Research Professor
Research Professor
Current
Research Professor Thomas Finkbeiner (Ph.D. Stanford University) joined King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in January of 2016 in the Ali Al Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center (ANPERC). In 2021 he was appointed a faculty position in the university’s Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering Program. His research interests are in subsurface rock and geo-mechanics as well as rock physics with application to drilling, well completion, naturally fractured formations, and reservoir modeling. In recent years, he has also focused on renewable energies, in particular CCUS, geothermal, and energy storage.
Prior to joining KAUST, Thomas worked for over seventeen years in the petroleum industry mostly in the field of geomechanics and related applications. From 1998 to 2008 he worked for GeoMechanics International (GMI) where he managed and technically directed all of the company’s Europe, Africa, and Middle East operations. When Baker Hughes acquired GMI in 2008 he worked as Global Geomechanics Advisor. In 2011 he was awarded Baker Hughes’ Subject Matter Expert for Geomechanics. From 2013 to 2015 Thomas worked for OMV in Vienna (Austria) as Senior Geomechanics Expert and was responsible for fostering geomechanical understanding and application in OMV E&P worldwide.
Impact of depositional and diagenetic features on petrophysical and rock mechanical properties in Arab-D reservoir equivalent upper Jubaila Formation, Saudi Arabia
Chandra, V., Petrovic, A., Khanna, P., Ramdani, A. I., Yalcin, B., Vahrenkamp, V., & Finkbeiner, T.
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 129, 105076. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.105076 (2021)
Rock Triaxial Tests: Global Deformation vs Local Strain Measurements—Implications
Perbawa, A., Gramajo, E., Finkbeiner, T., & Santamarina, J. C.
Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. doi:10.1007/s00603-021-02389-z (2021)
The effect of particle shape on discharge and clogging
Hafez, A., Liu, Q., Finkbeiner, T., Alouhali, R. A., Moellendick, T. E., & Santamarina, J. C.
Scientific Reports, 11(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-021-82744-w (2021)
Introduction to the Thematic Collection: Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
T. Finkbeiner, G. Bertotti, S. Geiger
Geological Society of London, volume 25, (2019)
Reservoir Management of a low Permeability off-shore Reservoir Utilizing Water
T. Clemens, T. Finkbeiner, M-M. Chiotoroiu, K. Pettengell, S. Hercus, A. Suri, M-M.Sharma
Society of Petroleum Engineers, (2015)
Reservoir optimized fracturing - higher productivity from low permeability reservoirs through customized multistage...
T. Finkbeiner, H-C. Freitag, M. Siddiqui, R. Woudwijk, K. Jospeh, F. Amberg
Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE 141371-PP., (2011)
Role of Geomechanics in appraisal of a deep tight gas reservoir: A case history from the Amin formation in Oman.
S. Perumalla, D. Moos, C.A. Barton, T. Finkbeiner, S. Al-Mahrooqi, M. Weissenbach, W. Walt...
Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE 142788-PP, (2011)
The value of geomechanics in tight gas reservoir development.
T. Finkbeiner, P. Nawrocki, R.K. Bratli, B. Smart
Proceedings of ISRM International Symposium and 6th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposi..., (2010)
Value of 3D geomechanical modelling in field development—A new approach using geostatistics
M. Holland, M. Brudy, W. van der Zee, S. Perumalla, T. Finkbeiner T.
Society of Petroleum Engineers NEWS, pp. , (14 – 18, May,2010)
Determination of Stress Orientation and Magnitude in Deep Wells
M.D. Zoback, C.A. Barton, M.O. Brudy, D.A. Castillo, B.R. Grollimund, T. Finkbeiner, D.B. ...
International Journal of Rock Mechanics, v. 40, pp. 1049 1076,, (2003)
Comprehensive Wellbore Stability Analysis Utilizing Quantitative Risk Assessment
D. Moos, P. Peska, T. Finkbeiner, M.D. Zoback.
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v.38, no.3-4, pp.97-109, (2003)
Overpressure and Flow-Focusing in the Eugene Island 330 field (Offshore Louisiana, U.S.A.): Theory, Examples, and I...
P.B. Flemings, B.B. Stump, T. Finkbeiner, M.D. Zoback
American Journal of Science, v. 302, p. 827-855, (2002)
Stress, pore pressure, and dynamically constrained hydrocarbon columns in the South Eugene Island Field, Gulf of Me...
T. Finkbeiner, M. D. Zoback, B. B. Stump, P. B. Flemings
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v.85, no.6, pp. 1007-1031, (2001)
Ph.D. Geophysics, Stanford University, California, US, 1998
M.S. Exploration and Development, Stanford University, California, US, 1994
‘Vordiplom’ Geophysics, Fridericana University, Karlsruhe, Germany, 1990
2021 - Present: Research Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering, ANPERC, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
2016 - 2020: Senior Research Scientist, ANPERC, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
2011 – 2013: Global Geomechanics Advisor, Baker Hughes, Dubai, UAE
2009 – 2011: Regional Technical Advisor EAME, Baker Hughes, Dubai, UAE
2000 – 2008: Director EAME, GeoMechanics International, Inc, Dubai, UAE
1998 – 2000: Geophysicist, GeoMechanics International, Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE)
International Society of Rock Mechanics (ISRM)
1995 –1996: Richard Shanon and Blaustein foundations fellowship
1995: Centennial Teaching Assistant Award for outstanding teaching in the School of Earth Sciences at Stanford University