide, as the Energy Geoscience Leader at Geoscience Victoria and as the Chief Geoscientist for NOPTA. A passion is the development of tailored and targeted CCS work programs that relate specifically to the ultimate regulatory requirements, thereby facilitating the Pathway to Storage and providing greater efficiencies for CCS project proponents.