WIP

Team

A group of industry experts, Professors, Post Docs and PhD students with a high level of competence in different disciplines have been nominated to constitute the core team of WIP at MUL.

Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont.

Gerhard Thonhauser

Head Chair of Drilling and Completion Engineering

Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont.

Gerhard Thonhauser

Head Chair of Drilling and Completion Engineering

Parkstraße 27, 8700 Leoben

gerhard.thonhauser@unileoben.ac.at

Phone: +43 3842 402-3050

Education

PhD Petroleum Engineering, Montanuniversität Leoben 1998
MSc Petroleum Engineering, joint degree Montanuniversität Leoben and Colorado School of Mines, Golden 1996

Experience

Head of Department Petroleum Engineering since 2015
Head of Chair of Drilling and Completion Engineering since 2013
Head of “Environmental Friendly Drilling Systems” initiative in Europe since 2009
Consultant with ENI Technology, Milano, Italy, working in drilling fluids design and solids control 2001-2002
Founder and Chairman of TDE Group, servicing the international industry with drilling performance analysis and benchmarking, as well as software, electronics and equipment development, and manufacturing since 2000
Member of the Mittelplate-Dieksand Team, RWE Dea, Hamburg, Germany, drilling of record extended reach wells, development of cuttings transport solution in cooperation with Petrobras/CENPES 1997-1998
Consultant with CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organization), Australia, for the Genesis 2000 Project, from January 1999 managing of Genesis 2000 Europe 1996-2001

Research Interests

Prof. Gerhard Thonhauser has 20 years of experience providing the petroleum industry with the evaluation, analysis, and management of drilling and well-related data. His areas of research and development include “Drilling Process Monitoring and Analysis” combining modeling, advanced monitoring and sensing, and drilling analysis to optimize and automate the drilling process and to improve learning and knowledge management in drilling organizations. He has authored and co-authored around 100 publications in the area of drilling and completion engineering and data science. Head of “Environmental Friendly Drilling Systems” initiative in Europe since 2009, focusing on drilling and completion technologies with “Zero Harmful Environmental Impact”.