Karen Olson, MS
Karen Olson has her own consulting firm, Olson & Turner Enterprises LLC, specializing in completion designs and optimization in unconventionals, EGS and offshore deepwater GOM. Ms. Olson has been a Completion/Reservoir Engineer for over 40 years, starting her career as a Frac Engineer for The Western Company of North America. She has also worked at Holditch and Associates, Mobil, BP and Southwestern Energy where she was the Technology Director.
Karen holds a BS degree in Petroleum Engineering from LSU and a MS degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M. She has been honored as a Distinguished Alumni Graduate in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M and currently serves on the Texas A&M Petroleum Engineering Department Industry Advisory Board. Karen is also a Member of the Utah Forge STAT committee and the past SPE Completions Technical Director (2021-24) on the SPE International Board of Directors. She was a SPE Distinguished Lecturer in 2018-19 on Freshwater Neutral in unconventional reservoirs. Mrs. Olson serves on a variety of SPE conferences and Workshops organizing committees and is a Distinguished Member of SPE.