Ferdinand Geoffrey Larminie

Ferdinand Geoffrey "Geoff" Larminie (23 June 1929, Dublin – 16 October 2008, Buckinghamshire ) was an Irish petroleum geologist, known for his contributions to the British Petroleum Company's operations involving the western part of the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field.

Early life and education After secondary education at St Andrew's College, Dublin, F. Geoffrey Larminie matriculated at Trinity College Dublin. There he graduated with a double first in geology and zoology in 1954 and gained his MA in 1972. He was from 1954 to 1956 an assistant lecturer in geology at the University of Glasgow and from 1956 to 1960 a lecturer at the University of Sydney.

Business career In 1960 he joined the Exploration Department of the British Petroleum Company. The expedition exposed the existence of oil reservoirs in Triassic strata. He was sent in 1966 to Libya as a senior geologist.

In 1971 Larminie was transferred from Alaska to serve as Head of the British Petroleum Company's exploration activities in Thailand. In 1974 he was transferred to the British Petroleum Group Head Office in London. During the 1980s he held several appointments to various public and private sector institutions. He chaired the International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA) from 1981 to 1983. He was a member from 1979 to 1984 of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution and from 1984 to 1987 of the Polar Research Board of the National Research Council of the United States. a non-profit organization for preservation of habitats and heritage sites in the Chiltern Hills.

Recognition Larminie's honours included in 1989 Honorary Fellowship of Trinity College Dublin and in 1991 Life Trusteeship of the Bermuda Biological Station. He was in 1992 part of the British Petroleum team that jointly received the MacRobert Award for the work that led to the discovery of Prudhoe Bay Oil Field. In 1992 he was also elected to Honorary Fellowship of the Society for Underwater Technology.

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