About Petroleum Habitats
Petroleum Habitats is a geochemical research and development firm focused on developing technologies to detect, predict and optimize Catalytic Hydrocarbons in unconventional gas and oil plays. Located in Houston, TX, the firm was founded by Frank D. Mango, an expert in organic chemistry, catalysis and geochemistry, and Dan Jarvie, an internationally recognized expert on shale geochemistry.
Frank D. Mango, PhD
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Frank Mango received his Ph.D. in 1963 in organic chemistry at Stanford University, and joined Shell Oil Company that year working in metal catalysis, petroleum chemistry and geochemistry. He published a theoretical paper in 1992 (Transition metal catalysis in the generation of petroleum and natural gas) challenging the wide-spread belief that thermal cracking was the source of natural gas. It postulated transition metal catalysis as the source of natural gas. The paper was to generate intense controversy and mark a turning point in his career. He was appointed Adjunct Professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics, Rice University in 1991, and Research Scientist in the Department of Chemical Engineering shortly thereafter. He continued research over the next 10 years with consecutive DOE grants (Transition Metal Catalysis in the Generation of Oil and Natural Gas).
Dr. Mango has 41 publications and 9 patents in catalysis and geochemistry, one awarded Best Paper, 1990, by the Geochemical Society, Organic Geochemistry. His presentation “Catalytic Gas in Deltaic Basins” at the AAPG Convention in Long Beach (April, 07) received the “Top 10” Oral Presentations Award. As founder and CEO of Petroleum Habitats, he is developing new technologies associated with natural catalysis in shales and coals (US Patents 7,153,688, 7,435,597; US Provisional Patent Application No. 60/757,168 Pending).
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