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Mark Pearson: 40 Years Advancing the Mining Industry

Founder of Liberty Resources, an expert in horizontal well technology development, and SPE Distinguished Member Mark Pearson has spent 40-plus years advancing the mining industry. Listen to Pearson’s oral history to learn about his contributions. Segment Synopsis: 00:00:15 Introduction 00:00:37 Founder of Liberty Resources 00:01:51 Camborne School of Mines – How My Interest in Rocks Turned into Mining Engineering 00:04:24 Going 10,000 feet Underground – Searching to Apply What I’d Learned in University 00:06:28 Going on to Grad School – Learning How to Turn Engineering Theory into a Real Application 00:08:32 My PhD Thesis – Hands-on Well Construction & Hydraulic Fracturing Experience 00:11:24 How a Visit Became 40 Years in the US – Moving from the UK & Joining Gulf Oil 00:14:06 My First Frack Job – Assessing Horizontal Wells for the Future of the Oil Industry 00:17:25 Joining the Technology Research Center at Atlantic Richfield Company 00:21:44 Horizontal Drilling Technology – A Great Technical Success, but an Economic Failure 00:23:39 One Paper a Year for SPE Conferences – A Chance to Discuss My Work Among My Peers 00:26:57 A Name in High Permeability Fracturing – A New Application of 40-Year-Old Technology 00:30:28 Optimizing Fracking in Alaska – Learning & Applying My Core Expertise in Wells 00:35:05 SPE Distinguished Lecturer on 30 Years of Horizontal Well Technology Development 00:39:54 Technology Awards & 12 Years with ARCO – Celebrating My Technical Achievements 00:42:20 A Rewarding Time – Professor at the Colorado School of Mines & CEO at Carbo Ceramics 00:45:33 Starting My First E&P Company, Golden Energy 00:48:39 Moving on to the Bakken – Producing 2,000 Barrels of Oil A Day 00:51:47 The Start of the Liberty Companies 00:55:31 Starting New Initiatives with SPE & Contributing to the Mission to Disseminate Technology 00:59:47 Make an Impact with SPE – Be Excited, Have Passion & Find Your Niche 01:02:13 Career Mentoring – Be Intentional About Planning Your Career 01:04:34 40-plus Years in the Mining Industry – A Career Connected to Great Teams & People 01:08:32 A Thank You to Pearson’s Contributions That Have Advanced the Mining Industry To learn more about Mark Pearson, please visit: https://aimehq.org/what-we-do/oral-hi... Copyright © 2025 - American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers. Photo credits: Mark Pearson Camborne School of Mines by Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Music by: Instrumental Background Music (www.instrumentalbgm.com) Edited By: BCC Live Category Science & Technology