ABOUT US

In 2017, the idea rose that it was necessary to use the power of digital technologies to back-up geological samples.

Despite the amount of information contained in geological samples, well cores were often unavailable, either because they were thrown away after years of storage, because of extensive sampling for destructive lab analyses, or simply because it was time consuming to reach their storage localities.

The aim was to simplify access to geological data in order to ease resources exploration and preserve geological heritage.

It was from this idea that INGEN: Innovations for Geosciences was born, and that our very first R&D project: HICA was launched.

Today, most of INGEN’s R&D is oriented towards non-destructive technologies (spectroscopy, modelling, geophysics, etc.). Their application aims at optimizing the exploration of georesources, in both shallow and deep subsurface settings.

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INGEN Innovations Geosciences is a company of INGEN GROUP

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MANAGEMENT TEAM

Franck SMEKTALA

Founder & CEO

Franck has been running the company since 2018. Graduated from the University of Burgundy, Geologist at BRGM then at EXLOG in France and the United States, he has participated in the development of numerous exploration projects, from petroleum to geothermal energy via the storage and geological monitoring of drilling.

Today, he is developing INGEN and its R&D with the ambition of creating a multidisciplinary research team dedicated to exploration.

Arthur BOIVIN

Partner & CFO

Arthur joins us with his Stetson and his boots from The Cannon Community in Houston. He brings his passion for entrepreneurship as well as his experience at the intersection of Oil and Gas and digital innovation. On a daily basis, he will participate in commercial and international development to accelerate our entrepreneurial adventure!

Damien BLANC

Partner & Sales Director

Damien joined us after several years of abroad experience in the Oil and Gas as a drilling and completion engineer.

OUR COMMITMENTS

At INGEN INNOVATIONS GEOSCIENCES, we take care of the safety and health of our employees, but also that of our partners. We guarantee the safety of our employees regardless of the environment and working conditions (laboratory, field, platform, etc.).

We are active in the energy transition and put our geoscience skills at the service of research.

In particular, we carry out research projects:

In the exploration of natural hydrogen
In the exploration of geothermal projects

We make a point of ensuring the quality of our management. We have also been ISO 9001 stage 2/3 certified since March 2020.

We are committed to developing partnerships with local stakeholders. Our ecosystem participated in the kick-off of INGEN. We therefore continue to associate them with our growth. We are renewing our commitment to develop the Grand Dijon and the Grand-Est region.

Our raison d’être is to create a link between the world of public research and that of industry.

We work with several university laboratories. And we have notably materialized our commitment through a partnership agreement with the Biogeosciences laboratory (UMR UB / CNRS / EPHE 6282).

We are maintaining our investment in setting up research projects applicable to current exploration themes (projects, theses, publications, etc.)

ABOUT US

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MANAGEMENT TEAM

Franck SMEKTALA

Arthur BOIVIN

Damien BLANC

OUR COMMITMENTS

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