MPGE 2015 Status Report

THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

2015 Status Report

MEWBOURNE SCHOOL OF PETROLEUM & GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

The mission of the Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering is to provide our students with educational experiences which allow them the opportunity to develop technical competence and intellectual perspective to function effectively in and continue professional growth during their careers. These experiences occur primarily through research, innovative classroom instruction, lab experiences, and student mentoring.

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Students & Academics

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Enrollment

represented in MPGE, with China and Saudi Arabia claiming the highest numbers.

Table 1.1 MPGE Enrollment Demographics* 2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

354

434

428

483

586

797

966

1098

Seniors

106

124

163

221

223

254

307

329

Juniors

59

103

116

93

111

144

156

220

Sophomores

76

98

73

85

117

140

196

225

113

109

76

84

135

259

307

324

211

249

235

287

324

421

505

543

Non-­‐Resident

88

108

106

106

144

247

307

378

InternaBonal

55

77

87

90

118

127

152

177

287

349

360

408

495

688

822

955

67

85

68

75

91

109

144

155

217

251

244

268

301

438

633

636

African American

16

19

17

25

23

36

45

45

Hispanic

12

17

18

24

30

46

75

78

Asian

13

20

25

29

39

47

72

46

American Indian

26

32

19

25

21

26

36

33

Other/Not ReporBng

70

95

105

129

173

129

188

205

MulB-­‐Race

0

0

0

0

0

38

44

55

Pacific Islander

0

0

0

0

0

3

1

0

TOTAL UNDERGRADUATES UNIVERSITY CLASSIFICATION

Freshmen

As we have witnessed over the course of a decade, undergraduate enrollment has continued to rise in MPGE. This year gave us a new record high of 1098 students for the fall semester, a 14% increase over last year’s total, with a freshman class of 324 students. Only two other programs have a greater undergraduate enrollment than OU in petroleum engineering, Louisiana State University and Texas Tech. This increase in enrollment has propelled MPGE to become the largest academic unit on the Norman campus.

Table 1.1 illustrates the demographics for MPGE since 2008.

Non-resident enrollment has been steadily on the rise and now accounts for 34% of MPGE undergraduate enrollment; 23% of our total enrollment is from Texas. International student representation within our undergraduate program has slid from 20% between 2010-2012. It has remained at 16% for the past three years. Twenty-nine countries are

RESIDENCY Oklahoma

GENDER Male Female IPEDS ETHNICITY & RACE White

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OU and MPGE continue to attract National Merit Scholars to our program. This year, twenty-nine National Merit Scholars are petroleum engineering students. This gives MPGE the distinction of having the largest concentration of National Merit Scholars on OU’s campus.

National Merit Scholars in MPGE

30 22.5 15 7.5 2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

0 2012

2013

2014

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Graduation & Placement

Graduating) Seniors 100

80

60

40

20

0 US)&)International) Students)obtaining)full) time) employment

Number/of/Graduates

US)Students)still)seeking) employment

Students)planning)on) Graduate)School

Intl)Students)still)seeking) employment

180 160

2012

2013

2014

2015

140

time employment, 9 will be attending graduate school, and 26 are still job seeking. In comparison, 105 students graduated from MPGE’s undergraduate program in May ’14; 83 accepted full-time employment (60 prior to graduation), 10 went on to grad school, and 12 were not employed. MPGE staff will continue to follow-up with this year’s gradating seniors on their employment status.

120 100 80 60 40 20 0 2012

2013

2014 Undergrad

2015

Graduate

As would be expected with increasing enrollment, MPGE has seen a rise in the number of students graduating from its programs each year. A majority of these students have accepted jobs contingent on graduation. As of April 2, 2015, of the 102 seniors graduating in May ’15, 67 have accepted full-

In addition to tracking employment of our seniors, we track student internships. Internships play an integral role in preparing our students for full-time employment by providing real world experience and the opportunity to network within the industry, and are a requirement of the program. Of this year’s 178 juniors, 93 have accepted internships for Summer 2015.

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FULLVTIME+EMPLOYMENT+BY+EMPLOYER

Percent4of4Juniors4 with4Internships

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Saudi+Aramco Schlumberger Devon ConocoPhillips

100%

Chesapeake Apache

Placement4 Percentage

90%

Mewbourne+Oil

80%

Continental+Resources

70%

Halliburton

60%

Helmerich+ &+Payne

Exxon/XTO

2010

Anadarko 2011

Questar/QEP

50%

BP+

2012

Chevron

40%

EnCana

2013

Linn+Energy

30%

Sonangol

2014

Cimarex+ Energy

20%

Denbury+Resources

2015

Samson+Resources

10%

SandRidge Weatherford

0%

Baker+ Hughes

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

EOG Marathon Newfield OXY PetroVietnam

Internships-by-Company 0

5

10

15

20

25

Mewbourne-Oil-Company Apache ConocoPhillips Devon-Energy Continental-Resources SandRidge Halliburton Marathon Chesapeake- Energy Denbury-Resources

2011

Linn-Energy Saudi-Aramco EOG-Resources Pioneer-Natural- Resources

2012

2013

2014

Anadarko 2015 Exxon/XTO Baker- Hughes Shell Helmerich- &-Payne Chevron Cimarex BP Unit-Drilling Samson Questar/QEP WPX-Energy

Amanda Knaup, Baker Hughes, internship Summer 2014

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James Moran, XTO Energy internship, Summer 2014

Faye Riley, BP internship, Summer 2014

Madeline Bull, Chevron internship, Summer 2014

Kirke Suter, BP internship, Summer 2014

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Scholarships

MPGE is fortunate to have generous alumni and industry friends who believe strongly in enriching the future of the industry by providing educational opportunities through scholarships. For the 2014-15 academic year, 275 students were awarded funding through 57 scholarship funds totaling $803,300. MPGE scholarships are based solely on academic merit--students must have a GPA of 3.2 or higher in order to qualify. Students who have been selected as Mewbourne Leadership Scholars (MLS) receive funding for four years of study in the program and opportunities for internships with Mewbourne Oil Company. MPGE also recognizes the National Merit Scholars who have chosen OU and our petroleum engineering program from amongst the numerous options they had available to them. Each year they remain in the program as a National Merit Scholar, MPGE awards them $3,500. Additionally, the Oklahoma Energy Resource Board (OERB) provides many scholarships each year. Currently, 51 MPGE students benefit from OERB scholarships.

Table 4.1 2014-15 Scholarship Breakdown #

MPGE

MLS

OERB

TOTAL

Freshman

16

$31,500

$32,000

$0

$63,500

Sophomore

73

$122,000

$40,000

$22,500

$184,500

Junior

105

$176,500

$30,000

$66,000

$272,500

Senior

77

$180,500

$21,000

$72,500

$274,000

Transfer

4

$8,800

$0

$0

$8,800

TOTAL

275

$519,300

$94,200

$161,000

$803,300

2014

276

$495,300

$11,800

$108,500

$615,600

2013

233

$467,800

$47,000

$111,500

$626,300

2012

230

$308,500

$58,000

$114,500

$481,000

2011

166

$410,000

$62,000

$58,000

$530,000

2010

193

$331,500

$81,500

$117,500

$530,500

2014-15 Female Scholarship Recipients 15 11.25 7.5 3.75 0

Fr

So

Jr

Sr

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Curriculum Improvements

three or more of the six prerequisite courses must meet a minimum retention GPA of 3.25 in those courses.

Fall 2014

During the 2013-14 academic year, MPGE began to examine ways to address the increasing enrollment numbers. Some schools were deciding to place maximum capacities on their programs. To meet the demand, MPGE renovated and increased capacities in laboratories and classrooms, added faculty, and instituted a Professional Program application process which requires students to meet a set of qualifiers before they would be allowed to take 3000-level petroleum engineering coursework.

In order to apply for the Professional Program, students must have a minimum OU retention and combined GPA of 2.50 and have successfully completed six prerequisite courses: Calculus I, Calculus II, Chemistry I, Chemistry II, Physics I, and Intro to Physical Geology. Students who transfer no more than two of these six courses into OU must earn a minimum retention GPA in these courses of 3.0; students transferring

Applicants

40

Admitted

21

Conditionally Admitted*

13

Denied

6

Spring 2015 Applicants

248

Admitted

143

Conditionally Admitted*

62

Denied

35

*Conditionally Admitted students are students whose grades are very close to the cut-off, however, to make the fairest assessment, their final grades for the semester are needed to determine if they meet the qualifications for admittance to the Professional Program or not.

Approximately 85% of applicants have been admitted or conditionally admitted, as detailed in the above table.

Of those who were conditionally admitted Fall 2014, after reviewing their grades, nine were admitted and four were denied.

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In addition to implementing the professional program to address increasing enrollment, MPGE’s Undergraduate Committee reviewed the flow of our curriculum in order to improve attrition rates. Course prerequisites were reviewed and updated to allow students to navigate through the program without unnecessary delays in graduation. Not only has this improved attrition in just its first year, but it also has allowed MPGE to project future enrollment more accurately.

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S ECTION 5

Graduate Programs

MPGE offers the following graduate degrees: • • • • •

M.S. Petroleum Engineering M.S. Geological Engineering M.S. Natural Gas Engineering and Management Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Ph.D. Geological Engineering

the past three years. This substantially broadens the scope of courses we can offer in addition to the research possibilities that come with each new faculty member.

In Spring 2013, we instituted an accelerated 5-year B.S./M.S. program in Petroleum Engineering to attract and retain high quality undergraduate students into MPGE’s graduate studies, and, also, to increase enrollment of American students in our graduate program. Spring 2014 saw the first group of applications to the program. Of the 28 students who applied, five were accepted. Those students are currently completing their programs of study. This program is an excellent way for MPGE undergraduate students to gain a competitive edge in the oil and gas industry at a minimal investment in time and cost.

GRADUATE( PROGRAM( ENROLLMENT 140 120

Currently, 89 M.S. students and 26 Ph.D. students are enrolled and represent over 20 different countries. 10% of enrolled students are Residents of Oklahoma, 4% NonResident, and 86% are International. Of the total graduate enrollment, 21% of students are female.

We have continued to enhance the quality of our students’ experience within our graduate programs. In delivering highquality education and involvement in research, we attract top talent into our programs, including six faculty members over

100 80 60 40 20 0 2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

11

We continue to be competitive in our application process, but are pleased to be able to offer funding to 90% of our students.

M.S.$Acceptance$Rates$ 400

Students get first-hand research and publication experience by working closely with faculty in the program. Table 5.1 displays the number of publications faculty have authored and the number with joint student authorship.

14%

350

12%

300

TABLE 5.1: NUMBER OF MPGE PUBLICATIONS AND STUDENT AUTHORSHIPS

10%

250

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

8%

2014

77 (57)

31 (23)

6%

2013

81 (71)

41 (36)

200 150 4%

100

Numbers in parenthesis represent the number of published papers in which students were named as authors.

2%

50 0

0% 2011

2012

2013 #+ Applicants

2014

%+Accepted

Ph.D.%Acceptance%Rates 80

12%

70

10%

60 8%

50 40

6%

30

4%

20 2%

10 0

In addition to the experience students receive working closely with faculty on research, a program exists that is similar to our 5-year Accelerated B.S./M.S., sponsored by BakerHughes: 21st Century Co-operative Program, that allows students to work closely with industry professionals and network with their peers across disciplines to achieve project goals. Students apply to the program during their sophomore year. Those selected will intern throughout their undergraduate years at Baker-Hughes facilities. During their fifth year, students will complete their M.S. coursework along with a project. There are currently five MPGE students taking part in this program.

Natural Gas Engineering & Management

0% 2011

2012

2013 #, Applicants

%,Accepted

2014

The Natural Gas Engineering and Management (NGEM) program currently has sixteen students enrolled in it, fourteen 12

students are from outside of the U.S. One unique factor of the students enrolled in NGEM is that 31% of the students are female--the highest percentage of women in any of MPGE’s programs.

Beginning in Fall ’15, new options will be available within the NGEM program. We have been approved to offer our M.S. in NGEM via distance learning, and we will also have available, both on-campus and on-line, a Certificate in Natural Gas Technology. Both the M.S. and Certificate will operate in an identical manner whether the student is seeking the oncampus or on-line option. The advantage the on-line options provide is to allow working adults to continue to work within the natural gas industry full-time while pursuing additional education to benefit not only their own careers but the companies they work for.

Ashish Mathur

The certificate program consists of 15 credit hours. Should a student decide to then seek an M.S. NGEM, nine of those hours would be able to be transferred into that degree program.

Xiaochun Jin

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S ECTION 6

Student Life

Jordan Stone, and Connor Walters were coached by Carl Sondergeld and Deepak Devegowda. In addition to their second place win, team member Son Dang was selected as the 2014 MVP from amongst all the competitors.

MPGE students have wide variety of activities to participate in throughout the year that not only allows for fun and fellowship with their peers but, also, gives them the opportunity to polish professional skills and network with industry members.

Five student organizations serve our students and provide such opportunities through their programing: OU Society of Petroleum Engineers, OU American Association of Drilling Engineers, OU Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts, Pi Epsilon Tau, and, our newest organization, Women in Petroleum and Geological Engineering.

Our students also build upon their classroom experience and knowledge through participation in competitions. OU’s Petrobowl team has a long history of excellence. This year our team placed second at the championships held in Amsterdam.

Team memebers Son Dang, Bryce Fugate, Daniel Rennix, 14

Three MPGE students and one Energy Management student participated in the Alberta Energy Challenge. Bryce Fugate, Faye Reiley, Kirke Suter, and Avery Marczewski finished third at this year’s competition held in Edmonton, Alberta.

2015 Student Achievement Award Winners Outstanding Senior: Kreg Flowers Outstanding Junior: Zeeneb Alsaihati Tool Pusher: Gavin Edington & Aarron Large Outstanding M.S. Student: Son Dang Outstanding Ph.D. Student: Ali Ousseini Tinni

We were also pleased to have three of our students move into the finals for BP’s Ultimate Field Trip competition. Madeline Bull, Amanda Knaup, and Charlie McDaniel presented their idea “Replacing Freshwater Sources used in Oilfield Operations with Polished Municipal Wastewater.”

Not only are our students leaders within MPGE but, also, across OU’s campus. This year’s student government president, Kunal Naik, is a sophomore in our program. In addition, MPGE students serve on Integrity Council, the Pride of Oklahoma, and are members of over fifty different student organizations.

Dr. Sondergeld presents the Tool Pusher Award to Gavin Edington and Aarron Large.

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2015 Graduates

Shantanu Taneja Naeem Ul Hussain Wyatt Wick* Boye Xu M.S. Natural Gas Engineering & Management Adriana Contreras Guiyu Zhang B.S. Petroleum Engineering

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Youness El Fadili Kai Huang M.S. Petroleum Engineering Aditya Agarwal Mohammed Alali Mehmet Cicek Son Dang Kaverinathan Dhanapal Abishek Govindu Samuel Ijioma Amir Kamali Marissa Mercado* Swetal Patel Testi Sherif

Connor Aitken Abasiama Akpan Hussain Al Abdrabalnabi Eyad Al Ali Hussain Al Khars Adam Alawwami Ali Alhubail Mohammad Aljubran Mustafa Alkhowaildi Hussain Alqanbar Abdulaziz Alsuhaimi Mohammed Alyami Jessica Arrowood Erick Atlee Matthew Barber Jared Benyshek Brandon Bolt Hunter Burke 16

Jonah Burks Adin Burns Bilal Cheema David Chen Li Chen Stephen Christy Andrew Cochran Blake Cooper Justin Cox Brendan Donnelly Fei Du Maurice Dukes Gavin Edington Taylor Enis Daniel Flippin Kreg Flowers Shelby Foster Daniel Glen Jackson Haffener Lexington Halbert Brigette Haley Madison Haley Lauren Hall Jeremy Harvard Aaron Hausher Wesley Herron Daniel Hinson Jenna Huchton

Nick Ingraham Benjamin Jennette Eric Jensen Zhiyi Jing Ian Johnecheck John Kibe Taylor Kovacevich David Krisa Avery Lain Aarron Large Henry Le Nanxi Li** Brittney Linster Jarrod Lock Kahnery Mai Ashkan Massahi Alex Mathieson Roman Mauer Matthew Mayes Andrew McIntosh Andrew McMillan Byeungju Min Colin Murray David Neat Davis Neeper Kyle Neff Dominic Palmieri John Pham

Harrison Powell Greyson Psencik Faye Reiley Jarrett Richert William Robson Courtlan Roland Dana Ryan William Saint David Schlinke John Sealy Nikhil Shah Jordan Smith Charles Stephenson Kirke Suter Erin Talley Jarrett Taylor Paul Thetford Brandon Tolbert Anh Tran Huy Tran Connor Walker Connor Walters Michael Wiggins Jonathan Willinger Yang Zhou Qinqiang Zhu

*Accelerated BS/MS Program **Accelerated BS PE/MBA Program

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Faculty & Research

S ECTION 1

FACULTY

Faculty Roster

FACULTY

INTERESTS

Ramadan Ahmed, Associate Professor • Cudngs/solids transport • B.S., Addis Ababa University • Drilling fluid rheology and wellbore • M.S., Norwegian Univ. of Science & Tech. hydraulics • Ph.D., Norwegian Univ. of Science & Tech. • Under-­‐balanced drilling & MPD • Well control Jeff Callard, Associate Professor • B.S., University of Oklahoma • M.S., Stanford University • Ph.D., Louisiana State University

• Decline curve analysis • Shale gas

Faruk Civan, Professor • M.E., Technical University of Istanbul • M.S., University of Texas at AusZn • Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

• Petrophysics & reservoir characterizaZon • FormaZon and well damage modeling • Natural gas engineering

Deepak Devegowda, Associate Professor • B.Tech. Indian InsZtute of Technology • M.S., Texas A&M University • Ph.D., Texas A&M University

• Reservoir characterizaZon • Uncertainty assessment • GeostaZsZcs • UnconvenZonal oil & gas reservoir engineering

Ilham El-­‐Monier, Instructor • B.Sc., University of Cairo • M.S., University of Cairo • Ph.D., Texas A&M University

• Well test analysis • Decline & type curve analysis • History matching • FormaZon damage • Enhanced oil recovery • Petrophysics • Hydraulic fracturing

INTERESTS

Mashhad Fahes, Assistant Professor • B.Sc., The Lebanese University • Ph.D., Imperial College London

• Gas-­‐Condensate reservoir producZvity • MulZphase flow in porous media • We^ability studies

Ahmad Ghassemi, Professor • B.S., University of Oklahoma • M.S., South Dakota School of Mines • M.S., University of Minnesota • Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

• Geomechanics applied to petroleum and geothermal reservoir development • Modeling of hydraulic fracturing & faulZng • ReacZve fluid flow in fractures and consZtuZve modeling for chemically acZve rocks

Ahmad Jamili, Assistant Professor • B . S c . , P e t r o l e u m U n i v e r s i t y o f Technology • M.Sc., Amirkabir Polytechnic University of Technolgy • Ph.D., University of Kansas

• CO2 EOR • Phase behavior • ComposiZonal modeling • Naturally fractured reservoirs

Rouzbeh Moghanloo, Assistant Professor • B.Sc., Amirkabir Polytechnic University of Technology • M.Sc., Amirkabir Polytechnic University of Technology • Ph.D., University of Texas at AusZn

• Modeling fluid flow • Enhanced oil recovery • fracZonal flow theory • MulZphase flow in heterogeneous porous media

Maysam Pournik, Assistant Professor • M.Eng., University of Birmingham • M.S., University of Texas at AusZn • Ph.D., Texas A&M University

• Matrix acidizing & acid fracturing • Hydraulic fracturing • Mechanics of fracture closure

Chandra Rai, Professor & Director • B.S., Indian School of Mines • M.S., Indian School of Mines • Ph.D., University of Hawaii

• FormaZon evaluaZon • Rock and mineral physics • Reservoir characterizaZon • Petrophysics

Ahmad Sakhaee-­‐Pour, Assistant Professor • B.Sc., Iran University of Science and Technology • M.Sc., Sharif University of Technology • Ph.D., University of Texas at AusZn

• UnconvenZonal resources • Coupled Geomechanics and Flow • Petrophysics • Integrated Reservoir CharacterizaZon

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FACULTY Subhash Shah, Professor • B.S., University of Baroda • M.S., University of New Mexico • Ph.D., University of New Mexico

INTERESTS • Drilling and well compleZons • SZmulaZon • Coiled tubing applicaZons • Non-­‐Newtonian fluid characterizaZon

Suresh Sharma, Professor & Director, • Natural gas processing Natural Gas Engineering & Management • Field producZon technology • B.S., Punjab University • Oil/gas project management • M.Tech., Indian InsZtute of Technology • Ph.D., PE/NGE University of Oklahoma

EMERITUS FACULTY

INTERESTS

Roy Knapp, Professor Emeritus • B.S., University of Kansas • M.S., University of Kansas • D.E., University of Kansas

• Microbial enhanced oil recovery • Reservoir simulaZon & engineering

Jean-­‐Claude Roegiers, Professor Emeritus • B.S., Universite de Liege • Ph.D., University of Minnesota

• Borehole stability • Pore collapse mechanism • Fracture toughness of rock

Djebbar Tiab, Professor Emeritus • B.Sc., New Mexico Tech • M.Sc., New Mexico Tech • Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

• Well test analysis • Petrophysics • Reservoir characterizaZon

Bor-­‐Jier Shiau, Associate Professor • B.S., Chung Yuan ChrisZan University • M.S., University of Oklahoma • B.S., University of Oklahoma

Bor-­‐Jier Shiau, Associate Professor • B.S., Chung Yuan ChrisZan University • M.S., University of Oklahoma • B.S., University of Oklahoma

Carl Sondergeld, Professor • B.A., Queens College • M.A., Queens College • Ph.D., Cornell University

• Rock mechanics • AcousZc emissions • Rock physics • Petrophysics

Kabe Shearer • B.A., University of Oklahoma • M.A., University of Oklahoma

• U n i ve rs i t y o f O k l a h o m a E n g l i s h Department, WriZng Instructor • L e c t u r e r : P E 3 0 2 2 T e c h n i c a l CommunicaZons

Catalin Teodoriu, Associate Professor • M.Sc., Oil and Gas University of PloiesZ • Ph.D., Oil and Gas University of PloiesZ • Ph.D., Clausthal University of Technology

• Drilling technology • Soiware Development • Drilling problem and failure analysis • Threaded ConnecZons

Keith Thomas • B.A., Oklahoma State University • J.D., University of Oklahoma

Xingru Wu, Associate Professor • B.Sc., China Petroleum University • M.Sc., University of Alaska, Fairbanks • Ph.D., University of Texas

• Physics of mulZphase flow in permeable media • Enhanced hydrocarbon recovery • Reservoir characterizaZon • Geothermal recovery

• Oklahoma CorporaZon Commission, Assistant General Counsel • Judge • L e c t u r e r : P E 4 0 3 3 O i l , G a s & Environmental Law

Zhen Zhu • B.B.A., People’s University of China • M.A., Bowling Green State University • Ph.D., University of Michigan

• University of Central Oklahoma, Professor of Economics and InternaZonal Business • Lecturer: PE 5643 Natural Gas Finance: ValuaZon and Investment; PE 5653 Trading Risk Management

SPLIT APPOINTMENT FACULTY

INTERESTS

Younane Abousleiman, Professor • B.S., The American University of Beirut • M.S., Columbia University • Ph.D., University of Delaware

• PoroelasZc media • Reservoir compacZon • Inclined boreholes

Musharraf Zaman, Professor • B . S . , B a n g l a d e s h U n i v e r s i t y o f Engineering Technology • M.S., Memphis State University • Ph.D., University of Arizona

• Geotechnical engineering • Soil dynamics • Soil structure interacZon • Flow through porous media

ADJUNCT FACULTY

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Faculty Teaching & Research Overview

MPGE Research Expenditures by Year 2003 2004 2005 2006

This year, MPGE added two faculty, Ahmad Sakhaee-Pour and Catalin Teodoriu, which brings our total to 6 Professors, 6 Associate Professors, 5 Assistant Professors, 1 Lecturer, 2 Split-Faculty, and 3 Adjunct Professors. In addition, there are three Emeritus Professors within the School and one visiting professor this year, Freddy Humberto-Escobar, an alumnus of our program.

For the 2014 academic year, these professors: • taught 80 sections of PE courses • published 45 technical papers in peer reviewed journals • presented 48 conference proceedings in 18 cities throughout 8 countries • operated 38 active research projects • operated 7 active consortia with a total of 38 industry members • provided service cumulatively in 173 capacities

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 0

1250

2500

3750

5000

Expenditures x $1,000 21

Two faculty were recognized by their peers for professional accomplishments and contributions to their fields of study.

Dr. Faruk Civan received SPE’s Reservoir Description and Dynamics Award, and Dr. Subhash Shah was named as a Fellow by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Subhash Shah recognized for being named an AIChE Fellow.

Faruk Civan accepting his award.

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S ECTION 3

Consortia

Research in the Mewbourne School is performed primarily as part of consortia sponsored by industry members, research projects sponsored by national agencies like the DOE, and sponsored projects by individual companies. The following brief summaries provide an indication of the breadth of research performed within the School.

C OILED T UBING C ONSORTIUM (S UBHASH S HAH ) One of the major research areas currently underway at the Well Construction Technology Center (WCTC) deals with the evolving technology of coiled tubing (CT). The deployment of CT units has been on the rise internationally.

The University of Oklahoma is on the fore-front of this evolving technology.

A joint-industry Coiled Tubing Consortium (CTC) was established in 1997 to conduct research in various CT areas and to help the oil and gas industry for their CT needs. The cutting-edge research on

fluids pumped through coiled tubing for various applications is being conducted at the center. Through the research efforts of the consortium, a large database and correlations for determining the frictional pressure losses and complex rheological behavior of non-Newtonian fluids and foams representing popular drilling, completion, and stimulation fluids pumped through reeled and straight portions of coiled tubing strings, as well as concentric and eccentric annuli have been developed. These correlations are currently used in computer simulation models by all participants to provide reliable estimates of the tubular friction pressure losses (hence, horsepower estimates) for fluids typically used in the oil and gas industry. It has helped participants in better design of coiled tubing treatments and also has reduced uncertainty in field operations employing coiled tubing. It has provided a great economic benefit by improving the success rate of their treatments.

In addition to the friction pressure loss studies, the other relevant research areas such as drag or friction reduction in various tubular geometries; proppant slurry flows; coiled tubing erosion due to proppant slurry flow; hydraulics of wire-line cable injection in coiled tubing; wellbore sand cleanout/drill cuttings removal, etc. are also being investigated. To better design future experiments and thereby reducing time and cost of performing labor-intensive fieldscale testing, extensive Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software simulations are routinely performed.

These simulations also enable into insight of better understanding of 23

the experimental observations on fluid flow phenomena studied at WCTC. As a result of our continued research in the newly evolving technology, OU’s Well Construction Technology Center (WCTC) is now recognized by the Oil and Gas Industry as the “Center of Excellence” for the Coiled Tubing Technology and Applications.

6 members; $40, 000/yr

S HALE G AS AND U NCONVENTIONAL R ESERVOIR R ESEARCH C OOPERATIVE (C ARL S ONDERGELD , C HANDRA R AI ) This consortium was formed four years ago to integrate all the multi-scale observational constraints to improve the efficiency of hydrocarbon extraction from shale. We are dealing with nano-scale modeling of flow in the organic and inorganic pores of shales. These insights are tested against macroscopic petrophysical properties measurements. We also have a parallel effort to analyze production decline curves for reservoir properties, fracture half length, effective permeabilities, etc. Additionally we are measuring a suite o f p e t r o p h y s i c a l p r o p e r t i e s o n d o n a t e d c o r e s to extend petrotyping to new plays. Simultaneously, we are exploring new technologies which show promise in their application to shales: scanning acoustic microscopy, nanoindentation and higher frequency NMR (12MHz).

Our research on crushed permeability measurements indicates they are useless primarily due to procedural

differences among and within service providers. Studies on standards so good agreement among low porosity techniques on plugs. We carry out hydraulic fracturing experiments to understand the stimulation processes and to make them more efficient. Recent high speed video imaging of fractures reveals details of textural variations and propagation velocities. Another principal focus is the FIB-SEM and SEM analysis of shale microstrucure and its dependence on maturity. A new research direction is hydrous pyrolysis through which we study the kinetics and microstructural development of maturing organics under controlled conditions. These efforts have lead to new techniques to measure organic density and maturity. Our overall goal is to link all these studies to more efficient hydrocarbon recovery from shale. We currently have nine new and three founding members participating.

8 members; $260,000/yr

E XPERIMENTAL R OCK P HYSICS C ONSORTIUM (C HANDRA R AI AND C ARL S ONDERGELD ) Six industry partners continue to support the integrated study of petrophysical and seismic properties of reservoir and seal rocks. This consortium has been ongoing to 10 years. Our emphasis is establishing the relationships among petrophysics properties and between petrophysical rock properties. We do this through basic research and case studies. Case studies are based on cores supplied by consortium members. A major theme of the consortium is to develop a quantitative basis for the interpretation of seismic and logging data and to improve 24

performance and economics through better reservoir characterization.

6 members; $35,000/yr

G EOMECHANICS G AS S HALE C ONSORTIUM (GGSC) P HASE IV; 2014-2017 (Y OUNANE A BOUSLEIMAN ) The Phase IV is planned to last through December 2016.

The GeoGenome Industry Consortium established in 2005, aiming at nanomechanics of shale and eventually gas shale, was renamed in 2010 by the industrial members.

Phase III finished in January 2014 and Phase IV has just started for three more years till January 2017.

4 members, $50,000/year

R OCK M ECHANICS C ONSORTIUM P HASE VII; 20132016 (Y OUNANE A BOUSLEIMAN )

also in terms of publications and field studies. With the collaboration and overlapping of these consortia, we were honored by two AAPG awards presented April 2012, in Long Beach, California.

8 members; $50,000/year

G RANITE W ASH C ONSORTIUM ; CPSGG: 80%, MPGE 20% (D EVEGOWDA ) The Granite Wash Consortium focuses on a multidisciplinary reservoir characterization and modeling workflow of the Pennsylvanian “Granite Wash” Anadarko Basin including improvement of the regional structural and stratigraphic framework, characterization and modeling of reservoir heterogeneity and connectivity, seismic characterization, micro-seismic and attribute analysis of reservoir stratigraphy and fractures as well as reservoir simulation, production data analysis and production optimization.

The Phase VII is planned to last through January 2016.

3 members; $45,000/yr

This consortium with the complementary Geomechanics of Gas Shale Consortium Phase III in place till December 2014, has taken a spin off on modeling analytical solutions to wellbore stability and hydraulic fracturing simulations in anisotropic rock formations such as gas shale. ABAQUS has been used extensively to validate numerical schemes accounting for more complex geometries for layered formation, simulating hydraulic fracture propagation, within gas shale rock anisotropy. These advances are now the trade mark of our products to industry members since 2010, and

M ISSISSIPPI L IME C ONSORTIUM , CPSGG 80%, MPGE 20% (D EVEGOWDA ) Info: The Mississippi Lime Consortium will focus on an integrated geological, geophysical and reservoir engineering study of the stratigraphic, structural and diagenetic controls on heterogeneity and productivity of the Mississippian carbonate, tripolite and associated reservoirs of the midcontinent.

3 members: $45,000/yr 25

S ECTION 4

AMOUNT

Active Projects The projects presented below represent those which were active during the 2014 calendar year.

AMOUNT

AGENCY

PROJECT TITLE

PI, %

TIME LINE

$332,633

QNRF

A d v a n c e d S t u d y o n Ahmed 67% R h e o l o g y o f M o d e r n Drilling Foams

3/2013 – 2/2016

$594,935

RPSEA

I n t e l l i g e n t C a s i n g -­‐ Ahmed 50% I n t e l l i g e n t F o r m a Bo n Telemetry (ICIFT) System

9/2012 – 8/2014

Effects of H2S and CO2 in Ahmed 50% HPHT Wells on Tubulars and Cement

9/2011 – 3/2015

SimulaBon of Shale Gas Civan 33% Reservoirs IncorporaBng Devegowda 33% Appropriate Pore Geometry and the Correct Physics of C a p i l l a r i t y a n d F l u i d Transport

2010 -­‐ 2014

$1,158,373 BSEE

$1,300,000 RPSEA

$245,000

Devon

$1,850,000 DOE -­‐ NETL

Integrated CharacterizaBon Devegowda 100% 2009 -­‐ 2014 of the Barnec Shale 4D Integrated Study Using Devegowda 30% G e o l o g y, G e o p h y s i c s , Reservoir Modeling & Rock M e c h a n i c s t o D e v e l o p Assessment Models for PotenBal Induced Seismicity Risk

AGENCY

PROJECT TITLE

PI, %

TIME LINE

$164,421

Devon Chesapeake QEP Energy

M i s s i s s i p p i L i m e ConsorBum

Devegowda 20%

2013 -­‐ 2015

$270,000

Devon Chesapeake QEP Energy

Granite Wash ConsorBum

Devegowda 20%

2013 -­‐ 2015

$206,955

Qatar NaBonal Research Funds (QNRF)

Enhancing Gas-­‐Condensate Fahes 100% W e l l P r o d u c Bv i t y b y Wecability AlteraBon

3/2014 – 12/2014

$16,041

Qatar NaBonal Research Funds (QNRF)

InvesBgaBng the Role of Fahes 100% U l t r a s o n i c W a v e s o n Increasing Oil and Gas ProducBon by Removing Skin from Near Wellbore R e g i o n i n C a r b o n a t e Reservoirs

3/2014 – 12/2015

$880,000

Devon

L a b o r a t o r y -­‐ s c a l e Ghassemi 70% characterizaBon of EGS reservoirs

2014 -­‐ 2016

$100,000

Code Comparison DOE

Coupled thermo-­‐poroelasBc Ghassemi 100% rock deformaBon & fracture code comparison

2014 -­‐ 2016

$200,000

Sandia Laboratories

EvaluaBon of Laboratory Ghassemi 100% Shear Test

2014 -­‐ 2016

$1,478,368 RPSEA

Integrated study using Ghassemi 16% geology, reservoir modeling and rock mechanics for induced seismicity

2014 -­‐ 2016

$1,301,091 RPSEA

ReducBon of Uncertainty in Jamili 33% Surfactant-­‐Flooding Pilot Design using MulBple Single Well Tests, FingerprinBng, and Modeling

1/2013 – 1/2015

$429,000

Deep PenetraBng and Self-­‐ Pournik 40% DiverBng Nano-­‐Structured SBmulaBon Fluid

4/2014 – 4/2016

2014 -­‐ 2016

ADNOC

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AMOUNT

AGENCY

PROJECT TITLE

PI, %

TIME LINE

$109,769

QNRF

Advance Study on Rheology Shah 33% of Modern Drilling Foams

3/2013 – 2/2016

$579,187

BSEE

Effect of H2S and CO2 in Shah 50% HTHP Wells on Tubular and Cement

9/2011 – 3/2015

ReducBon of Uncertainty in Shiau 34% Surfactant-­‐Flooding Pilot Design using MulBple Single Well Tests, FingerprinBng, and Modeling

1/2013 – 1/2015

Interfacially AcBve SWNT/ Shiau 25% Silica Nano-­‐hybrid

8/2014 – 12/2015

$1,036,205 RPSEA

$419,191

Advanced Energy ConsorBum

AMOUNT

AGENCY

PROJECT TITLE

PI, %

TIME LINE

$74,984

ODOT

Management of the ODOT Zaman 100% Library

4/2014 – 9/2014

$149,803

ODOT

Management of the ODOT Zaman 100% Library

10/2014 – 9/2015

$100,000

ODOT

Recommended FaBgue Test Zaman 65% for Oklahoma Department of TransportaBon (FY14 & 15 2nd Revision)

10/2013 – 9/2014

$84,263;

ODOT/SPTC

Performance of Asphalt Zaman 80% Binders Modified with Polyphosphoric Acid (PPA

10/2014 – 9/2016

$99,997

ODOT

Evaluate Densifier-­‐Over-­‐ Zaman 25% S h o t b l a s B n g ( D O S ) Treatment Performance for Pavements and Bridge Decks

10/2014 – 9/2015

Volvo Road Machinery

Technology Transfer Support Zaman 30% for Intelligent CompacBon of Pavements -­‐ FY 2014

1/2014 – 12/2014

$429,000

The Petroleum Deep PenetraBng and Self-­‐ Shiau 25% InsBtute, Abu DiverBng Nano-­‐Structured Dhabi SBmulaBon Fluid

4/2014 – 3/2016

$250,653

Advanced Energy ConsorBum

Interfacially AcBve SWNT/ Shiau 30% Silica Nano-­‐hybrid

11/2013 – 8/2014

$119,960

$2,592,500 OST-­‐R, USDOT

Southern Plains Regional Zaman 50% Tr a n s p o r t a Bo n C e n t e r (SPRTC)

10/2014 – 9/2017

$2,592,500 OST-­‐R, US Southern Plains Regional Zaman 50% Dept. of Tr a n s p o r t a Bo n C e n t e r TransportaBon (SPRTC)

10/2013 – 9/2017

$1,000,168 ODOT

M a t c h i n g F u n d s f o r Zaman 50% S o u t h e r n P l a i n s TransportaBon Center

10/2014 – 9/2017

$1,000,168 ODOT

10/2013 – 9/2017

M a t c h i n g F u n d s f o r Zaman 50% S o u t h e r n P l a i n s TransportaBon Center

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S ECTION 5

FACULTY

Faculty Service Faculty strive to remain current in their chosen disciplines through scholarly and professional development activities. As part of their regular university and research obligations, they serve MPGE, OU, the industry, and the community through sitting on committees and boards, advising, editing and peer review, fundraising, public relations, international and national conferences and activities, and membership in professional organizations.

FACULTY

Ahmed

POSITION

DSATS Student CompeZZon

Advisor

MPGE Undergraduate Student Advising

Commi^ee Member

MPGE Graduate Program Commi^ee

Commi^ee Member

MPGE Undergraduate Commi^ee

Editorial Board

Interna'onal Journal of Oil, Gas, and Coal Technology

Proposal Reviewer

ACS PRF Research Proposal

Proposal Reviewer

Czech Science FoundaZon

Technical Reviewer

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Technical Reviewer

Journal of Energy Resource Technology

Technical Reviewer

Journal of Flow, Turbulence, and Combus'on

Technical Reviewer

Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering

ORGANIZATION

Technical Reviewer

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Technical Reviewer

Proceedings of ASME 2014

Technical Reviewer

SPE Drilling and Comple'ons

Trainer

Drilling Simulator Training Course

Advisor

MPGE Undergraduate Student Advising

Advisory Commi^ee

SPE Industry Advisory Council, Oklahoma City

Commi^ee Member

MPGE Undergraduate Academic Appeals Commi^ee

Commi^ee Member

OU College of Engineering Academic Program Review Commi^ee

Liaison

MPGE AccreditaZon Board of Engineering Technologies (ABET)

Program Evaluator

AccreditaZon Board of Engineering Technologies (ABET)

Advisory Commi^ee

University Libraries

Commi^ee Member

MCEE ExecuZve Commi^ee

Commi^ee Member

MPGE Graduate Program Commi^ee

Commi^ee Member

MPGE Undergraduate Commi^ee

Editorial Board

Interna'onal Journal of Petroleum Science and Technology

Ahmed (cont.)

ORGANIZATION

Advisor

POSITION

Callard

Civan

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FACULTY

Civan (cont.)

Devegowda

POSITION

ORGANIZATION

Journal of Porous Media

Advisory Commi^ee

VP Research Advisory Commi^ee

Editorial Board

Special Topics & Reviews in Porous Media

Commi^ee Member

American Rock Mechanics AssociaZon

Liaison

OU Honors College

Commi^ee Member

Dean's Search Commi^ee

Commi^ee Member

GeoProc 2015 Technical Commi^ee

Session Chair

5th InternaZonal Conference on Porous Media and Its ApplicaZon in Science, Engineering and Industry

Editorial Board

Geothermics

Advisor

Pi Epsilon Tau

Advisor

MPGE Undergraduate Student Advising

Commi^ee Member

CPSGG Faculty Search Commi^ee

Commi^ee Member

SPE Educa'on and Accredita'on CommiMee

Commi^ee Member

SPE Membership Commi^ee

Commi^ee Member

SPE ATCE 2014 Technical Commi^ee

Editorial Board

Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology

Technical Editor

Applied Thermal Engineering

Technical Editor

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Technical Editor

Central European Journal of Energy and Fuels

Technical Editor

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Technical Editor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Technical Editor

Journal of Fluid Phase Equilibria

Technical Editor

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Technical Editor

Petroleum Science

Technical Editor

SPE Journal

Editor Graduate Liaison Advisor Commi^ee Member Advisor Fahes

POSITION

Editorial Board

Commi^ee Member

El-­‐Monier

FACULTY

ORGANIZATION

Ghassemi

SPE UnconvenZonal Resources Conference 2014 Technical Commi^ee SEC InterpretaZon MPGE Graduate Program Commi^ee MPGE Undergraduate Student Advising MPGE Undergraduate Commi^ee Women in Petroleum & Geological Engineering

Commi^ee Member

MPGE Graduate Program Commi^ee

Commi^ee Member

Provost's Advisory Commi^ee on Women's Issues

Jamili

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FACULTY Jamili (cont.)

POSITION

ORGANIZATION

Technical Editor

The Journal of Unconven'onal Oil and Gas Resources

Associate Editor

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Commi^ee Member

MPGE Graduate Program Commi^ee

Commi^ee Member

MPGE Undergraduate Commi^ee

Technical Editor

Computers and Fluids

FACULTY

Pournik (cont.)

Moghanloo Technical Editor

Interna'onal Journal of Oil, Gas, and Coal Technology

Technical Editor

SPEJ Rai

Technical Editor

Surveys in Geophysics

Advisor

MPGE Undergraduate Student Advising

Associate Editor

Journal of Unconven'onal Oil and Gas Resources

Commi^ee Member

MPGE Undergraduate Academic Appeals Commi^ee

Commi^ee Member

MPGE Undergraduate Commi^ee

Shah

ORGANIZATION

Mentor

Baker Hughes 21st Century Co-­‐op Program Faculty Mentor

Technical Reviewer

Chemical Engineering Communica'ons Journal

Technical Reviewer

Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering

Technical Reviewer

SPE Produc'on and Opera'ons Journal

Board of Directors

OU InternaZonal Student Services

Commi^ee Member

MCEE ExecuZve Commi^ee

Commi^ee Member

MPGE Commi^ee A

Commi^ee Member

MPGE Industry Advisory Board ExecuZve Commi^ee

Commi^ee Member

MPGE Steering Commi^ee

Commi^ee Member

OU Study Abroad Asia Commi^ee

Director

Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering

Technical Editor

FUEL

Technical Editor

SEG

Technical Editor

SPREE

Advisor

OU AADE

Advisory Board

Gujarat Energy Research and Management InsZtute (GERMI) Research Advisory Board

Chair

Procedure for FricZon Pressure Measurements

SPERE

Technical Editor

Pournik

POSITION

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FACULTY

POSITION

ORGANIZATION

Commi^ee Member

ATCE Well SZmulaZon Commi^ee

Commi^ee Member

CompleZon Fluids & Materials – Procedure for Measuring SZmulaZon and Gravelpack Fluid Leakoff Under Dynamic CondiZons

Commi^ee Member

Shah (cont.)

Sharma

FACULTY

Dean's EvaluaZon Commi^ee

Commi^ee Member

Faculty Search Commi^ee

Commi^ee Member

McCasland Chair Search Commi^ee

POSITION

ORGANIZATION

Adjunct Faculty

Chemical and Biomechanical Engineering

Advisor

MPGE Undergraduate Student Advising

Commi^ee Member

19th SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium Technical Commi^ee

Commi^ee Member

MPGE AccreditaZon Board of Engineering Technologies (ABET) Commi^ee

Commi^ee Member

MPGE Commi^ee A

Commi^ee Member

MPGE Graduate Program Commi^ee

Commi^ee Member

MPGE Commi^ee A

Commi^ee Member

Procedure for Measuring Regained Permeability

Commi^ee Member

MPGE Undergraduate Commi^ee

Director

Well ConstrucZon Technology Center (WCTC)

Director

Applied Surfactant Laboratory

Editorial Board

Interna'onal Journal of Oil, Gas, and Coal Technology

Principal

Surbec Environmental

Editorial Board

Petroleum Science

SecZon Chair

AOCS Annual MeeZng

Fellow

American InsZtute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

SecZon Chair

SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium

Review Chair

SPE Journal

Senior Consultant

Taiwan Surfactant

Technical Editor

SPE Produc'on and Facili'es

Technical Reviewer

ACS PetroFund

Technical Reviewer

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Technical Reviewer

Energy and Fuel

Commi^ee Member

MPGE Graduate Program Commi^ee

Technical Reviewer

Environmental Science and Technology

Member

OU Faculty Senate

Technical Reviewer

Ground Water

Technical Reviewer

Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering

Technical Reviewer

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Shiau

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FACULTY

POSITION

ORGANIZATION

FACULTY

POSITION

Technical Reviewer

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Technical Reviewer

Advance in Water Resource

Technical Reviewer

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Technical Reviewer

Fuel

Technical Reviewer

Journal of Surfactants and Detergents

Technical Reviewer

Interna'onal Journal of Mass and Heat Transfer

Technical Reviewer

Langmuir

Technical Reviewer

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Technical Reviewer

NaZonal Science FoundaZon proposals

Technical Reviewer

Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering

Technical Reviewer

PEDOSPERE

Technical Reviewer

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Technical Reviewer

SPE Reservoir Evalua'on and Engineering

Advisory Board

UCO Physics and Biomedical Engineering Department

Co-­‐Chair

14th IACMAG Conference

Co-­‐Chair

GeoHubei InternaZonal Conference

Commi^ee Member

Dean's Senior Faculty Advisory Commi^ee

Editor-­‐in-­‐Chief

InternaZonal Journal of Geomechanics

ExecuZve Director

Southern Plains TransportaZon Center

Fellow

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Member

The Oklahoma Academy

Member

Warm Mix Asphalt Task Force

Program Evaluator

UTEP Civil Engineering Graduate Program

University RepresentaZve

TRB

Shiau (cont.)

Advisor Coach

Wu (cont.)

OU SPE Petrobowl

Commi^ee Member

Dean's Search Commi^ee

Commi^ee Member

MPGE Awards Commi^ee

Sondergeld

Commi^ee Member

MPGE Commi^ee A Zaman

Wu

ORGANIZATION

Liaison

MCEE Research

Advisor

MPGE Undergraduate Student Advising

Commi^ee Member

Ed Cline Faculty Development Award Commi^ee

Commi^ee Member

MPGE AccreditaZon Board of Engineering Technologies (ABET) Commi^ee

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S ECTION 6

Faculty Publications 2014

and Connectivity of Organic Matter in Shales. SPE doi: 10.2118/170787-MS. Curtis, M. E., E. T. Goergen, J. Jernigen, C. H. Sondergeld and C. S. Rai, 2014, Mapping of Organic Matter Distribution on the Centimeter Scale with nanometer resolution, doi: 10.15530/urtec-2014-1922757.

Dang, S. T., C. H. Sondergeld and C. S. Rai, 2014, A New Approach to Measure Organic Density, SPE doi:10.15530/ urtec-2014-1921752.

Bahadori, A., Zahedi, G. and Jamili, A.: “A new method estimates TEG purity versus reconcentrator temperature at different levels of pressure in gas dehydration systems”, International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology (IJOGCT), Vol. 7, No. 1, Pages 85-94, 2014.

Barajas-Cortes, P.E. and Civan, F., "Effective Modeling and Analysis of Salt Cavern Natural Gas Storage," Paper SPE-164489-MS, SPE Production & Operations, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 51-60, 2014.

Civan, F., “Volume-Averaging Issues Illustrated for PorousMedia Thermo-Fluid Transport,” Special Topics & Reviews in Porous Media - An International Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp.

83-94, 2014.

Curtis, M. E., E. Goergen, J. Jernigen, C. H. Sondergeld and C. S. Rai, 2014, High-Resolution Mapping of the Distribution

Dosunmu, I.T. and Shah, S.N.: “Friction Pressure Prediction for Annular Flow of Power Law Fluids”, Chemical Engineering Communications, 2014.

Dosunmu, I.T. and Shah, S.N.: “Turbulent Flow Behavior of Surfactant Solutions in Straight Pipes”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 124: 323–330, 2014.

George, M., Elgaddafi, R., Ahmed, R., and Growcock, F. 2014.

Performance of Fiber-Containing Synthetic-Based Sweep Fluids, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol. 119, July, Pages 185-195.

Ghabchi, R., Singh, D., Zaman, M., and Hossain, Z. (2014).

“Micro-Structural Analysis of Moisture-Induced Damage Potential of Asphalt Mixes Containing RAP,” ASTM, Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Vol. 44, No. 1.

Ghanbarnezhad Moghanloo, R. and Javadpour, F. 2014.

Applying Method of Characteristics to Determine Pressure 33

Distribution in 1D Shale-Gas Sample. SPE Journal 19 (2): 361-372.

Ghosh, S., C. S. Rai, C. H. Sondergeld and R. E. Larese, 2014, Experimental Investigation of Proppant Diagenesis. SPE, doi: 10.2118/171604-MS. Goergen, E. T., M. E. Curtis, J. Jernigen, C. Sondergeld and C. Rai, 2014, Integrated Petrophysical Properties and Multiscaled SEM Microstructural Characterization, SPE1922739.

Hashemian, Y., Yu, M., Miska, S, Shirazi, S and Ahmed, R. 2014. Accurate Predictions of Velocity Profiles and Frictional Pressure Losses in Annular YPL Fluid Flow, Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, Vol. 53, No. 6, November.

Hossain, Z., Zaman, M., and Doiron, C. (2014). “Regression Modeling of Resilient Modulus of Unbound Aggregates,” 29 pages, International Journal of Marine Science and Technology (JMST), Vol. 19, No. 2 (29 pages).

Hu, Y., Devegowda, D., Striolo, A., Civan, F. and Sigal, R. 2014. A Pore Scale Study Describing the Dynamics of Slickwater Distribution in Shales Following Hydraulic Fracturing. SPE Journal, doi:10.2118/167234-PA. Hu, Y., Devegowda, D., Striolo, A., Phan, A., Ho, A.T., Civan, F. and Sigal, R. 2014. The Dynamics of Hydraulic Fracture Water Confined in Nanopores in Shale Reservoirs. Journal of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources, 9(2015), 31-39.

Hu, Y., Devegowda, D., Striolo, A., Phan, A., Ho, T.A., Civan, F., and Sigal, R.F., “Microscopic Dynamics of Water and Hydrocarbon in Shale-Kerogen Pores of Potentially Mixed Wettability,” Paper SPE-167234-PA, SPE Journal, 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/167234-PA. Ling, K., Wu, X., Zhang, H., He, J. : “Improved Gas Resource Calculation Using Modified Material Balance for Overpressure Gas Reservoirs”, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 17, p. 71-81. 2014.

Liu, D., Wu, X., Ahmed, R.,: “New Silicate Hydrogel with More Elasticity as In-situ Water Diversion System: Preparation and Investigation of Rheological and Plugging Behaviors”, International Journal of Oil, Gas, and Coal Technology, Vol. 7(3), 2014.

Mighani, S., C. Sondergeld and C. Rai, 2014, Efficient Completions in Anisotropic Shale Gas Formations. SPE. doi: 10.15530/urtec-2014-1934272.

Podryabinkin, E., Tarasevich,V., May R. and Ahmed, R. 2014.

Modelling and Evaluating Surge Pressure while Tripping in a Borehole, OIL GAS European Magazine, Vol. 40, Num. 1, Pages 21-23.

Rahimzade Kivi, I., Ameri, M.J., Ghassemi, A. 2015.

Chemoporoelastic characterization of Ghom shale. Int. J. Petroleum Sci. and Eng., 127, 115–123.

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Sesetty, V. K., Ghassemi, A. 2015. Modeling and analysis of sequential and simultaneous hydraulic fracturing in single and multi-lateral horizontal wells. Int. J. Petroleum Sci. and Eng. (in press).

Solanki, P., Zaman, M., Adje, D., and Hossain, Z. “Effect of Recycled Asphalt Pavement on Thermal Cracking Resistance of Hot-Mix Asphalt,” International J. of Geomechanics, ASCE, 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000398 , A4014001.

Sesetty, V., and Ghassemi, A. 2014. Numerical simulation of sequential and simultaneous hydraulic fracturing. In: Effective and Sustainable Hydraulic Fracturing. Edited by Andrew P. Bunger, John McLennan and Rob Jeffrey, ISBN 978-953-51-1137-5, Hard cover, 1000 pages, Publisher: InTech. pp. 680-691.

Sondergeld, C. H., C. S. Rai and M. E. Curtis, 2013, Relationship Between Organic Shale Microstructure and Hydrocarbon Generation, SPE doi:10.2118/164540-MS.

Shah, S. N., Naik, S., and Dosunmu I.: “Critical Assessment of Solids Removal Technology: Deviated and Horizontal Wells,” Hydraulic Fracturing Quarterly, vol. 1, January 2014.

Sheng M., Gensheng L., Shah S., Lamb, A., Bordas, S.: “Enriched finite elements for branching cracks in deformableporous media,” Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 2014.

Sil, S., D. Lane, J. Gabler, C. Sondergeld and C. Rai, 2014, Permeability Prediction Using Pressure and Microseismic Data: A Laboratory Experiment, Society of Exploration Geophysicists.

Solanki, P., and Zaman, M. (2014) “Behavior of Stabilized Subgrade Soils Under Indirect Tension and Flexure,” J. of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 26(5), pp. 833-844.

Tagichian, A., Zaman, M. and Devegowda, D. 2014. Stress Shadow Size and Aperture of Hydraulic Fractures in Unconventional Shales. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 124(2014) 209-221.

Tarasovs, A. and Ghassemi, A. 2014. Self-similarity and scaling of thermal shock fractures. Physical Review E 90 (1), 012403-1-6.

Tinni, A., E. Odusina, I. Sulucarnian, C. Sondergeld and C. Rai, 2014, NMR response of brine, oil and methane in organic rich shales, SPE168971.

Wan, W., Zhao, J. Harwell, J.H., Shiau, B., “Characterization of Crude Oil Equivalent Alkane Carbon Number (EACN) for Surfactant Flooding Design.” Journal of Dispersion Science & Technology, 2014, DOI:10.1080/01932691.2014.950739.

Weston, J., Harwell, J.H., Shiau, B., Kabir, M., “Disrupting Admicelle Formation and Preventing Surfactant Adsorption on Metal Oxide Surfaces Using Sacrificial Polyelectrolytes,” Langmuir, 2014, 30, 6384-6388.

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Wu, X., Sui., W., Jiang, Y., : “Semi-quantitative Applications of Downhole Temperature Data in Subsurface Surveillance”, SPE Production & Operations, Vol. 29(4), 2014.

Xiaochun J. and Shah S. N: “Fracturing by the Numbers: A Complex Balance” by Stephen Rassenfoss, JPT Emerging Technology Senior Editor, JPT, May 2014.

Xiaochun J. and Shah S. N., Jean-Claude R.: Patent disclosure - “Methods of Characterizing Fracability of a Geological Formation”, July 2014.

Xiaochun, J. and Shah, S. N.: “An Integrated Petrophysics and Geomechanics Approach for Fracability Evaluation in Shale Reservoirs", SPEJ, Nov. 2014.

Xiaochun, J., Shah, S. N., and Jean-Claude R., and Mian C.: “Mixed-Mode Fracture Propagation in Hydraulic Fracturing: Theoretical Analysis and Experimental Verification”, Hydraulic Fracturing Journal, vol 1, April 2014.

Youness El Fadili and S. N. Shah: “Estimation of Critical Gas Rates in Horizontal and Deviated Wells," in press, International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Engineering.

Conference Proceedings Ali, M., Devegowda, D., Civan, F. and Sigal, R. F. 2014. CO2EOR: Prediction of Minimum Miscibility Pressure for Shales.

Paper SPE 170970 to be presented at SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Amsterdam, 1-3 November.

Babayemi, B., and Wu, X., S. Sharma: “Improved Artificial Lift Design for Solvent Assisted SAGD Process”, SPE-171371MS, Presented at 2014 SPE Artificial Lift Conference & Exhibition-North America, Houston, TX. Oct. 6-8, 2014.

Barman, M., Ghabchi, R., Singh, D. V., Zaman, M., Commuri, S., and Hobson, K. (2014). “Evaluation of Fatigue Performance of Asphalt Mixes Using Semi-Circular Bend and Four Point Beam Fatigue Test Methods,” Proc. 14th Int. Conf.

Int. Assoc. Comp. Methods and Advances in Geomech.

(IACMAG) held on Sept. 22-25 at Kyoto, Japan: pp. 459–464.

Barman, M., Imran, S.A., Nazari, M, Commuri, S., Zaman, M., and Singh, D.V. (2014). “Continuous Monitoring of Subgrade Stiffness During Compaction,” 11th Transp. Planning and Impl. Methodologies for Developing Countries (TPMDC), held on Dec. 10-12 in Mumbai, India (?? Pages).

Barman, M., Nazari, M., Imran, S.A., Commuri, S., and Zaman, M. (2014). “Application of Intelligent Compaction Technique in Real-Time Evaluation of Compaction Level During Construction of Subgrade.” CD ROM publication (Paper #14-5183), 93rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, held in Washington, D.C. on January 12-16.

Cicek, M., Devegowda, D., Civan, F., Sigal, R., ", Proceedings (CD) of the 5th International Conference on Porous Media and Its Applications in Science, Engineering and Industry 36

(ICPMV), Vafai, K. (ed.), June 22-27, 2014, Kona, Hawaii, USA. Civan, F. and Devegowda, D., "Rigorous Modeling and Data Analysis for Accurate Determination of Shale-Matrix GasPermeability by Multiple-Repeated Pressure-Pulse Transmission Tests on Crushed Samples," Paper SPE-170659MS, the 2014 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held 27 – 29 October 2014 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Civan, F., "Analyses of Processes, Mechanisms, and Preventive Measures of Shale-Gas Reservoir Fluid, Completion, and Formation Damage," Paper SPE-168164-MS, the 2014 SPE International Symposium & Exhibition on Formation Damage Control held 26 – 28 February 2014 in Lafayette, LA, USA. Civan, F., “Practical Finite-Analytic Method (PFAM) for Effective Temporal-Spatial Numerical Solution of Phenomenological Partial Differential Equations,” Paper No. 209, Proceedings of the International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, Prague, Czech Republic, August 11-12, 2014.

Civan, F., and Devegowda, D. 2014. Rigorous Modeling for Data Analysis towards Accurate Determination of Shale GasPermeability by Multiple-Repeated Pressure-Pulse Transmission Tests on Crushed Samples. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.2118/170659-MS.

Civan, F., Devegowda, D., Sigal, R., “Rigorous Modeling of Gas Transport in Nano-Darcy Shale Porous Media under Extreme Pore Proximity and Elevated Pressure Conditions,” Paper No. 208, Proceedings of the International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, Prague, Czech Republic, August 11-12, 2014.

Civan, F., Improved Permeability Prediction for Heterogeneous Porous Media by Bundle-of-Leaky-Tubes with Cross-Flow Model, Proceedings (CD) of the 5th International Conference on Porous Media and Its Applications in Science, Engineering and Industry (ICPMV), Vafai, K. (ed.), June 22-27, 2014, Kona, Hawaii, USA. Civan, F., Performance Comparison of the Finite-Difference, Practical-Finite-Analytic, Differential-Quadrature, and Differential-Cubature Methods for Solving Porous Media Immiscible Fluids Transport, Proceedings (CD) of the 5th International Conference on Porous Media and Its Applications in Science, Engineering and Industry (ICPMV), Vafai, K. (ed.), June 22-27, 2014, Kona, Hawaii, USA. Dhanapal, K., Devegowda,D., Zhang, Y., Contreras-Nino, A.C., Civan, F., and Sigal, R., “Phase Behavior and Storage in Organic Shale Nanopores: Modeling of Multicomponent Hydrocarbons in Connected Pore Systems and Implications for Fluids-in-place Estimates in Shale Oil and Gas Reservoirs,” Paper SPE 169008, SPE Unconventional Resources Conference held in The Woodlands, Texas, USA, 1-3 April 2014.

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Dhanapalan, K., Devegowda, D., Civan, F. and Sigal, R. F. 2014. Phase Behavior and Storage in Organic Shale Nanopores: Modeling of Multicomponent Hydrocarbons in Connected Pore Systems and Implications for Fluids-in-place Estimates in Shale Oil and Gas Reservoirs. Paper SPE 169008 presented at SPE Unconventional Resources Conference, Houston, 1-4 April.

Diab, A., You, Z., Hossain, Z., and Zaman, M. (2014).

“Moisture Susceptibility Evaluation of Nano-sized Hydrated Lime-Modified Asphalt-Aggregate Systems Based on Surface Free Energy Concept.” CD ROM publication, 93rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, held in Washington, D.C. on January 12-16.

Ekweanua, E., Wu, X., Zhu, Z., Sharma, S., :“Correlating Natural Gas Production, Price, Import and Export in a Neural Network Framework”, SPE-169867-MS, presented at the 2014 SPE Hydrocarbon, Economics, and Evaluation Symposium, May 19-20, Houston, TX. 2014.

Fakoya M. F. and Shah, S. N.: Paper SPE 171029, “Enhancement of Filtration Properties in Surfactant-Based and Polymeric Fluids by Nanoparticles”, Proceedings of SPE Eastern Regional Meeting, Charleston, WV, Oct. 21-23, 2104.

Gao, Y., Sun, B., Wu, X., Xiang, C., Guo, Y.: “The Influence of Dissolution of Hydrate in Blocked BOP on Gas Volume Fraction in Deepwater Drilling,” presented at the 24th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, Busan, Korea, Jun. 15-20, 2014.

Ghabchi, R., Singh, D. V., and Zaman, M. (2014). “Effects of RAP Binder on Moisture-Induced Damage Potential of Asphalt Mixes with Limestone Aggregates,” Proc. 14th Int. Conf. Int. Assoc. Comp. Methods and Advances in Geomech.

(IACMAG) held on Sept. 22-25 at Kyoto, Japan, pp. 453–458.

Ghanbarnezhad Moghanloo, R. and Hosseinipour S.S. 2014.

Mechanistic Modeling of Fluid Flow in Shale. URTec Paper 1921547 presented at the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference held in Denver, Colorado, 25-27 August Hossain, N., Singh, D., Zaman, M. and Rassel, S.M. (2014).

“Local Calibration MEPDG Rut Models: Oklahoma’s Experience from an Instrumented Pavement Section.” Proc.

14th Int. Conf. Int. Assoc. Comp. Methods and Advances in Geomech. (IACMAG), pp. 135-140.

Hu, Y., Devegowda, D. and Sigal, R. F. 2014. Impact of Maturity on Kerogen Wettability: A Modeling Study. Paper SPE 170915 to be presented at SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Amsterdam, 1-3 November.

Jamili, A., Sanaei, A. and Ma, Y.: “The Effects of Confinement on Fluid Transport Properties and Production: A Study of Eagle Ford Shale Gas-Condensate Reservoir”, SEG/SPE/ AAPG/SPWLA/EAGE Summer Research Workshop, Multidisciplinary Static and Dynamic Reservoir Meeting: Best Practices, Opportunities and Challenges, Poster Presentation, 3-8 August 2014, San Diego, California 38

Jun Ge., Ghassemi, A. 2014. Analytical Modeling on 3D Stress Redistribution and Fault Reactivation during Hydraulic Fracturing Stimulation. 48th U.S. Rock Mech/Geomech.

Symp. Minneapolis, MN. Kadhum, M.J., Swatske, D.P., Harwell, J.H., Resasco, D.E., Shiau, B.J., “Fate and Transport of Nanohybrids in Subsurface Media for Oil Field Application.” Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Porous Media and its Applications in Science and Engineering (ICPM5), June 22-27, 2014, Kona, Hawaii.

confinement in shale formations on phase behavior”, SPE-168986, SPE Unconventional Conference, April 1-3 2014, Woodland, Texas Milad, B., Civan, F., Devegowda, D., and Sigal, R.F., “Practical Compartmental Model for Shale-gas Production by MultipleFractured Horizontal Wells Considering Transport Influenced

by Nano-pore Proximity,” Paper SPE 169011169011, SPE Unconventional Resources Conference held in The Woodlands, Texas, USA, 1-3 April 2014.

Kalra, S. and Wu, X.: “Enhanced Gas Recovery by Injecting CO2 into Depleted Gas Reservoirs”, SPE-169578-MS, presented at the 2014 SPE Western North America and Rocky Mountain Joint Regional Meeting, 16-18 April 2014, Denver, CO. 2014

Omojuwa, E., Osisanya, S. and R. Ahmed, Influence of Dynamic Drilling Parameters on Axial Load and Torque Transfer in Extended Reach Horizontal Wells, paper SPE-170672-MS, presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE), 27-29 October, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Kalra, Sumeer, Wu, X.: “Numerical Simulation Study on CO2 Injection for Enhancing Hydrocarbon Recovery and Sequestration in Tight Oil Formations”, 49th US Rock Mechanics & Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, CA. Jun. 28-July 1, 2015.

Omosebi,O., Osisanya, S.O. and Ahmed, R. 2014. Integrated Model-Based Approach to Drilling Project Management, paper SPE-172391-MS presented at the SPE Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition, 5-7 August, Lagos, Nigeria.

Ma, Y. and Jamili, A.: “Modeling the effect of porous media in dry gas and liquid rich shale on phase behavior”, SPE-169128, SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference, April 12-16 2014, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Podryabinkin, E., Tarasevich,V., Ahmed, R. and May R. 2014.

Evaluation of Pressure Change While Steady-State Tripping, Proceedings of the ASME 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, June 8-13, San Francisco, USA.

Ma, Y. and Jamili, A.: “Using simplified local density/ PengRobinson Equation of State to study the effects of

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Safari, R., Ghassemi, A. 2014. 3D Coupled Poroelastic Analysis of Multiple Hydraulic Fractures. 48th U.S. Rock Mech/Geomech. Symp. Minneapolis, MN.

and New Trend,” 2014 International Conference on Remediation and Management of Soil and Groundwater Contaminated Site, Taipei, Taiwan, November 26-28, 2014.

Sanaei, A. and Jamili, A.: “Optimum Fracture Spacing in the Eagle Ford Gas Condensate Window”, SPE-1922964-MS, SPE Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, August 25–27 2014, Denver, Colorado

Sinha V. and Shah S. N.: Paper, “Rheological Performance of Polymers in Heavy Brines for Workover and Completion,” Proceedings of 2014 AADE Fluids Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX, April 15-16, 2014.

Sanaei, A., Jamili, A. and Callard, J.: “Effect of Pore Size Distribution and Connectivity on Phase Behavior and Gas Condensate Production from Unconventional Resources”, SPE-168970-MS, SPE Unconventional Conference, April 1-3 2014, Woodland, Texas

Srinivasan, A. and Shah S. N.: Paper SPE 170800 “SurfactantBased Fluids Containing Copper-Oxide Nanoparticles for Heavy Oil Viscosity Reduction,” Proceedings of the SPE ATCE, Amsterdam, 27-29 October, 2014.

Sanaei, A., Jamili, A. and Callard, J.: “Effects of Non-Darcy flow and pore proximity on gas condensate production from nanopore unconventional resources”, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Porous Media and its Applications in Science, Engineering and Industry (ICPM5), June 22-27, 2014, Kona, Hawaii Sanaei, A., Jamili, A., Callard, J. and Mathur, A.: “Production Modeling in the Eagle Ford Gas Condensate Window: Integrating New Relationships between Core Permeability, Pore Size, and Confined PVT Properties”, SPE-169493-MS, SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Regional Meeting, April 16–18 2014, Denver, Colorado Shiau, B., Hsu, M.Y., Wu, H.I., Wang, T.J., “Advances in Surfactant Enhanced Aquifer Remediation: Lessons Learned

Stalford, H.L., Ahmed, R.M. and Soriano V.H. 2014.

Intelligent Casing-Intelligent Formation (ICIF) Design, paper OTC-25161 presented at the Offshore Technology Conference, 5 - 8 May, Houston, TX. Xiaochun J., Shah S. N., Jean-Claude R., and Zhang, B., Paper SPE 168589, “Fracability Evaluation in Shale Reservoirs - An Integrated Petrophysics and Geomechanics Approach,” Proceedings of Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, Woodlands, TX, Feb 4-6, 2014.

Xiaochun J., Shah, S., and Truax J.: Paper SPE 170972, “A Practical Petrophysical Approach for Brittleness from Porosity and Sonic Logging in Shale Reservoirs: Woodford, Barnett, and Eagle Ford Shale”, Proceedings of the SPE ATCE, Amsterdam, 27-29 October, 2014.

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Xu, B., Wu, X., and Gao., Y. : “A Semi-Analytical Solution to Transient Temperature Behavior Along the Wellbore and Its Applications in Production Management�, SPE-170631-MS, Presented at 2014 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Oct. 27-29, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Zhang, Z. Chen, Y., Ghassemi, A. 2014. Simulation of dynamic fracture in rock with discretized virtual internal bond. 48th U.S. Rock Mech/Geomech. Symp. Minneapolis, MN.

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