• Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
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D. Nathan Meehan

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University
  • M.S., Petroleum Engineering, University of Oklahoma
  • B.S., Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology

Research Interests

    • Energy transition
      • Carbon capture, use and storage; pore space valuation
      • Hydrogen production, application and storage
      • Methane detection; lifecycle analysis of emissions
      • Decreasing carbon intensity of oil and gas production
    • Unconventional fields
      • Development and optimization, hydraulic fracturing, and horizontal well technology
    • Conventional fields
      • Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and waterflooding optimization
      • Low permeability reservoirs
      • Reservoir simulation and geostatistics
      • Oilfield facility leak detection and repair; plugging and abandonment

Certifications & Memberships

  • Member, National Academy of Engineering – 2022
  • Member, Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology
  • Member, Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society
  • Honorary Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers
  • Distinguished Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers

Awards & Honors

  • Outstanding Alumni, Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy, University of Oklahoma – 2022
  • President, Society of Petroleum Engineers – 2015-2016
  • Public Service Award, Society of Petroleum Engineers – 2014
  • DeGolyer Distinguished Service Medal, Society of Petroleum Engineers – 2006
  • Lester C. Uren Award, Society of Petroleum Engineers – 1999

Selected Publications

  • Meehan, D. N., 2021. “It’s Not the End of Petroleum Engineering,” Presented at SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dubai, Sept 2021. doi:10.2118/206269-MS.
  • Meehan, D.N., 2018. "Estimating Carbon Intensity of Unconventional Plays," SEG Global Meeting Abstracts : 207-216.. doi:10.15530/URTEC-2018-2888730
  • Masnadi, M.S., El-Houjeiri, H.M., Meehan, D.N, et al. 2018. “Global carbon intensity of crude oil production.” Science 361, pp. 851-853. doi:10.1126/science.aar6859
  • Ahmed, U. and Meehan, D.N. (Editors). 2016. Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources: Exploitation and Development, CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2016.
  • Ahmed, T. and Meehan, D.N. 2011. Advanced Reservoir Engineering and Management, 2nd Edition, Elsevier.
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