Michael Lynch

Michael Lynch is an independent consultant specializing in providing consulting services in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Lynch provides consultancy on reservoir engineering, reserves estimation, production forecasting, and redevelopment planning for depleted oil fields. He has been a practicing petroleum engineer for more than 50 years. After serving as a photogrammetrist in the Army Air Corps, Mr. Lynch began his career as an oil well core analyst in West Texas. He has worked for Chevron, a large international drilling contractor (SEDCO); and has held supervisory, managerial, and executive positions in the US and abroad. In 1985, with a partner in Lisbon, Mr. Lynch organized Catermar Petroleum Engineering Services to provide drilling and production supervision to international oil companies. During his career, he drilled and completed over 100 oil and gas wells in Texas, Oklahoma, California, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Algeria, and the Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Lynch holds a BS in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Texas. He is a registered engineer in the State of Texas and member of Society of Petroleum Engineers and Institute of Energy in London. Mr. Lynch has written four historical oil field novels under the pen name, Linton Morrell. His first novel, Steel Storage, published in London in 1998. (This is me - Update Profile)