Sidney Green
1005 East 900 South
Salt Lake City, Utah 84105
email +1 801 556-8753
Sidney Green is Research Professor at the University of Utah, where he holds an appointment in Mechanical Engineering. He was a senior member of Schlumberger, the largest worldwide oil-field service company, serving as Senior Advisor. He is a founder and retired President/CEO of TerraTek in Salt Lake City, Utah, a well known engineering firm and is currently the CEO of Enhanced Production, Inc. EPI.
Education
Degree of Engineer, Engineering Mechanics, Stanford University, 1964
Applied Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, 1961-1962
MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 1961
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Missouri School of Mines, Rolla 1959
Significant Accomplishments:
Published many papers; holds over 20 patents
Presented numerous invited keynotes, lectures, and public presentations
Served as Director for a number of companies
Served on Government Committees and has testified at various Governmental hearings
Served on many University advisory boards
Served on the National Research Council Committee on Destruction of Chemical Weapons,
on the Committee for Methane Hydrates as an Energy Resource, and
on the Committee for Induced Seismicity from Energy Recovery
Past Board Member and President of the Salt Lake Boys and Girls Clubs of Salt Lake City
Past Member of Utah Science Council
Past Member of the Greater Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce Board of Governors;
Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers
Founding Member, Chair, and Director of the Utah Technology Finance Corporation
Past Member University of Utah Engineering National Advisory Council
Founding Member and Director of Utah Science Council
Past Chair of Gordon Research Conference on Fiber Composites
Organizer, Penrose Conference on Geothermal Energy
Chair, ARMA Annual Rock Mechanics Symposium, 2010
Chair, Founder Utah Academy of Engineering and Science, 2021-present
Received:
Rock Mechanics Achievement Award, Society of Experimental Mechanics
Outstanding Engineer Award for the State of Utah
Entrepreneur of the Year from the Mountain West Venture Group of Utah
Professional Engineer Award from the Missouri School of Mines
University of Utah Engineering Achievement award
Top Honors:
Member of the US National Academy of Engineers
Fellow, American Rock Mechanics Association
Recipient of the University of Utah Honorary Alumni Award
Recipient of Missouri University of Science & Technology’s Alumni Merit Award
Selected Publications:
1. Green, S., How Can We Improve Hydraulic Fracturing Efficiency, Northwestern Univ. Symposium, Invited, April 30, 2013
2. Green, S., The Role of Stresses versus Rock Fabric on Hydraulic Fractures, AAPG Baltimore, Conference, Invited, July 16-17, 2013
3. Bai, M., Morales, R., Suarez-Rivera, R., Green, S., Modeling Fracture Tip Screenout and Application for Fracture Height Growth Control, SPE 83106, 2003
4. Suarez-Rivera, R., Connor, R., Kieschnick, J., Green, S., Hydraulic Fracturing Experiments Help Understanding Fracture Branching on Tight Gas Shales, ARMA 06-1130, 2006
5. Bai, M., Green, S., Casas, L., Miskimins, J, 3-D Simulation of Large Scale Hydraulic Fracturing Tests, ARMA 06-959, 2006
6. McLennan, J., Green, S., Bai, M., Proppant Placement During Tight Gas Shale Stimulation: Literature Review and Speculation, ARMA 08-355, 2008
7. Bai, M., Green, S., Suarez-Rivera, R., Morales, H., 3-D Fracture Simulations to Determine Post TSO Geometry Under Complex Reservoir Conditions, ARMA 04-495, 2004
8. Bai, M., Green, S., van den Hoek, P., A Parametric Analysis of Deep Injection for Waste Disposal Using a 3-D Hydraulic Fracturing Simulator, NARMS Conference, 2002
9. Bai, M., Suarez-Rivera, R., Green, S., Effect of Leakoff Variation on Fracturing Efficiency for Tight Shale Gas Reservoirs, ARMA 05-697, 2005
10. Casas, L., Miskimins, J., Black, A., Green, S., Laboratory Hydraulic Fracturing Test on a Rock with Artificial Discontinuities, SPE-103617, 2006
11. Suarez-Rivera, R., Green, S., Stanchits, S., Yang, Y., The Role of the Rock on Hydraulic Fracturing of Tight Shales, AGU Fall Meeting, 2011
12. Schieber, J., Green, S., Suarez-Rivera, R., Mastalerz, M., Textural and Compositional Heterogeneity of Tight Shales at the Micro-Scale, ARMA 13-366, 2013
13. Schieber, J., Newhart, R., Green, S., Suarez-Rivera, R., Gathogo, P., Petriello, J., Huster, W., Tight Shale Heterogeneity and Pore Structure at the Nanometer to Centimeter Scale, AAPGAnnual Convention, May 19-22 2013
14. Suarez-Rivera, R., Green, S., McLennan, J., Bai, M., Effect of Layered Heterogeneity on Fracture Initiation in Tight Gas Shales, SPE 103327, 2006
15. Suarez-Rivera, R., Handwerger, D., Kieschnick, J., Martin, W., Green, S., Accounting for Heterogeneity Provides a New Perspective for Tight Shale Completions, ARMA 05-758, 2005
16. Suarez-Rivera, R., Behrmann, L., Green, S., Burghardt, J., Stanchits, S., Edelman, E., Surdi, A., Defining Three Regions of Hydraulic Fracture Connectivity in Unconventional Reservoirs Help Designing Completions with Improved Long-Term Productivity, SPE 166505-MS, 2013
17. Wieland, C., Miskimins, J., Black, A., Green, S., Results of a Laboratory Propellant Fracturing Test in a Colton Sandstone Block, SPE 102907, 2006