Dr. Richard Denne, Hunter Enis Endowed Chair in Petroleum Geology at TCU
Richard Denne is the founding chairholder of the Hunter Enis Endowed Chair in Petroleum Geology at TCU and the former Director of the TCU Energy Institute. Richard worked as a geologist in the oil and gas industry for over 25 years, working with integrated teams at Exxon and Marathon Oil and as a consultant in exploration and production from deep-water basins across the globe, including the Gulf of Mexico, West Africa, Brazil, Trinidad, and the North Sea. He has also been heavily involved in unconventional shale plays, particularly the Eagle Ford of Texas. He has been at TCU since 2016, where his current research is focused on depositional systems of organic-rich rocks, especially those from the Cretaceous of Texas and the Eagle Ford / Woodbine system in particular.