KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Dr. Pierre-François Roux is a subject matter expert in reservoir monitoring with Baker Hughes. He currently focuses on the application of wellbore monitoring (fibre optic and gauges) to multi-scale reservoir monitoring in both conventional and unconventional fields. He previously served as Baker Hughes’ global microseismic advisor for hydraulic fracturing monitoring, participating in the processing,interpretation and research activities on multiple projects worldwide.

Dr. Roux is a seismologist by background. He holds a Master of Engineering in Geotechnical & Geophysical Engineering from Paris Université Pierre et Marie Curie, and a Ph.D. in seismology from ISTerre – Université Savoie Mont-Blanc in France. He has worked on the characterization of brittle deformation using seismicity for more than 15 years, starting in the early 2000's on fracturing processes in Alpine glaciers and sea ice, and then as a seismologist for a French Government Institution as part of the CTBTO (Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization) on low-level seismicity characterization. He joined the O&G industry in 2010 and worked with CGG on active & passive monitoring of reservoirs (4D seismic and microseismic). In 2014 he joined Baker Hughes to focus on the evaluation of completions in unconventional resources using microseismic monitoring. He’s the author and co-author of 20+ articles and conference papers.

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Dr. Yucel Akkutlu is Rob L. Adams ’40 Professor in Petroleum Engineering and William Keeler faculty fellow at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA. He previously worked as a faculty for the University of Oklahoma, USA, and University of Alberta, Canada. He is a chemical engineer and received Ph.D. in petroleum engineering from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He teaches undergraduate and graduate-level courses in petroleum reservoir engineering, petrophysics, and physical sciences. His research focuses on characterization and exploitation of unconventional oil and gas resources, enhanced oil recovery, and oilfield chemistry.

He has written more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings, six book chapters, and has four patents. He is the author of “Nano-confined Petroleum Recovery from Source Rocks,” which will be published in 2020. He has received over $3 million in external research funding during the last 10 years from sources such as the US Department of Energy (DOE), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and the unconventional oil and gas industry. He is a distinguished member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). He was the executive editor of the SPE Journal 2013-2016. He was 2014-15 SPE distinguished lecturer. He has received 2017 TAMU-Association of Former Students teaching award, 2016 TAMU-Association of Former Students distinguished achievement award, and 2015 AIME Rossiter W. Raymond memorial award. Akkutlu served in various SPE, EAGE, and NSERC committees.

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John Harju is Vice President for Strategic Partnerships at the Energy & Environmental ResearchCenter (EERC), where he leads efforts to build and grow dynamic partnerships with industry,government, and research entities in support of the EERC’s mission to provide practical,pioneering solutions to the world’s energy and environmental challenges. He was appointed bythe U.S. Secretary of Energy to serve on the National Coal Council in 2018, and was appointedto the National Petroleum Council in 2010. He also served on the U.S. Department of Energy’sUnconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee (URTAC) from 2012 to 2014.Mr. Harju was appointed to the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) in 2010,serving on the Energy Resources, Research, and Technology Committee, and on IOGCC’sCarbon Capture and Geological Storage Task Force.

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