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2006-2007 PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Following is a list of publications and presentations by our Faculty during the 2006-2007 academic year. For more information, contact Loreta Watkins, Department Secretary, at loreta-watkins@utulsa.edu or call (918) 631-2533.

• Zubarev, D. and Kelkar, M.: "New Parallel Algorithm for Multiple History Matching of Realizations," SPE 101333, paper presented at SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas (September 24-27, 2006).
• Mahadevan, J., Sharma, M., Yortsos, Y., "Capillary Wicking in Gas Wells," SPE 103229 paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference at San Antonio, Texas (September 24-27, 2006).
• Gang, T. and Kelkar, M.: "History Matching for Determination of Fracture Permeability and Capillary Pressure," SPE 101052, paper presented at SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, TX (September 24-27, 2006).
• Farahani, H., Yu, M., Miska, S., Takach, N., Chen, G.: "Modeling Transient Thermo-Poroelastic Effects on 3D Wellbore Stability" SPE 103159, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas (September 24-27, 2006).
• Valluri, S., Miska, S., Ahmed, R., Yu, M., Takach, N.: "Experimental Study of Effective Hole Cleaning Using "Sweeps" in Horizontal Wellbores," SPE 101220, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas (September 24-27, 2006).
• Gokcal, B., Wang, Q., Zhang, H., and Sarica, C.: "Effects of High Oil Viscosity on Oil-Gas Flow Behavior in Horizontal Pipes," SPE 102727, presented at the 2006 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas (September 24-27, 2006).
• Farahani, H. S., Yu, M., Miska, S., Takach, N. and Chen, G., "Modeling Transient Thermo-Poroelastic Effects on 3D Wellbore Stability," SPE 103159, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas (September 24-27, 2006).
• Chen, S., Li, G., Peres, A. and Reynolds, A.: "An Approximate Analytical Solution for an Injection/Falloff/Production Test," SPE 103271, proceedings of 2006 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas (September 24-27, 2006).
• Zhao, Y. and Reynolds, A.: "Estimation and Removal of Tidal Effects From Pressure Data," SPE 103253, proceedings of 2006 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas (September 24-27, 2006).
• Wang, C., and Li, G.: "Huff and Puff Recovery Technique on Watered-Out Horizontal Wells," SPE 104491, proceedings of the SPE Eastern Regional Meeting, Caton, Ohio (October 11-13, 2006).
• Zubarev, D. and Kelkar, M.: "New Parallel Algorithm for Multiple History Matching of Realizations," SPE 101333, paper presented at ADIPEC Conference and Exhibition, Abu Dhabi, UAE (November 5-8, 2006).
• Duan, M., Miska, S., Yu, M., Takach, N, Ahmed, R.: "Transport of Small Cuttings in Extended Reach Drilling," SPE 104192, SPE International Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition, Beijing China (December 5-7, 2006).
• Zhang, J., Yu, M., Al-BaZali, T., Ong, S., Chenevert, M., Sharma, M., Clark, D.: "Maintaining the Stability of Deviated and Horizontal Wells: Effects of Mechanical, Chemical and Thermal Phenomena on Well Designs," SPE 100202, presented at the 2006 International Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition, Beijing, China (December 5-7, 2006).
• Duan, M., Miska, S., Yu, M., Takach, N.: "Experimental Study and Modeling of Small Cuttings Transport in Horizontal and High-Angle Wells," SPE 104192, presented at the 2006 International Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition. Beijing, China (December 5-7, 2006).
• Kelkar, M.: "Barnett Shale - Production Opportunities and Challenges," presented at Williams Energy Company, Tulsa, Oklahoma (October 4, 2006).
• Li, G.: "The Ensemble Kalman Filter Method for Continuous Reservoir Model Update and Uncertainty Qualification" presented at the University of Petroleum, Beijing, China (November 22, 2006 ).
• Kelkar, M.: "Dewatering of Hunton Reservoir - What Makes It Work?" presented at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California (November 30, 2006).
• Tang, Y., Yildiz, T. and Ozkan, E. and Kelkar, M.: "Effects of Formation Damage of High Velocity Flow on the Productivity of Slotted Liner Completed Horizontal Wells," SPE 101987, paper presented at SPE International Oil and Gas Exhibition, Beijing, China (December 5-7, 2006).
• Duan, M., Miska, S., Yu, M., Takach, N., Ahmed, R.: "Transport of Small Cuttings in Extended Reach Drilling," SPE 104192, SPE International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Beijing, China December 5-7, 2006).
• Kelkar, M.: "Barnett Shale - Production Opportunities and Challenges," presented at Apache Corporation, Tulsa, Oklahoma (December 6, 2006).
• Gao, G., Zafari, M. and Reynolds, A.: "Quantifying Uncertainty for the PUNQ-S3 Problem in a Bayesian Setting With RML and EnKF," SPE Journal , pp. 506-515 (December 2006).
• Capo, J., Yu, M., Miska, S., Takach, N.: "Cuttings Transport with Aqueous Foam at Intermediate Wells," Minor revision, SPE Drilling and Completion Journal (2006).
• Zhang, H. and Sarica, C.: "Unified Modeling of Gas/Oil/Water Pipe Flow - Basic Approaches and Preliminary Validation," SPE Project Facilities & Construction 1(2), pp. 1-7, (2006).
• Kelkar, M.: "Barnett Shale - Production Opportunities and Challenges," presented at Marathon Oil Company, Houston, Texas (January 11, 2007).
• Barakat, E., Miska, S., Yu, M., Simionescu, P.: "The Effect of Hydraulic Vibrations on Initiation of Buckling and Axial Force Transfer at Simulated Horizontal Wellbore Conditions," SPE 105123, SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (February 20-22, 2007).
• Chen, Z., Miska, S., Duan, M., Hallman, J.: "Hydraulics Predictions for Polymer Thickened Foam Flow in Horizontal and Directional Wells," SPE 105583, SPE/IADC Drilling Conference and Exhibition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (February 20-22, 2007).
• Faskhoodi, M. and Kelkar, M.: "Using the Low Frequency Observation Data in Automatic History Matching," SPE 105252, presented at SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference, Bahrain (March 11-14, 2007).
• Kelkar, M.: "Biofuels - Myth or Reality?" presented at AIChE Meeting, Student Chapter, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma (March 19, 2007).
• Simoes, S., Yu, M., Miska, S., Takach, N.: "The Effect of Tool Joints on ECD While Drilling," SPE 106647, SPE Productions and Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (March 31-April 3, 2007).
• Duan, M., Miska, S., Yu, M., Takach, N., Ahmed, R.: "Critical Conditions for Effective Sand-Sized Solids Transport in Horizontal and High-Angle Wells," SPE 106707, SPE Productions and Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (March 31-April 3, 2007).
• Boughrara, A., Peres, A., Chen, S., Machado, A. and Reynolds, A.: "Approximate Analytical Solutions for the Pressure Response at a Water Injection Well," SPE Journal pp. 19-34, (March 2007).
• Chen, Z., Ahmed, R., Miska, S., Takach, N., Yu, M. and Pickell, M.B.: "Rheology and Hydraulics of Polymer (HEC) Based Drilling Foams at Ambient Temperature Conditions," SPE Journal, (March 2007).
• Demirdal, B., Miska, S., Takach, N. , Cunha, J.: "Drilling Fluids and Volumetric Characterization Under Downhole Conditions," SPE 108111, Latin American and Carribean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina (April 15-18, 2007).
• Simoes, S., Yu, M., Miska, S., Takach, N.: "The Effect of Tool Joints on ECD While Drilling," SPE 106647, SPE Productions and Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (March 31-April 3, 2007).
• Liu, B., Kelkar, M., Gang, T., and Dixon, T.: "Efficient Automatic History Matching through Production Data Selection," SPE 106157, paper presented at SPE Production Symposium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (April 10-11, 2007).
• Kelkar, M.: "Biofuels - Myth or Reality?" presented at Desk and Derrick Club of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma (April 11, 2007).
• Gang, T. and Kelkar, M.: "A More General Capillary Pressure Curve and Its Estimation from Production Data," SPE 108180, presented at SPE Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Technology Symposium, Denver, Colorado (April 16-18, 2007).
• Kelkar, M.: "Biofuels - Myth or Reality?" presented at the Tulsa Association of Petroleum Landmen Spring Seminar, Tulsa, Oklahoma (April 19, 2007).
• Simones, S., Yu, M., Miska, S. and Takach, N.: "The Effect of Tool Joints on ECD While Drilling," SPE 106647, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (April 2007).
• Kelkar, M.: "Barnett Shale - Production Opportunities and Challenges," presented at Pioneer Resources, Dallas, Texas (June 1, 2007).
• Kilincer, N., Dellecase, E., Zhang, H., Wang, Q., Sarica, C., and Volk, M.: "Multiphase Paraffin Deposition Behavior of a Garden Banks Condensate," 17th ITU Petroleum and natural Gas Engineering Seminar, Istanbul, Turkey (June 6-8, 2007).
• Wang, Q., Sarica, C., and Volk, M.: "An Experimental Study on Wax Removal with Oil," presented at ASME's Annual OMAE 2007 Meeting, San Diego, California (June 10-15, 2007).
• Al-Safran, E. and Sarica, C. "Experimental Investigation of Two-phase Flow Behavior at the Top Elbow of a Hilly-Terrain Pipeline," Proceedings of 13th International Conference Multiphase Production, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (June 13-15, 2007).
• Choi, K., Zhang, H. and Sarica, C.: "Thow-phase Flow Computational Model with Lagrangian-Eulerian Numerical Scheme," proceedings of 12th International Conference on Multiphase Technology, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (June 13-15, 2007).
• Kelkar, M.: "Barnett Shale - Production Opportunities and Challenges," presented at St Mary's Land and Production (June 15, 2007).
• Qureshi, A., Miska, S. Miska, W.: "Analysis of the Use of a Down-hole Mechanical Cleaning Device for Efficient Wellbore Cleaning," Drilling Oil & Gas 2007 Nafta Gaz V24, No. 1. (Also presented at the 17th International Scientific Technical Conference, Krakow, Poland (June 20-22, 2007).
• Gao, G., Li, G. and Reynolds, A.: "Stochastic Algorithm for Automatic History Matching," SPE Journal, pp. 196-208 (June 2007).
• Eydinov,D., Gao, G., Li, G. and Reynolds, A.: "Simultaneous Estimation of Relative Permeability and Porosity/Permeability Fields by History Matching Production Data," proceedings of Canadian Internation Petroleum Conference, Calgary (June 2007).
• Gao, G., Li, G., and Reynolds, A.: "Stochastic Algorithm for Automatic History Matching," SPE Journal, pp. 196-208 (June 2007).
• Eydinov, D., Gao, G., Li, G. and Reynolds, A.: "Simultaneous Estimation of Relative Permeability and Porosity/Permeability Fields by History Matching Production Data," Proceedings of Canadian Internation Petroleum Conference, Calgary (June 2007).
• Reynolds, A.: "EnKF for Nonlinear Non-Gaussian Problems," invited talk at workshop on the Ensemble Kalman Filter sponsored by CIPR and IRIS, Bergen, Norway (June 2007).
• Reynolds, A.: "The Ensemble Kalman Filter for Data Assimilation and Closed-Loop Reservoir Management," invited talk at ConocoPhillips (June 2007).
• Fan Y., Wang, Q., Zhang, H., Sarica, C., and Danielson, T.: "A Model to Predict Liquid Holdup and Pressure Gradient of Near-Horizontal Wet-Gas Pipelines," SPE 95674, SPE Projects, Facilities and Construction Journal (June 2007).
• Molina, R., Gomez, L., Wang, S., Mohan, R., Shoham, O., and Kouba, G: "Wet Gas Separation in Gas-Liquid Cylindrical Cyclone (GLCC) Separator," presented at the Petroleum Technology Symposium, MOAE Conference, San Diego, California (June 2007), under review, ASME, J. of Energy Resources Technology (2007).
• Shoham, O.: "GLCC Technology," Shell, Rijswijk, Holland (June 2007).
• Kelkar, M.: "Biofuels - Myth or Reality?" presented at Anadarko Petroleum, Denver, Colorado (July 13, 2007).
• Zafari, M. and Reynolds, A.: "Assessing the Uncertainty in Reservoir Description and Performance Predictions with the Ensemble Kalman Filter," SPE Journal pp. 382-391 (September 2007).
• Keskin, C., Zhang, H., and Sarica, C.: "Identification and Classification of New Three-Phase Gas/Oil/Water Flow Patterns," SPE 110221, presented at SPE 2007 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Anaheim, California (November 11-14, 2007).
• Chen, X., Tsang, Y., Zhang, H., and Chen, T.: "Pressure-Wave Propagation Technique for Blockage Detection in Subsea Flowlines," SPE 110570, SPE 2007 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Anaheim, California (November 11-14, 2007).
• Vielma, M., Atmaca, S., Zhang, H., and Sarica, C.: "Characterization of Oil/Water Flows in Horizontal Pipes," SPE 109591, Accepted for Presentation at SPE 2007 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Anaheim, California (November 11-14, 2007).
• Garcia-Hernandez, A., Miska, S., Yu, M., Takach, N., and Zettner, C.: "Determination of Cuttings Lag in Horizontal and Deviated Wells," SPE 109630, SPE 2007 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Anaheim, California (November 11-14, 2007).
• Li, G.: "Simultaneous Estimation of Relative Permeabilities and Porosity/Permeabilities by Automatic History Matching," presented at a special EOR forum in China (November 17, 2006).
• Zhao, Y., Li, G. and Reynolds, A.: "Characterization of the Measurement Error in Time-Lapse Seismic Data and Production Data With an EM Algorithm," Oil & Gas Science and Technology - Revue de l'IFP, Vol. 62, No. 2, 181-193 (2007).
• Zhou, L., Ahmed, R., Miska, S., Takach, N., Yu, M., Pickell, M.: "Experimental Study of Aerated Mud Flows Under Horizontal Borehole Conditions," SPE Drilling and Completions Journal (2007).
• Chen, Z., Ahmed, R., Miska, S., Takach, N., Yu, M., Pickell, M.: "Experimental Study on Cuttings Transport with Foam Under Simulated Horizontal Downhole Conditions," SPE Drilling and Completions Journal (2007).
• Zhao, Y., Li, G. and Reynolds, A.: "Characterization of the Measurement Error in Time-Lapse Seismic Data and Production Data With an EM Algorithm," Oil & Gas Science and Technology - Revue de l'IFP, Vol. 62, No. 2, 181-193 (2007).
• Al-Safran, E. Sarica, C., Zhang, H., and Brill, J.: "Mechanistic/Probabilistic Modeling of Slug Initiation in a Lower Elbow of a Hilly Terrain Pipeline," SPE 102254, SPE Production & Operations Journal (2007).
• Couto, G., Chen, H., Dellecase, E., Sarica, C., and Volk, M.: "An Investigation of Two-phase Oil-water Paraffin Deposition," SPE Production & Operations Journal (2007).
• Avila, C., Gomez, L., Mohan, R., Shoham, O., and Kouba, G.: "Prediction of Phase Inversion in Turbulent Oil-Water Dispersions Based on Coalescence and Break-Up Phenomena," under review, ASME, Journal of Energy Resources Technology (2007).
• Reinoso, A., Gomez, L., Wang, S., Mohan, R., Shoham, O., and Kouba, G: "Design and Performance of Slug Damper," presented at Petroleum Technology Symposium, MOAE Conference, San Diego, California (June 2007), under review, ASME, J. of Energy Resources Technology (2007).
• Guzmán, N., Mohan, R. and Shoham, O.: "Foam Flow in Gas-Liquid Cylindrical Cyclone (GLCC©) Compact Separator, Part I: Foam Characterization in Inlet Trap Section," submitted (2007).
• Guzmán, N., Mohan, R. and Shoham, O.: "Foam Flow in Gas-Liquid Cylindrical Cyclone (GLCC©) Compact Separator, Part II: Operational Envelop for Foam Break Up," submitted (2007).
• Chen, Z. , Ahmed, R., Miska, S., Takach, N., Yu, M. and Pickell, M.B.: "Experimental Study on Cuttings Transport with Foam under Simulated Horizontal Downhole Conditions," accepted by SPE Drilling and Completions (2007).
• Yu, M., Takach, N., Nakamura, D., and Shariff, M.: "An Experimental Study of Hole Cleaning under Simulated Downhole Conditions," SPE 109840, ATCE (2007)

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