Rand Gardner

Rand Gardner

Project Chief & Supervisory Geologist Central Energy Resources Science Center, The United States Geological Survey/ US Department of the Interior

Rand Gardner grew up in the oil patch with parents who were oil workers. Rand started working as an exploration geologist at BP in 2012, moved to Total S.A. in 2016, and in 2021, took a position at the United States Geological Survey in Denver, where he currently leads a team doing energy assessments and research. He was worked many basins and plays globally and specializes in numerical basin modeling. In 2024, Rand consulted for the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Orphaned Well Program Office, analyzing methane measurements from orphaned wells plugged by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds.

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