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Fred H. Poettmann
Fred H. Poettmann
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He knew how to match engineering systems to the rigid requirements of plant design or to the highly complex porosity systems forming underground of! anct gas reservoirs.
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The company built a large research center in Littieton, Colorado, and wisely chose to build personnel from the top clown, selecting Fred to fill a key spot in the production research effort. This was the beginning of a highly productive program in which he played a major role for twenty-eight years (1955 to 1983~.
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However, two major hurdles had to be cleared first; the well-definec3 technologies had to be selected and adjusted to match individual reservoir systems, and the price of crude oil had to be adequate for profitability. While some massive EOR projects are getting by at prices controlled by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (e.g., Prudhoe Bay miscible gas injections)
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and foreign patents coauthor or coeditor of ten books Professional Societies: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) of the American In stitute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, 1 946-1 995 director, Denver Section, 1958 to 1962 chairman, Denver Section, 1961 national SPE director, 1966 to 1969 AIME board of directors, 1970 to 1973 vice-president, AIME, 1973 ctistinguished member SPE, 1983
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FRED H POETTMANN honorary member AIME, 1985 chairman or member of twenty plus AIME or national SPE committees over the period 1962 to present National Academy of Engineering Chemical/Petroleum Peer Committee, 1980 to 1983 191 member, National Research Council's Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems Committee on Innovative Concepts for Energy Conservation, 1984 to 1985 American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1943-1995 Denver Section secretary and treasurer, 1957 board member, Denver Section, 1962 chairman of joint symposium committee member of AIChE-SPE, 196Ichairman, National Program Committee, 1962 fellow, AIChE-1974 member, executive committee, Toledo Section, 1976 to 1977 American Chemical Society, 1942 to present member, Petroleum Research Fund Advisory Boarcl, 1963 to1966 American Petroleum Institute, 1955 to 1983 member of Research Committee, 1947 to 1965 Oil Recovery Domain Committee, 1947 to 1965 Project 37 "Fundamentals of Hydrocarbon Behavior", late 1940s Interstate Oil Compact Commission, 1967-1995 appointed by Governor Love to the Research Committee, 1967 to present appointed by Governor Lamm to the Enhanced Oil Recovery Committee, 1980 to present chairman, Research Committee, 1988 to 1991
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Award of SPE, 1971 fellow, AIChE, 1974 elected to the National Acacl emy of Engineering, 1978 distinguished member, SPE, 1983 FOR pioneer, SPE/DOE, 1984 honorary member, AIME, 1985 Herbert C Thober Award for Chemical Engineering, Toledo Section, AIChE, 1975 Henry Mattson Technical Service Award, Denver SPED 1983 honorary member, SPE, 1985 Halliburton Professional Award in Teaching, 1986 DeGolyer Distinguished Service Meclal of SPE, 1990 Charles F
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Fred is survived by his wife, Anna Bell, who was his constant traveling companion on his innumerable trips to worlclwicle symposia, conferences, and society meetings. In her special way, she assisted and supported Fred.
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