Otto John Welper

Otto Welper, 65, of Houston Texas passed away on September 15th, 2020. Otto was the loving husband of Jill Welper, brother of Fran Noyes of Connecticut, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Henry Welper. Otto was originally from Groton, Connecticut and came to Houston in 1978 to begin his distinguished 40 plus year career as a Geophysicist. He got his start in the oil, gas and seismic industry at Western Geophysical and went on to work at many other corporations such as Union Oil Co. of California, Prakia-Seismos and Paramount Petroleum, Inc. In 1993 he became the President of 3-D Services which lead to him becoming the President and CEO of Integrated Seismic Solutions and Vanguard Inc. both being full-service consulting companies that specialized in 3-D seismic interpretation for a variety of clients. In 2001, Otto furthered his influence in the energy sector when he became the founder and CEO of Viking International Petroleum.