Prof Andy Aplin

• Professor in Earth Sciences Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University
• Andy is a geoscientist interested in the the physical and chemical properties of fine-grained sediments as applied to seals, leakage and pore pressure.

Andy is primarily a petroleum geoscientist with a particular interest in shales and mudstones. After PhD and postdoctoral research in marine and isotope geochemistry, he spent several years with BP and many at Newcastle University, before joining Durham University in 2013. With students and RAs, Andy has worked on many problems linked to the physical and chemical properties of fine-grained sediments, including seals to petroleum reservoirs and CO2 storage sites, leakage, gas shales, and pore pressure estimation. Aiming to apply high quality science to help answer industrially and societally important questions, much of his work has an industrial context and involves collaboration with a diverse range of earth and other physical scientists. He has been involved with and led several, major Joint Industry Projects, has published around 100 peer-reviewed papers and was awarded the Wallace E. Pratt Memorial Award for Best Paper in AAPG Bulletin in both 2009 and 2013.