Dr. Marshall C. Watson, Roy Butler Chair and Chair of the Texas Tech Bob L. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering, has been a professor at Texas Tech since 2006. He is a registered professional engineer in Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Wyoming. Marshall has authored and co-authored several presentations, technical papers, and courses including SPEE Monograph 3, “Guidelines for the Practical Evaluation of Undeveloped Reserves in Resource Plays”. He has been awarded numerous grants spanning the fields of petroleum reservoir and production engineering and energy economics. Current research activities are wellbore integrity for CO2 storage/CCUS (DOE), CO2 storage capacity definitions for corporate/government reporting (SPE), hydrocarbon emissions testing (Industry), produced fluids handling (DOE-NMSU advisory board) and artificial lift (Industry). As the recipient of multiple teaching awards, he teaches undergraduate introduction level, senior level design and graduate courses in Property Evaluation and Production.

Prior to arriving at Tech, his 30 year industry experience was with both major and independent oil companies, beginning with Shell Oil Company working as a production and reservoir engineer in the Wasson San Andres Denver Unit CO2 flood. Marshall received a BS from Cornell University and his MS and PhD from Texas Tech. Marshall has three patents for horizontal drilling, artificial lift and hydraulic fracturing. 

Marshall is member of the Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers (SPEE), Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), and the West Texas Geological Society. He was the SPEE 2012 President and still serves as advisor and on various committees.