Senior Structural Geologist Specialist
Senior Structural Geology Specialist & Explorationist
With 29 years of global experience across hydrocarbon basins, I specialize in deciphering the tectonic evolution and structural architecture of complex geological domains and their impact on exploration risk. My expertise lies at the intersection of high-end, multi-scale structural modeling, basin analysis, and rigorous prospect risk evaluation.
While remaining fully active as a core specialist providing strategic advisory for oil and gas projects, I concurrently bridge the gap between these world-class petroleum standards and the critical challenges of Mining and Geothermal exploration. By transposing these advanced subsurface workflows, I define the structural controls on fluid migration, reservoir compartmentalization, and mineralization, from basin-scale evolution to deposit-scale geometries, ensuring every exploration project is backed by structural excellence.
"Leveraging global petroleum-grade subsurface expertise to resolve structural risk across Oil & Gas, Mining, and Geothermal systems, optimizing exploration potential through robust 4D structural modelling across the full lifecycle, from regional generative studies to greenfield and brownfield prospect maturation."
2D/3D seismic interpretation, tectonic evolution, restoration and kinematic analysis.
Borehole image interpretation, fracture characterization, and in-situ stress regime analysis.
Regional and prospect-scale structural mapping and neotectonic assessment.
Comprehensive basin analysis, thermal maturity assessment, source rock characterization, and migration pathway modeling. Play Fairway Analysis (PFA) and geological risk quantification.
Proprietary methodology of interactive tools designed to streamline complex geoscience interpretations into intuitive solutions.
Our focus is centered on the optimization of 4D structural geology workflows, facilitating the dynamic interpretation of geological processes through time and enhancing precision in technical decision-making.
29 years of global expertise in regional exploration and new ventures evaluation, leveraging applied structural geology to de-risk exploration portfolios and optimize drilling success across diverse geological settings. This track record includes the assessment of hydrocarbon play concepts and basin prospectivity throughout The Americas, North Africa, and the Middle East/Eurasia. My trajectory further encompasses high-level technical consultancy for the mining and geothermal sectors, complemented by academic leadership as a university lecturer and thesis advisor in structural geology.
Mining Exploration: Structural Geology Advisor for a regional exploration project across the Maricunga Belt and an IOCG deposit in the Atacama Coastal Cordillera. Characterized complex fault systems and their direct control on mineralization through tectonic framework analysis, 2D structural interpretation, and kinematic evolution modeling. Integrated multi-source regional datasets to successfully define and prioritize high-potential exploration targets..
Geothermal Exploration: Structural Geology Advisor for multiple high-enthalpy geothermal concessions across Northern and Central Chile (including Polloquere, Colpitas, Lirima, Apacheta, El Tatio, Puchuldiza, Chillán, Calabozos, and Tinguiririca). Conducting regional tectonic framework assessments and intensive field mapping to identify critical structural controls on hydrothermal systems and fault-hosted permeability, and integrating structural models with Magnetotelluric (MT) resistivity surveys to correlate deep-seated conductive bodies with permeable fault networks and clay-cap geometries.
MENA Region: Regional screening for new ventures, bidding round evaluation, 3D structural interpretation, and prospect generation for exploration and development blocks; Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Lebanon, and Israel.
The Americas: Regional screening for new ventures, bidding round assesment, Petroleum system evaluation, 3D/2D seismic interpretation and prospect generation for exploration and development blocks; Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru.
Global New Ventures: Regional screening for new ventures; Cuba, Indonesia, India, Croatia, and Trinidad & Tobago.
International Projects: Petroleum system evaluation, 3D/2D seismic interpretation, structural modelling, and prospect generation for exploration and development blocks, Structural field mapping and regional tectonic characterization; Tunisia, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina.
Domestic Exploration (Chile): Field mapping, structural modeling, basin analysis, and hydrocarbon potential evaluation; Magallanes, Pedernales, and Cura-Mallín basins.
M.Sc in Basin Analysis - Cornell University, USA
B.Sc in Geological Engineering - Universidad de Chile, Chile
AUSIMM, PESA, AAPG, Sociedad Geológica de Chile.
Current holder of an Australian Global Talent Visa (Subclass 858) – Permanent Resident.
Featured LinkedIn Articles
Radic, J.P. 4D Structural Modelling: A Fundamental Tool for Exploration Under Cover. LinkedIn Pulse. A comprehensive 4D structural modeling workflow that integrates tectonic evolution, basin architecture and paleo-regimes with geological time, to reduce geological risk and predict fluid pathways through a 7-pillar methodology.
Radic, J.P. Predictive Exploration in IOCG and Porphyry Deposits: The Power of Time and Structural Reactivation. LinkedIn Pulse. How 4D structural modeling, tectonic regimes, and the timing of fault reactivation transform geological observations into a predictive tool for discovering hidden mineral systems, using the Copiapó area as a key case study.
Radic, J.P. Regional Tectonic Frameworks in Structurally Complex Domains: From Concept to Discovery. LinkedIn Pulse. Exploring the use of regional tectonic frameworks in structurally complex domains as a tool for de-risking petroleum exploration, using the Tumbes-Progreso Basin as a prime case study.
Conference Papers & Publications
Attia I,. Fahmy M., Radic J.P., Moustafa A., Mostafa M., and Rojas L., Identifying Hidden Oil Potential in the Gulf of Suez Through Revisiting Previous Unsuccessful Wells. 2023 GPC Workshop and exhibition, Cairo, Egypt.
Canales A., Radic J.P., Guido D. 2023. Structural Control on Fluid Flow Pathways and Vein/Ore-shoot Emplacement at the Au-Ag LSE Pampa Paciencia Deposit, Antofagasta, Chile. SEG 2023 Conference: Resourcing the Green Transition, London, UK.
Carpinelli A., Zurita E., Valderrama J.M., Agurto C., Radic J.P. 2022. Exploración y desarrollo en complejos turbidíticos del Paleoceno superior a Eoceno medio. Conexplo, Mendoza Argentina.
Alvarez, P.; Radic, J.P.; Mpodozis, C., Elgueta, S. 2011. Estratigrafía y tectónica de la cuenca de antepaís cretácica - terciaria de los Andes Australes: la zona de Seno Skyring, Magallanes, Chile. XVIII Congreso Geológico Argentino, Neuquén.
Radic, J.P. 2010. Las cuencas terciarias y su control en el volcanismo de los complejos volcánicos Chillán y Copahue-Callaqui (Andes del Sur 36°-39°S). Andean Geology, 37 (1):220-246.
Radic, J.P, Alvarez, P, Czollak, C, Parada, R, Ortiz, V. 2009. La cuenca de Valdivia como parte del sistema de antearco de la plataforma continental de chile central entre los 36° y 40°S. XII Congreso Geológico Chileno, Santiago.
Radic, J.P.; Mpodozis, C.; Alvarez, P., 2007. Tectonic Evolution of the Magallanes Fold and Thrust Belt between Seno Skyring and Península Brunswick, southernmost Andes. Geosur 2007, Santiago, Chile.
Radic, J.P. 2006. Anistropías de basamento como control estrcutural del volcanismo en el Complejo Volcánico Chillán. XI Congreso Geológico Chileno, Antofagasta.
Alvarez, P.; Radic, J.P.; Rojas, L. 2006. Evolución tectonosedimentaria de la cuenca de antearco Arauco Itata, Chile Central. XI Congreso Geológico Chileno, Antofagasta.
Alvarez, P.; Mpodozis, C.; Giambiagi, L.; Godoy, E.; Radic, J.P. 2006. Relationships between tectonic shortening and slab shallowing: Chilean-Argentine Andes (25°-35° S). Backbone of the Americas Patagonia to Alaska, Mendoza.
Radic, J.P.; Alvarez, P.; Rojas, L., 2005. Tectonoestratigraphic evolution of the Arauco Itata forearc basin, Central Chile. 6 th International Symposium on Andean Geodynamics, Barcelona, Spain.
Radic, J.P.; Jordan, T.E., 2004. Late Cretaceous evolution of the Girardot Basin, Upper Magdalena Valley, Colombian Andes. Tercera Convención Técnica Asociación Colombiana de Geólogos y Geofísicos del Petroleo, Bogotá, Colombia.
Folguera, A.; Melnik, D.; Radic, J.P.; Iaffa, D.; Ramos, V.A. 2002. 37° to 39° intra-arc basin in the Southern Central Andes-Cenozoic activity of western Neuquén basin. Actas 7° Congreso Internacional de Ciencias de la Tierra. Simposio Internacional “Interacciones entre los volcanes y sus basamentos y los riesgos geológicos relacionados”. Electronic Files. Santiago de Chile.
Croft, D.A; Radic, J.P.; Zurita, E.; Charrier; R., Flynn, J.J.; Wyss, A., 2003. A Miocene toxodontid (Mammalia: Notongulata) from the sedimentary series of the Cura-Mallín Formation, Lonquimay, Chile. Revista Geológica de Chile, Vol. 30, n°. 2.
Radic, J.P.; Rojas, L.; Carpinelli, A.; Zurita, E., 2002. Evolución tectónica de la Cuenca terciaria de Cura-Mallín, región cordillerana Chileno-Argentina (36°30’ 39°00’S). XV Congreso Geológico Argentino, El Calafate
Rojas, L.; Radic, J.P, 2002. Estilos de deformación del basamento y de la cobertura sedimentaria en la Faja Plegada y Fallada de Malargue en el área de Puesto Rojas, Mendoza, Argentina. XV Congreso Geológico Argentino, El Calafate.
Baeza, O.; Charrier, R.; Radic J.P., 2000. Análisis estructural mediante el programa Trishear 1.4.2 de la deformación observada en el área de la confluencia de los ríos Yeso y Volcán, Región Metropolitana. IX Congreso Geológico Chileno, Puerto Varas, Chile.
Muñoz, N.; Charrier, R.; Radic J.P., 2000. Formación de la Cordillera de la Sal por propagación de fallas y plegamiento por despegues, II región, Chile. IX Congreso Geológico Chileno, Puerto Varas, Chile.
Rojas, L.; Muñoz, N.; Radic, J.P.; McClay K., 1999. The stratigraphic controls in the transference of displacement from basement thrusts to the sedimentary cover in the Malargue Fold and Thrust Belt, Neuquén basin, Argentina: The Puesto Rojas Oil Field example. Thrust Tectonics, Royal Holloway University of London, UK.
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