University of Houston

Publications

2025 – 2020

  • Magzymov, D., Ratnakar R. R., Dindoruk B., and Johns, R. T. 2021. Evaluation Of Machine Learning Methodologies Using Simple Physics Based Conceptual Models For Flow In Porous Media. In SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. Society of Petroleum Engineers. SPE-206359-MS.
  • Livescu, S., and Dindoruk, B., “Subsurface Technology Sharing from Oil and Gas to Geothermal Resources,” paper URTEC 5304 presented at the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference held in Houston, Texas, USA, 26-28 July 2021.
  • Eltaleb, I, Rezaei, A., Soliman, M.Y., Dindoruk, B., “A Signal Processing Approach for Analysis of Fracture Injection Test in Geothermal Reservoirs: A Case Study on the Utah FORGE Formation,” SPE-204164-MS, presented at the 2021 SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition to be held virtually on 4 – 6 May 2021.
  • Low, H. L., Maulianda, B., Mohshim, D. F., Prakasan, A., Mohamad, H., and R. Barati. “Geomechanics Numerical Simulation of Stress Changes for Permanent Plug and Abandonment in Montney Shale Formation, British Columbia.” Paper presented at the 55th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Virtual, June 2021.
  • Magzymov, D., Clemens, T., Schumi, B., and Johns, R. T. 2020. Experimental Analysis of Alkali-Brine Alcohol Phase Behavior with High Acid Number Crude Oil. In SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. Society of Petroleum Engineers. SPE-201369-MS.
  • Magzymov, D. and Johns, R.T., 2020. Inclusion of Variable Characteristic Length in Microemulsion Flash Calculations. In ECMOR XVII (Vol. 2020, No. 1, pp. 1-18). EAGE.
  • Awad, M.M., Eltaleb, I., Mansi, M., Rezaei, A., Soliman, M.Y., Farouq-Ali, S., and Dindoruk, B.,“ Interpretation of Hydraulic Fracturing Events by Analyzing the Energy of Rate and Pressure Signals,” SPE 201328-MS, to be presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition to be held 11–14 October 2020, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Awad, M.M., Eltaleb, I., Mansi, M., Rezaei, A., Soliman, M.Y., Farouq-Ali, S., and Dindoruk, B.,“ Interpretation of Hydraulic Fracturing Events by Analyzing the Energy of Rate and Pressure Signals,” SPE 201328-MS, to be presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition to be held 11–14 October 2020, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Dindoruk, B., Ratnakar, R., and Sanyal, S., “Phase Behavior Modeling of Acid-gas Aqueous Systems (CO2, H2S, CH4, Water) and pH Measurements in Applications to Wellbore Integrity and Top-of-Line Corrosion,” SPE 201341-MS to be presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition to be held 11–14 October 2020, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Eltaleb, I., Rezaei, A., Siddiqui, F., Awad, M.M., Mansi, M., Dindoruk, B., and Soliman, M. Y., “Analysis of Fracture Injection Tests Using Signal Processing Approach,” paper URTEC 3183 presented at the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference held in Denver, Colorado, USA, 20-22 July 2020.
  • Rezaei, A., Siddiqui, F., Dindoruk, B., and Soliman, M. Y., “Utilizing a Global Sensitivity Analysis and Data Science to Identify Dominant Parameters Affecting the Production of Wells and Development of a Reduced Order Model for the Eagle Ford Shale,” paper URTEC 2751 presented at the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference held in Denver, Colorado, USA, 20-22 July 2020.
  • Sinha, U., Dindoruk, B., and Soliman, M..: “Prediction of CO2 Minimum Miscibility Pressure (MMP) Using Machine Learning Techniques,” paper SPE 200326 presented at the 2020 SPE symposium on improved oil recovery, Tulsa, OK, April 18-22.
  • Dindoruk, B., Johns, R.T., and Orr, F.M., Jr.: “Measurement of Minimum Miscibility Pressure: A State of the Art Review,” paper SPE 200462 presented at the 2020 SPE symposium on improved oil recovery, Tulsa, OK, April 18-22.
  • Cui, J., Qi, Y., and Dindoruk, B.: “Measurement of Transport Properties and Densities of Dimethyl Ether (DME) and Water/Brine Mixtures,” paper SPE 200314 presented at the 2020 SPE symposium on improved oil recovery, Tulsa, OK, April 18-22.
  • Maulianda, B., Savitri, C.D., Prakasan, A. et al. Recent comprehensive review for extended finite element method (XFEM) based on hydraulic fracturing models for unconventional hydrocarbon reservoirs. J Petrol Explor Prod Technol 10, 3319–3331 (2020).
  • Ayop, A.Z., Bahruddin, A.Z., Maulianda, B. et al. Numerical modeling on drilling fluid and cutter design effect on drilling bit cutter thermal wear and breakdown. J Petrol Explor Prod Technol 10, 959–968 (2020).
  • Selvaraj, G., Maulianda, B., Wee, S.C. et al. Experimental study of nanoparticles as catalyst in enhancing matrix acidizing for carbonate reservoir. J Petrol Explor Prod Technol 10, 1145–1153 (2020)

2020 – 2015

  • Maulianda, B., Prakasan, A., Wong, R.CK. et al. Integrated approach for fracture characterization of hydraulically stimulated volume in tight gas reservoir. J Petrol Explor Prod Technol 9, 2429–2440 (2019).
  • Magzymov, D., Purswani P., Karpyn Z.T., Johns, R.T. 2019. Modeling the Effect of Reaction Kinetics and Dispersion During Low-Salinity Waterflooding. SPE Reservoir Simulation Conf. https://doi.org/10.2118/193909-MS 
  • Unal, E., Rezaei, A, Siddiqu, F., Liqrama, F, Soliman, M, and Dindoruk, B. “Improved Understanding of Dynamic Fracture Behavior in Unconventional Horizontal Wells Using Wavelet Transformation” paper SPE-195889-MS, to be presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition to be held 30 September – 2 October 2019, Calgary, Canada.
  • Unal, E. Siddiqu, F., Rezaei, A, ElTaleb, I, Kabir, S., Soliman, M, and Dindoruk, B. “Use of Wavelet Transform and Signal Processing Techniques for Inferring Interwell Connectivity in Waterflooding Operations” paper SPE 196063, to be presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition to be held 30 September – 2 October 2019, Calgary, Canada.
  • Sinha, U., Dindoruk, B. and Mohamed, S., “Estimation of Dead Oil Viscosity Utilizing Physics Based Correlative Principles and Predictive Machine Learning Techniques,” paper SPE 195946, to be presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition to be held 30 September – 2 October 2019, Calgary, Canada.
  • Zhao, B., Ratnakar, R., Dindoruk, B. and Mohanty, K., “A Hybrid Approach for the Prediction of Relative Permeability Using Machine Learning of Experimental and Numerical SCAL Data,” paper SPE 196022, presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition to be held 30 September – 2 October 2019, Calgary, Canada.
  • Siddiqui, F., Rezaei, A., Dindoruk, B., and Soliman, M.Y., “Eagle Ford Fluid Type Variation and Completion Optimization: A Case for Data Analytics,” paper URTEC 598 presented at the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference held in Denver, Colorado, USA, 22-24 July 2019.
  • Unal, E., Siddiqui, F., Soliman, M, and Dindoruk, B.,” Wavelet Analysis of DFIT Data to Identify Fracture Closure Parameters,” paper SPE-194326-MS, to be presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference held in 2019.
  • Magzymov, D., Khodaparast, P. and Johns, R.T., 2018. Compositional-Dependent Viscosities In Microemulsion Systems. In ECMOR XVI-16th (Vol. 2018, No. 1, pp. 1-17). EAGE. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201802167.
  • S. Shiozawa, A. Venkatraman and B. Dindoruk, “Phase behavior computations using Gibbs free
     nergy minimization on GPUs for speeding up compositional simulations,” paper to be presented at ECMOR XVI 2018 – 16th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery 3–6 September 2018, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Ram R. Ratnakar, Ashwin Venkatraman, Amrit Kalra and Birol Dindoruk, “On the Prediction of Gas Solubility in Brine Solutions for Applications of CO2 Capture and Sequestration,” paper SPE 191541, to be presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition to be held 24 – 26 September 2018 in Dallas, Texas, USA.
  • Ram R. Ratnakar and Birol Dindoruk, “Effect of GOR on Gas Diffusivity in Reservoir Fluid Systems: Experimental investigation and Analysis,” paper SPE 191531, to be presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition to be held 24 – 26 September 2018 in Dallas, Texas, USA.
  • Ram R. Ratnakar and Birol Dindoruk, “Adsorption Isotherms and Permeability of Tight Shales using Magnetic Suspension Balance Experiments,” paper SPE 191504, to be presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition to be held 24 – 26 September 2018 in Dallas, Texas, USA.
  • Ram R. Ratnakar, Edward J. Lewis, and Birol Dindoruk, “Effect of Dilution on Acoustic and Transport Properties of Reservoir Fluid Systems,” paper SPE 190480, to be presented at the SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West Asia held in Muscat, Oman, 26-28 March 2018.
  • Ram R. Ratnakar; Cesar A. Mantilla, and Birol Dindoruk, “Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Impact of Asphaltene Stability on Interfacial Properties and the Hysteresis Behavior at the Interfaces,” paper SPE 190385, to be presented at the SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West Asia held in Muscat, Oman, 26-28 March 2018.
  • Al-Aulaqi, Talal; Dindoruk, Birol; Zhang , Etuan; Ward , David; Al-Azri, Nasser: “Thermal EOR Souring Prediction Tool – Technology for Cost Reduction; a Case Study from Thermal EOR Asset, Sultanate of Oman,” paper SPE 190445, to be presented at the SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West Asia held in Muscat, Oman, 26-28 March 2018.
  • Kumar, Saket , Chaurasia, Siddharth , Sundriyal, Pankaj , and Sandarbh Gautam. “Synthesis & Evaluation of synthesized PAA/AMPS-g-Sesbania Gum Graft Copolymer in Water Based Drilling Mud System for Mitigation of Borehole Instability in Conventional and Troublesome Formations.” Paper presented at the SPE/IADC Middle East Drilling Technology Conference and Exhibition, Abu Dhabi, UAE, January 2018.
  • Mantilla, C., Ratnakar, R., and Dindoruk. B., “Investigation of Effects of Asphaltene Stability on Interfacial Tension and Contact Angle Using Live Reservoir Fluid Systems” paper number: SPE- 183940-MS to the 20th Middle East Oil & Gas Show and Conference to be held in Bahrain in 6 – 9 March 2017.
  • Magzymov, D., Qiao, C., and Johns, R. T. 2016. Impact of Surfactant Mixtures on Microemulsion Phase Behavior. In SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. Dubai, UAE. SPE-181651-MS. https://doi.org/10.2118/181651-MS.
  • Ratnakar, R., Dindoruk. B., Wilson, L.: “Use of DME as an EOR Agent: Experimental and Modeling Study to Capture Interactions of DME-Water and Crudes at Reservoir Conditions,” paper SPE-181515 to be presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Dubai, UAE, 26-28 September 2016.
  • Ratnakar, R, and Dindoruk. B.: “On the Exact Representation of Pressure Decay Tests: New Modeling and Experimental Data for Diffusivity Measurement in Gas – Oil/Bitumen Systems,” paper SPE-181514 to be presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Dubai, UAE, 26-28 September 2016.
  • Galvan, D., McVinnie, G., and Dindoruk, B.: “Perdido Development: Unified Fluid Model (UFM).

2015 – 2010

  • Sinha, Utkarsh, Birol Dindoruk, and Mohamed Soliman. “Estimation of Dead Oil Viscosity Utilizing Physics Based Correlative Principles and Predictive Machine Learning Techniques.” SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. OnePetro, 2019.
  • Sinha, Utkarsh, Birol Dindoruk, and Mohamed Y. Soliman. “Development of a new correlation to determine relative viscosity of heavy oils with varying asphaltene content and temperature.” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 173 (2019): 1020-1030.
  • To the 2020-2025 section:
  • Sinha, Utkarsh, Birol Dindoruk, and Mohamed Y. Soliman. “Physics Augmented Correlations and Machine Learning Methods to Accurately Calculate Dead Oil Viscosity Based on the Available Inputs.” SPE Journal (2022): 1-14.
  • Sinha, Utkarsh, Birol Dindoruk, and Mohamed Soliman. “Prediction of CO2 Minimum Miscibility Pressure Using an Augmented Machine-Learning-Based Model.” SPE Journal 26.04 (2021): 1666-1678.
  • Sinha, Utkarsh, Birol Dindoruk, and Mohamed Soliman. “Machine learning augmented dead oil viscosity model for all oil types.” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 195 (2020): 107603.
  • Sinha, Utkarsh, Birol Dindoruk, and Mohamed Soliman. “Prediction of CO2 Minimum Miscibility Pressure MMP Using Machine Learning Techniques.” SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference. OnePetro, 2020.
  • Thitaree Lertliangchai, Birol Dindoruk, Ligang Lu, and Xi Yang. “A Comparative Analysis of the Prediction of Gas Condensate Dew Point Pressure Using Advanced Machine Learning Algorithms.” SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. OnePetro, 2021.
  • You can add them to the tops of each section, just make sure it’s the same format as the pervious ones.

2010 – 2005

  • Dindoruk, B., and Kindi, A.,:” “Dynamic Modelling of Multiple Regionally Extensive Reservoirs Using a Unified Fluid Description”, SPE-109284 for the 2007 Annual Technical Conference.
  • Mayank Malik, Carlos Torres-Verdín, and Kamy Sepehrnoori, Birol Dindoruk, Hani Elshahawi, and Mohamed Hashem, “Formation Tester Measurements Data Acquired in the Presence of Oil- Base Mud Filtrate Invasion: History Match of the Oilfield Data, Sensitivity Analysis and Interpretation (SPWLA 48th Annual Logging Symposium, June 3-6, 2007).
  • Deinum, G., Dindoruk, B., and O’Dell, M.: “Gas Blending For Miscible Gasfloods In South Oman,“ SPE105604-PP, Middle East Oil Show, Technical Conference and Exhibition, Bahrain, March 11-14, 2007.
  • Sumnu-Dindoruk, M.D., and Dindoruk, B.: “Analytical and Numerical Solution of Non- Isothermal Buckley-Leverett Flow Including Tracers,” paper SPE 102266 presented at the 2006 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio TX, September 24 –27.

2005 – 2000

  • Yuan, H., Johns, R.T., Egwuenu, A.M, and Dindoruk, B.: “Improved MMP Correlations for CO2 Floods Using Analytical Theory,” paper SPE 89359 presented at the 2004 SPE/DOE symposium on improved oil recovery, Tulsa, OK, April 17-21.
  • Johns, R.T., Yuan, H., and Dindoruk, B.: “Quantification of Displacement Mechanisms in Multicomponent Gasfloods,” paper SPE 77696 presented at the 2002 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio TX, September 29 – October 2.
  • Dindoruk, B., and Christman, P.G.: “PVT Properties and Viscosity Correlations for Gulf of Mexico Oils,” paper SPE 71633 presented at the 2001 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans LA, September 30 – October 3.

2000 – 1995

  • Subramanian, S., Johns, R.T., Dindoruk, B.: Effect of fractional flow heterogeneity on compositional and immiscible displacements. Proceedings of 9th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, The Hague, The Netherlands, Paper no. 060, October 20–22 (1997).
  • Subramanian, S., Dindoruk, B., and Johns, R.T.:, Fractional flow heterogeneity in compositional systems: Accuracy of numerical weighting schemes, 4th SIAM conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences, June 16 – 18, 1997.

1995 – 1990

  • Firoozabadi, A., Ishimoto, K., and Dindoruk, B.: “Supplement to SPE 21798 Reinfiltration in Fractured Porous Media: Part 2 – Two-Dimensional Model,” SPE 28156, May 1994.
  • Dindoruk, B., Johns, R.T., and Orr, F.M., Jr.: “Analytical Solution for Four Component Gas Displacements with Volume Change on Mixing,” paper presented at the third European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, Delft, Holland, June 17-19, 1992.
  • Orr, F.M., Jr., Johns, R. T. and Dindoruk, B.: “Development of Miscibility in Four Component Carbon Dioxide Floods,” Paper SPE 22637 presented at the 1992 SPE/DOE Eighth Symposium on Enhanced Oil Recovery, Tulsa, OK, April 22-24.
  • Dindoruk, B., and Orr, F.M., Jr.: “Mathematical Modeling of Four Component Displacements with Volume Change on Mixing: Analytical Solution Approach by the Method of Characteristics,” presented at the 1992 9th Petroleum Congress of Turkey, Ankara, February 17-21.
  • Johns, R.T., Dindoruk, B., and Orr, F.M., Jr.: “Analytical Theory of Combined Condensing/Vaporizing Gas Drives,” Paper SPE/DOE 24112 presented at the 1992 SPE/DOE Eighth Symposium on Enhanced Oil Recovery, Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 22-24.
  • Orr, F.M., Jr., Dindoruk, B., and Johns, R.T.: “Development of Miscibility in Four Component Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen Floods,” (October 28-30, 1991) 12th International IEA Symposium on Enhanced Oil Recovery, Bath, England.
  • Dindoruk, B., and Dutra, T.: “A 2-D FEM Model for General Wellbore Conditions,” paper presented at the international conference on computer applications in water resources – proceedings Vol. 3, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taiwan, July 3-6, 1991.
  • Firoozabadi, A., Ishimoto, K., and Dindoruk, B.: “Theory of Reinfiltration in Fractured Porous Media: Part 2 – Two-Dimensional Model,” Paper SPE 21798 presented at the 1991 SPE Western Regional Meeting, Long Beach, CA, March 20-22.

1990 – 1985

  • Dindoruk, B., and Marinello, S.A.: “A Numerical Study of Oil Recovery by Steam Injection Following Waterflooding,” paper AIChE 6F presented at the 1989 Spring National Meeting of AIChE in Houston, Texas, April 1-6.
  • Dindoruk, B.: “Gas Reservoir Performance,” A software developed for volumetric gas reservoirs incorporating various production schemes (SPE Student Microcomputer Contest, 1987, peer reviewed).