Geomechanicist and SME: Underground Natural Gas Storage, Asset Integrity

Dr. Richard A. Schultz is with Orion Geomechanics LLC of Cypress (Houston), Texas. He is a geologist specializing in the geomechanics of faulted overburden and reservoir systems. Previously he was Senior Research Scientist at The University of Texas at Austin, Principal Geomechanicist with ConocoPhillips, and Foundation Professor of Geological Engineering and Geomechanics (now Emeritus) with the University of Nevada, Reno. The author or co-author of some 136 technical papers, books, and chapters, and several hundred professional abstracts and reports, he received his B.A. degree in Geology from Rutgers University, M.S. degree in Geology from Arizona State University, and Ph.D. degree in Geology from Purdue University. Dr. Schultz is a member of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, a licensed Professional Geologist in the State of Texas (#11755), and is an instructor of State oil and gas regulators with TopCorp.