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Pinar Oya Yilmaz
Alma materUniversity of Texas at Austin
Scientific career
ThesisGeology of the Antalya Complex, SW Turkey (1981)

Pinar Oya Yilmaz is a geologist known for her work in the oil and gas industry.

Education and career

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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 Assosiation of Petroleum Geologist and currently serves as a chairman for the 2024 International Petroleum Technology confrence. [6]

Selected publications

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  • Yilmaz, P. O. (1988). Tectonic Framework of Turkish Sedimentary Basins: ABSTRACT. AAPG Bulletin, 72. https://doi.org/10.1306/703C97A3-1707-11D7-8645000102C1865D[7]
  • Norton, I. O., Yilmaz, P. O. (1995).  Mesozoic to Cenozoic Paleogeography and Tectonics of the Apulian Platform: Abstract. AAPG Bulletin, 79. https://doi.org/10.1306/7834efed-1721-11d7-8645000102c1865d.
  • Yılmaz, Pınar O. (1984). "Fossil and K-Ar data for the age of the Antalya complex, S W Turkey". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 17 (1): 335–347. Bibcode:1984GSLSP..17..335Y. doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1984.017.01.24. ISSN 0305-8719. S2CID 129315025.
  • Kayabali, Kamil; Yilmaz, Pınar; Fener, Mustafa; Aktürk, Özgür; Habibzadeh, Farhad (2018-06-27). "Assessment of souil liquefaction using the energy approach". Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration. 156 (156): 193–204. doi:10.19111/bulletinofmre.351257. ISSN 0026-4563.
  • Mello, Marcio Rocha; Yilmaz, Pinar Oya; Katz, Barry J., eds. (2021). The Supergiant Lower Cretaceous Pre-Salt Petroleum Systems of the Santos Basin, Brazil: AAPG Memoir 124.

Awards and honors

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  • In 2000 the American Association of Petroleum Geologists awarded Yilmaz with their Distinguished Service Award.[8]
  • ExxonMobil presented her with the President’s Award in 2008.[9]
  • She was elected a fellow of the Geological Society of America in 2019.[10]
  • In 2020 the Geological Society of America presented Yilmaz with their International Distinguished Career Award.[9]
  • Recognized as an Energy Trailblazer by the Leadership Excellence for Women Awards & Symposium in 2020 (LEWAS).[11]
  • In 2021 Yilmaz was given the ElaPorElas Leadership Award by the Association of Brazilian Petroleum Geologists for her contributions to workplace gender equality.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "AAPG website". members.aapg.org. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Gries, R. R. (2018). Pinar Oya Yilmaz. In Anomalies: Pioneering women in petroleum geology, 1917-2017 (pp. 363–635),Jewel Publishing LLC.
  3. ^ Capello, Maria Angela; Hashim, Hosnia S. (2018), "Dr. Pinar Oya Yilmaz", Learned in the Trenches, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 187–197, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-62822-6_14, ISBN 978-3-319-62821-9, retrieved 2024-01-07
  4. ^ Yilmaz, Pinar O.; Isaksen, Gary H. (2007-01-01). Oil and Gas of the Greater Caspian Area. American Association of Petroleum Geologists. doi:10.1306/st551205. ISBN 978-1-62981-034-8.
  5. ^ Fedorova, O., Al Khateeb, Z., Al Zarafi, A., Kurchatov, I., & Seres, T. (n.d.). Pearls of Wisdom - Dr. Pinar Oya Yilmaz. Pearls of wisdom. Retrieved December 12, 2022, from http://www.world-petroleum.org/latest-news/506-pearl-of-wisdom
  6. ^ "IPTC 2025 | 18–20 February 2025". International Petroleum Technology Conference (25IPTC). Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  7. ^ Yilmaz, P. O. (1988). Tectonic Framework of Turkish Sedimentary Basins: ABSTRACT. AAPG Bulletin, 72. doi:10.1306/703C97A3-1707-11D7-8645000102C1865D
  8. ^ "Distinguished Service Award". American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  9. ^ a b "2020 GSA International Distinguished Career Award; Presented to Pinar Oya Yilmaz". 2020.
  10. ^ "Fellowship - Current Fellows". Geological Society of America.
  11. ^ "LEWA- Symposium Trailblazers". Leadership Excellence for Women Awards and Symposium. Retrieved 2024-11-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "ABGP Awardees". Association of Brazilian Petroleum Geologists. Retrieved 2024-11-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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