Prof. P.K. Currie

Profile

Peter is now retired from Delft University of Technology. He is not taking on any new PhD students. He was previously Professor Oil and Gas Production. He holds a BSc degree in Mathematics from the University of Manchester and a PhD degree in Theoretical Mechanics from the University of East Anglia. He worked for Shell for many years in the area of Production Technology, both in research and operations. He joined the Delft University of Technology in 1997 where he works on Produced Water Re-Injection. He has been Chairman of the Netherlands Section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and has served on the Society of Petroleum Engineers International Board as Director for Europe & Africa. 

Teaching

Director of the Executive Master Programme 'Master of Petroleum Business Engineering'

Recent publications

• Q.P. Nguyen, W.R.Rossen, P.L.J.Zitha & P.K. Currie, Determination of gas trapping with foam using X-ray CT and effluent analysis, SPE Journal 14, 222-236 (2008)
• M.A.J.Ali, P.K.Currie and M.J.Salman, The effect of residual oil on deep-bed filtration of particles in injection water, SPE Production & Operations Journal  24, 117 - 123 (2009)
• F. van Gool & P.K. Currie, An Improved Model for the Liquid-Loading Process in Gas Wells, SPE Production & Operations Journal 23, 458 - 463 (2008)
• G. Berkhout, P.K.Currie, C. Bos and R.Weijermars, Executive Education for Oil & Gas Professionals, SPE Talent & Technology  2, 6-9 (2008)
• P.K. Currie, Comparison of Incompressible Elastic Strain Energy Functions over the Attainable Region of Invariant Space. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids 10, 559 - 574 (2005)

CV

Education

• Ph.D in Applied Mathematics: 1966 - 1968 University of East Anglia, England
• M.Sc Theoretical Mechanics: 1965 - 1966 University of East Anglia, England
• B.Sc.Mathematics: 1962 - 1965 University of Manchester, England

Employment

• 1997 - present: Department of Geotechnology, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
• 1997 - present: Professor of Oil & Gas Production Systems
• 1999 - present: Scientific Director of the Delft Research School Centre for Technical Geosciences.
• 1978 - 1997: Shell International Exploration & Production
• 1996 - 1997: Manager ‘Optimise Well Inflow Performance’ in Shell E&P Research & Technical Services, Rijswijk, The Netherlands
• 1992 - 1995: Head of Drilling & Well Technology Research, Shell E&P Laboratory (KSEPL), Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
• 1990 - 1992: Chief Petroleum Engineer, Norske Shell, Stavanger, Norway.
• 1988 - 1990: Head of Joint Venture Liaison, Norske Shell, Stavanger, Norway.
• 1986 - 1988: Production Technologist, Shell International (SIPM), The Hague, The Netherlands.
• 1985 - 1986: Leader of North Rankin Eposand Grouting Project, Shell E&P Laboratory (KSEPL), Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
• 1984 - 1985: Head of Rock Mechanics, Shell E&P Laboratory (KSEPL), Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
• 1978 - 1984: Head of Rheology, Shell E&P Laboratory (KSEPL), Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
• 1974 - 1978: University College Dublin, Ireland; Lecturer in the Department of Mathematical Physics.
• 1970 - 1974: University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland; Lecturer in Mathematics in the School of Physical Sciences.
• 1969 - 1970: Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada; Professional Associate in the Department of Mathematics.
• 1968 - 1969: The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA; Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Mechanics.

Professional activities

• Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
• Review Chairman for SPE Journal (Drilling & Completion) 1993 - 1995.
• Board of Netherlands Section of the SPE: Chairman 1996 - 1998, Member 1998 - present
• International Board of the SPE: Director North Sea Region 1998 -2000
• European Formation Damage Conference, The Hague, The Netherlands. Chairman 1995, Committee Member 1997, 1999, 2001.
• Member of European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE)
• Member of British Society of Rheology (BSR)
• Member of Irish Mathematical Society