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Laura Milne

Senior Petroleum Geochemist/Basin Modeller

Laura joined IGI in 2014 as a Petroleum Geochemist/Basin Modeller. She has a BSc in Physical Geography and an MSc in Petroleum Geochemistry, both from Newcastle University. She has also completed a PGCert in Decommissioning with the University of Aberdeen in 2020 whilst working at IGI.

Whilst completing her Master’s thesis, Laura spent 3 months working for IFP Energies Nouvelles, France, using the new ‘Rock-Eval 7S’ device to understand the combined variability of carbon and sulphur, within a sulphur-rich marine shale from the North Yorkshire coast. In addition to her background in geochemistry, she also has experience using industry-standard basin modelling software such as Genesis and Trinity.

Laura, along with other IGI members, is currently working on developing IGI’s skills in Net-Zero & environmental geochemistry, paving the way to providing future services relating to this field.

Laura is based in Durham (UK). Outside of work she enjoys long muddy walks in the countryside as well as gundog and agility training with Poppy her Springer Spaniel.