Philip Ball

Total
Senior New Venture Geologist

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Philip Ball is a Senior New Ventures Geologist at TOTAL E&P Americas and a Senior Honorary Researcher at the Department of Geography, Geology and the Environment, Keele University. Philip was awarded a BSc from Keele in 1998, a MSc and a PhD from Royal Holloway University of London in 2000 and 2005. In 2020, Philip was completed his MBA at the London School of Business and Finance. Philip's research interests are driven by an interest to better understand the feedback between tectonics, rifting, volcanism, sedimentation, fluids and climate. More recently Philip has been involved in research assessing, low-carbon energy technologies with a focus on geothermal, economics, innovation and carbon abatement.