About Dr. Roland N. Horne

 

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Dr. Roland N. Horne

Dr. Roland N. Horne is the Thomas Davies Barrow Professor of Earth Sciences at Stanford University, and Senior Fellow in the Precourt Institute for Energy. He was also formerly Chairman of the Petroleum Engineering Department from 1995 to 2006.

He holds BE, Ph.D. and DSc degrees from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, all in Engineering Science.

Roland Horne is well recognized as an expert in geothermal resources. He received Geothermal Special Achievement Award from Geothermal Resources Council in 2015. He is the Technical Programme Chair of World Geothermal Congress 2020 in Reykjavik and a member of the Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) Board of Directors.

Dr. Horne is also well known for his work in well test interpretation, production optimization, and analysis of fractured reservoirs.

He is an internationally-recognized expert in the area of well test analysis and has twice been an SPE Distinguished Lecturer on well-testing subjects.

Under him, more than 50 people have obtained Ph.D. degrees at Stanford University.  Currently, Stanford University is recognized as one of the top schools in the world for the study of well test interpretation.

Prof. Roland Horne has written more than 90 technical papers, is the author of the book Modern Well Test Analysis and co-author of the book Discrete Fracture Network Modeling of Hydraulic Stimulation. He is an SPE Honorary Member, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering in the USA.

Prof. Horne will conduct a 4-day webinar – Geothermal Reservoir Engineering– in October 6-9, 2020. If you want more information about this course, please contact LDI Training at lditrain@singnet.com.sg.

He also conducts a 5-day Modern Well Test Analysis course. This highly regarded course has been attended by thousands of oil and gas, as well as geothermal professionals in many countries for more than 20 years. If you want more information about the course, please contact LDI Training at lditrain@singnet.com.sg.

Geothermal Plants near a Volcano

Geothermal plants can be safely situated near a volcano, says Dr. Roland Horne, Thomas Davies Barrow Professor in the School of Earth Sciences and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy at Standord University.

You can read the outstanding article from Stanford University titled Geothermal at the foot of Kilauea on this and on the recent volcano eruption of Mt. Kilauea in Hawaii at https://earth.stanford.edu/news/geothermal-foot-kilauea?linkId=52195066.

In this article, Dr. Roland Horne discusses geothermal energy in the face of natural hazards and a way to tap the earth’s heat far from volcanoes in the future.

I highly recommend you read the article that I mention above. In this article you can also watch the awesome lava flow from a fissure of Mt. Kilauea on May 19, 2018 and learn about Stanford University’s School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences.