[15] After graduating from Trinity College, Morrice began working for American-Canadian Stratigraphic[1] where she was given the opportunity to travel the world surveying and networking with other geologists in the industry.
When talking about this time of her life, she recalls how “the concept of plate tectonics was just taking hold, [geology] is a science where you can keep asking questions, and I loved being a part of the process”.
She founded Belize Natural Energy (BNE) with Mike Usher in 1991 and located their first oil well in a sandstone reservoir.
[17] International Natural Energy was founded by Shelia McCaffrey, Paul Marriott, Jean Cornec, Mike Usher and Morrice.
[20][21] In January 2012 Quinn was compelled by Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy of the Irish High Court to give video evidence in a case in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado brought by Cornec who claimed to not be paid fully the amount of $15 million for the sale of shares in INE to Morrice.
Morrice counterclaimed that Cornec broke his contract with a campaign of disparagement against Quinn resulting in the loss of a $100 million investment from Dubai.
[22][23][24] In July 2012 Mr Justice Gerard Hogan ordered Sunday World journalist Nicola Tallant and Dialogue Ireland director Mike Garde to appear in United States District Court for the District of Colorado to give evidence in the case and adjourned for a month to allow them to apply the orders to be set aside.
[31][32] In 2012 Sunday World revealed McCaffrey had been included in an intelligence-report paid for by INE and produced by Henrima Ltd.[33] Mr Justice Bannister described Quinn as "a highly controversial figure both in the Republic of Ireland and further afield.
A letter alleged to invite Quinn to accept a shareholding was described by the judge as a "clumsy forgery" and an "after-the-event concoction written in an unsuccessful attempt to legitimise the allotment".
In February 2014 Charles Colville, 5th Viscount Colville of Culross spoke in the House of Lords about the harassment endured by the team behind the programme, with hourly phone calls with threats of defamation and how after broadcast a libel writ issued was dropped after thousands of licence-fee payer funds were paid preparing a defence.
Colville added "Morrice [was] found guilty in a Caribbean court of having siphoned off thousands of pounds of company money for her personal use.
[37][34][6][7][8] In the June 2018 edition of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists' "Explorer" magazine Morrice states she sent Elsia Pop, winner of the Diana Award in 2017, to the Educo Seminar.
[38] Between October and December 2018 Morrice was decorated with the role of "GEM Executive in Residence" by the University of Colorado Denver which also mentioned the discredited Educo Model on its own website.
[39] At the Society of Exploration Geophysicists 2019 Annual Meeting Morrice featured on a Permian Basin Experience Podcast where she claimed BNE was founded on the philosophy of Educo.
[42][43] In April 2021 Morrice appeared on the Society of Exploration Geophysicists "EVOLVE" YouTube channel where she talked about the Educo Seminar and made claims about its influence in Belize.
[45] On 15 March 2022 Morrice addressed the Caribbean Oil and Gas Virtual Summit and made claims that the use of Educo in Belize was being utilised by the Prison System and in Crime Prevention.