Larry Lake (engineer)

Larry W. Lake is the Shahid and Sharon Ullah Endowed Chair in petroleum engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.{{cite web|title=Larry W. Lake |url=http://www.pge.utexas.edu/pdf/lwl.pdf |publisher=University of Texas at Austin |accessdate=15 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625074451/http://www.pge.utexas.edu/pdf/lwl.pdf |archivedate=June 25, 2010 }} He has served on the faculty of the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering since 1978. He obtained a B.S.E. from Arizona State University and a Ph.D. from Rice University, both in chemical engineering.{{cite web|title=UT Larry W. Lake's Faculty Page |url=http://www.pge.utexas.edu/faculty/lake.cfm |publisher=University of Texas at Austin |accessdate=15 October 2010 |date=3 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608055432/http://www.pge.utexas.edu/faculty/lake.cfm |archivedate=June 8, 2010 }} He is a world-famous expert in reservoir engineering, geochemistry, fluid flow in porous media and enhanced oil recovery.

Larry was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1997 for contributions to quantitative reservoir description and enhanced oil recovery.

He is married to Carole.

Honors

SPE Honorary Member, 2006-present.
University of Texas Joe J. King Award for professional service, 2004.
SPE DeGoyer Award for distinguished service, 2003.
SPE Distinguished Lecturer, 1994, 2003.
Texas Society of Professional Engineers Dream Team, 2001.
SPE Distinguished Member, 1996, 2000.
SPE Distinguished Service Award, 2000.
Society of Petroleum Engineering/Department of Energy Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, IOR Pioneer, 2000.
Claude and Billie Hocott Award, College of Engineering, 1999.
National Academy of Engineering, 1997.

Books

Lake is the author of the handbook Petroleum Engineering Handbook{{r|handbook}}

Lake is the coauthor of the textbooks Statistics for Petroleum Engineers and Geoscientists {{r|stats}}, Geochemistry and Fluid Flow {{r|flow}} and A Generalized Approach to Primary Hydrocarbon Recovery.

Lake is an editor with M. Walsh of the handbook A Generalized Approach To Primary Hydrocarbon Recovery Of Petroleum Exploration & Production, Volume 4 {{r|hydro}} and with T. C. Wesson of Reservoir Characterization II: Conference Proceedings {{r|char}}.

References

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{{citation|title=Petroleum Engineering Handbook, Society of Petroleum Engineers|isbn = 978-1555631260|last1 = Lake|first1 = Larry W.|year = 2007}}

{{citation|url=https://www.elsevier.com/books/statistics-for-petroleum-engineers-and-geoscientists/jensen/978-0-444-50552-1|title=Statistics for Petroleum Engineers and Geoscientists, Elsevier}}

{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rMfLWd3xZJIC|title=Geochemistry and Fluid Flow, Gulf Professional Publishing|isbn=9780444505699|last1=Lake|first1=Larry W.|last2=Bryant|first2=Steven Lawrence|last3=Bryant|first3=Steven L.|last4=Araque-Martinez|first4=Aura N.|year=2002|publisher=Gulf Professional }}

{{citation|title=A Generalized Approach To Primary Hydrocarbon Recovery Of Petroleum Exploration & Production, Volume 4, Elsevier Science|isbn = 0444506837|last1 = Walsh|first1 = Mark P.|last2 = Lake|first2 = Larry W.|year = 2003| publisher=Elsevier Science }}

{{citation|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DRWT5V2/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1|title=Reservoir Characterization II: Conference Proceedings, Academic Press|date=2 December 2012 |publisher=Academic Press }}

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Category:Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering alumni

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