More than forty five years of experience in the petroleum business with a variety of responsibilities in drilling, completions, and production (including flow assurance for wax, hydrates and asphaltenes). Ph.D. in Engineering, Registered/Licensed Professional Engineer, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Distinguished Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Fellow, and Eagle Scout.Thirty (30) professional publications, including eleven on drilling, four on formation damage, three on the rheology of waxy crude oils, two each on drag reduction, multi-phase flow, and flares, and one each on hydrate inhibition, heavy crudes, frac fluid rheology, flow measurements, noise prediction, and rock properties.Seventeen (17) U.S Patents have been issued. Five are for water control/profile control in porous media, four patents are in the area of thickened fluids for sand control purposes, three patents for heavy crude production procedures, two for fluid loss control and drag/friction reduction, and one for a thickener for non-aqueous systems.Specialties: oilfield: drilling fluids, flow assurance (wax, hydrates, and asphaltenes), drag reduction, chemicals
Listed skills include Petroleum Engineering, Fluids, Oilfield, Petroleum, and 29 others.
