My name is Mukul M. Sharma, currently a Professor and W. A. "Tex" Moncrief, Jr. Centennial Chair in the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. I received a Bachelor of Technology in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and an MS and PhD in chemical and petroleum engineering from the University of Southern California. I have been on the faculty at the University of Texas for the past 34 years and I served as Chairman of the Department from 2001 to 2005. My current research interests include hydraulic fracturing, oilfield water management, formation damage and improved oil recovery. You can see additional details about my work in the Research area of this site. I have published more than 450 journal articles and conference proceedings and have 21 patents. For a complete list please see the Publications section of this website. I am a member of the US National Academy of Engineering. I am also the recipient of the 2017 John Franklin Carll Award, 2009 Lucas Gold Medal, 2004 SPE Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award, the 2002 Lester C. Uren Award and the 1998 SPE Formation Evaluation Award. I served as an SPE Distinguished Lecturer in 2002 and have served on the Editorial Boards of many journals, and taught and consulted for industry worldwide. Beyond academia, I founded Austin Geotech Services an E&P consulting company in 1996 and co-founded Layline Petroleum and Karsu Petroleum private E&P companies in 2006. The two E&P companies were private equity funded by Blackrock and Goldman Sachs and had a very successful exit in 2013. He recently co-founded a PE backed E&P company, Navidad Resource Partners. |
Contact Information: Hildebrand Department of Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering 200 E. Dean Keeton St. Stop C0300 |
