Peter H Hennings
Lecturer, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
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 where he is Principal Investigator of the Center for Injection and Seismicity Research (CISR) and a Lecturer in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
At the Jackson School Peter teaches Seismic Structural Analysis, structural geology and basin systems portions of Field Camp. Professionally, Peter teaches and field and classroom courses in Reservoir Geomechanics, Thrust Belt Geophysical Exploration, Compressional Systems Analysis, and other topics.
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.
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
(Supervisor)
Dissertation topic: Integrating pressure response analysis from saltwater disposal injections in the Permian Basin to enhance pressure-based dynamic capacity estimation for geologic carbon storage
McKeighan Caroline, M.S., 2022
(Supervisor)
Jackson School of Geosciences
Marco Guirola, M.S., 2022
(Committee Member)
Energy and Earth Resources
| Year | Semester | Course | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Spring | GEO 660B | Field Geology |
| 2023 | Summer | GEO f660B | Field Geology-Wy/Mt/Ut |
| 2022 | Summer | GEO f660B | Field Geo-Wy/Mt/Ut |
| 2021 | Summer | GEO f660A | Field Geo-Tx/Nm/Co/Wy/Mt/Id/Ut |
| 2021 | Summer | GEO f660B | Field Geo-Tx/Nm/Co/Wy/Mt/Id/Ut |
| 2021 | Spring | GEO 395S | Seismic Structural Analysis-Wb |
| 2019 | Summer | GEO f660A | Field Geo-Tx/Nm/Co/Wy/Mt/Id/Ut |
| 2019 | Spring | GEO 391 | Seismic Structural Analysis |
| 2018 | Summer | GEO f660A | Field Geo-Tx/Nm/Co/Wy/Mt/Id/Ut |
| 2017 | Spring | GEO 391 | Seismic Structural Analysis |
| 2016 | Spring | GEO 191 | Seismic Structural Analysis |