Oral-History:Carl Montgomery

About the Interviewee

Carl Montgomery

Carl T. Montgomery is a Senior Engineer with NSI Technologies located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is recognized within the industry as one of the leaders, and most active professionals, in well stimulation and completions. He has extensive experience in the techniques, products and engineering practices of hydrocarbon well stimulation, sand control and completion practices. He also has considerable experience in cementing, conformance control, perforating strategy, and formation damage. Carl has helped set the standard for well stimulation within the industry and worked with others to pioneer non-conventional techniques for the design and implementation of stimulation of oil and gas wells.

Carl served as the first SPE Technical Director for Drilling and Completions. His lengthy involvement with SPE includes Director of the SPE Mid-Continent Section, SPE Distinguished Lecturer, and chairman of the Distinguished Lecturer Selection Committee. He is currently on the technical steering committee for both the Formation Damage and Hydraulic Fracturing conferences, chaired the first SPE Applied Technology Workshop, the first joint SPE/AAPG/SEG workshop and served as Executive Editor of SPE Production & Facilities. He received the SPE Engineer of the Year Award for Drilling and Completions, is on the US DOE advisory board for the International Partnership for Geothermal Technology (IPGT) and was awarded the 2009 ConocoPhillips Lifetime Achievement Award.

He has a BS degree in BioChemistry from Colorado State University and a MS in the same discipline from Ball State University.

About the Interview

Carl Montgomery: An interview conducted by Amy Esdorn for the Society of Petroleum Engineers, September 30, 2015.

Interview SPEOH000137 at the Society of Petroleum Engineers History Archive.

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Interview

INTERVIEWEE: Carl Montgomery
INTERVIEWER: Amy Esdorn
DATE: September 30, 2015
PLACE: Houston, Texas