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Texas A&M University College Station - Engineering

Environmental and Water Services Division (WSD) Texas A&M University Center for Advanced Technology (TCAT)
Higher Education
David
Burnett
Bryan/College Station, Texas Area
Currently Burnett leads the Water Services Division of TCAT. His GPRI Designs® water management technology is widely know. He is a leader in water management for the upstream oil and gas industry. His work on produced water treatment and re-cycling has formed the basis of several new commercial ventures in the field of produced water re-use. His students have been trained in both petroleum reservoir engineering and in advanced technology membrane treatment of impaired water systems and are skilled in both theoretical, laboratory, and field operations. His team at Texas A&M was the first University program in the nation to address produced water treatment and re-use, the first to develop functional membrane technology for produced and frac flowback brine, and the first university program addressing environmental issues in oil & gas drilling
He is the former Director of Technology for the Global Petroleum Research Institute (GPRI) at Texas A&M University and retains his position as Technology Administrator for the Marine Vibrator Joint Industry Project (MVJIP) --a program developing replacements for air-guns in offshore seismic processing.

Experience

  • Texas A&M University

    Director of Technology for the Global Petroleum Research Institute

    David Burnett is the Director of Technology for the Global Petroleum Research Institute (GPRI) and the Technology Administrator for the GPRI Joint Venture New Marine Seismic Sending Sources, a multi-million dollar project to develop new environmentally compatible seismic options for offshore energy exploration and production. He also is advisor to the industry-government consortium Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems, managed by the Houston Advanced Technology Center (www.efdsystems.org).
    Burnett is a co-principle investigator for two significant research and development programs related to low environmental impact oil and gas shale development. The Advanced Analytics program addresses new technology for measuring ultra-high salinity brine streams emanating from shale gas production. He also coordinates new technology that reduces the environmental impact of O&G operations ( www.efdsystems.org). He was previously the Managing Partner of the U.S. DOE Project DE-FC26-05NT42658 Field Testing of Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems representing a partnership among university/industry and government organizations.

    Through GPRI, Burnett leads the effort to commercialize advanced desalination technology for oil field applications. Burnett is a leader in water management for the upstream oil and gas industry. His work on produced water treatment and re-cycling has formed the basis of several new commercial ventures in the field of produced water re-use. His team at Texas A&M was the first University program in the nation to address produced water treatment and re-use, the first to develop functional membrane technology for produced and frac flowback brine, and the first university program addressing environmental issues in oil & gas drilling.

  • Texas A&M University

    Engineering Research

    David worked at Texas A&M University as a Engineering Research

  • Texas A&M University Department of Petroleum Engineering

    Director of Technology for the Global Petroleum Research Institute (GPRI)

    The WSD encompasses water research focusing on recycling and re-use of impaired water systems, including concentrate streams from desalination, produce water pre-treatment, and brackish ground water desalination. In addition, Burnett’s current project is the Marine Vibrator Joint Industry Project (MVJIP). This program is developing new types of Marine Vibrators to deliver acoustic output and frequency content comparable with a conventional impulsive source array. The MVs will be a new solution, designed to meet technical specifications determined by the JIP. The objective is to yield seismic illumination of the earth that delivers a clear characterization of subsurface structures, lithology and fluid distributions, with minimal environmental impact, in both shallow and deepwater environments

Education

  • Sam Houston State University

    BS. MS.

    Polymer Chemistry

  • Sam Houston State University

    Masters

    Chemistry

  • Pepperdine University, The George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management

    Master of Business Administration (MBA)

    Research Management

Publications

  • "Advantages of KERS ( Kinetic Energy Reuse and Storage) system"

    16th International Petroleum Environmental and Biofuels Conference, Houston,TX,

    Rigs powered by electrical grid along with Kinetic Energy Reuse and Storage (KERS) system will be more energy efficient. This paper analyzes the effects of applying such a system to the rig in context of environment.