Name: Camillo Mario Pessina
Date of Birth: 23.7.1945
Place of Birth: Almenno S. Salvatore (Bergamo)
Marital Status: Married
Nationality: Italian
Religion: Catholic
Foreign Language: English-French
Education: May 1972 – Graduate in Geological Sciences at Pavia University
: 5 years of High school
: 3 years of Junior high school
: 5 years Primary school
Professional experience
Jan. 1987 – Sept. 2002: Regional Geologist with AGIP Spa in Hydrocarbon Domestic Exploration
Department with the following duties:
- Regional Geological studies in the ENI Area Po Valley and Italian Sudalpine foothills area whith detailed evaluation in the sourrounding areas.
- Detailed structural geological studies.
- Preparation of balanced regional cross sections.
- Definition of paleogeographical models and source rocks maturation studies correlated to paleogeography.
Sept. 1883 –Dec. 1986: Team Manager for regional tectonics and exploration geology in the Alpine Central Area.
January 1977 – August 1883: Val Vedello mine Chief Project
Jan.1976 – June. 1977: entrusted with the geologic and radiometric survey of the Vedello and Ambria valleys. Field geologist coordinator.
Dec. 1976 – Sept. 1975: entrusted of to find her on the field and to make a first evaluation Regional geologist in the Central and Southern Alpine Area with the following duties:
- Regional geological studies.
- Field studies on stress and strain analysis and data plotting for deep fracturation forecasting.
The positive results carried out allowed the progressive development of important mining works at depth in Val Vedello (Sondrio), where they saw him, first as Chief Project and then as Valtellina Operational Group manager.
- Seismic interpretation and subsurface mapping for prospect generation and evaluation.
Sept.1975 – January 1975: Field Geologist in the Central Alps:
- Geological mapping and radiometric surveys on the Permo-Carboniferous outcropping in the Seriana Valley. The Costa Magrera uranium occurrences with new and detailed geologic surveys culminated with drillings and short tunnels execution.
- Sampling for paleontological, petrographic, and structural analysis.
- Geostructural mapping
April 1974: first experiences in Agip’s Denver USA training on prospecting Uranium Exploration & visit the different USA Uranium Mine.
Agip: Field Geologist in Alpine District.
Training Courses: Milan – Italy
- Petroleum Geology
- Dipmeter Analysis and data interpretation
- Log analysis
- Hydrocarbon Exploration
- Geophysics
- Seismic data processing
- Seismic interpretation
- Sedimentary basins and structural style-plate tectonics
- Structural geology
- Well site training on the job for hydrocarbon exploration.
Publications
G. Cassinis, G.V. Dal Piaz, A. Eusebio, G. Gosso, G. Martinotti, F. Massari, P.F. Milano, C.M. Pessina, M.I. Spalla. 1983.
Report on a structural and sedimentological analysis in the uranium province of the Orobic Alps Uranium – Elsevier.
S. Bassignani, G. Finazzi, F. Olivari, C.M. Pessina. 1986.
Concentrazioni di isotopi radioattivi naturali nell’ecosistema della Val Malenco. Atti del Convegno Nazionale Val Malenco – Natura 1. Settembre 1986.
Bersezio R., Fantoni R. e Pessina C. (2001) –
L’assetto strutturale del margine sudalpino-padano: contributo alla conoscenza del sottosuolo nel settore bergamasco, ‘Geol. Ins