Past PVF Roundtable speaker and energy expert Economides dies
UH Energy Expert Michael Economides dies during international flight.
Michael Economides, an internationally known authority on petroleum engineering and adjunct professor at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering, died Nov. 30, 2013, on an international flight to South America.
Economides’ research focused on techniques to increase production, from reservoir stimulation theory and advanced reservoir exploitation strategies to offshore technology development. He also took geopolitical considerations into account, realizing that technical considerations alone could not determine the success of hydrocarbon development.