On January 20th, the offshore world lost a superstar when Gary Lore’s courageous battle with pancreatic cancer ended. Gary was the nation’s top expert on offshore oil and gas resources, an outstanding geologist, a natural leader, and a witty and supportive friend and colleague.
Gary grew up in Camden, NJ where he was an outstanding student and athlete at Woodrow Wilson high school. He joined the Dept. of the Interior’s offshore program after earning an M.S. in geology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1974.
During his 32 years with the US offshore program, Gary led resource evaluation units in the Pacific and Gulf of Mexico Regions, and was promoted to Chief of the Resource Evaluation Division at the Minerals Management Service headquarters office in Herndon, VA. A few of Gary’s many career highlights:
- Authored numerous professional papers on US offshore oil and gas resources and exploration and evaluation models.
- Advised congressional and cabinet officials on offshore resources and production potential.
- Directed the use of the complex MONTE CARLO tract evaluation model and was among the few that actually understood it.
- Participated on the prestigious US oil resources panel convened by DOE and the Univ. of Texas in 1992.
- Contributed to many special energy assessments including Oil and Gas Technologies for the Arctic and Deepwater.
- Led the pioneering OCS Connect “e-gov” project that automated governmental transactions with industry, improved timeliness and efficiency, and minimized redundant reporting.
Those of us who worked with him were most fortunate to have had that privilege. RIP Gary, you made a difference.
Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE) 