- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Robert L. Whiting Professor
- Phone: 979-845-2292
- Email: t-blasingame@tamu.edu
- Office: RICH 821A
- Website: Data
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University - 1989
- M.S., Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University - 1986
- B.S., Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University - 1984
Research Interests
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Areas of specialization include:
- Unconventional reservoirs
- Production data analysis
- Pressure transient data analysis
- Petroleum reservoir engineering
- Technical mathematics
Current research efforts include:
- Well testing/analysis of reservoir performance
- Specialized analysis techniques for well test and production data
- Model-based analysis of production data
- Software for the analysis, interpretation, and modeling of well test and production data
- Unconventional Reservoirs: (Ultra-low permeability sands/shales)
- Rate-time (decline curve) analysis for unconventional reservoir systems
- Rate-time-pressure analysis for unconventional reservoir systems
- Modeling of ultra-low permeability reservoirs
- Field studies
- Performance analysis of tight gas/shale gas reservoir systems
- Completion production correlation studies (correlation of performance with completion parameters)
Certifications & Memberships
- Honorary Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers – 2015
- Distinguished Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers – 2000
Awards & Honors
- President, Society of Petroleum Engineers - 2020-2021
- William Keeler Memorial Award-Service, Texas A&M University College of Engineering - 2020
- DeGolyer Distinguished Service Medal, Society of Petroleum Engineers - 2013
- Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal, Society of Petroleum Engineers - 2012
- Lester C. Uren Award, Society of Petroleum Engineers - 2006
Selected Publications
- Pitakbunkate, T., Balbuena, P., Moridis, G.J., and Blasingame, T.A. 2014. Effect of Confinement on PVT Properties of Hydrocarbons in Shale Reservoirs. SPE paper 170685 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held 27–29 October in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (SJ-0315-0059, accepted for publication on 06 May 2015).
- Odunowo, T.O., Moridis, G.J., Blasingame, T.A., Olorode, O.M., & Freeman, C.M. 2014. Evaluation of Well Performance for the Slot-Drill Completion in Low- and Ultralow-Permeability Oil and Gas Reservoirs. SPE Journal, Vol. 19, Issue 05, October 2014. doi:10.2118/164547-PA.
- Collins, P.W., Ilk, D., and Blasingame, T.A. 2014. Practical Considerations for Forecasting Production Data in Unconventional Reservoirs — Variable Pressure Case. SPE paper 170945 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held 27–29 October 2014 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Pitakbunkate, T., Balbuena, P., Moridis, G.J., and Blasingame, T.A. 2014. Effect of Confinement on PVT Properties of Hydrocarbons in Shale Reservoirs. SPE paper 170685 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held 27–29 October 2014 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.