Craig Barrie

Dr. Craig Barrie is the Chief Operating Officer of the Applied Petroleum Technology (APT) Group, a Norwegian organic geochemistry lab and associated consultancy. He holds a B.Sc., with 1st class honours, in Earth Sciences from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and a Ph.D. in Mineralogy & Geochemistry from the University of Liverpool, UK.
Prior to joining the APT Group, Craig worked across a number of academic and commercial roles. He was initially in postdoctoral positions at the Universities of St Andrews & Glasgow prior to working for an analytical instrument manufacturer in both the UK & USA (elementar). Immediately prior to joining APT Craig spent 6 years at GeoMark Research initially as a Senior Geochemist and then later serving as Director of Reservoir Geochemistry. As APT COO Craig holds a wide range of responsibilities around day-to-day operations, business development, sales & marketing & logistics.
Craig is a subject matter expert in isotope & organic geochemistry and while he works globally he is primarily involved with production allocation workflows and unconventional plays. From 2020 – present he has served as the theme chair for geochemistry at the annual Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) in the USA and is a Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) distinguished lecturer for 2023-2024. Craig has published 40+ research & technical papers and presented his work at dozens of international conferences.