Full Name
Tim Rathmann
Job Title
Senior Project Manager / Geoscientist
Company
SCS Engineers
Speaker Bio
Senior Project Manager and geoscientist at SCS Engineers —brings two decades of hands‑on experience closing legacy wells and navigating
California’s regulatory landscape. He specializes in plug‑and‑abandon operations, urban well risk, and compliance strategy with state and local agencies, drawing on prior service as an Engineering Geologist at CalGEM and leadership across onshore/offshore projects in California, Colorado, Texas, Australia, and the UK. Notable work includes: 1) Serving as lead development geologist in drilling over 300 oil and gas wells in California 2) Helping to manage high‑risk well decommissioning for the California State Lands Commission in Santa Barbara County, 3) Supporting Underground Injection Control permitting, and 4) Applying GIS, subsurface modeling, and UAS/remote sensing to accelerate site characterization and redevelopment.
California’s regulatory landscape. He specializes in plug‑and‑abandon operations, urban well risk, and compliance strategy with state and local agencies, drawing on prior service as an Engineering Geologist at CalGEM and leadership across onshore/offshore projects in California, Colorado, Texas, Australia, and the UK. Notable work includes: 1) Serving as lead development geologist in drilling over 300 oil and gas wells in California 2) Helping to manage high‑risk well decommissioning for the California State Lands Commission in Santa Barbara County, 3) Supporting Underground Injection Control permitting, and 4) Applying GIS, subsurface modeling, and UAS/remote sensing to accelerate site characterization and redevelopment.
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