Maurice B Dusseault is a professor of Geological Engineering in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He spent three years as a roughneck and drilling mud technician prior to completing his BSc (1971) and PhD (1977). From 1977 to 1982, he occupied a Research Professor Chair at the University of Alberta funded by the Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority. During this period, he developed novel skills and broad experience in new production technologies and drilling rock mechanics. In 1982, he became Chairman of the Geological Engineering Program at Waterloo and was Director of the Porous Media Research Institute from 1995 to 2000. Maurice carries out research in petroleum geomechanics (drilling, hydraulic fracturing, reservoir geomechanics…), and is the recognized world expert in new production methods, deep waste sequestration in sedimentary basins, and reservoir geomechanics. He has co-authored two textbooks, over 470 conferences and journal articles, and works with industry as an advisor and instructor. Dr Dusseault was a SPE Distinguished Lecturer in the year 2002-2003, visiting 19 different countries and speaking about new oil production technologies to 28 separate SPE Sections. He has taught in 16 different countries, and has a reputation for clear presentations based on simple but useful material.
Petroleum Geomechanic Professor