Allen Young, is a retired petroleum geochemist. During a 38-year career with what is now ExxonMobil Upstream Research he worked on the generation and migration of oil and gas. Applications of the findings include several publications, and supported exploration activities. He now regularly attends geo-science and chemical engineering seminars at Rice, and uses fine Fondren library. Young has degrees from Miami and Ohio State universities. During his last years at Exxon he was a senior research adviser.