RESEARCH INTERESTS (see my publication list and our industrial affiliate site, FracCity)

• NEW - Spatial Organization of Natural Fractures (a web-based technical presentation)
• Hydraulic Fracture Diagnostics
• Natural fracture pattern development (some photos of fracture patterns in outcrop)
• Hydraulic Fracturing from Deviated and Horizontal Wells
• Subsidence/compaction in high compressibility reservoirs
• Measurement and Interpretation of Surface Deformation Using Tiltmeters (paper on the web)
• Rock Fracture Processes (faults, joints, veins)
• Well performance (environmental and energy industry applications)
• Subsurface waste disposal.
• In Situ Stress Determination
• GPS applications to structural geology and the petroleum industry

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COURSES OFFERED

Academic Courses at The University of Texas at Austin

Basic Geology for Petroleum Engineers

Naturally Fractured Reservoirs 2000

Geometry and Mechanics of Geologic Structures

AAPG Fractured Reservoirs Shortcourse

Geosystems Engineering Design I, Fall 1999

Hydraulic Fracture Design and Evaulation, Fall 1998

Structural Geology for Engineers, Fall 1997

Hydraulic Fracture Design and Evaulation, summer 1997

Rock Fracture Mechanics, spring 1997

Structural Geology for Engineers, Fall 1996

Hydraulic Fracture Design and Evaluation, summer 1996

Fractured Reservoir Characterization and Rock Fracture Mechanics, spring 1996

Professional Short Courses

AAPG Fractured Reservoirs Short Course

How to reach me:

Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station C0300
Austin, Texas 78712
(512) 471-7375
jolson@mail.utexas.edu