Debra Kimiko Nishida

Debra Kimiko Nishida was a geologist at Dome Petroleum and a member of the Canadian Energy Geoscience Association since 1980. Dome Petroleum Limited was a petroleum company that was active from 1950 until 1988, when it was purchased by Amoco, which is a chain of gas stations that has been operating in the United States since 1998.

Publications and contributions Nishidas' most recent record of employment in the CEGA database was with Encana in 2002, which was a Canadian petroleum company that was active from 2002 until 2020. The company moved from Canada to Denver in 2019 and rebranded its name to Ovintiv.

Nishida has made several publications throughout her career in Geology. Her published works include:

A Famennian Stromatoporoid Patch Reef in the Wabamun Group, West-Central Alberta, Canada. Debra K. Nishida CSPG Special Publications Stromatoporoid-Algal-Facies Hydrocarbon Traps in Upper Devonian (Famennian) Wabamun Group, North-Central Alberta, Canada. Debra K. Nishida, J. W. Murray, C.W. Stearn AAPG Bulletin Jonah Field, Sublette County, Wyoming: Where has it been and where is it going? Dean P. Dubois, Debra K. Nishida, Aaron J. Fisher, Nancy J. House Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

Research and contributions "A Famennian Stromatoporoid Patch Reef in the Wabamun Group, West-Central Alberta, Canada" was a publication that was funded by Dome Petroleum. Debra studied the Devonian (Famennian) Wabamun Group environment in Normandville, Alberta. was discovered while drilling the area for oil, and subsequent drilling led to the discovery of the Wabamun oil reserves in the region. Nishida was a member of the AAPG Committee on Conventions. The Committee on Conventions is tasked with "planning, coordinating and conducting AAPG annual conventions and AAPG international conferences." The committee on conventions also make recommendations to the AAPG executive on the locations, and timing of annual meetings and international conferences. The AAPG International Regions Committee's mission is to represent the AAPG as a global organization, making recommendations to the executive, and the AAPG House of Delegates on how to enhance the AAPG international membership and international services.

Awards Nishida was the Canadian Energy Geoscience Association recipient of the Volunteer Tracks Award in 2001