W. John Lee, P.E.
Regents Professor Emeritus

3116 TAMU - 407H Richardson Building

College Station, TX 77843-3116

Phone: (979) 845-2208

Fax: (979) 845-1307

e-mail: john.lee@pe.tamu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. W. John Lee is best known for his recent publications and presentations on oil and gas reserves regulations and estimation, and production forecasting in unconventional gas reservoirs. He served as an Engineering Fellow with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission during 2007-2008, and provided technical assistance to the SEC in its reserves reporting rules modernization effort. He is the author of three textbooks published by SPE, Well Testing, Gas Reservoir Engineering, and Pressure Transient Testing. Dr. Lee was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 1993, the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences in 2006, and to Georgia Tech's first class of its Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni in 1994. He became an Honorary Member of AIME/SPE (the societies’ highest recognition) in 2001.
Dr. Lee received the SPE DeGolyer Distinguished Service Medal (the society’s top service award) in 2004, the AIME/SPE Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal (the societies’ top technical award) in 2003, and the AIME Mineral Industry Education Award in 2002. He received SPE's Reservoir Engineering Award in 1986 and was named a Distinguished Member in 1987. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of SPE, has been a Distinguished Lecturer, and received the Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award in 1982.

After receiving BChE, MS, and PhD degrees from Georgia Tech, Dr. Lee worked for the Reservoir Studies Division of Exxon Production Research Company from 1962 to 1968. Later he joined and eventually headed Exxon Company, USA's major fields study group where he supervised integrated field studies of Exxon's largest domestic reservoirs. In 1975-76, he was District Reservoir Engineer for Exxon's Houston District. He joined Texas A&M University in 1977 and is currently a regents professor emeritus. He also joined S. A. Holditch & Associates, Inc., petroleum engineering consultants, in 1980 and retired as Executive Vice President in 1999.