Peter H Hennings

Peter H Hennings
Research Professor, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences

Email: peter.hennings@beg.utexas.edu
Work: +1 512 471 0156
Office: BEG
Mailcode: E0610

see Curriculum Vitae for details

Dr. Peter Hennings is a Research Professor at The University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences Bureau of Economic Geology. Peter joining the Bureau in 2016 to form and lead the Center for Injection and Seismicity Research (CISR) as Principal Investigator. He remains part of CISR as an Advisor and researcher. Peter is also a Lecturer in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and is active in graduate student advising.

Peter retired in 2015 after 25 years in the petroleum industry where he worked as a research scientist (Mobil Oil and Phillips Petroleum) and technical manager (ConocoPhillips). Peter received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Texas A&M University and his Ph.D. from The University of Texas.

Peter's interests include structural geology, induced seismicity, seismic structural analysis, reservoir geomechanics, and geology of Texas and the Rocky Mountains. Peter is an AAPG Distinguished Lecturer, GSA Fellow, and a founder of the AAPG Petroleum Structure and Geomechanics Division. Peter has taught more than 100 field seminars and classroom courses on seismic structural analysis, reservoir geomechanics, and Rocky Mountain structural and petroleum geology.

Areas of Expertise

My expertise is applied structural geology and geomechanics for which his interests are broad spanning structural systems analysis, subsurface interpretation, fault system characterization, fractured reservoir characterization, reservoir geomechanics, and subsurface fluid flow. Dr. Hennings is known as an integrator which is vital for the study of induced seismicity for which he is now known globally. I am currently not recruiting graduate students for my supervision.


Research Locations



Current Research Programs & Projects

Induced Seismicity in Texas and Principal Investigator for the UT-BEG Center for Injection and Seismicity Research ( view )

Reservoir-scale to regional deformation and coupled fracturing and diagenesis of Tensleep and Frontier Fms outcrops in central Wyoming

3D architecture and geomechanical evolution of basement-rooted structures in the Wyoming segment of the Laramide Rockies and Texas segment of the Ancestral Rockies

Geometry and kinematic evolution of structures in the Big Bend country and Mexican borderlands of West Texas


Best Paper - AAPG Division of Environmental Geology (2020 - 2020)

Walter Award for Outstanding Research - University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences (2019 - 2019)

AAPG Distinguished Service Award - AAPG (2016)

Matson Award for Best Paper - AAPG (2015)

Honorary Fellow - GSA (2001)

Distinguished Lecturer - AAPG (2001 - 2002)

Levorsen Award for Pest Paper - AAPG (1986)

Postdocs

Amanda Calle, 2021, Jackson School of Geosciences Bureau of Economic Geology


Graduate Students

Melianna Ulfah , Ph.D., expected 2028 (Committee Member)
Dissertation topic: Analyzing Geomechanical Responses from Saltwater Disposal Injections to Refine Pressure Limits for Carbon Capture and Storage

McKeighan Caroline, M.S., 2022 (Supervisor)
Jackson School of Geosciences

Marco Guirola, M.S., 2022 (Committee Member)
Energy and Earth Resources


YearSemesterCourse
2024Spring GEO 660B Field Geology
2023Summer GEO f660B Field Geology-Wy/Mt/Ut
2022Summer GEO f660B Field Geo-Wy/Mt/Ut
2021Summer GEO f660A Field Geo-Tx/Nm/Co/Wy/Mt/Id/Ut
2021Summer GEO f660B Field Geo-Tx/Nm/Co/Wy/Mt/Id/Ut
2021Spring GEO 395S Seismic Structural Analysis-Wb
2019Summer GEO f660A Field Geo-Tx/Nm/Co/Wy/Mt/Id/Ut
2019Spring GEO 391 Seismic Structural Analysis
2018Summer GEO f660A Field Geo-Tx/Nm/Co/Wy/Mt/Id/Ut
2017Spring GEO 391 Seismic Structural Analysis
2016Spring GEO 191 Seismic Structural Analysis