Neal B NagelNeal Nagel is currently Chief Engineer at Itasca Houston, a geomechanical consulting and software company. Nagel has more than 25 years of experience in petroleum geomechanics, with much of that time spent in the technology center and operating unit f a major operating oil company. Throughout his career, he has performed extensive reservoir, completions/stimulation, and drilling geomechanics evaluations-including cuttings reinjection (solids injection)-for worldwide operations. He has extensive geomechanics training experience, both for new engineers and for experienced personnel, in areas such as hydraulic fracturing and wellbore stability. Nagel is an active member of SPE and the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) and has served as an SPE Distinguished Lecturer. Read More Read Less