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Michael Cronin, PhD, PE

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Advanced Reservoir Engineer — New Developments (Deepwater) at ExxonMobil
📍 Houston, Texas, United States

Michael is an Advanced Reservoir Engineer at ExxonMobil specializing in deepwater new developments. A licensed Professional Engineer in Texas with a PhD from Penn State, his expertise includes reservoir simulation, unconventional EOR, and competitive intelligence. He currently focuses on multi-field-modeling for the Guyana Stabroek block.

Outside of his technical role, Michael is passionate about giving back to the community and his profession. He encourages blood donation, inspired by a personal family experience, and enjoys mentoring students, introducing them to energy sector technologies at industry conferences.

He received the 2023 "Best of URTeC" award for his paper on applying machine learning to PVT correlations.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Advanced Reservoir Engineer — New Developments (Deepwater)
Job Level
Middle
Location
Houston, Texas, United States
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Competitive Intelligence
He co-authored a paper and presented at SPE Live on creating playbooks for gathering competitive intelligence at technical conferences, a topic featured in his professional headline.
Applied Data Analysis
He won an award for his paper on using applied machine learning for fluid characterization and has given talks to the Society of Petroleum Engineers on data-driven analysis.
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Career

Work history

9-2023
Advanced Reservoir Engineer — New Developments (Deepwater)
ExxonMobil
8-2020 - 9-2023
Advanced Reservoir Technology Development Engineer at ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
ExxonMobil
5-2017 - 7-2017
Energy Technology Company (ETC) Intern
Chevron
8-2016 - 8-2020
Graduate Teaching Assistant/PhD Student
Penn State University
1-2015 - 3-2016
Reservoir Modeler
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
In the press

Media appearances

All Things Underground Storage With Zachary Evans – Interview with Michael Cronin, PhD, PE. Featured in Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) – Journal of Petroleum Technology
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Education
2016 - 2020
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Penn State University
2011 - 2014
Master of Science (M.S.)
The University of Texas at Austin
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