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Porter, Jack
Porter, J.W.
Porter, J. W.
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John W. "Jack" Porter, 1922-2018, was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan where he was educated. He graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 1946 with a degree in geology. Porter first worked as a geologist for the Saskatchewan Department of Natural Resources. He joined Rio Bravo Oil Company in 1948 in Regina and was transferred to Calgary, Alberta in 1959. Canadian Superior Oil hired him as their chief geologist the following year and he remained with the company until retirement.
Porter authored or co-authored numerous technical papers for the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, American Journal of Science, Philiosphical Transactions of the Royal Society of London and Bulletin of the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists. He was also a Fellow of the Geological Society of America and the Geological Association of Canada. A keen historian, he was a founder (and now Honourary Director) of the Petroleum History Society and Chair of the History and Archives Committee of the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists.
He has written many historical articles and the book A Backward Glance : A History of Canadian Superior Oil Ltd. / J. W. Porter. -- Calgary : Canadian Superior Oil, 1986.