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Paul Farrimond is affiliated with the University of Newcastle Australia in Australia and has contributed primarily to the field of engineering with a focus on ocean engineering and mechanical engineering.

Their research covers topics centered on reservoir engineering and simulation methods, drilling and well engineering, and hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis.

Farrimond's recent publications include:

  • ODP Leg 108, Hole 661A - Well Logging Data, 2020, published in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • ODP Leg 108, Hole 661A - Well Logging Data, 2020, published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent co-authors in their work include Michael Sarnthein, William F Ruddiman, Jack G. Baldauf, Jan Backman, and Jan Bloemendal.

Paul Farrimond has published in venues such as:

  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

The primary academic fields of study for Farrimond are engineering disciplines, with particular contributions to ocean engineering and mechanical engineering subfields. Their work contributes to advancing methods and analysis in reservoir and drilling engineering.

Best Publications

  • Massive dissociation of gas hydrate during a Jurassic oceanic anoxic event

    Stephen P. Hesselbo;Darren R. Gröcke;Hugh C. Jenkyns;Christian J. Bjerrum

  • High‐resolution δ13C stratigraphy through the Early Aptian “Livello selli” of the Alpine tethys

    Alessio P. Menegatti;Helmut Weissert;Robert S. Brown;Richard V. Tyson

  • Biodegradation of oil in uplifted basins prevented by deep-burial sterilization

    A. Wilhelms;S. R. Larter;I. Head;P. Farrimond

  • Biomarker maturity parameters: the role of generation and thermal degradation

    Paul Farrimond;Alex Taylor;Nils TelnÆs

  • AEOLIAN-DERIVED HIGHER PLANT LIPIDS IN THE MARINE SEDIMENTARY RECORD: LINKS WITH PALAEOCLIMATE

    J. G. Poynter;P. Farrimond;N. Robinson;G. Eglinton

  • Cyanobacterial bacteriohopanepolyol signatures from cultures and natural environmental settings

    Helen M. Talbot;Roger E. Summons;Linda L. Jahnke;Charles S. Cockell

  • Analysis of intact bacteriohopanepolyols from methanotrophic bacteria by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation mass spectrometry.

    H M Talbot;D F Watson;J C Murrell;J F Carter

  • 25-Norhopanes: Formation during biodegradation of petroleum in the subsurface

    Barry Bennett;Milovan Fustic;Paul Farrimond;Haiping Huang

  • Bacterial populations recorded in diverse sedimentary biohopanoid distributions

    Helen M. Talbot;Paul Farrimond

  • Sorption by mineral surfaces: Rebirth of the classical condensation pathway for kerogen formation?

    Matthew J. Collins;Andrew N. Bishop;Paul Farrimond

  • Environmental influence on the biohopanoid composition of recent sediments

    P Farrimond;I.M Head;H.E Innes

  • Preservation and diagenesis of hopanoids in Recent lacustrine sediments of Priest Pot, England

    Helen E. Innes;Andrew N. Bishop;Ian M. Head;Paul Farrimond

  • Methylhopanoids: Molecular indicators of ancient bacteria and a petroleum correlation tool

    P. Farrimond;H.M. Talbot;D.F. Watson;L.K. Schulz

  • Identification of novel bacterial lineages as active members of microbial populations in a freshwater sediment using a rapid RNA extraction procedure and RT-PCR

    Ian P. Miskin;Paul Farrimond;Ian M. Head

  • Three series of rearranged hopanes in Toarcian sediments (northern Italy)

    Paul Farrimond;Nils TelnÆS

  • Tricyclic terpane maturity parameters: response to heating by an igneous intrusion

    Paul Farrimond;Jon C Bevan;Andy N Bishop

  • Rapid structural elucidation of composite bacterial hopanoids by atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation liquid chromatography/ion trap mass spectrometry.

    Helen M. Talbot;Michel Rohmer;Paul Farrimond

  • Diverse biohopanoid compositions of non-marine sediments

    Helen M. Talbot;Diane F. Watson;Emma J. Pearson;Paul Farrimond

  • Alkenones in Cretaceous black shales, Blake-Bahama Basin, western North Atlantic

    P. Farrimond;G. Eglinton;S.C. Brassell

  • Toarcian anoxic event in Europe: An organic geochemical study

    Paul Farrimond;Geoffrey Eglinton;Simon C. Brassell;Hugh C. Jenkyns

  • Atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation reversed‐phase liquid chromatography/ion trap mass spectrometry of intact bacteriohopanepolyols

    Helen M. Talbot;Angela H. Squier;Brendan J. Keely;Paul Farrimond

Frequent Co-Authors

Helen M. Talbot
Helen M. Talbot University of York
Geoffrey Eglinton
Geoffrey Eglinton University of Bristol
Ian M. Head
Ian M. Head Newcastle University
Simon C. Brassell
Simon C. Brassell Indiana University
Hugh C. Jenkyns
Hugh C. Jenkyns University of Oxford
Michel Rohmer
Michel Rohmer University of Strasbourg
Colin E. Snape
Colin E. Snape University of Nottingham
Stefan Schouten
Stefan Schouten Utrecht University
Steve Larter
Steve Larter University of Calgary
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

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