Experienced Team of Professionals

 
 

Numeric Solutions is a fast growing technology company specializing in providing consulting services and software solutions for the global exploration and production industry. The company was founded in 1999 and has its head quarters in Ventura, CA.

Our consultancy team consists of experienced oil & gas Geoscientists and Engineers offering expert knowledge in a variety of industry needs anywhere in the world.


John Harris – President
John Harris is a geologist who brings more than 15 years of worldwide oil and gas exploration and development experience to Numeric Solutions. John is a proven finder of hydrocarbon, specializing in basins with complex geology.

John is a consultant to major and independent energy companies through Numeric Solutions LLC, a thriving company he founded after leaving Texaco in 1999. Numeric Solutions LLC is based in Ventura, California. Over the past 10 years John has worked on a number of successful projects ranging from prospect generation to reserves estimation and evaluation. While specializing in quantitative geology, John has broadened his expertise into reservoir simulation, seismic interpretation and exploration and development deal sourcing. John has degrees from both the University of Michigan and New Hampshire.


Ted Carlsen, Ph.D. – Vice President
Ted holds a Bachelors and Doctorate in Geology and has spent 22 years working in all aspects of the oil and gas industry. He started as a summer intern working with the U.S. Geological Survey mapping Indian reservations for oil and gas potential to help the tribal counsels obtain maximum value for their leases. He then moved on to Unocal International working development and exploration projects around the world followed by a term working onshore Gulf of Mexico. His work included regional basin wide studies for country entry, developing exploration targets, field acquisition analysis and bid round evaluations.

In 1996 Ted Moved to Occidental Oil & Gas International evaluating exploration projects and producing fields throughout Europe and central Asia. When Occidental moved its International division to Houston Ted became a consultant to the energy industry in California helping start-up companies get established in California and initiate exploration and production programs. He also consulted with major oil and gas companies doing reservoir characterization and 3D geo-modeling to better understand and exploit their reserves. Since 2005 he has helped an independent to increase production and explore in California, Oregon, Washington, Texas, shale plays and international opportunities. His most recent project was setting up and managing a large team with a $100 MM budget and 3 rig drilling program. Ted brings a wide range of skills to Numeric Solutions from Exploration and reservoir characterization to project management and acquisition/divestment assistance.

 
Numeric Solutions LLC | 1002 South Seaward Ave. Ventura, CA 93001 | Phone: 805-794-5011