Travis Baer

Travis Baer is an Engineering Specialist at the San Antonio District Office, Field Operations, Oil & Gas Division of the Railroad Commission of Texas. Baer’s expertise includes well construction, design and plugging, oil and gas waste management, Railroad Commission oil and gas rules and regulations and reservoir modeling. His three years of well-rounded experience at the Railroad Commission include evaluation of completion and plugging proposals as they pertain to statewide rules and regulations, technical application review and permit writing for oil and gas waste management facilities and activities and participation in rulemaking for well casing, cementing, drilling and well control. His primary focus and duties have been on oil and gas well drilling, completion and production operations in the Eagle Ford Shale and south-central Texas region. Baer earned an Outstanding Service award by the RRC in Fiscal Year 2012 for his role in providing technical assistance and training to new employees in Surface Waste Management while taking on his new duties in the Field Operations. Baer is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and is the Commission representative for the Environmentally Friendly Drilling program run by Texas A & M University and the Houston Advanced Research Center. He graduated in December 2008 with a BS in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

Contact Information: Travis.Baer@rrc.state.tx.us; 210-227-4822