I am a Petroleum Engineer specializing in reservoir engineering. I have been in research, academia, and industry for 28 years since I received a Ph.D. in petroleum engineering.
For the past eight years, I have worked in the area of CO2 sequestration at the Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS). This research is a U.S. Department of Energy sponsored effort to understand the feasibility of using geologic storage to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. This includes storage of CO2 in oil and gas reservoirs, coal beds, and brine-saturated geologic formations. In addition to geologic storage of CO2, enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and enhanced coal bed methane (ECBM) recovery were an important aspect of this project. My experience is in field pilot design, site screening, reservoir modeling, and reservoir management. My employment at ISGS allows me to offer consulting services and short courses.
Prior to joining the ISGS, I was a professor at Texas Technical University (TTU). My undergraduate and graduate courses were in the area of reservoir rock properties and core analyses, well log analyses, reservoir engineering, pressure transient analyses, and EOR. My research at TTU was in the areas of CO2 sequestration in gas reservoirs and improved oil recovery including waterflooding.
Early in my career, I worked in Alaska for BP Exploration on the Prudhoe Bay oilfield on the north slope of Alaska. I worked equity issues, pressure transient analyses, and compositional reservoir simulation.
