Philip Ball
Houston, Texas, United States of
America
Philip Ball has 20 years’ experience
within international energy exploration
and development within the Oil and Gas,
Geothermal and Natural Hydrogen
Industries.
Education
London School of Business and
Finance
MBA, Business / June, 2020
Royal Holloway University of
London
Ph.D., Geology / February, 2005
Royal Holloway University of
London
M.Sc., Geoscience / September, 2000
Keele University
B.Sc., Geology and History / June, 1998
Experience
Keele University
Honorary Senior
Researcher / October, 2017 —
Present
Honorary Researcher
CATF
Chief of Geothermal
Innovation / February, 2022 —
March, 2024
Advocacy and Research into
Superhot rock geothermal
NHV
Chief Scientist / January, 2023 —
Present
The Worlds first Natural
Hydrogen Investment Fund
Geothermal Energy Advisors
Director / July, 2020 —
Present
Geothermal Consulting
Total Energies
Senior Exploration
Geologist / June, 2018 —
February, 2022
New Ventures Exploration
Aramco
Geological Advisor / May, 2016 —
May, 2018
Red Sea Specialist Exploration
ConocoPhillips
Senior Geologist / November, 2012 —
November, 2015
New Ventures Exploration
Equinor
Senior Geologist / September, 2005 —
October, 2012
Exploration Geologist,,
Research and R&D
Research Expertise
Geothermal
Hydrogen
Tectonics
Rifted Margins
Geodynamics
And 15 more
About
Philip has 20+ years experience within
the international energy exploration
and development, spanning the Oil and
Gas, Geothermal, and Natural Hydrogen
Industries. Philip is presently
Owner/Director of Geothermal Energy
Advisors, LLC (GEA) a consultation
group specializing in geothermal
exploration and development. He is
also an Investor/Partner in Natural
Hydrogen Ventures, (NHV), an
international, investment fund looking
to invest in the emerging natural
hydrogen industry. In a voluntary
capacity, Philip holds the position of
Honorary Senior Researcher at Keele
University in the UK. Philip is an
advisor for Project InnerSpace,
Phase-1, “geothermal resource
characterization”, and a Board Member
for the EARTHSAFE project Earth’s
Critical Resources for Clean Energy
and a Sustainable Future, at the
University of Twente. Philip is
also a member of the advisory board
for the New York Energy Capital
Assembly, in collaboration with the
Energy Council. In the last 15 years
Philip has authored >100 abstracts
and \~25 peer reviewed articles. As of
today, Philip’s work has been cited
\~935 times, his research metrics are:
h-index, 15; i10-index 14.
October 2023 Philip was recently
(2023) co-awarded, as a member of a
research team, the Alejandro Ángel
Escobar Award (the Colombian National
Prize of Research in Natural
Sciences).