Background
McTavish, Robert Alexander was born on May 7, 1936 in Perth, Australia. Son of Alexander Peter Thomas James McTavish and Freda Maude Chapman.
McTavish, Robert Alexander was born on May 7, 1936 in Perth, Australia. Son of Alexander Peter Thomas James McTavish and Freda Maude Chapman.
Student, University Adelaide, South Australia, 1957. Bachelor of Science, University We. Australia, Perth, 1956.
Master of Science, University We. Australia, Perth, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, University We.
Australia, Perth, 1963. Post-doctoral, University Marburg, Germany, 1970—1971.
Geologist Bureau Mineral Resources, Canberra, Australia, 1959—1960. Senior geologist development, senior geological specialist West Australian Petroleum, Perth, 1963—1974. Senior project geologist, coordinator Conoco Europe, London, 1974—1977.
Consultant geologist, 1978—1984. Consultant, director Frontier Petroleum Services Corporation, St. Helier, 1985—2002. Founder, managing director Tay Petroleum, Edinburgh, Scotland, since 2003.
Technical director Oracle Energy Corporation, Vancouver, since 2005.
Married Noriko Matsumoto, March 30, 1989. Married Bethel Grace Crosse (divorced). Children: James Robert, Sarah Fiona Bethel, Fiona Brooke.