Research
Ongoing Theses
Student Name |
Degree |
Proposed Thesis Title |
| John Akinboyewa | Ph.D. | |
| Najeeb Alharthy | Ph.D. | Modeling proper physics of flow in shale gas and liquid rich shales - A numerical modeling study |
| Jeffrey Brown | Ph.D. | |
| Somayeh Karimi | Ph.D. | |
| Mehdi Izadi Kamouei | Ph.D. | |
| Basak Kurtoglu | Ph.D. | Integrated Reservoir Characterization and Modeling in Support of Enhanced Oil Recovery for Bakken |
| Mehmet Torcuk | Ph.D. |
Accomplished Theses
Student Name |
Degree |
Thesis Title |
Year |
| Bjorn Ostebo | M.Sc. | Mixed Five-Point Nine-Point Formulation of Multiphase Flow in Petroleum Reservoirs |
1990 |
| Kenneth D. Wolcott | M.Sc. | Mixed Five-Point/Nine-Point Formulation of Multiphase Flow in Petroleum Reservoirs Using the Fully Implicit Solution Technique |
1991 |
| Ali A. Shinta | Ph.D. | A Novel Numerical Simulation Approach for Characterization of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs |
1992 |
| Hassan Sulaiman A. Naji | Ph.D. | Finite Difference and Control-Volume Finite Element Simulation of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs |
1993 |
| Andrew L. Prestridge | Ph.D. | Modeling of Gel Conformance Treatments in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs |
1996 |
| Yousef Kh.S. Hashem | M.Sc. | Verification of Pseudostabilization Time in Gas Deliverability Testing |
1994 |
| Donald S. Wolcott | Ph.D. | Practical Methods for Minimizing Grid Orientation in Reservoir Simulators |
1996 |
| Hugo Araujo N | Ph.D. | Numerical Modeling of Pressure Transient Tests in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Using Stochastic Conditional Simulation |
1997 |
| Yousef Kh.S. Hashem | Ph.D. | Explicit Composition Implicit Pressure and Saturation Simulation of Dual-Porosity/Permeability Reservoirs |
1998 |
| Victor H. Arana O | Ph.D. | Diffusion and Convective Mixing of Components in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs |
2001 |
| Hassan Ahmad Alkandari | Ph.D. | Numerical Simulation of Gas-Oil Gravity Drainage for Centrifuge Experiments and Scaled Reservoir Matrix Blocks |
2002 |
| Mohammad Farooq Al-Matrook | M.Sc. | An Improved Two-Component Simulation of Black Oil, Volatile Oil, and Gas Condensate Reservoirs |
2002 |
| Carlos Alberto (Pereira) Tavares | M.Sc. | Combined Effect of Non-Darcy Flow and Formation Damage on Gas Well Performance in Dual-Porosity/Dual-Permeability Reservoirs |
2003 |
| Jaime Eduardo Moreno | M.Sc. | Streamline Simulation of Counter-Current Water-Oil Flow in Dual-Porosity Naturally Fractured Reservoirs |
2004 |
| Mohammad Saad Al-Kobaisi | M.Sc. | Pressure-Transient Response of aTransverse Finite-Conductivity Fracture Intercepted by A Horizontal Well |
2005 |
| Adetayo Balogun | M.Sc. | An Improved Water-Oil Transfer-Function for Dual-Porosity/Dual-Permeability System |
2005 |
| Victor Orlando Salazar | M.Sc. | Improved Heavy Oil Recovery in a Foamy Heavy Oil Reservoir Using SAGD Technology |
2005 |
| Mohammad Al-Matrook | Ph.D. | Multi-Scale Formulation and Simulation of Three-Phase Flow with Interphase Mass Transfer |
2006 |
| Safian Atan | Ph.D. | Multiscale Multimesh Numerical Simulation for Two-Phase Flow in Highly Heterogeneous Reservoirs |
2007 |
| Benjamin Ramirez | M.Sc. | Gas Condensate non-Darcy Flow Effects in Dual-Porosity, Dual-Permeability of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs |
2007 |
| Can Yetkin | M.Sc. | Simulation of Permeability Anisotropy to Reduce Grid Orientation Effects |
2007 |
| Osama Raba | M.Sc. | The Effects of Small Conductivity Near-Wellbore Natural Fractures on Three-Phase Performance of Long Horizontal Wells |
2008 |
| Hector Augusto Wills | Ph.D. | 3D Numerical Investigation of Hydraulic Fracture Cleanup Processes |
2009 |
| Ali Al Binali | M.Sc. | Finite Difference Formulation of Coupled Geomechanics and Fluid Flow for Reservoir Engineering Applications
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2009 |
| Najeeb Alharthy | M.Sc. | Energy Gain Efficiency Using Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage |
2009 |
| John Akinboyewa | M.Sc. | Compositional Thermal Simulation of Expanding Solvent-Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage in Heavy Oil Reservoirs |
2010 |
| Benjamin A Ramirez | Ph.D. | Multiscale Compositional Simulation of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs |
2010 |
| Mohammad Al-Kobaisi | Ph.D. | Control Volume Mixed Finite Element and Finite Difference Simulation of Water-Oil Flow in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs |
2010 |
| Omar Al-Nahdi | Ph.D. | Compositional Modeling of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs using Mixed Finite-Element |
2010 |
| Ajab M. Al-Otaibi | Ph.D. | Pressure Transient Behavior of Vertical Wells Accounting for Non-Darcy Flow in Porous and Fractured Reservoirs |
2010 |
| Ali Al-Sumaiti | Ph.D. | Numerical and Experimental Modeling of Double Displacement Oil Recovery in Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs |
2011 |
| Ayyoub Eghistadi Heris | Ph.D. | Integrated Flow Simulation and Time-Lapse Seismic Reservoir Characterization in Conjunction with an Enhanced Oil Recovery Project, Postle Field, TexasCounty, Oklahoma |
2011 |
| Baharak Barzegar Alamdari | Ph.D. | Viability of Matrix-Fracture Transfer Functions for Dilute Surfactant-Augmented Waterflooding in Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs |
2011 |
| Mojtaba Kiani | Ph.D. | Field Pilot Testing of EOR Surfactant in Dual-Porosity Naturally Fractured Reservoirs: Single-Well vs. Multiple-Well Approach |
2011 |
| Sarinya Charoenwongsa | Ph.D. | Numerical simulation of the 3-D Hydraulic Fracturing Process, Cleanup and Relevant Physics |
2011 |
| Luis Zerpa | Ph.D. | A Practical Model to Predict Gas Hydrate Formation, Dissociation and Transportability in Oil and Gas Flowlines | 2013 |
| Mehmet Torcuk | M.Sc. | Analytical Solutions for Multiple-Matrix in Fractured Reservoirs: Application to Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs | 2013 |
| Perapon Fakcharoenphol | Ph.D. | A coupled flow and geomechanics model for enhanced oil and gas recovery in shale fomations | 2013 |