ANNUAL REPORT - The Petroleum Institute
ANNUAL REPORT - The Petroleum Institute
ANNUAL REPORT - The Petroleum Institute
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Petroleum</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> | Annual Report - Academic Year 2011 - 2012<br />
Research Projects<br />
Main<br />
Research<br />
Areas<br />
Geomechanics<br />
Main Research Areas in <strong>Petroleum</strong> Engineering Department<br />
Topics<br />
Researcher/Faculty<br />
1. Borehole stability Analysis<br />
2. Borehole collapse and hollow cylinder test on rock Prof. Pawel Nawrocki<br />
samples<br />
(1,2)<br />
Formation<br />
Damage<br />
Drilling &<br />
Completion<br />
Reservoir<br />
Characterization<br />
Reservoir Engineering/<br />
EOR<br />
Flow<br />
Assurance<br />
1. Managing scale deposition, prevention, inhibition<br />
and dissolution<br />
2. Development of threshold polymeric scale inhibitors<br />
1. Analysis and selection procedure of drilling bits<br />
2. Prevention of micro-annulus formation & improving<br />
mechanical properties<br />
3. Well Stimulations and Acid Fracing<br />
1. Reservoir rock typing<br />
2. Static modeling<br />
3. Static-dynamic integration<br />
4. Upscaling<br />
5. CO2 Sequestration<br />
6. Fractured Reservoirs<br />
7. Link between geomechanics and rock fabric<br />
1. Reservoir simulation studies (black oil and<br />
compositional)<br />
2. Water production control in fractured reservoirs<br />
3. Well Performance<br />
4. Smart Water flood<br />
5. CO2 Injection<br />
6. Well testing<br />
7. PVT<br />
1. Asphaltene, paraffin and wax deposition challenges<br />
in mature fields<br />
2. Downhole flow assurance through electromagnetic<br />
method<br />
Dr. Gosh (1,2)<br />
Dr. Ferda (1-2)<br />
Dr. Motiur (3)<br />
Dr. Jorge Gomes (1-5)<br />
Dr. Pawel Nawrocki (7)<br />
Dr. Ali Al Sumaiti (6)<br />
Dr. Hemanta Sarma (1-4)<br />
Dr. M. Motiur (3)<br />
Dr. Hadi Belaj (1, 5)<br />
Dr. Mohammed Haroun<br />
(4)<br />
Dr. Jing Lu (6)<br />
Dr. John Williams (7)<br />
Dr. Ali Al Sumaiti (2)<br />
Dr. B. Gosh (1)<br />
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