Ed Cazier

Ed Cazier is a petroleum geologist with over 35 years of experience in the upstream and midstream oil and gas business. His principal work areas are development planning, 3D geomodeling and business development.

He spent 24 years with BP in a wide variety of technical, commercial and management roles. While at BP, he had the opportunity to live in a number of exotic locations, and work on a large number of high-profile development projects in Alaska, Colombia, Venezuela, Russia and Texas.

During 2008 – 2012, Cazier worked for Maersk Oil in Copenhagen, Denmark on projects in Qatar and Kazakhstan, and worked for Cobalt International Energy during 2012 – 2018 on projects in Angola and the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico.

He currently works as a Geological Advisor at Murphy Oil on development projects in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico.

Cazier has bachelor’s degrees in geology and French literature from Colgate University, a master’s in geology from the University of Texas at Austin, and an MBA from the Jones School at Rice University. He is a certified petroleum geologist and a reviewer for the Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.

His AMIGOS experience includes work as a volunteer (Honduras, 1976; Ecuador, 1977), field staff (Route Leader: Honduras – 1978; Assistant Project Director: Honduras – 1979; Project Director: Panama – 1981) and board member (International Board: 2003 – 2012; Foundation Board of Trustees: 2013 – present). He is also the father of two Amigos: Maria Isabella and Brendan, and met his wife (Suky) while working on field staff in Honduras.