Craig Kaiser
PetroValues, President and VP
Craig is the President and VP of Geosciences of PetroValues. He is also the Owner and Chairman of Kamara Kaiser Mining Company, a West African precious minerals mining organization. Over the past 12 years Craig has worked for Anadarko Petroleum, Newfield Exploration, Lion Mountain Mining Co., Sovereign Energy, and Bran-Dex Wireline Services serving in roles ranging from greenfield unconventional petroleum system exploration to complex urban horizontal well development to technical field supervisor. A native to Colorado, Craig grew up in and around the oil fields of eastern Colorado which influenced his academic interest to pursue geology. He received a BSc. in Geosciences from Chadron State College where he also earned NCAA Football First Team All-Conference honors. He later earned an MSc. In Petroleum Geology from the Colorado School of Mines where he mentored under Dr. Stephen Sonnenberg and Dr. John Curtis while receiving fellowships and scholarships from Devon, BP, and numerous other academic and industry organizations. His thesis, “The Graneros-Greenhorn Petroleum System: Greater Wattenberg Area, Denver Basin, Colorado”, was later published and won Paper of the Year for 2014 in the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists. He and his wife Elizabeth have been blessed with three beautiful little girls.
