Pinar Oya Yilmaz | |
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| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin |
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| Thesis | Geology of the Antalya Complex, SW Turkey (1981) |
Pinar Oya Yilmaz is a geologist known for her work in the oil and gas industry.
Pinar Oya Yilmaz was born in Izmir, Turkey. After obtaining her Bachelor of Science in Geology from Hamilton College in 1976, [1] she received her master's degree from Bryn Mawr College, in which she chose the Taurus Mountains in Turkey as her field of work in 1977. [2] She then earned her Ph.D. at the University of Texas in 1978-1981. She began working for Mobil Oil in 1980 and completed her Ph.D. a year later. [2] [3]
For Yilmaz’s first well site work with Mobil Oil, she was placed offshore of the Cook Inlet, Alaska, United States. [2] She then proceeded to production drilling located in Kansas, Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle, where she helped drill 72 wells. [2] Yilmaz joined Exxon Production Research Company in 1984 and transferred to Exxon Exploration company in 1995. [2]
From 2004 until 2005 Yilmaz was the President of the Geological Society of America's International Division. She worked in the National Science Foundation's Earthscope Science and Education Committee from 2005 until 2007. [4] In a 2018 interview Yilmaz shared some of the challenges she faced while working as a woman in the oil and gas industry. [2]
Her research activities spanned from global paleogeographic studies to regional projects, as well as fault seals in reservoirs. [5]
She was elected from the America Association of Petroleum Geologists and currently serves as Chairman of the 2024 International Petroleum Technology Conference. [6]