Dr. Granath is a structural geologist with extensive knowledge of regional geology and petroleum exploration.  His expertise lies in seismic interpretation and integration with structural analysis, fracture analysis, regional synthesis, and prospect and play evaluation.  Dr. Granath spent 18 years with Conoco Inc. in research, international exploration, and new ventures, much of it in East and Northern Africa.  In 1999 he opened a consulting practice focused on structural geology and tectonics as applied to exploration problems and worked on projects in some 40 countries around the world, including most of SE Asia and Africa.  He is the author of numerous research papers.  Recently, he was invited to present two papers and chair a session at the AAPG Europe meeting in Krakow, Poland, in May 2024.  He was part of the technical committees for the “African Energy & Technology Conference”, an AAPG/SPE meeting in Nairobi, December 2016, and for an AAPG GeoTechnical Workshops in Marrakesh (entitled “Paleozoic Hydrocarbon Potential of North Africa”) in November 2017 and in Windhoek, Namibia, (entitled “Hydrocarbon Potential of Namibia”) in  June 2022.  He is a member of AAPG, AGU, GSA, and RMAG, a certified petroleum geologist.  He holds his PhD from Monash University in Australia, and a BS and MS from of University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.