George Chilingar appointed to Mainland Resources, Inc. Advisory Board

PanARMENIAN.Net - Texas-based Mainland Resources, Inc., has appointed ethnic Armenian Dr. George Chilingar to its Advisory Board in order to assist the company with a strategic partnership alliance and the supporting financing, the company said on its website.

Dr. Chilingar is an expert with extensive knowledge, experience and recognition in the oil and gas industry, as well as the environmental sector. He is one of the most well-known petroleum geologists in the world and the founder of several prestigious journals in the oil and gas industry.

George V. Chilingar, Ph.D., is a distinguished Emeritus Professor of civil and petroleum engineering at the University of Southern California, member of American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Certified Petroleum Geologist, Certified Professional Chemist and Certified Geologist, State of California.

Dr. Chilingar was the first American petroleum geologist elected to the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is also a member of the Armenian Academy of Sciences, the International Academy of Engineering and the President of the US Branch of the Armenian Academy of Engineering.

Dr. Chilingar is author of approximately 500 original research articles, 150 scientific reviews and 70 books.

In 2001, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia acknowledged Prof. Chilingar's contributions to the success of Saudi Aramco and the discovery and extraction of oil reserves around the world.