Judson Mead Geologic Field Station

Research Interests

Dr. Peter Hennings is a Research Scientist at The University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences Bureau of Economic Geology where he is Principal Investigator of the Center for Integrated Seismicity Research and a Lecturer in the Department of Geological Sciences.

At the Jackson School Peter teaches Seismic Structural Analysis, structural geology and basin systems portions of Field Camp. Professionally, Peter teaches and field and classroom courses in Reservoir Geomechanics.

Peter retired in 2015 after 25 years in the petroleum industry where he worked as a research scientist (Mobil Oil and Phillips Petroleum) and technical manager (ConocoPhillips). Peter received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Texas A&M University and his Ph.D. from The University of Texas.

Peter’s technical interests include structural geology, induced seismicity, seismic structural analysis, reservoir geomechanics, and geology of Texas and the Rocky Mountains. Peter is an AAPG Distinguished Lecturer, GSA Fellow, and a founder of the AAPG Petroleum Structure and Geomechanics Division.

Peter has taught more than 250 field seminars and classroom courses on seismic structural analysis, reservoir geomechanics, and Rocky Mountain structural and petroleum geology.