Matthew Balhoff

Professor UT-Austin

Matthew T. Balhoff is the department chair and a professor in the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He holds the Lois and Richard Folger Leadership Chair in Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering and Bank of America Professorship in Petroleum Engineering. He also co-leads the Industrial Affiliate Program on Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery.

Balhoff became an SPE Distinguished Member in 2017 and is a winner of the 2022 SPE Lester C. Uren Award, 2014 SPE International Young Member Service Award, and 2012 SPE International Teaching Fellow Award. He has 96 peer-reviewed publications and 39 conference papers in the areas of enhanced oil recovery, carbon storage, unconventional resource production, and fundamental processes of flow and transport through porous media.

He holds BS and PhD degrees in chemical engineering from Louisiana State University.

Reservoir

A Grand Challenge: Update on Improved Recovery From Tight/Shale Reservoirs

The exploration and extraction of hydrocarbons from tight or shale formations have revolutionized the global energy landscape, unlocking vast oil and gas reserves previously considered inaccessible. This article intends to explore the complexities of hydrocarbon extraction from tight and shale reservoirs.

June 1, 2024 • Gideon Dordzie • Journal of Petroleum Technology
SPE News

SPE Awards: The Oscars for Petroleum Engineers

Join thousands of the industry’s best by participating in the SPE annual awards nomination process.

October 5, 2023 • Matthew Balhoff • Journal of Petroleum Technology
R&D/innovation

Grand Challenges for the Oil and Gas Industry for the Next Decade and Beyond

A decade ago, SPE defined key R&D and technology challenges for the industry. To address the more uncertain environment of the 2020s and beyond, we have updated the grand challenges via a January 2023 SPE workshop.

July 1, 2023 • Thomas Halsey • Journal of Petroleum Technology