Mohamed Soliman, the William C. Miller Endowed Chairman of the Petroleum Engineering Department at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering, has been recognized by another organization for a long career of distinction.
Soliman is one of the members of the inaugural class of Hart Energy’s Hall of Fame and Agents of Change in Energy (ACEs). The Hall of Fame was created as part of Hart's 50th anniversary celebration in 2023. A ceremony will be held on Dec. 5 in Houston.
This is the second such honor for Soliman this year. He was named a 2023 Legend of Hydraulic Fracturing at the Society of Petroleum Engineers' Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition. Only 10 other researchers have been recognized with that honor, which is one of the highest honors given by the SPE.
Soliman earned his doctorate from Stanford University in 1979. He has authored or co-authored more than 250 papers, and he holds 37 U.S. Patents.
Soliman joined the Cullen College of Engineering as the first Petroleum Engineering Department chairman in 2016, after holding a similar position at Texas Tech and a 32-year career at Halliburton Energy. His recent work at UH features his research team investigating test analysis of hydraulic fracturing and the area of plasma stimulation and fracturing as a method of waterless stimulation of reservoirs.
The honor from Hart specifically notes Soliman's work at Halliburton as a reason for his induction. At Halliburton, Soliman was involved with the first fractured horizontal well in the late 1980s, when he was the chief reservoir engineer for the company.
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