
Dirk Adelmann
Founder
Experienced geologist/sedimentologist with over 20 years of expertise in the oil, gas, and geothermal industries, focusing on clastic reservoirs. Skilled in reservoir characterization, sedimentology, diagenesis, and reservoir quality prediction. Strong background in integrating geological studies across regional to prospect scales.
1995–2000 Scientific Assistant, Free University Berlin, Germany
2001–2003 Reservoir Geologist, PanTerra Geoconsultants BV, The Netherlands
2003–2006 Post-Doc / Research Assistant, University Jena, Germany
2006-2013 Reservoir Geologist, Wintershall GmbH, Kassel, Germany
2013-2020 Senior Geologist/Sedimentologist, Wintershall (Dea) GmbH, Kassel, Germany
2020 – 2021 Senior Geologist/Subsurface Manager, GeoThermal Engineering GmbH / Vulcan Energy Resources GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany
2021 – 2024 Lead Geologist / Reservoir Quality Specialist, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
2024 – 2025 Geology Advisor, Terra Geoservice Gmbh
Publications
B Busch, AD Spitzner, D Adelmann, C Hilgers (2022): The significance of outcrop analog data for reservoir quality assessment: A comparative case study of Lower Triassic Buntsandstein sandstones in the Upper Rhine Graben, Marine and Petroleum Geology 141, DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105701
B Busch, D Adelmann, R Herrmann, C Hilgers (2021): Controls on compactional behavior and reservoir quality in a Triassic Buntsandstein reservoir, Upper Rhine Graben, SW Germany – Marine and Petroleum Geology 136 – DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.105437
B Busch, D Adelmann, C Hilgers (2019): Reservoir quality controls on Rotliegend fluvio-aeolian wells in Germany and the Netherlands, Southern Permian Basin – Impact of grain coatings and cements – Marine and Petroleum Geology, 112(11), DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.104075
S. Sindern, V. Havenith, A. Gerdes, Meyer, F. M., Adelmann, D., Hellmann, A. (2019): Dating of anatase-forming diagenetic reactions in Rotliegend sandstones of the North German Basin. International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geol Rundsch) – DOI 10.1007/s00531-019-01705-x
B Busch, I Becker, B Koehrer, D Adelmann, C Hilgers (2019): Porosity evolution of two Upper Carboniferous tight gas-fluvial sandstone reservoirs: Impact of fractures and total cement volumes on reservoir quality, Marine and Petroleum Geology 100, 376-390
B Busch, C Hilgers, RH Lander, LM Bonnell, D Adelmann (2018): Reservoir quality and burial model evaluation by kinetic quartz and illite cementation modeling: Case study of Rotliegendes, north Germany, AAPG Bulletin 102 (2), 293-307