People
Faculty
Dr. Hossein Kazemi
Research Co-Director
Chesebro’ Distinguished Chair in Petroleum Engineering
Professor
303-384-2072
hkazemi@mines.edu
Dr. Erdal Ozkan
Research Co-Director
Director Unconventional Reservoir Project (UREP)
Co-Director Marathon Center of Excellence for Reservoir Studies (MCERS)
Professor
303-273-3188
eozkan@mines.edu
Dr. Yu-Shu Wu
Foundation CMG Reservoir Modeling Chair
Professor
303-273-2093
ywu@mines.edu
Dr. Xiaolong Yin
Associate Professor
303-384-2449
xyin@mines.edu
Dr. Philip H. Winterfeld
Research Associate Professor
303-384-2366
pwinterf@mines.edu
Dr. Luis E. Zerpa
Assistant Professor
303-384-2627
lzerpa@mines.edu
Graduate Students
ozan uzun
PHD
Research in fractured reservoirs, unconventional shale reservoirs, and reservoir modeling.
Advisor: Dr. Hossein Kazemi
Bio: I worked with Schlumberger for 6 years in Eastern Europe (Romania, Ukraine, Germany, Turkey), Abu Dhabi, and Angola (ultra-deep water offshore).
Kaveh amini
PHD
Research in Reservoir modeling, oil recovery, hydraulic fracturing modeling, rate transient analysis, multi-phase flow, and fluid properties.
Advisor: Dr. Hossein Kazemi
Bio: I have a diverse background in industry and academia in different positions including engineering, sale, and research. I am currently working with Reservoir Characterization Project (RCP) constructing a reservoir compositional model of Eagle Ford to optimize well spacing, and obtain a better understanding of reservoir and SRV properties. Besides my research, I enjoy spending time with my family, go hiking, sightseeing, and gardening.
Balnur Mindygaliyeva
PHD
Research in Optimization of Hydraulic Fracturing and Well Spacing
Advisor: Dr. Hossein Kazemi
Bio: Balnur was born and raised in Aktobe city, located in northwestern Kazakhstan. Graduated in May 2019 with a B.S. in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering with minors in Mathematics and Petroleum Geology from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Currently pursuing M.S in Petroleum Engineering from Colorado School of Mines and a member of RCP team in the role of Petroleum Engineer on ChalkBluff Project. The research includes Optimization of Hydraulic Fracturing and Well Spacing.
Alumni
| Name | Degree | Thesis |
| Daulet Gaziz | ME – 2022 | |
| Asm Kamruzzaman | PhD – 2022 | Laboratory Assessment of Gas Injection Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) In Low Permeability Shales |
| Balnur Mindygaliyeva | MS – 2021 | Rate Transient Analysis (RTA) of Chalk Bluff Wells in Hereford Field to Determine Stimulated Formation Permeability of Northern DJ Basin Niobrara and Codell Formations |
| Alghunaim, Etaf | MS – 2021 | Cost-Effective Chemical EOR in Conventional Carbonate Reservoirs Simple Ketones and Surfactants |
| Nurbol Bekbossinov | MS – 2021 | Evaluation of Diagnostic Fracture Injection Test (DFIT) and Rate Transient Analysis (RTA) in Hereford Field, Northern DJ Basin |
| Alruwayi Sarah | MS – 2021 | Numerical Model Sensitivity to Grid Refinement in Dual Porosity Fractured Reservoirs Application to: Advection and Diffusion Mass Transport in Enhanced Oil Recovery |
| Omar T. Khaleel | PHD – 2019 | Interpretation of Mini-Frac Pressure Response: Application to Unconventional Reservoirs in the UAE |
| Riyadh Hanashmooni | PHD – 2019 | Multi-scale Simulations of Waterflooding and Surfactant Flooding in Microfluidic Micromodels |
| Tingting Chen | PhD – 2018 | Integrated Reservoir Characterization in Delhi Field, Louisiana: a Continuous CO₂ Injection EOR Project |
| Erdinc Eker | PhD – 2018 | Numerical Simulation of Poroelasticity and Multiphase Flow in Matrix-Fracture System: Application to Niobrara Formation, DJ Basin |
| Ilkay Eker | PhD – 2018 | Mass Transport Within the Fracture-Matrix Systems of Unconventional Shale Reservoirs – Application to Primary Production and EOR in Eagle Ford |
| Andrew Johnson | MS – 2018 | Constructing a Niobrara Reservoir Model Using Outcrop and Downhole Data |
| Ozan Uzun | MS – 2018 | Determining Osmotic Pressure in Niobrara Chalk and Codell Sandstone Using High-Speed Centrifuge |
| Mohamed Alzaabi | MS – 2017 | Evaluation of The Production Potential of Shilaif Shale Oil Formation Using Analytical And Modeling Methods |
| Mesferah Al Qahtani | MS – 2017 | Compositional Modeling for Naturally Fractured Gas Condensate Reservoir In Kuwait |
| Younki Cho | PhD – 2017 | Experimental and Numerical Modeling Of Pore-Scale Flow And Relative Permeability Measurements In Middle Bakken |
| Yanrui Ning | PhD – 2017 | Production Potential of Niobrara And Codell Formations: Reservoir Modeling With Input From 4d Seismic |
| Somayeh Karimi | PhD – 2017 | Experimental Evaluation Of Pore-Scale Flow In Unconventional Reservoirs – Using Centrifuge, NMR, And Resistivity |
| Jamila Huseynova | MS – 2017 | Potential of Thermal Enhanced Oil Recovery Applications in Unconventional Reservoirs |
| Wisam Assiri | PhD – 2017 | Interpretation of Pseudotransient Linear Flow in Production Data Analysis of Tight, Naturally Fractured Reservoirs |
| Elham Parsa | PhD – 2017 | The Experimental Study of The Effect of Confinement On Propane Phase Behavior |
| Tugce Calisgan | MS – 2016 | Verification of Confinement Impact on Flow Using a Black Oil Simulator |
| Ralf Werner Holy | PhD – 2016 | Numerical Investigation Of 1d Anomalous Diffusion in Fractured Nanoporous Reservoirs |
| Ali Albinali | PhD – 2016 | Anomalous Diffusion Analytical Solution for Fractured Nano-Porous Reservoirs |
| Tadesse Weldu Teklu | PhD – 2015 | Experimental and Numerical Study of Carbon Dioxide Injection Enhanced Oil Recovery in Low Permeability Reservoirs |
| Caglar Yesiltepe | MS – 2015 | Accessed Drainage Volume and Recovery Factors of Fractured Horizontal Wells Under Transient Flow |
| Andreas M. Lumban Gaol | MS – 2015 | Inference Test Analysis with Two Fractured Horizontal Wells |
| Goksu Akoglu Somyurek | MS – 2015 | CO2 Injection to Improve Oil Recovery Using Zipper Hydraulic Fractures |
| Waleed Alameri | PhD – 2015 | Low-Salinity Waterflooding in a Low-Permeability Carbonate Formation of a Giant Middle East Field |
| Najeeb S. Alharthy | PhD – 2015 | Compositional Modeling of Multiphase Flow and Enhanced Oil Recovery Prospects in Liquid-Rich Unconventional Reservoirs |
| Jusdon Greenwood | MS – 2015 | An Analytical Investigation of Boundaries in Naturally Fractured Unconventional Reservoirs |
| Mehdi Izadi Kamouei | PhD – 2015 | Assessing Productivity Impairment of Surfactant-Polymer EOR using Laboratory and Field Data |
| Filiz Geren | MS – 2014 | Modeling Flow in Nanoporous, Membrane Reservoirs and Interpretration of Coupled Fluxes |
| Caglar Komurcu | MS – 2014 | Effect of Viscosity – Compressibility Product Variation on the Analysis of Fracture Well Performances in Tight Unconventional Reservoirs |
| Ozlem Ozcan | MS – 2014 | Fractional Diffusion in Naturally Fractured Unconventional Reservoirs |
| Jeffrey S. Brown | PhD – 2014 | A compositional Simulation Model for Carbon Dioxide Flooding with Improved Fluid Trapping |
| Basak Kurtoglu | PhD – 2013 | Integrated Reservoir Characterization and Modeling in Support of Enhanced Oil Recovery for Bakken |
| Juan Carlos Carratu | MS – 2013 | Sensitivity of Fractured Horizontal Well Productivity to Reservoir Properties in Shale-Gas Plays |
| Tuba Firincioglu | PhD – 2013 | Bubble Point Suppression in Unconventional Liquids Rich Reservoirs and Its Impact on Oil Production |
| Mahmood Ahmadi | PhD – 2012 | Laplace Transform Deconvolution and its Application to Perturbation Solution of Non-Linear Diffusivity Equation |
| Mehmet Torcuk | MS – 2013 | Analytical Solutions for Multiple-Matrix in Fractured Reservoirs: Application to Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs |
| Osman Apaydin | PhD – 2012 | New Coupling Considerations Between Matrix and Fracture in Unconventional Resource Reservoirs |
| Younki Cho | MS – 2012 | Effects of Pressure-Dependent Natural-Fracture Permeability on Shale-Gas Well Production |
| Ali M. Al-Sumaiti | PhD – 2011 | Numerical and Experimental Modeling of Double Diplacement Oil Recovery in Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs |
| Baharak B. Alamdari | PhD – 2011 | Viability of Matriz-Fracture Transfer Functions for Dilute Surfactant-Augmented Waterflooding in Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs |
| Mojtaba Kiani | PhD – 2011 | Field Pilot Testing of EOR Surfactant in Dual-Porosity Naturally Fractured Reservoirs: Single-Well vs. Multiple-Well Approach |
| Ayyoub E. Heris | PhD – 2011 | Integrated Flow Simulation and Time-Lapse Seismic Reservoir Characterization in Conjunction with an Enhanced Oil Recovery Project, Postle Field, Texas County, Oklahoma |
| Vladimir Petunin | MS – 2011 | Laboratory Study of Permeability Change with Radially Applied Pressure |
| Omar Alnahdi | PhD – 2011 | Compositional Modelling of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Using Control Volume Mixed Finite Element Method |
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| Waleed Alameri | MS – 2010 | Use of Horizontal Wells To Improve Pattern Waterflood In Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs – simulation of horizontal wells |
| John Akinboyewa | MS – 2010 | Compositional Thermal Simulation of Expanding Solvent-Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (ES-SAGD) in Heavy Oil/Bitumen Reservoirs |
| Mohammed Al-Kobaisi | PhD – 2010 | Multiphase multiscale simulation of water-oil flow in single- and dual-porosity reservoirs – Comparison of different finite difference and finite element formulations; multiscale simulation |
| Ajab Al-Otaibi | PhD – 2010 | Pressure Transient Behavior of Vertical Wells Accounting for Non-Darcy Flow in Hydraulically Fractured Wells and Naturally Fractured Reservoirs |
| Benjamin Ramirez | PhD – 2010 | Mulstiscale Compositional Simualtion of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs |
| Najeeb Salim Alharthy | MS – 2009 | Energy Gain Efficiency Using Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) |
| Ali A. Albinali | MS – 2009 | Finite Difference Formulation of Coupled Geomechanics and Fluid-Flow for Reservoir Engineering Applications |
| Margaret “Peggy” Brown | MS – 2009 | Analytical Trilinear Pressure Transient Model for Multiply Fractured Horizontal Wells in Tight Shale Reservoirs |
| Basak Kurtoglu | MS – 2008 | Semi-Analytical Representation of Wells and Near-Well Flow Convergence in Numerical Reservoir Simulationr |
| Osama Raba | MS- 2008 | The Effects of Small Conductivity Near-Wellbore Natural Fractures on Three-Phase Performance of Long Horizontal Wells |
| Arjun Bathija | ME – 2008 | |
| Mohamed Elhage | ME – 2008 | |
| Can ” Jon” Yetkin | MS – 2007 | Simulation of Permeability Anisotropy to Reduce Grid orientation Effects |
| Benjamin Ramirez | MS – 2007 | Gas Condensate Non-Darcy Flow Effects in Dual-Porosity, Dual-Permeability Naturally Fractured Reservoirs |
| Flavio Medeiros Junior | PhD – 2007 | Semi-Analytical Pressure Transient Model for Complex Well-Reservoir Systems |
| Safian Atan | PhD – 2007 | Multiscale Multimesh Numerical Simulation for Two-Phase Flow in Highly Heterogeneous Reservoirs |
| Mohammad Al-Matrook | PhD – 2006 | Multi-Scale Formulation and Simulation of Three-Phase Flow with Interphase Mass Transfer |
| Adetayo Balogun | MS – 2005 | An Improved Water-Oil Transfer-Function for Dual-Porosity/Dual-Permeability System |
| Christian Aguilar | MS – 2005 | Simulation of Pressure Transient Response of Single and Dual-Lateral Wells |
| Victor Salazar Indij | MS – 2005 | Improved Heavy Oil Recovery in a Foamy Heavy Oil Reservoir Using SAGD Technology |
| Nasser Al-Mohannadi | PhD – 2004 | Simulation of Horizontal Well Tests |
| Juergen Dreier | MS – 2004 | Pressure-Transient Analysis of Wells in Reservoirs with a Multiple Fracture Network |
| Jose Martinez -Val | ME – 2004 | |
| Jaime Moreno | MS – 2004 | Streamline Simulation of Counter-Current Water-Oil Flow in Dual-Porosity Naturally Fractured Reservoirs |
| Carlos Pereira | MS – 2003 | Combined Effect of Non-Darcy Flow and Formation Damage on Gas Well Performance in Dual-Porosity/Dual-Permeability |
| Mohammad Al-Matrook | MS – 2002 | An Improved Two-Component Simulation of Black Oil, Volatile Oil, and Gas Condensate Reservoirs |