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Submissions from 2019

Direct numerical simulations of second-order Stokes wave driven smooth-walled oscillatory channel: investigation of net current formation, C. E. Ozdemir, X. Yu, S. Sororian, L. Zhu, M. Tyagi, S. Haddadian, D. Oliveira, C. N. Turnipseed, and H. Kefelegn

Probabilistic estimation of recovery from naturally fractured bottomwater reservoir with uncertain well placement in fracture network, Samir Prasun and Andrew K. Wojtanowicz

Semi-analytical prediction of critical oil rate in naturally fractured reservoirs with water coning, Samir Prasun and Andrew K. Wojtanowicz

Pore-Scale Simulations of Single- and Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media: Approaches and Applications, Thomas Ramstad, Carl Fredrik Berg, and Karsten Thompson

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Pore-scale modeling of nanoparticle transport and retention in real porous materials, Paula C. Sanematsu, Karsten E. Thompson, and Clinton S. Willson

Surface Production Operations: Pumps and Compressors, Maurice Stewart

Modeling of smart pigging for pipeline leak detection: From mathematical formulation to large-scale application, Caitlyn Thiberville, Yanfang Wang, Paulo Waltrich, Wesley Williams, and Seung Ihl Kam

Experimental evaluation of wellbore flow models applied to worst-case-discharge calculations for oil wells, Paulo J. Waltrich, Matheus S. Capovilla, Woochan Lee, Pedro Cavalcanti De Sousa, Muhammad Zulqarnain, Richard Hughes, Mayank Tyagi, Wesley Williams, Seung Kam, Alexander Archer, et al.

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Numerical modeling and analysis of induced thermal stress for a non-isothermal wellbore strengthening process, Ze Wang, Mingzheng Yang, and Yuanhang Chen

Network Detection of Radiation Sources Using Localization-Based Approaches, Chase Qishi Wu, Mark Lee Berry, Kayla Marie Grieme, Satyabrata Sen, Nageswara S.V. Rao, Richard R. Brooks, and Guthrie Cordone

Quantification of the effects of filtercake on wellbore strengthening: Filtercake rupture resistance and fracture sealing time, Mingzheng Yang, Yuanhang Chen, and Frederick B. Growcock

An experimental investigation of filtercake reinforced wellbore strengthening and fracture sealing, Mingzheng Yang, Yuanhang Chen, Frederick B. Growcock, and Feifei Zhang

Establishing a practical method to accurately determine and manage wellbore thermal behavior in high-temperature drilling, Mou Yang, Dayu Luo, Yuanhang Chen, Gao Li, Daqian Tang, and Yingfeng Meng

Determining initial formation temperature considering radial temperature gradient and axial thermal conduction of the wellbore fluid, Mou Yang, Daqian Tang, Yuanhang Chen, Gao Li, Xingguo Zhang, and Yingfeng Meng

A novel method for estimating transient thermal behavior of the wellbore with the drilling string maintaining an eccentric position in deep well operation, Mou Yang, Rongxuan Xie, Xianming Liu, Yuanhang Chen, Daqian Tang, and Yingfeng Meng

Study of granular self-organization inside a cylinder driven by an orbital-shaker using discrete element method, Jielin Yu, Chunliang Wu, Yuehao Li, Shankar Ghosh, J. B. Joshi, Mayank Tyagi, and K. Nandakumar

Advising Big Data Transfer Over Dedicated Connections Based on Profiling Optimization, Daqing Yun, Chase Q. Wu, Nageswara S. V. Rao, and Rajkumar Kettimuthu

Data driven modeling and prediction for reservoir characterization using seismic attribute analyses and big data analytics, Xu Zhou, Mayank Tyagi, Guoyin Zhang, Hao Yu, and Yangkang Chen

Field-scale well leakage risk assessment using reduced-order models, Muhammad Zulqarnain, Mehdi Zeidouni, and Richard G. Hughes

Response surface modeling of CO 2 dynamic storage efficiency factor in high permeability thick sandstones, Muhammad Zulqarnain, Mehdi Zeidouni, and Richard G. Hughes

Submissions from 2018

Dynamic water control in naturally fractured bottom water-drive reservoirs via downhole water sink well deployment: First experimental study, Y. A. Alblooshi and A. K. Wojtanowicz

Effect of gas injection pressure on the performance of CO2-assisted gravity drainage process in heterogeneous clastic reservoirs, Watheq J. Al-Mudhafar and Dandina N. Rao

Integrating Designed Simulations for Bayesian Identification of Geological Controls on the Performance of a Multilayer Heterogeneous Sandstone Oil Reservoir: Applied on the CO2-Assisted Gravity Drainage Process, Watheq J. Al-Mudhafar and Dandina N. Rao

Reservoir sensitivity analysis for heterogeneity and anisotropy effects quantification through the cyclic CO2-Assisted Gravity Drainage EOR process – A case study from South Rumaila oil field, Watheq J. Al-Mudhafar, Dandina N. Rao, and Sanjay Srinivasan

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Robust Optimization of Cyclic CO2 flooding through the Gas-Assisted Gravity Drainage process under geological uncertainties, Watheq J. Al-Mudhafar, Dandina N. Rao, and Sanjay Srinivasan

Gas and downhole water sink-assisted gravity drainage GDWS-AGD EOR process: Field-scale evaluation and recovery optimization, Watheq J. Al-Mudhafar, Andrew K. Wojtanowicz, and Dandina N. Rao

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Modeling a new design for extracting energy from geopressured geothermal reservoirs, Esmail Ansari, Richard Hughes, and Christopher D. White

Completion length optimization in gas wells, M. Armenta, C. D. White, and A. K. Wojtanowicz

Incremental recovery using dual-completed wells in gas reservoirs with bottom water drive: A feasibility study, M. Armenta and A. K. Wojtanowicz

Inflow performance methods for evaluating downhole water sink completions vs. conventional wells in oil reservoirs with water production problems, O. Arslan, A. K. Wojtanowicz, and C. D. White

Time-dependent computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of a closing blowout preventer, Daniel Barreca, Matthew Franchek, and Mayank Tyagi

Experimental investigation of upward vertical two-phase high-velocity flows in large-diameter pipes, Matheus S. Capovilla, Renato P. Coutinho, Pedro C. de Sousa, and Paulo J. Waltrich

Comprehensive Investment Framework for Optimal Exploitation of Liquid-Rich Unconventional Reservoirs and Natural Gas Distribution, Jorge Chebeir, Hope Asala, Vidhyadhar Manee, Ipsita Gupta, and Jose Romagnoli

Modeling and analysis of coupled thermal-hydrologic-mechanical processes during lost circulation, Yuanhang Chen, Mengjiao Yu, and Nicholas Takach

The case for liquid-assisted gas lift unloading, Renato P. Coutinho, Wesley C. Williams, Paulo J. Waltrich, Parviz Mehdizadeh, Stuart Scott, Jun Xu, and Wayne Mabry

Experimental investigation of vertical downward two-phase flow in annulus, R. P. Coutinho and P. J. Waltrich

Full-scale testing of gravity displacement with heavy fluid in well annulus to stop gas migration and reinstate operations safety, Efecan Demirci and Andrew K. Wojtanowicz

Pilot-scale experimental study and mathematical modeling of buoyant settling of immiscible heavy fluid in mud to stop annular-gas migration above leaking cement, Efecan Demirci and Andrew K. Wojtanowicz

Thermogenic gas hydrates formation in Offshore environments - Results from numerical simulations, S. Dhakal and I. Gupta

Development of Decision Model for Power Generation from Carbonized Food Waste, Ayush Goyal, Divyanshu Pandey, Siddhant Jain, Mayank Tyagi, Jayant Agarwal, and Siddharth Jain

An experimental investigation on flow pattern map and drift-flux model for co-current upward liquid-gas two-phase flow in narrow annuli, Ruixuan Guo, Yuanhang Chen, Paulo J. Waltrich, and Wesley C. Williams

Bubble population balance modeling to predict propagation distance of CO2 foams in enhanced oil recovery processes, Mohammad Izadi and Seung Kam

Optimization of large gas pipeline network in China—a feasibility study, L. Jin and A. K. Wojtanowicz

Accounting for fluid-property variations in temperature-transient analysis, Yilin Mao and Mehdi Zeidouni

Temperature transient analysis during boundary dominated flow period, Yilin Mao and Mehdi Zeidouni

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Temperature transient analysis for bounded oil reservoir under depletion drive, Yilin Mao and Mehdi Zeidouni

Transient and boundary dominated flow temperature analysis under variable rate conditions, Yilin Mao and Mehdi Zeidouni

Pilot scale experimental study of slug flow phenomena using pid control, Jeffery W. McClung, Daniel S. Schmidt, Derek W. Staal, Mark V. Behl, and Mayank Tyagi

Fault leakage assessment using the capacitance model, Muzaffar Mohamdally, Mohammad Soroush, Mehdi Zeidouni, David Alexander, and Donnie Boodlal

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Analytical Model to Detect Fault Permeability Alteration Induced by Fault Reactivation in Compartmentalized Reservoirs, Oscar M. Molina and Mehdi Zeidouni

Detection of fault reactivation in compartmentalized reservoirs using pressure transient analysis, Oscar M. Molina and Mehdi Zeidouni

Effect of anisotropic fault permeability alteration on pressure transient behavior, Oscar Molina and Mehdi Zeidouni

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Above zone pressure interpretation for leaky well characterization and its identification from leaky caprock/fault, Mojtaba Mosaheb and Mehdi Zeidouni

Pressure pulse testing method for caprock characterization, Mojtaba Mosaheb, Mehdi Zeidouni, and Mahmood Shakiba

Similarities and differences in churn and annular flow regimes in steady-state and oscillatory flows in a long vertical tube, Catalina Posada and Paulo J. Waltrich

Determination and Implication of Ultimate Water Cut in Well-Spacing Design for Developed Reservoirs with Water Coning, Samir Prasun and A. K. Wojtanowicz

Stabilized water-cut in carbonate naturally-fractured reservoirs with bottom water with an implication in well spacing design for recovery optimization, Samir Prasun and A. K. Wojtanowicz

ON/OFF State Classification of a Reactor Facility Using Gas Effluence Measurements, Camila Ramirez and Nageswara S. V. Rao

Cyber–Physical Correlation Effects in Defense Games for Large Discrete Infrastructures, Nageswara Rao

Exploring mechanisms for wettability alteration in low-salinity waterfloods in carbonate rocks, Bikash D. Saikia, Jagannathan Mahadevan, and Dandina N. Rao

Bench scale experimental study of slug flow phenomena using pid control, Daniel S. Schmidt, Derek W. Staal, Jeffery W. McClung, Mark V. Behl, and Mayank Tyagi

Evaluation of software-based early leak-warning system in gulf of Mexico subsea flowlines, C. J. Thiberville, Y. Wang, P. Waltrich, W. C. Williams, and S. I. Kam

Pressure transient technique to constrain CO2 plume boundaries, Nam Tran and Mehdi Zeidouni

Modeling of foam-assisted wellbore cleanup and drilling processes with both dry- and wet-foam rheological properties, Yanfang Wang, Caitlyn Thiberville, and Seung Ihl Kam

Finite Element Analysis of Thermally Induced Stresses in the Near-Wellbore Region during Invasion of Mud into Fractures, Ze Wang and Yuanhang Chen

The application of fuzzy-ball drilling fluid to deepwater drilling to deal with highly mineralized formation brines and low-temperature environment, Panfeng Wei, Lihui Zheng, Mingzheng Yang, and Yuanhang Chen

Diagnostic testing of wells with sustained casing pressure-An analytical approach, R. Xu and A. K. Wojtanowicz

Analysis of gas migration in Sustained-Casing-Pressure annulus by employing improved numerical model, Yunjian Zhou, Andrew K. Wojtanowicz, Xiangfang Li, and Yanan Miao

Improved model for gas migration velocity of stagnant non-Newtonian fluids in annulus, Yunjian Zhou, Andrew K. Wojtanowicz, Xiangfang Li, Yanan Miao, and Yuanhang Chen

Fault Heterogeneities and Their Implications for CO2 Storage Monitoring and Integrity Analysis, Muhammad Zulqarnain, Mehdi Zeidouni, and Richard G. Hughes

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Implications of fault structure heterogeneities, dissolution and capillary trapping mechanisms for CO2 storage integrity, Muhammad Zulqarnain, Mehdi Zeidouni, and Richard G. Hughes

Submissions from 2017

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Numerical analysis of downhole heat exchanger designed for geothermal energy production, I. Akhmadullin and M. Tyagi

Lessons Learned from the Field-Scale Simulation of the Gas-Assisted Gravity Drainage GAGD Process in Heterogeneous Sandstone Oil Reservoirs, Watheq J. Al-Mudhafar and Dandina Rao

Integrating design of experiments and Bayesian model selection for the influence identification of geological parameters on the GAGD process in a multilayer heterogeneous sandstone oil reservoir, Watheq J. Al-Mudhafar and Dandina N. Rao

Proxy-Based Metamodeling Optimization of the Gas-Assisted Gravity Drainage GAGD Process in Heterogeneous Sandstone Reservoirs, Watheq J. Al-Mudhafar and Dandina N. Rao

Gas-assisted gravity drainage GAGD process for enhanced oil recovery: A comprehensive review and field applications, Watheq J. Al-Mudhafar, Dandina N. Rao, and Ali K. Al-Maliki

Evaluation of immiscible CO2 enhance oil recovery through the CGI, WAG, and GAGD processes in South Rumaila oil field, W. J. Al-Mudhafar, D. N. Rao, and E. B. McCreery

Effect of fluid properties on the performance of gas-lift valves, Khadhr AlTarabulsi, Renato Coutinho, and Paulo J. Waltrich

Modeling transient churn-annular flows in a long vertical tube, Marcus Vinícius C. Alves, Paulo J. Waltrich, Tobias R. Gessner, Gioia Falcone, and Jader R. Barbosa

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Statistical modeling of geopressured geothermal reservoirs, Esmail Ansari, Richard Hughes, and Christopher D. White

A machine learning approach to optimize shale gas supply chain networks, H. I. Asala, J. Chebeir, W. Zhu, I. Gupta, A. Dahi Taleghani, and J. Romagnoli

Fluid flow and heat transfer modeling in the event of lost circulation and its application in locating loss zones, Yuanhang Chen, Mengjiao Yu, Stefan Miska, Evren Ozbayoglu, Shaohua Zhou, and Nasser Al-Khanferi

A model for liquid-assisted gas-lift unloading, R. Coutinho, W. Williams, P. Waltrich, P. Mehdizadeh, and S. Scott

Development of well intervention fluid for removal of sustained casing pressure, Efecan Demirci, Kristina Butler, and Andrew K. Wojtanowicz

Analytical development of a dynamic IPR for transient two-phase flow in reservoirs, Pedro Cavalcanti De Sousa, Artur Posenato Garcia, and Paulo J. Waltrich

Investigation of pressure profiles of reservoirs with wells under transient, unstable flow, Pedro Cavalcanti De Sousa, Artur P. Garcia, and Paulo J. Waltrich

A transient inflow performance relationship (IPR) for the early and late life of gas wells: The dynamic gas IPR, Pedro Cavalcanti De Sousa, Artur G. Posenato, and Paulo J. Waltrich

Transient coupled wellbore/reservoir model using a dynamic IPR function, A. Posenato Garcia, P. Cavalcanti De Sousa, and P. J. Waltrich

A large scale network model to obtain interwell formation characteristics, S. Amin Gherabati, Richard G. Hughes, Christopher D. White, and Hongchao Zhang

Heterogeneity quantification in waterfloods using a multiphase network approach, S. Amin Gherabati, A. Takbiri-Borujeni, and R. G. Hughes

Numerical and experimental investigations of gas kick migration during casing while drilling, Ruixuan Guo, Yuanhang Chen, Renato Peixoto Coutinho, and Paulo J. Waltrich

Unconventional multi-fractured analytical solution using dual porosity model, Foad Haeri, Mohammad Izadi, and Mehdi Zeidouni

An analytical model predicts pressure increase during waste water injection to prevent fracturing and seismic events, Lu Jin, Andrew K. Wojtanowicz, and Jun Ge

Accounting for fluid property variations in temperature transient analysis, Yilin Mao and Mehdi Zeidouni

Analytical solutions for temperature transient analysis and near wellbore damaged zone characterization, Yilin Mao and Mehdi Zeidouni

Analytical temperature modeling for early detection and rate estimation of CO2 wellbore leakage, Yilin Mao and Mehdi Zeidouni

Near wellbore characterization from temperature transient analysis: Accounting for non-darcy flow effect, Yilin Mao and Mehdi Zeidouni

Temperature transient analysis for characterization of multilayer reservoirs with crossflow, Yilin Mao and Mehdi Zeidouni

Effect of leakage pathway flow properties on thermal signal associated with the leakage from CO2 storage zone, Yilin Mao, Mehdi Zeidouni, and Roohollah Askari

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Temperature analysis for early detection and rate estimation of CO2 wellbore leakage, Yilin Mao, Mehdi Zeidouni, and Ian Duncan