- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Robert L. Whiting Chair in Petroleum Engineering
- Phone: 979-458-4470
- Email: moridis@tamu.edu
- Office: RICH 407L
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Reservoir Engineering, Texas A&M University – 1987
- M.S., Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University – 1982
- M.Eng., Chemical Engineering, National Metsovion Technical University – 1980
- B.Sc. (honors), Chemical Engineering, National Metsovion Technical University – 1979
Research Interests
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- Numerical simulation and advanced numerical methods
- Analytical, semi-analytical and hybrid-analytical numerical models
- Unconventional gas resources
- Gas production from natural hydrate deposits
- Thermal operations
- Enhanced oil recovery processes
- High-performance computing coupled processes (flow, thermal, geomechanical, geochemical, geophysical)
Certifications & Memberships
- Honorary Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers – 2021
- Distinguished Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers – 2010
Awards & Honors
- Karen E. Olson '87 and Louis H. Turner Excellence in Research Faculty Award, Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering – 2019
- John Franklin Carll Award, Society of Petroleum Engineers – 2019
- George and Joan Voneiff Professor in Unconventional Resources, College of Engineering Texas A&M University – 2017-2019
- Director's Award for Exceptional Achievement, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – 2012
- Secretarial Honor Award, U.S. Department of Energy – 2011
Selected Publications
- Rutqvist, J. and G.J. Moridis, Coupled Multiphase Fluid Flow and Wellbore Stability Analysis Associated with Gas Production from Oceanic Hydrate-Bearing Sediments, Paper PETROL3753R1, In Press, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
- Cossio, M., G.J. Moridis, and T. Blasingame, A Semi-Analytic Solution for Flow in Finite-Conductivity Vertical Fractures Using Fractal Theory, Paper SPE 153715, In Press, SPE Journal (doi: 10.2118/153715-PA)
- Kim, J., G.J. Moridis, and J. Rutqvist, Coupled Flow and Geomechanical Analysis for Gas Production in the Prudhoe Bay Unit L-106 Well Unit C Gas Hydrate Deposit in Alaska, Paper PETROL3889R1, In Press, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, electronically available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2012.04.012 (doi: 10.1016/j.petrol.2012.04.012)
- Kim, J., G.J. Moridis, D. Yang, and J. Rutqvist, Numerical Studies on Coupled Flow and Geomechanics in Hydrate Deposits, Paper SPE 141304, SPE Journal, 17(2), 485-501, 2012 (doi: 10.2118/141304-PA)
- Kim J., and G.J. Moridis, Gas Flow Tightly Coupled to Elastoplastic Geomechanics for Tight and Shale Gas Reservoirs: Material Failure and Enhanced Permeability, SPE Paper 155640, Proceedings, Americas Unconventional Resources Conference, 5-6 June 2012, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.