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
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