Michel Thomas Halbouty was an American geologist, petroleum engineer, and wildcatter. He attended Texas A&M University as an undergraduate and a graduate, earning his professional geological engineering degree in 1956. Ten years later, he received a doctorate in engineering from Montana College of Science and Technology.
Michel T. Halbouty was a recipient of the American Geological Institute’s Legendary Scientist Award in 2001.
His degrees went beyond the United States. In 1990, the USSR Academy of Sciences awarded Halbouty a geosciences doctorate degree, the only such honor the academy bestowed to a scientist outside the Soviet Union. The University of Nanjing, People's Republic of China, presented him with an Honorary Professorship in GeoloMichel Thomas Halbouty was an American geologist, petroleum engineer, and wildcatter. He attended Texas A&M University as an undergraduate and a graduate, earning his professional geological engineering degree in 1956. Ten years later, he received a doctorate in engineering from Montana College of Science and Technology.
Michel T. Halbouty was a recipient of the American Geological Institute’s Legendary Scientist Award in 2001.
His degrees went beyond the United States. In 1990, the USSR Academy of Sciences awarded Halbouty a geosciences doctorate degree, the only such honor the academy bestowed to a scientist outside the Soviet Union. The University of Nanjing, People's Republic of China, presented him with an Honorary Professorship in Geology in 1993. The degree recognized his many years of lecturing to students, academics and geoscientists of numerous governmental agencies throughout China, as well as his numerous contributions to the advancement of petroleum geology in China.
Halbouty began his career as a geologist and petroleum engineer with an independent oil company and later as a consultant before becoming founder and chairman of the Michel T. Halbouty Energy Company. Throughout his career, he was engaged in the exploration and production of oil and gas.
Credited with discovering more than 50 oil and gas fields, he twice declared bankruptcy, but came back each time to regain wealth. He authored hundreds of technical articles on petroleum geology, and two book-length histories of famous oil fields. ...more
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