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Daniel N. Dietz
Pages 51-56

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... DIETZ 1913-1988 BY MICHAEL PRATS DANIEL N DIETZ, a consulting engineer since 1984 after his retirements from Shell International Petroleum Maatschappij and then from the Delft University of Technology, died on April 15, 198S, following protracted lung complications.
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... respected, and have had a strong and lasting impact. Other noteworthy publications included an improved method for determining the average reservoir pressure from pressure build-up surveys and, more recently, a simplified technique for determining optimum production policy for a complex gas reservoir.
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... There was a good atmosphere in which the formerly tiny section of reservoir engineering came to flourish as the largest section of the Petroleum Engineering SubJepartment. Although I met Daan with some frequency, I never had the privilege of collaborating directly with him.
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... Dietz was elected a foreign associate of the National Academy of Engineering in 198S, but did not live to be present at the induction ceremonies.
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