D. Nathan Meehan

Gaffney Cline & Associates

D. Nathan Meehan, PhD, P.E., is president, CMG Petroleum Consulting, and senior advisor, Petro.AI. He served as the 2016 SPE President and is an SPE Honorary Member and Distinguished Member. He received the Lester C. Uren Award for Distinguished Achievement in Petroleum Engineering, the DeGolyer Distinguished Service Medal, and the SPE Public Service Award. He also served as an SPE Distinguished Lecturer on horizontal wells. Meehan is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Students/Education

“Should I Stay or Should I Go?”

SPE President Nathan Meehan provides guidance to young professionals and students on how to handle the downturn.

January 9, 2016 • D. Nathan Meehan • The Way Ahead
R&D/innovation

The Grand Challenges for Engineering

The first brief flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903 did not immediately make the Wright brothers famous; however, within 5 years, enthusiasm for the new technology began to spread around the world. Louis Blériot won a prize for flying over the English Channel in a heavier-than-air craft in 1909, and Charles Lindbergh won the USD 25,000 Orteig prize for the first nonstop flig…

December 31, 2015 • D. Nathan Meehan • Journal of Petroleum Technology
The Perfect Day

What constitutes a perfect day? It depends.

November 30, 2015 • D. Nathan Meehan • Journal of Petroleum Technology
For the Public Benefit

What is the mission of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)? Why do we collect, disseminate, and exchange technical knowledge?

October 31, 2015 • D. Nathan Meehan • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Career Development

What You Do is Important

Improving people’s lives is what we do as petroleum engineers, so it is an important theme for us. Oil and natural gas production raises the standard of living of people throughout the world.

September 30, 2015 • D. Nathan Meehan • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Technology

The Impact of Nanotechnology on Oil and Gas Economics

Materials smaller than the width of a human hair are contributing to improved hydraulic fracturing and other areas of oil and gas technology.

September 14, 2011 • D. Nathan Meehan • The Way Ahead

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