Alain Gringarten

Professor Alain C. Gringarten holds the Chair of Petroleum Engineering in the Department of Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial College in London, where he is also director of the Centre for Petroleum Studies. Prior to joining Imperial College in 1997, he spent fourteen years with Scientific Software-Intercomp; five years with Schlumberger; and five years with the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières in Orléans, France, in various senior technical and management positions.

Dr. Gringarten is a recognized expert in well test analysis and received the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Formation Evaluation award for 2001, the 2003 SPE John Franklin Carll award, the 2005 SPE Cedric K. Ferguson certificate for the best technical paper published in 2004, and the North Sea SPE Regional Service Award for 2009. He was a SPE Distinguished Lecturer for 2003-2004. He has published over eighty technical papers and was responsible for many advances in well test interpretation.  He was also an early pioneer of multidisciplinary studies, both in industry and in academia. His research interests include gas condensate and volatile oil reservoirs, fissured fluid-bearing formations, hydraulically fractured wells, horizontal and multilateral wells, high and low enthalpy geothermal energy, Hot Dry Rocks, and radioactive waste disposal.

Prof. Gringarten has taught numerous well test interpretation industry courses around the world and has been involved in many consulting projects through his company Well Analysis Limited. A member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) since 1969, he was elected a Distinguished Member in 2002 and an Honorary Member in 2009. He has chaired or helped organize many SPE Advanced Technology Workshops, Forums and Conferences. He is currently a member of the SPE International committees on R&D; Information and Management; Carll-Uren-Lester Awards; and is the 2011 chairman of the SPE Talent Council.

Affiliations and Accreditation
PhD Stanford University - Petroleum Engineering
MSc Stanford University - Petroleum Engineering
Engineering Degree - Ecole Centrale, Paris, France
SPE - (Society of Petroleum Engineers)

Courses Taught
N943: Well Test Interpretation in Practice