Petroleum Engineering - Christopher White

CRAFT & HAWKINS DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

White

Christopher White
Associate Professor, Chevron Professor of Engineering
Adjunct Associate Professor of Geology & Geophysics
Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering
Louisiana State University
Patrick F. Taylor Hall, Room 3520B
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-6044 / Fax: 225-578-6039
E-Mail: cdwhite@lsu.edu

Teaching Responsibilities

PETE 4050 Reservoir Dynamics
PETE 4089 Natural Gas Engineering
PETE 7280 Mathematical Reservoir Simulation
PETE 7285 Statistical Reservoir Modeling

Background

Engineering Assistant, Kerr-McGee Corp., Oklahoma City, OK (January-June 1980, September-December, 1980).
Production Engineering Assistant, Cities Service Company, Oklahoma City, OK (June-September, 1980).
B.S. with Special Distinction, Petroleum Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 1981.
Petrophysics Laboratory Assistant, Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Oklahoma (January-May, 1981).
Research Engineer, Cities Service Research, Tulsa, OK (June-September 1981, January-September 1983).
M.S. Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University, 1983.
Teaching Assistant, Stanford University (1983-1987; various dates).
Research Intern, Conoco, Ponca City, OK (June-September 1984).
Research Intern, Schlumberger-Doll Research, Ridgefield, CT (June-December 1985).
Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University, 1987.
Company (now Shell Exploration and Production Technology Company), Houston, Texas (September 1987-April 1995).
Exchange Scientist to Royal Dutch Shell, The Netherlands, from July 1993-June 1994.
Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin (April 1995-present).

Areas of Expertise

Reservoir engineering: simulation practice, single-well and multiwell simulations, pressure transient design and analysis, well performance analysis, and risk analysis.
Reservoir characterization: geostatistics, stratigraphy, petrophysics and integrated modeling.
Applied mathematics and computer programming: gridding, and solution of partial differential equations using analytical and numerical methods.

Recent Publications

Gunning, J.; Glinsky, M.E. & White, C., Delivery Massager: a tool for propagating seismic inversion information into reservoir models, Computers and Geosciences, 2007, 33, 630-648.
Li, X; White, C.D.; Lei, Z. & Allen, G., Beyond Queues: Using Grid COmputing for Simulation Studies, SPE Digital Energy Conference and Exhibition, 2007.
Kalla, S. & White, C.D., Efficient Design of Reservoir SImulation Studies for Development and Optimization SPE Annual Technical COnference and Exhibition, 2005 (in press, SPE Resvr. Eval and Engr.)
Li, H. & White, C.D., Geostatistical models for shales in distributary channel point bars (Ferron Sandstone, Utah): From ground-penetrating radar data to three-dimensional flow modeling, AAPG Bulleting, 2003, 87, 1851-1868.
White, C. D., D. Novakovic, S. P. Dutton, and B. J. Willis, 2003, A geostatistical model for calcite concretions in sandstone, Mathematical Geology, v. 35 no. 5, p. 549-575.
White, C. D. and S. A. Royer, 2003, Experimental design as a framework for reservoir studies, paper SPE 79676, presented at the 17th SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Houston, Texas (2-5 February).
"Use of quantitative outcrop description for reservoir modeling", Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 70 no. 4., Willis, B. J. and White, C. D. (2000).
"Outcrop characterization of reservoir quality and interwell-scale cement distribution in a tide-influenced delta", Frontier Formation, Wyoming, USA, Clay Minerals, v. 35 no. 1, p. 95-105, Dutton, S. P., Willis, B. J., White, C. D., and Bhattacharya, J. P. (2000).