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- Kenneth Gray
Professor
Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Gray has served on the faculty since 1962 and was
Chairman for eight years. He has five years of industrial
experience and has published more than 100 articles and
reports. Dr. Gray is a specialist in rock mechanics with
research interests in drilling, hydraulic fracturing,
wellbore stability, measurements while drilling, reservoir
rock characterization, static and dynamic rock parameters,
and time dependent rock behavior.
Current Research Projects
- Problem Shales
- Hydraulic Fracture Crack Tip Mechanics
- Rock Mechanics of Geopressured-Geothermal Reservoirs
- Petrophysical Properties of Gas Sands
- Deformation and Production Stability in Inclined and
Horizontal Wells
- Horizontal Well Damage Model
- Wellbore Stability in Friable Sands
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