Jason Canning Dr

Biography

I am currently an Exploration Manager at Sound Energy, a North African and European focused, upstream oil and gas company. Prior to this I was Chief Geologist at BG Group. I have been working in the Petroleum Industry for 20 years. I have been a fellow of the Society since 1999 and a Chartered Geologist since 2015. I completed a BSc at Oxford Brookes (1993) and a have PhD from the University of Birmingham (1997). I am standing for Council to impact our Society in two ways. First, I think our Society can play a stronger role in supporting the Geoscience profession. Low commodity prices mean that those members of our society who work in extractive industries face increased uncertainty and perhaps periods of unemployment. One way we can help, is to encourage Fellows to get more out of their Continuing Professional Development (CPD) records. Recording of CPD activity is an important way of documenting our skills, capabilities and experience. I want to share my experience of managing such schemes in industry. Secondly, I want to improve links between industry and academia. Specifically, I think I can share my own experiences to help the Society to encourage sharing of data between industry and researchers, with the aim of the Society becoming the forum for more regular interaction between the two. I also believe the Society can help to steer taught courses to deliver more of what industry requires. I think focusing on these two areas will help the Geological Society to be a more inclusive, collaborative and supportive Society.

Research Interest

Environmental Science and Earth science