Publications

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2020
  • AlHashmi, O., Uzun, I., Kazemi, H. Interpretation of Mini-Frac and Flowback Pressure Response: Application to Unconventional Reservoirs in the UAE. Paper presented at the SPE Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference, November 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/202960-MS  2020  
  • Uzun, O., Uzun, I., AlHashmi, O., Kazemi, H. Mini Fracs Can Provide Reliable Formation Permeability in Unconventional Shale Reservoirs. Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Virtual, October 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/201494-MS 2020  
  • Tian, Y., Uzun, I., Shen, Y., Lei, A., Yuian, J., Chen, J., Kazemi, H., and  Wu, Y-S., Feasibility Study of Gas Injection in Low Permeability Reservoirs of Changqing Oilfield. Fuel, 274 https://doi.org/10.1016/j. fuel.2020.117831.2020  
  • Uzun, O., Torcuk, M. A., Kazemi, H. Enhanced Oil Recovery for Liquid-Rich Unconventional Shale Reservoirs Using Low-Salinity Surfactant and Wettability Altering Dilute Surfactants. SPE-200346-MS, paper presented at the SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference, Virtual, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, 29 August – 02 September 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/200346-MS 2020 
  • Tian, Y., Uzun, O., Shen, Y., Lei, Z., Yuan, J., Chen, J., Kazemi, H., Wu, Y., Feasibility Study of Gas Injection in Low Permeability Reservoirs of Changqing Oilfield. SPE-200469-MS, Paper presented at the SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference, Virtual, August 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/200469-MS 2020 
2019
  • Beokhaimook, C., Kazemi, H., Quantifying Near-Wellbore Permeability Including Fractures Using Real-Time Pressure from Distributed Downhole Measurements. SPE-193828-MS 2019 
  • Karimi, S., Kazemi, H., Simpson, G., Capillary Pressure and Wettability Indications of Middle Bakken Core Plugs for Improved Oil Recovery. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering Journal, 22 (01) https://doi.org/10.2118/185095-PA 2019.  
  • Khaleel, O., Teklu, T. W., Waleed, A., Abass, H., Kazemi, H., Wettability Alteration of Carbonate Reservoir Cores—Laboratory Evaluation Using Complementary Technique. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering Journal, 22 (03) https://doi.org/10.2118/194483-PA 2019  
  • Al-Ghnemi, M., Ozkan, E., Kazemi, H., Al-Murayri, M., Pitts, M., & Dean, E., A Comprehensive Overview of Early Implementation of Chemical EOR Sector Model for North Kuwait Sabriyah Lower Burgan Reservoir. Society of Petroleum Engineers. 198645-MS SPE Gas & Oil Technology Showcase and Conference, Dubai, UAE, 21-23 October 2019  
  • Torcuk, M.A., Uzun, O., Padin, A., Kazemi, H., Impact of Chemical Osmosis on Brine Imbibition and Hydrocarbon Recovery in LiquidRich Shale Reservoirs. SPE-195909-MS, prepared for presentation at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 30 September – 02 October 2019  
  • Ibrahim Mohamed, M., Ibrahim, A. F., Ibrahim, M., Pieprzica, C., & Ozkan, E. Determination of ISIP of Non-Ideal Behavior During Diagnostic Fracture Injection Tests. Society of Petroleum Engineers. 195994-MS – September 23, 2019 
  • Uzun, O., Kazemi, H., Assessment of Improved Oil Recovery by Osmotic Pressure in Unconventional Reservoirs: Application to Niobrara Chalk and Codell Sandstone. URTEC-2019-302-MS, Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, 22-24 July 2019  
2018
  • Lee E., Hornafius J. S., Dean E., Kazemi H. Potential of Denver Basin Oil Fields to Store CO2 and Produce Bio-CO2-EOR Oil. Int Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Elsevier. 2018 
  • Alharthy N., Teklu T.W., Kazemi H., Graves R., Hawthorne S., Braunberger J., Kurtoglu B. Enhanced Oil Recovery in Liquid-Rich Shale Reservoirs: Laboratory to Field. SPE Res Eval & Eng Journal, 21(01), 137-159, SPE 175034-PA. 2018  
2017
  • Uzun, I., Eker, E., Kazemi, H. Phase Behavior Change due to Rock Deformation in Shale Reservoirs: A Compositional Modeling Approach. https://doi.org/10.2118/187442-MS. Presented at SPE ATCE Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, 9-11 October 2017
  • Uzun, I., Eker, E., Cho, Y., Kazemi, H., Rutledge, J.M. Assessment of Rate Transient Analysis Techniques for Multiphase Flow in Unconventional Reservoirs: Application to Eagle Ford Formation.https://doi.org/10.2118/185737-MS. Presented at SPE Western Regional Meeting, California, 23-27 April 2017
  • Eker, E., Uzun, I., Kazemi, H., Rutledge, J.M. Hydraulic Fracture Propagation Modeling for Well Performance Analysis: Eagle Ford Formation Case Study. https://doi.org/10.2118/186087-MS. Presented at SPE Western Regional Meeting, California, 23-27 April 2017
  • Eker, E., Uzun, I., and Kazemi, H. Numerical Simulation of Dual-Porosity Multiphase Flow Using Poroelasticity Theory. https://doi.org/10.2118/182728-MS. Presented at SPE Reservoir Simulation Conference, Montgomery, Texas, 20-22 February 2017.
  • Teklu, T. W., Alameri, W., Kazemi, H., Graves, R. M., AlSumaiti, A. M. Low-salinity-water-Surfactant-CO2 EOR. Petroleum 3 (2017), 309-320.
  • Alharthy, N., Teklu, T. W., Kazemi, H., Graves, R. M., Hawthorne, S., Braunbeger, Kurtoglu, B. Enhanced Oil Recovery in Liquid-Rich Shale Reservoirs: Laboratory to Field. https://doi.org/10.2118/175034-PA. SPE 175034-PA (September 2017 preprint, SPE Res Eval & Eng).
  • Alharthy, N., Teklu, T., El-Gawad, S., Kazemi, H., Graves, R. Flow Dynamics and Pore Scale Physics in Unconventional Shale Reservoirs. URTeC2698056. Presented at the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Austin, Texas, USA, 24-26 July 2017.
  • Ning Y, Kazemi H, Tura A. Production performance of Niobrara and Codell: Integrating compositional modeling with 4D seismic, presented in SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts, Houston, Texas, Aug 17 2017 (pp. 5885-5889). Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
  • Karimi, S., Saidian, M., and Kazemi, H. Experimental Study of the Effect of Aging on Fluid Distribution in Middle Bakken Cores. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering.
  • Karimi, S., Kazemi, H., and Simpson, A.G. Capillary Pressure, Fluid Distribution, and Oil Recovery in Preserved Middle Bakken Cores. https://doi.org/10.2118/185095-MS. Presented at the SPE Oklahoma City Oil and Gas Symposium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, 27-30 March 2017.
  • Karimi, S. and Kazemi, H. Characterizing Pores and Pore-Scale Flow Properties in Middle Bakken Cores.https://doi.org/10.2118/187076-MS. Presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 9-11 October 2017.
  • Anton P., Torcuk, M.A., Katsuki, D., Kazemi, H., Tutuncu, A.,N. Experimental and Theoretical Study of Water and Solute Transport in Organic-Rich Carbonate Mudrocks. https://doi.org/10.2118/181585-PA.SPE Journal November 2017.
2016
  • Suppachoknirun, T., Tutuncu, A.N. and Kazemi, H.,Evaluation of Multistage Hydraulic Fracturing Techniques for Production Optimization in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Using Coupled Geomechanics Fracture and Flow Model. http://dx.doi.org/10.2523/IPTC-18916-MS. Presented at International Petroleum Technology Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 14-16 November 2016
  • Uzun, I., Kurtoglu, B. and Kazemi, H.,Multiphase Rate-Transient Analysis in Unconventional Reservoirs: Theory and Application. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering Journal 19 (04) 553-566. Doi: 10.2118/171657-PA. October 2016
  • Alharthy, N., Teklu, T., Kazemi, H. and Graves, R., Compositional Rate Transient Analysis in Liquid Rich Shale Reservoirs. Society of Petroleum Engineers. September 2016 doi:10.2118/181699-MS
  • Padin, A., Torcuk, M. A., Katsuki, D., Kazemi, H., and Tutuncu, A. N., Experimental and Theoretical Study of Water-Solute Transport in Organic-Rich Carbonate Mudrocks. Society of Petroleum Engineers. Sept. 2016 doi:10.2118/181585-MS
  • Cho, Y., Uzun, I., Eker, E., Yin, X. and Kazemi, H., Water and Oil Relative Permeability of Middle Bakken Formation: Experiments and Numerical Modeling. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. August 2016
  • Alharthy, N. S., Teklu, T. W. W., Nguyen, T. N., Kazemi, H., & Graves, R. M. Nanopore Compositional Modeling in Unconventional Shale Reservoirs. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.2118/166306-PA July 2016
  • Cho, Y., Eker, E., Uzun, I., Yin, X. and Kazemi, H. Rock Characterization in Unconventional Reservoirs: A Comparative Study of Bakken, Eagle Ford, and Niobrara Formations. Society of Petroleum Engineers. May 2016 doi:10.2118/180239-MS
  • Karimi, S., Saidian, M. and Kazemi, H. Experimental Study of the Effect of Core Aging on Fluid Distribution in Middle Bakken Cores. Society of Petroleum Engineers. May 2016 doi:10.2118/180269-MS
  • Fakcharoenphol, P., Torcuk, M., Kazemi, H. and Wu, Y.S., Effect of Shut-In Time on Gas Flow Rate in Hydraulic Fractured Shale Reservoirs. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 32, pp.109-121. 2016
  • Teklu, T.W., Alameri, W., Graves, R.M., Kazemi, H. and AlSumaiti, A.M., Low-Salinity Water-Alternating-CO 2 EOR. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 142, pp.101-118. 2016
2015
  • Fakcharoenphol, P., Kurtoglu, B., Kazemi, H., Charoenwongsa, S. and Wu, Y.S. The Effect of Chemical Osmosis on Oil and Gas Production from Fractured Shale Formations. Fluid Dynamics in Complex Fractured-Porous Systems, 2015 210, p. 85.
  • Alharthy, N., Teklu, T., Kazemi, H., Graves, R., Hawthorne, S., Braunberger, J., & Kurtoglu, B. Enhanced Oil Recovery in Liquid-Rich Shale Reservoirs: Laboratory to Field. Society of Petroleum Engineers.doi:10.2118/175034-MS Sept. 2015 (in press of SPEREE)
  • Karimi, S., Saidian, M., Prasad, M. and Kazemi, H. Reservoir Rock Characterization Using Centrifuge and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: A Laboratory Study of Middle Bakken Cores. Society of Petroleum Engineers. September 2015 doi:10.2118/175069-MS
  • Teklu, T. W., Alameri, W., Kazemi, H., & Graves, R. M. Contact Angle Measurements on Conventional and Unconventional Reservoir Cores. Society of Petroleum Engineers. August 2015 doi:10.2118/178568-MS
  • Teklu, T. W., Alharthy, N., Alameri W., Kazemi, H., Graves, R., 2015c. Matrix-Fracture Interface Cleanup Protocol for Tight Sandstone and Carbonate Reservoirs. http://dx.doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201413329. 77th EAGE conference, Madrid, Spain, 1-4 June 2015.
  • Karimi, S. and Kazemi, H. Capillary Pressure Measurement using Reservoir Fluids in a Middle Bakken Core. Presented at SPE Western Regional Meeting, Garden Grove, California, 27–30 April 2015
  • Teklu, T. W., Alameri, W., Kazemi, H., Graves, R. M. and AlSumaiti, A. M. Low-salinity-water-surfactant-CO2 EOR: Theory and Experiments. http://dx.doi.org/10.3997/2214, 4609.201412104. Presented at the 18th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery conference, Dresden, Germany, April 14-16, 2015
  • Alameri, W., Teklu, T. W., Graves, R. M., Kazemi, H. and AlSumaiti, A. M. Experimental and Numerical Modeling of Low-Salinity Waterflood in a Low Permeability Carbonate Reservoir. Society of Petroleum Engineers. April 2015 doi:10.2118/174001-MS
  • Winterfeld, P.H. and Yu-Shu. Wu, Simulation of Coupled Thermal-Hydrological-Mechanical Phenomena in Porous and Fractured Media, to submit for presentation in the 2015 SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium to be held 23-25 February, 2015 in Houston, TX, USA
  • Wang, Shihao, Phil Winterfeld and Yu-Shu Wu, An efficient adaptive nonlinear elimination preconditioned Inexact Newton method for parallel simulation of thermal-hydraulic-mechanical processes in fractured reservoirs, to submit for presentation in the 2015 SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium to be held 23-25 February, 2015 in Houston, TX, USA
  • Farah, N., D.Y. Ding and Yu-Shu Wu Simulation of the impact of fracturing water blocking on gas productions in shale-gas reservoirs, to submit for presentation in the 2015 SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium to be held 23-25 February, 2015 in Houston, TX, USA
  • Wang, Cong, Philip H. Winterfeld, Yi Xiong, Yu-Shu Wu, and Zhao Qin Huang, Geomechanics Coupling Simulation of Fracture Closure and Its Influence on Gas Production in Shale Gas Reservoirs, to submit for presentation in the 2015 SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium to be held 23-25 February, 2015 in Houston, TX, USA
  • Xiong, Yi, Philip H. Winterfeld, Cong Wang, Yu-Shu Wu, and Zhaoqin Huang, A compositional model fully coupled with geomechanics for liquid-rich shale and tight oil reservoir simulation, accepted for presentation in the 2015 SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium to be held 23-25 February, 2015 in Houston, TX, USA
  • Kurtoglu, B., Salman, A. and Kazemi, H. Production Forecasting Using Flow Back Data. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.2118/172922-MS January 2015
2014
  • I. Eker, B. Kurtoglu, H. Kazemi. Multiphase Rate Transient Analysis in Unconventional Reservoirs: Theory and Applications. Paper SPE 171657-MS Presented at the SPE/CSUR Unconventional Resources Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 30 September – 2 October 2014
  • Winterfeld, Philip H. and Yu-Shu Wu, Simulation of THM Processes in Fractured Reservoirs, AGU Book Chapter: Title: Dynamics of Fluids and Transport in Fractured-Porous Media, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA, 2014
  • Fakcharoenphol, Perapon, Basak Kurtoglu, Hossein Kazemi, Sarinya Charoenwongsa, and Yu-Shu Wu, The Effect of Osmotic Pressure on Improve Oil Recovery from Fractured Shale Formations, AGU Book Chapter: Dynamics of Fluids and Transport in Fractured-Porous Media, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA, 2014
  • Wu, Yu-Shu, Y. Xiong and H. Kazemi. In Press. Coupled Thermo-Hydrological Processes in Enhanced Geothermal Systems. Book Chapter of In Pore Scale Science and Technology Frontiers of Mesoscale Science, in Press, 2014
  • Winterfeld, P. H. and Yu-Shu Wu, Simulation of CO2 Sequestration in Brine Aquifers with Geomechanical Coupling, Chapter of the Book: Computational Models for CO2 Sequestration and Compressed Air Energy Storage, Taylor & Francis /CRC Press, 2014
  • Cong Wang and Yu-Shu Wu, Modeling Analysis of Transient Pressure and Flow Behavior at Horizontal Wells with Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fractures in Shale Gas Reservoirs, SPE 168966, prepared for presentation at the SPE Unconventional Resources Conference – USA held in The Woodlands, Texas, USA, 1-3 April 2014
  • Xu Wang, Philip Winterfeld, Xu Ma, Dengsheng Ye, Jijun Miao, Yonghong Wang, Cong Wang, and Yu-Shu Wu, Simulation of Coupled Hydraulic Fracturing Propagation and Gas Well Performance in Shale Gas Reservoirs, SPE 168967, prepared for presentation at the SPE Unconventional Resources Conference – USA held in The Woodlands, Texas, USA, 1-3 April 2014
  • Perapon Fakcharoenphol, Basak Kurtoglu, Hossein Kazemi, Sarinya Charoenwongsa, and Yu-Shu Wu, The Effect of Osmotic Pressure on Improve Oil Recovery from Fractured Shale Formation, SPE 168998, prepared for presentation at the SPE Unconventional Resources Conference – USA held in The Woodlands, Texas, USA, 1-3 April 2014.
  • Ding, Didier and Yu-Shu Wu, Numerical Simulation of Low-Permeability Unconventional Gas Reservoirs,paper number: SPE 167711 prepared for the SPE/EAGE European Unconventional Resources Conference & Exhibition, Reed Messe Wien, Vienna, Austria, 25-27 February, 2014
  • Cai, Long, Didier-Yu Ding, Cong Wang, and Yu-Shu Wu, Accurate and Efficient Simulation of Fracture-Matrix Interaction In Shale Gas Reservoirs, Transport in Porous Media, in press, 2014
  • Minsu Cha, Xiaolong Yin, Timothy Kneafsey, Brent Johanson, Naif Alqahtani, Jennifer Miskimins, Taylor Patterson, and Yu-Shu Wu, Cryogenic fracturing for shale and tight gas reservoirs stimulation – laboratory studies, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, in press, 2014
  • Ding, D., Yu-Shu Wu, and L. Jeannin, Efficient simulation of hydraulic fractured wells in unconventional reservoirs, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, in press, 2014
  • Huang, Zhao-Qin, Philip H. Winterfeld, Yu-Shu Wu, and Jun Yao, Parallel simulation of fully-coupled thermal-hydro-mechanical processes in CO2 leakage through fluid-driven fracture zones, accepted by International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 2014.
  • Aladasani, Ahmad, Baojun Bai, Yu-Shu Wu, and Saeed Salehi. Studying Low-Salinity Waterflooding Recovery Effects in Sandstone Reservoirs, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2014.03.008, Vol. 120, pp.39-51, 2014
  • Zhang, R., Yu-Shu Wu, and P. Fakcharoenphol, Non-Darcy Displacement in Linear Composite and Radial Aquifer during CO2 Sequestration, International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, 7 (3), pp.244-262, 2014
  • Wu, Yu-Shu, Jianfang Li, Didier Ding, Cong Wang, and Yuan Di, A Generalized Framework Model for Simulation of Gas Production in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs, SPE Journal, 2014.
  • Rechard, R. P., J. T. Birkholzer, Yu-Shu Wu, J. S. Stein, and J. E. Houseworth, Unsaturated flow modeling in performance assessments for the Yucca Mountain disposal system for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Volume: 122, pp.124-144, Special Issue: SI, DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2013.06.025, Feb 2014
  • Cha M, Yin X, Kneafsey TJ, Johanson B, Alqahtani N, Miskimins JL, Patterson TA, Wu YS. Cryogenic fracturing for reservoir stimulation – laboratory studies, accepted by J. Petro. Sci. Eng., 2014.
  • Wu QH, Bai BJ, Ma YF, Ok JT, Neeves KB, Yin XL, Optic imaging of two-phase-flow behavior in 1D nanoscale channels, accepted SPE J., 2014.
  • Xu W, Ok JT, Xiao F, Neeves KB, Yin XL, The effect of pore geometry and interfacial tension on water-oil displacement efficiency in oil-wet microfluidic porous media analogs, Phys. Fluids 26:093102, 2014.
  • Teklu TW, Alharthy N, Kazemi H, Yin XL, Graves RM, AlSumaiti AM, Phase behavior and minimum miscibility pressure in nanopores, SPE Res. Eval. Eng. 17:396-403, 2014.
  • Yong YM, Lou XJ, Li S, Yang C, Yin XL, Direct simulation of the influence of the pore structure on the diffusion process in porous media, Comput. Math. Appl. 67:412-423, 2014.
  • Wang L, Neeves KB, Yin XL, Ozkan E. Experimental study and modeling of the effect of pore size distribution on hydrocarbon phase behavior in nanopores. SPE 170894, SPE Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference, October 27-29, 2014, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Liu SY, Wu QH, Bai BJ, Ma YF, Wei MZ, Yin XL, Neeves KB. Optic imaging of oil/water flow behavior in nano-scale channels. SPE 169111, SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, April 12-16, 2014, Tulsa, OK, USA.
  • He K, Xu L, Gao Y, Neeves KB, Yin XL, Ma YF, Bai BJ. Validating surfactant performance in the Eagle Ford Shale: A correlation between the reservoir-on-a-chip approach and enhanced well productivity. SPE 169147, SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, April 12-16, 2014, Tulsa, OK, USA.
  • Teklu TW, Alharthy N, Kazemi H, Yin XL, Graves RM. Hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon gas miscibility with light oil in shale reservoirs. SPE 169123, SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, April 12-16, 2014, Tulsa, OK, USA.
  • Wang L, Parsa S, Gao Y, Ok JT, Neeves KB, Yin XL, Ozkan E. Experimental study and modeling of the effect of nanoconfinement on hydrocarbon phase behavior in unconventional reservoirs. SPE 169581, SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, April 17-18, 2014, Denver, CO, USA.
  • Teklu TW, Alharthy N, Kazemi H, Yin XL, Graves RM. Vanishing interfacial tension algorithm for MMP determination in unconventional reservoirs. SPE 169517, SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting, April 17-18, 2014, Denver, CO, USA.
2013
  • Fakcharoenphol, P., Charoenwongsa, S., Kazemi, H., & Wu, Yu-Shu, The Effect of Water-Induced Stress To Enhance Hydrocarbon Recovery in Shale Reservoirs, Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.2118/158053-PA, SPE Journal, pp. 897-909, October, 2013
  • Ju, Binshan, Yu-Shu Wu, and Jishun Qin, Computer Modeling of the Displacement Behavior of Carbon Dioxide in Undersaturated Oil Reservoirs, Journal of Oil Gas Sci. Technol. – Rev. IFP Energies nouvelles, DOI, http://dx.doi.org/10.2516/ogst/2012021, 15 May 2013
  • Hu, Litang, Philip H. Winterfeld, Perapon Fakcharoenphol, and Yu-Shu Wu, A novel fully-coupled flow and geomechanics model in enhanced geothermal reservoirs, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 107, 3-4, pp. 1-11, 2013
  • Sudicky, Edward A., Hyoun-Tae Hwang, Walter A. Illman, Yu-Shu Wu, Jan B. Kool, and Peter Huyakorn, A semi-analytical solution for simulating contaminant transport subject to chain-decay reactions, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 144, pp.20-45, 2013
  • Xiong, Yi, Perapon Fakcharoenphol, Philip Winterfeld, Ronglei Zhang, and Yu-Shu Wu, Coupled Geomechanical and Reactive Geochemical Model for Fluid and Heat Flow: Application for Enhanced Geothermal Reservoir, SPE 165982, prepared for presentation at the SPE Reservoir Characterisation and Simulation Conference and Exhibition held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, 16-18 September 2013
  • Li, Ning, Qiquan Ran, Jianfang Li, Jiangru Yuan, Yu-Shu Wu, and Cong Wang, A Multiple-Continuum Model for Simulation of Gas Production from Shale Gas Reservoirs, SPE-165991, prepared for presentation at the SPE Reservoir Characterisation and Simulation Conference and Exhibition held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, 16-18 September 2013
  • Guo, Chaohua, Baojun Bai, Mingzhen Wei, Xiaoming He, and Yu-Shu Wu, Study on Gas Flow in Nano Pores of Shale Gas Reservoirs, SPE 167179, prepared for presentation at the SPE Unconventional Resources Conference-Canada held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 5-7 November 2013
  • Fakcharoenphol, Perapon, Mehmet Torcuk, Antoine Bertoncello, Hossein Kazemi, and Yu-Shu Wu, Managing Shut-in Time to Enhance Gas Flow Rate in Hydraulic Fractured Shale Reservoirs: a Simulation Study,SPE 166098, prepared for presentation at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 30 September-2 October 2013
  • Wu, Yu-Shu, Jianfang Li, Didier Ding, Cong Wang, and Yuan Di, A Generalized Framework Model for Simulation of Gas Production in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs, SPE-163609, to be presented at the SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium held in The Woodlands, Texas USA, 18-20 February 2013
  • Wang, Cong, Didier Ding, and Yu-Shu Wu, Characterizing Hydraulic Fractures in Shale Gas Reservoirs Using Transient Pressure Tests, SPE-163819, to be presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA, 4 – 6 February 2013
  • Newman MS, Yin XL, Lattice Boltzmann simulation of non-Darcy flow in stochastically generated 2D porous media geometries, SPE J. 18:12-26, 2013.
  • Wu QH, Ok JT, Sun YP, Retterer ST, Neeves KB, Yin XL, Bai BJ, Ma YF, Optic imaging of single and two-phase pressure-driven flows in nano-scale channels, Lab Chip 13:1165-1171, 2013.
  • Mokhtari M, Alqahtani AA, Tutuncu AN, Yin XL. Stress-dependent permeability anisotropy and wettability of shale resources. SPE 168672, Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, August 12-14, 2013, Denver, CO, USA
  • Teklu TW, Alharthy N, Kazemi H, Yin XL, Graves RM, Al-Sumaiti AM. Minimum miscibility pressure in conventional and unconventional reservoirs. SPE 168865, Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, August 12-14, 2013, Denver, CO, USA.
  • Rahli O, Yin XL, Metzger B. Effect of shear-induced diffusion on the transfer of heat across a sheared suspension, 7th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media, July 8-12, 2013, Sydney, Australia.
  • Xu W, OK JT, Chen JB, Neeves KB, Yin XL. The effect of pore geometry on displacement efficiency in water and surfactant flooding studied by PDMS microfluidic porous media analogs, The 12th National Conference on Fluid Flow in Porous Media, August 8-9, 2013, Qingdao, China.
  • Petunin VV, Labra C, Xiao F, Tutuncu AN, Sun J, Yin XL. Porosity and permeability change under stress and correlation to rock texture. 5th Biot Conference in Poromechanics, July 10-12, 2013, Vienna, Austria.
  • Yin XL, Zenk JR, Mitrano PP, Hrenya CM. Clustering instabilities in gas-solid systems: Role of dissipative collisions vs. viscous losses, Fluidization XIV, May 26-31, 2013, Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands.
  • Ok JT, Yin XL, Wu QH, Bai BJ, Ma YF, Neeves KB. Optic imaging of two-phase flow behavior in nano-scale fractures. SPE 164549, SPE Unconventional Resources Conference, April 10-12, 2013, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
2012
  • Yuedong Yao, Yu-Shu Wu, and Ronglei Zhang, The Transient Flow Analysis of Fluid in a Fractal, Double-Porosity Reservoir, Journal of Transport in Porous Media, Volume 94, Number 1, pp. 175-187, DOI: 10.1007/s11242-012-9995-y, 2012
  • Lai, Bitao, Jennifer L. Miskimins, and Yu-Shu Wu, Non-Darcy Porous Media Flow According to the Barree and Conway Model: Laboratory and Numerical Modeling Studies, SPE-122611, SPE Journal, Volume 17, Number 1, pp.70-79, March 2012.
  • Zhang, R., X. Yin, Yu-Shu Wu, and P. H. Winterfeld, A Fully Coupled Model for Nonisothermal Multiphase Flow, Solute Transport and Reactive Chemistry in Porous Media, SPE-159380, to be presented at the 2012 SPE ATCE, San Antonio, TX, Oct, 2012
  • Perapon Fakcharoenphol, Sarinya Charoenwongsa, Hossein Kazemi, and Yu-Shu Wu, The Effect of Water-Induced Stress to Enhance Hydrocarbon Recovery in Shale Reservoirs, SPE-158053, to be presented at the 2012 SPE ATCE, San Antonio, TX, Oct, 2012
  • Wu, Yu-Shu, Cong Wang, Jianfang Li, and P. Fackahroenphol, Transient Gas Flow in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs, SPE-154448, presented at the EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE Europec held in Copenhagen, Denmark, 4-7 June 2012
  • Aladasani, A., Baojun Bai, Yu-Shu Wu, Investigating Low-Salinity Waterflooding Recovery Mechanisms in Sandstone Reservoir, SPE 152997, presented at the Eighteenth SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, 14-18 April 2012
  • Wu, Yu-Shu, Cong Wang, and Didier Ding, Transient Pressure Testing Analysis of Gas Wells in Unconventional Reservoirs, SPE-160889, presented at the 2012 SPE Annual Technical Symposium & Exhibition (ATS&E), Khobar, Saudi Arabia, 8-11 April 2012
  • Wu MJ, Xiao F, Johnson-Paben, RM, Retterer ST, Yin XL, Neeves KB, Single- and two-phase flow in microfluidic porous media analogs based on Voronoi tessellation, Lab Chip 12:253-261, 2012.
  • Zhang RL, Yin XL, Winterfeld PH, Wu YS, A fully coupled model of nonisothermal multiphase flow, geomechanics, and chemistry during CO2 sequestration in brine aquifers, TOUGH Symposium, September 17-19, 2012, Berkeley, CA, USA.
  • SPE 155560. Simulating Low Salinity Water and Seawater Flooding in Sandstone and Carbonate Reservoirs. A. Aladasani, B. Bai, and Y. Wu. Presented at the SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West Asia, held in Muscat, Oman, 16-18 April 2012
  • SPE 152997. Investigating Low-Salinity Waterflooding Recovery Mechanisms in Sandstone Reservoirs.A. Aladasani, B. Bai, and Y. Wu. Presented at the SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, 14-18 April 2012
  • SPE 153902. Experimental and Numerical Simulation of Surfactant-Assisted Oil Recovery In Tight Fractured Carbonate Reservoir Cores. B. B. Alamdari, M. Kiani, and H. Kazemi. Presented at the SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, 14-18 April 2012
  • SPE 150104. Simulation of Gel Filter Cake Formation, Gel Cleanup, and Post-Frac Well Performance in Hydraulically Fractured Gas Wells. S. Charoenwongsa, H. Kazemi, P. Fakcharoenphol, and J. L. Miskimins. Presented at the SPE International Symposium and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA, 15-17 February 2012
  • SPE 122611. Non-Darcy Porous-Media Flow According to the Barree and Conway Model: Laboratory and Numerical-Modeling Studies. B. Lai, J. L. Miskimins, and Y. Wu. SPE Journal, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 70-79
  • SPE 151060. Sensitivity Analysis of Hydraulic Fracturing Damage Factors: Reservoir Properties and Operation Variables. N. Putthaworapoom, J. L. Miskimins, and H. Kazemi. Presented at the SPE/EAGE European Unconventional Resources Conference and Exhibition, held in Vienna, Austria, 20-22 March 2012
  • SPE 155454. Minimum Miscibility Pressure Determination: Modified Multiple Mixing Cell Method. T. W. Teklu, S. G. Ghedan, R. M. Graves, and Xiaolong Yin. Presented at the SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West Asia, held in Muscat, Oman, 16-18 April 2012
  • SPE 160889. Transient Pressure Analysis of Gas Wells in Unconventional Reservoirs. Y. Wu, C. Wang, and D. Ding. Presented at the SPE Saudi Arabia Section Technical Symposium and Exhibition, held in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, 8-11 April 2012
2011
  • Wu, Yu-Shu, B. Lai, J. L. Miskimins, P. Fakcharoenphol, and Y. Di, Analysis of Multiphase Non-Darcy Flow in Porous and Fractured Media, Journal of Transport in Porous Media, 88:205-233, DOI 10.1007/s11242-011-9735-8, 2011
  • Ju, Binshan, Yu-Shu Wu, and Tailiang Fan, Study on Fluid Flow in Nonlinear Elastic Porous Media: Experimental and Modeling Approaches, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 76, Issues 3-4, March 2011, Pages 205-211
  • Yong YM, Yang C, Jiang Y, Josh, A, Shi YC, Yin XL, Numerical simulation of immiscible liquid-liquid flow in microchannels using lattice Boltzmann method, Sci. China Chem. 54:244-256, 2011.
  • Zhang RL, Yin XL, Wu YS, Winterfeld PH. A fully coupled model of nonisothermal multiphase flow, solute transport and reactive chemistry in porous media. SPE 159380, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, October 8-10, 2011, San Antonio, TX, USA.
  • Petunin VV, Yin XL, Tutuncu AN. Porosity and permeability changes in sandstones and carbonates under stress and their correlation to rock texture. SPE 147401, Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference, November 15-17, 2011, Alberta, Canada.
  • Newman M, Yin XL. Lattice Boltzmann simulation of non-Darcy flow in stochastically generated 2D porous media geometries. SPE 146689, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, October 30 – November 2, 2011, Denver, CO, USA.
  • Petunin VV, Tutuncu AN, Prasad M, Kazemi H, Yin XL. An experimental study for investigating the stress dependence of permeability in sandstones and carbonates. ARMA 11-279, 45th US Rock Mechanics and Geomechanics Symposium, June 26-29, 2011, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • SPE 146375. Modeling Surfactant Enhanced Oil Recovery From Short And Long Fractured Carbonate Cores And Scaling Of Results To Field Applications. B. B. Alamdari, H. Kazemi, M. Salehi, C. Thomas, M. Izadi, and E. Manrique. Presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, held in Denver, Colorado, USA, 30 October-2 November 2011
  • SPE 148292. Geomechanics and Fluid Flow Modeling Using Finite-Difference Method. A. A. Albinali, H. Kazemi, and B. N. Alghamdi. Presented at the SPE Reservoir Characterization and Simulation Conference and Exhibition, held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, 9–11 October 2011
  • SPE 141766. Compositional Modeling of Heterogeneous Anisotropic Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Using Control Volume Mixed Finite-Element Technique. Alnahdi, O. and H. Kazemi. Presented at the SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference, held in Manama, Bahrain, 25-28 September 2011
  • SPE 149123. An Alternative Approach to Modeling Non-Darcy Flow for Pressure Transient Analysis in Porous and Fractured Reservoirs. A. Al-Otaibi and Y. Wu. Presented at the SPE/DGS Saudi Arabia Section Technical Symposium and Exhibition, held in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, 15-18 May 2011
  • SPE 147391. Effect of Discontinuous Microfractures on Ultratight Matrix Permeability of a Dual-Porosity Medium. O. G. Apaydin, E. Ozkan and R. Raghavan. Presented at the Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference, held in Alberta, Canada , 15-17 November 2011
  • SPE 125043. Practical Solutions for Pressure-Transient Responses of Fractured Horizontal Wells in Unconventional Shale Reservoirs. M. Brown, E. Ozkan, R. Raghavan, and H. Kazemi. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 663-676.
  • SPE 145096. A Practical Compositional Method for Simulation of CO2 Flooding in Porous and Fractured Petroleum Reservoirs. Y. Di, Y. Wu, B. Ju, J. Qin, and X. Song. Presented at the SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, held in Jakarta, Indonesia, 20-22 September 2011
  • ARMA 11-213. A Coupled Flow-Geomechanics Model For Fluid And Heat Flow For Enhanced Geothermal Reservoirs. P. Fakcharoenphol and Y.Wu. Presented at the 45th U.S. Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium, held in San Francisco, California, June 26 – 29, 2011
  • SPE 146960. Quantitative Integration of Flow Simulation and 4D Multi-Component Seismic in a CO2 WAG EOR Project. A. E. Heris, A. Wandler, H. Kazemi, and T. L. Davis. Presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, held in Denver, Colorado, USA, 30 October-2 November 2011
  • SPE 155560. Simulating Low Salinity Water and Seawater Flooding in Sandstone and Carbonate Reservoirs. Al-adasani, A., B. Bai, and Y. Wu. Presented at the SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West Asia, held in Muscat, Oman, 30 October-2 November 2011
  • SPE 146840. Pilot Testing Issues of Chemical EOR in Large Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs, M. Kiani, H. Kazemi, E. Ozkan, and Y. Wu. Presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, held in Denver, Colorado, USA, 30 October-2 November 2011
  • SPE 149273. Evaluation of Long-Term Performance of Oil Wells in Elm Coulee Field. B. Kurtoglu, S. A. Cox, and H. Kazemi. Presented at the Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference, held in Alberta, Canada, 15-17 November 2011
  • ARMA 11-268. A New Practical Method For Modeling Hydraulic Fracture Propagation In 3-D Space. N. M. Al-Ajmi, N. Putthaworapoom, and H. Kazemi. Presented at the 45th U.S. Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium, held in San Francisco, California, June 26 – 29, 2011
  • SPE 146689. The Effect of Pore Heterogeneity on Non-Darcy Flow by Lattice Boltzmann Simulation. M. S. Newman and X. Yin. Presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, held in Denver, Colorado, USA, 30 October-2 November 2011
  • SPE 121290. Comparison of Fractured-Horizontal-Well Performance in Tight Sand and Shale Reservoirs. E. Ozkan, M. Brown, R. Raghavan, and H. Kazemi. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 248-459.
  • ARMA 11-279. An Experimental Study For Investigating the Stress Dependence of Permeability In Sandstones And Carbonates. V. V. Petunin, A. N. Tutuncu, M. Prasad, H. Kazemi, and X. Yin. Presented at the 45th U.S. Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium, held in San Francisco, California, June 26 – 29, 2011
  • SPE 147401. Porosity and Permeability Changes in Sandstones and Carbonates Under Stress and Their Correlation to Rock Texture. V. V. Petunin, X. Yin, and A. N. Tutuncu. Presented at the Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference, held in Alberta, Canada, 15-17 November 2011
  • SPE 140748. Flow in Composite Slabs. R. Raghavan and E. Ozkan. SPE Journal, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 374-387.
  • SPE 141514. Parallel Simulation of CO2 Sequestration with Rock Deformation in Saline Aquifers. P. H. Winterfeld and Y. Wu. Presented at the SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, held in The Woodlands, Texas, USA, 21-23 February 2011
  • SPE 142884. A Unified Mathematical Model for Unconventional Reservoir Simulation. Y. Wu and P. Fakcharoenphol. Presented at the SPE EUROPEC/EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition, held in Vienna, Austria, 23-26 May 2011
  • Analysis of Multiphase Non-Darcy Flow in Porous and Fractured Media. Y. Wu, B. Lai, J. L. Miskimins, P. Fakcharoenphol, and Y. Di. Transport in Porous Media, vol. 88, issue 2, pp.205, 2011
  • A Multiple-Continuum Model for Simulating Single-Phase and Multiphase Flow in Naturally Fractured Vuggy Reservoirs. Y. Wu, Y. Di, Z. Kang, and P. Fakcharoenphol. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 78, DOI information: 10.1016/j.petrol.2011.05.004, pp. 13-22, 2011
  • Sensitivity Analysis of Unsaturated Flow and Contaminant Transport with Correlated Parameters. F. Pan, J. Zhu, M. Ye, Y. A. Pachepsky, and Y. Wu. Journal of Hydrology, vol.397, issues 3-4, 3 February 2011, pp. 238-249, 2011
  • Uncertainty Reduction of Hydrologic Models using Data from Surface-based Investigation. K. Karasaki, K. Ito, Y. Wu, M. Shimo, A. Sawada, K. Maekawa, K. Hatanaka. Journal of Hydrology, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.03.039, 2011
2010
  • Yin XL, Xiao F, Sundaresan S. Permeability in fixed beds of spheres with size distributions and stochastically generated porous media analogs, 3rd International Conference on Porous Media and Its Applications in Science, Engineering, and Industry, June 20-25, 2010, Montecatini, Italy.
  • The Influence of Interfacial Tension on Water-Oil Two-Phase Relative Permeability, P Shen, B Zhu, X Li, and Y Wu, (in press) Transport in Porous Media, 2010
  • Fracture-Flow-Enhanced Matrix Diffusion in Solute Transport Through Fractured Porous Media, Y Wu, M Ye, and E Sudicky, Transport in Porous Media, 81: pp.21-34, DOI 10.1007/s11242-009-9383-4, 2010
  • SPE 133533. Transient Behavior and Analysis of Non-Darcy Flow in Porous and Fractured Reservoirs According to the Barree and Conway Model, A. Al-Otaibi, and Y Wu.  Presented at the Western North America Regional Meeting, held in Anaheim, California, USA, 26–30 May 2010
  • SPE-129963. Non-Darcy Displacement in Linear Composite and Radial Flow Porous Media, Y Wu, P Fakcharoenphol, and R Zhang.  Presented at the SPE EUROPEC/EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition held in Barcelona, Spain, 14–17 June 2010
  • Displacement of Non-Newtonian Fluids in Linear and Radial Composite Porous Media, P Fakcharoenphol and Y Wu.  Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Porous Media and its Applications in Science and Engineering ICPM3,  Montecatini, Italy, June 20-25, 2010
  • SPE 129963. Simulation of Expanding Solvent – Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage in a Field Case Study of a Bitumen Oil Reservoir.   J. Akinboyewa, S K Das, Y Wu, and H. Kazemi.  Presented at the SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, April 24, 2010.
2009
  • SPE 122456 Conceptualization and Modeling of Flow and Transport Through Fault Zones. Yu-Shu Wu, SPE, Colorado School of Mines, and Kenzi Karasaki, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, 31 May-3 June 2009, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
  • SPE 122972 A Simple Method to Account for Permeability Anisotropy in Reservoir Models and Multi-Well Pressure Interference Tests. C. Yetkin, NITEC LLC; B. Ramirez, Marathon Oil Corporation; and M. Al-Kobaisi, H. Kazemi, and E. Ozkan, Colorado School of Mines, SPE Members. SPE Rocky Mountain Petroleum Technology Conference, 14-16 April 2009, Denver, Colorado.
  • SPE 122611 Non-Darcy Porous Media Flow According to the Barree and Conway Model: Laboratory and Numerical Modeling Studies.  Bitao Lai, Jennifer L. Miskimins, and Yu-Shu Wu, Colorado School of Mines. SPE Rocky Mountain Petroleum Technology Conference, 14-16 April 2009, Denver, Colorado
  • SPE 124213  A Critical Review for Proper Use of Water/Oil/Gas Transfer Functions in Dual-Porosity Naturally Fractured Reservoirs: Part II.  M. Al-Kobaisi , SPE, H. Kazemi, SPE, B. Ramirez, SPE, and E. Ozkan, SPE, Colorado School of Mines; and S. Atan, SPE, Marathon Oil Corporation.  SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, Volume 12, Number 2, April  2009, pp. 211-217.
  • SPE  109821 A Critical Review for Proper Use of Water/Oil/Gas Transfer Functions in Dual-Porosity Naturally Fractured Reservoirs: Part I.  B. Ramirez, SPE, H. Kazemi, SPE, M. Al-Kobaisi, SPE, and E. Ozkan, SPE, Colorado School of Mines; and S. Atan, SPE, Marathon Oil Corporation.  SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, Volume 12, Number 2, April 2009, pp. 200-210.
  • SPE 104580 Verification and Proper Use of Water-Oil Transfer Function for Dual-Porosity and Dual-Permeability Reservoirs. A. Balogun, SPE, Shell E&P, H. Kazemi, SPE, E. Ozkan, SPE, M. Al-Kobaisi, SPE, and B. Ramirez, SPE, Colorado School of Mines. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, Volume 12, Number 2, April  2009, pp. 189-199.
  • SPE 121290 Comparison of Fractured Horizontal-Well Performance in Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs.  E. Ozkan, SPE, Colorado School of Mines, M. Brown, SPE, Colorado School of Mines, R. Raghavan, SPE, Phillips Petroleum Co. (Retd.), and H. Kazemi, SPE, Colorado School of Mines.  SPE Western Regional Meeting, 24-26 March 2009, San Jose, California.
  • SPE 118233 A Multidomain Approach to Multiscale Compositional Reservoir Simulation.  Mohammad F. Al-Matrouk, SPE, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, and Mohammed Al-Kobaisi, SPE, Hossein Kazemi, SPE, and Erdal Ozkan, SPE, Colorado School of Mines. SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, 2-4 February 2009, The Woodlands, Texas, USA.
  • SPE 118830  Efficient Simulation for Low Salinity Waterflooding in Porous and Fractured Reservoirs.  Yu-Shu Wu, SPE, Colorado School of Mines, and Baojun Bai, SPE, Missouri University of Science and Technology.  SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, 2-4 February 2009, The Woodlands, Texas.
  • SPE 118944  A Multi-Continuum Model for Gas Production in Tight Fractured Reservoirs.  Yu-Shu Wu, SPE, Colorado School of Mines; George Moridis, SPE, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Baojun Bai, SPE, Missouri University of Science and Technology; and Keni Zhang, SPE, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.  SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, 19-21 January 2009, The Woodlands, Texas.
2008
  • SPE 117411 Testing and Analysis of Wells Producing Commingled Layers in Priobskoye Field. Alfred Davletbaev, RN-UfaNIPIneft, Erdal Ozkan, SPE, Colorado School of Mines, Andrey Slabetskiy, RNYuganskneftegas, Vyacheslav Nikishov, KNTTz <Rosneft> R&D, and Timur Usmanov, RN-UfaNIPIneft.   SPE Russian Oil and Gas Technical Conference and Exhibition, 28-30 October 2008, Moscow, Russia
  • SPE 108110 Productivity and Drainage Area of Fractured Horizontal Wells in Tight Gas Reservoirs. F. Medeiros, SPE, Petrobras, and E. Ozkan, SPE, and H. Kazemi, SPE, Colorado School of Mines.  SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, Vol.11, #5, October 2008, pp. 902-911.
  • SPE 115678 Modeling Particle Gel Propagation in Porous Media. Yu-Shu Wu, SPE, Colorado School of Mines, and Baojun Bai, SPE, Missouri University of Science and Technology. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 21-24 September 2008, Denver, Colorado, USA
  • SPE 116136 Semianalytical Representation of Wells and Near-Well Flow Convergence in Numerical Reservoir Simulation. B. Kurtoglu, SPE, Colorado School of Mines; F. Medeiros, Jr., SPE, Petrobras; and E. Ozkan, SPE, and H. Kazemi, SPE, Colorado School of Mines. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 21-24 September 2008, Denver, Colorado, USA
  • SPE 116255 Numerical Inversion of Laplace Transforms in the Solution of Transient Flow Problems With Discontinuities. N. Al-Ajmi, SPE, Colorado School of Mines; M. Ahmadi, SPE, Norwest Questa Engineering; and E. Ozkan, SPE, and H. Kazemi, SPE, Colorado School of Mines.  SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 21-24 September 2008, Denver, Colorado, USA
  • SPE 113651 Multiscale Compositional Simulation of Naturally Fractured Resevoirs.  B. Ramirez, SPE, Colorado School of Mines; Safian Atan, SPE, Marathon Oil Company; and Hossein Kazemi, SPE, Colorado School of Mines.  Europec/EAGE Conference and Exhibition, 9-12 June 2008, Rome, Italy
  • SPE 84294 Estimation of Storativity Ratio in a Layered Reservoir With Crossflow.  N.M. Al-Ajmi, SPE, H. Kazemi, SPE, and E. Ozkan, SPE, Colorado School of Mines.  N.M. Al-Ajmi, SPE, H. Kazemi, SPE, and E. Ozkan, SPE, Colorado School of Mines, Volume 11, Number 2, April 2008, pp 267-279.
2007
  • IPTC 11778:  A Critical Review for Proper Use of Water-Oil-Gas Transfer Functions in Dual-Porosity Naturally Fractured Reservoirs – Part II.  M. Al-Kobaisi, H. Kazemi, B. Ramirez, E. Ozkan, and S. Atan. This paper was prepared for presentation at the International Petroleum Technology Conference held in Dubai, U.A.E., 4–6 December 2007.
  • IPTC 11781:  Pressure-Transient Performances of Hydraulically Fractured Horizontal Wells in Locally and Globally Naturally Fractured Formations.  F. Medeiros, B. Kurtoglu, E. Ozkan, and H. Kazemi.  This paper was prepared for presentation at the International Petroleum Technology Conference held in Dubai, U.A.E., 4–6 December 2007.
  • SPE 110848:  Analysis of Production Data From Hydraulically Fractured Horizontal Wells in Tight, Heterogeneous Formations.  F. Medeiros, B. Kurtoglu, E. Ozkan, and H. Kazemi.  Presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Anaheim California, 11-14 November 2007
  • SPE 109821:  A Critical Review for Proper Use of Water/Oil/Gas Transfer Functions in Dual-Porosity Naturally Fractured Reservoirs—Part I.  B. Ramirez, H. Kazemi, M. Al-Kobaisi, E. Ozkan, and S. Atan.  Presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Anaheim California, 11-14 November 2007
  • SPE 109295:  Non-Darcy Flow Effects in Dual-Porosity, Dual-Permeability, Naturally Fractured Gas Condensate Reservoirs.   B. Ramirez, H. Kazemi, E. Ozkan, and M. Al-Matrook.  Presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Anaheim California, 11-14 November 2007
  • SPE 108110:  Productivity and Drainage Area of Fractured Horizontal Wells in Tight Gas Reservoirs.  F. Medeiros, E Ozkan, and H. Kazemi. Presented at the 2007 Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Technology Symposium in Denver, CO, 16-18 April 2007.
  • SPE 104581:  Transient Behavior of Multilateral Wells in Numerical Models: A Hybrid Analytical-Numerical Approach. C. Aguilar, E. Ozkan, H. Kazemi, M. Al-Kobaisi, and B. Ramirez.  Presented at the 15th SPE Middle East Oil & Gas Show and Conference held in Bahrain International Exhibition Centre, Kingdom of Bahrain, 11-14 March 2007.
  • SPE 104580:  Verification and Proper Use of Water/Oil Transfer Function for Dual-Porosity and Dual-Permeability Reservoirs.  A. Balogun, H. Kazemi, E. Ozkan, M. Al-Kobaisi, and B. Ramirez  Presented at the 15th SPE Middle East Oil & Gas Show and Conference held in Bahrain International Exhibition Centre, Kingdom of Bahrain, 11-14 March 2007.
2006
  • SPE 101987:  Effects of Formation Damage and High-Velocity Flow on the Productivity of Slotted-Liner Completed Horizontal Wells.  Y. Tang, T. Yildiz, E. Ozkan, and M. Kelkar.  Presented at the 2006 International Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition in China held in Beijing, China, 5-7 December 2006.
  • SPE 84378:  Pressure-Transient Responses of Horizontal and Curved Wells in Anticlines and Domes.  N. Al-Mohannadi, E. Ozkan, and H. Kazemi.  Presented at the 2003 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, 5-8 October, and revised for publication.  Paper peer approved 5 November 2006.
  • SPE 102834:  A Semianalytical, Pressure-Transient Model for Horizontal and Multilateral Wells in Composite, Layered, and Compartmentalized Reservoirs.  F. Medeiros Jr., E. Ozkan, and H. Kazemi. Presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 24-27 September 2006, San Antonio, Texas, USA
  • SPE 90623:  Combined Effect of Non-Darcy Flow and Formation Damage on Gas-Well Performance of Dual-Porosity and Dual-Permeability Reservoirs.  C. Pereira Tavares, H. Kazemi, and E. Ozkan.  Presented at the 2004 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX, 26-29 September, and revised for publication.  Paper peer approved 31 July 2006.
  • Paper 2006-162:  Pressure-Transient-Analysis of Horizontal Wells with Transverse, Finite-Conductivity Fractures.  M. Al-Kobaisi, E. Ozkan, H. Kazemi, and B. Ramirz.  Presented at the Petroleum Society’s 7th Canadian International Petroleum Conference (57th Annual Technical Meeting) Calgary, Alberta Canada, 13-15 June 2006.
  • SPE 92040:  A Hybrid Numerical/Analytical Model of a Finite-Conductivity Vertical Fracture Intercepted by a Horizontal Well.  M. Al-Kobaisi, E. Ozkan, and H. Kazemi.  Presented at the 2004 SPE international Petroleum Conference in Puebla, Mexico, 7-9 November, and revised for publication.  Paper peer approved 17 May 2006.
2005
  • SPE 77534:  Effects of Formation Damage and High-Velocity Flow on the Productivity of Perforated Horizontal Wells. Y. Tang, T. Yildiz, E. Ozkan, and M. Kelkar. Presented at the 202 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, TX, 29 September – 2 October and revised for publication.  Paper peer approved 24 May 2005.
  • SPE 84292:  Analysis of Interference Tests with Horizontal Wells.  M. Al-Khamis, E. Ozkan, and R. Raghavan.   Presented at the 2003 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, 5-8 October, and revised for publication.  Paper peer approved 24 May 2005.
  • SPE 93296:  Interpretation of Skin Effect from Pressure Transient Tests in Horizontal Wells.  A.M. Al-Otaibi, and E. Ozkan.  Presented at the 14th SPE Middle East Oil & Gas Show and Conference in Bahrain International Exhibition Centre, Bahrain, 12-15 March 2005.
  • S. Atan, E. Ozkan, and H. Kazemi.  Numerical Simulation of Multiphase Flow in Multiscale Heterogeneous Reservoirs Using Multimesh Computing Methodology.  2005.
  • SPE 93294:  Dual-Mesh Simulation of Reservoir Heterogeneity in Single- and Dual- Porosity Problems.  S. Atan, M. Al-Matrook, H. Kazemi, E. Ozkan, and M. Gardner.  Presented at the 2005 Reservoir Simulation Symposium in Houston, TX, 31 January – 2 February 2005.
  • SPE 93053:  Multilevel Fracture Network Modeling of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs.   H. Kazemi, S. Atan, M. Al-Matrook, J. Dreier, and E. Ozkan.  Presented at the 2005 Reservoir Simulation Symposium in Houston, TX, 21 January 2005 – 2 February 2005
2004
  • SPE 91940:  Dynamic Behavior of Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) Models.  H. Araujo, P. Lacentre, T. Zapata, A. Del Monte, F. Dzelalija, J. Gilman, H. Meng, H. Kazemi, and E. Ozkan. Presented at the 2004 SPE international Petroleum Conference in Puebla, Mexico, 8-9 November 2004
  • SPE 92039:  New Analytical Pressure-Transient Models to Detect and Characterize Reservoirs with Multiple Fracture Systems.  J. Dreier, E. Ozkan, and H. Kazemi. Presented at the SPE international Petroleum Conference Held in Puebla, Mexico, 7-9 November 2004.
  • SPE 89880:  Streamline Simulation of Countercurrent Water-Oil and Gas-Oil Flow in Naturally Fractured Dual-Porosity Reservoirs.  J. Moreno, H. Kazemi, and J. R. Gilman.  Presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Houston, TX, 26-29 September 2004.
2003
  • SPE 84294:  Estimation of Storativity Ratio in a Layered Reservoir with Crossflow.  N. M. Al-Ajmi, H. Kazemi, and E. Ozkan. Presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Denver, CO, 5-8 October 2003.