Akhil Datta-Gupta

Educational Background

Doctor of Philosophy, petroleum engineering, University of Texas at Austin - 1992
Master of Science, petroleum engineering, University of Texas at Austin - 1985
Bachelor of Science, petroleum engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad - 1982

- Rapid flow simulation techniques, reservoir optimization, large-scale parameter estimation via inverse methods, and uncertainty quantification and assessments
- Streamline simulation and applications
- Inverse modeling and multi-scale data integration
- Geostatistics and stochastic reservoir characterization
- Modeling and scale-up of enhanced oil recovery

John Franklin Carll Award, Society of Petroleum Engineers
Outstanding Contributions to Basic Research in Geosciences, U.S. Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences Division
Lester C. Uren Award, Society of Petroleum Engineers

Streamline Simulation: Theory and Practice , Akhil Datta - Gupta and M. J. King, Textbook Series #11, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Richardson, TX , ISBN 978-1-55563-111-6 (Nov. 2007).
Editor, History Matching and Conditioning Geologic Models to Dynamic Data, Society of Petroleum Engineers Reprint Series, ISBN 978-1-55563-210-6 (April, 2009).
Bhark, E., Jafapour, B. and Datta-Gupta, A. 2011. A Generalized Grid-Connectivity-Based Parameterization for Subsurface Flow Model Calibration. Water Resources Research, 47, W06517. doi:10.1029/2010WR009982 (2011).
Rey, A., Datta-Gupta, A., and Ballin, P. 2011. Assisted history matching in the presence of frequent well interventions using generalized travel time inversion. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 78 (2); 415-30, August 2011.
Yin, J., Park, H-Y, Datta-Gupta, A., and King, M. J. 2011. A hierarchical streamline-assisted history matching approach with global and local parameter updates. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 80 (1); 116-30, December 2011