Robert Walsh

Robert Walsh

• Senior Numerical Modeler Geofirma Engineering Ltd

Robert Walsh is a Geological Engineering Consultant with a broad experience in numerical modeling. He studied Civil Engineering at the University of Alberta and continued with graduate studies in Germany, where he studied coupled thermal, hydraulic and mechanical processes in rock. In his early career, he focused on solving the problem of safe disposal of radioactive waste with an emphasis on the production and transport of radioactive gases in a waste repository setting. More recently Dr. Walsh has had a leading role in a multi-year effort to model the effect of increased delta pressure in a large number of gas storage reservoirs. He continues to have a broad practice area, recently working in the area of petroleum wellbore integrity, where he has developed models for gas seepage in wellbores, and has played a key role in writing a technology roadmap to improve sealing performance of hydrocarbon wells.