Research
Advanced drilling technologies provide access to hydrocarbon resources that would remain out of reach via traditional methods. Advanced well completion technologies improve the production of hydrocarbons through a wellbore or well site.
Focus Areas
Specialties include:
- Applied drilling
- Downhole diagnostic measurements
- Dual gradient drilling
- Horizontal drilling
- Intelligent completions
- Offshore drilling risks
- Optimized drilling performance
- Well control
- Wellbore modeling
Faculty Researchers
Below is a list of petroleum engineering faculty members who perform research in one or more specialties in this area.
Eduardo Gildin
- Associate Department Head, Graduate Studies, Petroleum Engineering
- Director, Graduate Studies, Petroleum Engineering
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- L.F. Peterson '36 Professor
- Office: RICH 401T
- Phone: 979-862-4578
- Email: egildin@tamu.edu
A. Daniel Hill
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Noble Chair
- Regents Professor
- Office: RICH 1012
- Phone: 979-845-2244
- Email: danhill@tamu.edu
Jihoon Kim
- Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Larry A. Cress '76 Faculty Fellow
- Office: RICH 407K
- Phone: 979-845-2205
- Email: jihoon.kim@tamu.edu
Sam Noynaert
- Associate Professor of Practice, Petroleum Engineering
- Affiliated Faculty, Multidisciplinary Engineering
- Office: RICH 501J
- Phone: 979-845-6164
- Email: noynaert@tamu.edu
Rita Esuru Okoroafor
- Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Chevron Faculty Fellow
- Office: RICH 501P
- Phone: 979-458-3273
- Email: ritaok@tamu.edu
Ding Zhu
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- McCain Engineering Chair
- Office: RICH 1011
- Phone: 979-458-4522
- Email: dingzhu@tamu.edu
