Michael J. Economides

Michael J. Economides was a professor of petroleum engineering at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering from 1998 to 2013, and Editor-in-Chief of Energy Tribune. He held a PhD in petroleum engineering from Stanford University (1984) and earlier taught at the University of Alaska (1980-1984), worked as an engineer at Dowell Schlumberger (1984-1989), directed the Institute of Drilling and Production at Leoben Mining University in Austria (1989-1992), and founded the Global Petroleum Research Institute at Texas A&M University (1993-1998).

He authored around 300 technical papers and the book The Color of Oil, and received the SPE Distinguished Member award in 1994 and the SPEI Production and Operations Award in 1997.

He spoke at nine Mare Forum events between 2006 and 2013, chairing sessions at the 1st and 2nd Mare Forum Cyprus and moderating at the 4th Mare Forum USA. He died in 2013.