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Research
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) involves using complex and expensive methods to recover oil and gas from a conventional or unconventional reservoir that still has much to give but has issues, such as pressure depletion, that make hydrocarbon recovery difficult.
Focus Areas
Specialties include:
- Experimental studies
- Modeling
- Regulation and reporting for EOR projects
- Scale-up and design of enhanced oil recovery processes
- Screening
Faculty Researchers
Below is a list of petroleum engineering faculty members who perform research in one or more EOR focus areas.
Sara Abedi
- Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Stephen A. Holditch Faculty Fellow
- Affiliated Faculty, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Office: RICH 401L
- Phone: 979-845-2920
- Email: sara.abedi@tamu.edu
![Sara Abedi](../../_files/_images/_profile-images/abedi_sara_01-2015.jpg)
Akhil Datta-Gupta
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- L.F. Peterson '36 Chair I
- University Distinguished Professor
- Regents Professor
- Affiliated Faculty, Chemical Engineering
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Office: RICH 507
- Phone: 979-845-2268
- Email: datta-gupta@tamu.edu
![Akhil Datta-Gupta](../../_files/_images/_profile-images/datta-gupta_akhil_2012a.jpg)
Berna Hascakir
- Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Flotek Industries, Inc. Career Development Professor
- Office: RICH 401N
- Phone: 979-845-6614
- Email: hascakir@tamu.edu
![Berna Hascakir](../../_files/_images/_profile-images/hascakir-berna-profile-01mar2021.jpg)
Jihoon Kim
- Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Larry A. Cress '76 Faculty Fellow
- Office: RICH 501L
- Phone: 979-845-2205
- Email: jihoon.kim@tamu.edu
![Jihoon Kim](../../_files/_images/_profile-images/kim-jihoon-portrait-6mar2023.jpg)
Michael King
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- LeSuer Chair in Reservoir Management
- Office: RICH 401E
- Phone: 979-845-1488
- Email: mike.king@tamu.edu
![Michael King](../../_files/_images/_profile-images/king-mike-profile-17feb2023.jpg)
W. John Lee
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Kelly L. '87 and William D. '87 Von Gonten, Jr. DVG Chair in Petroleum Engineering
- Regents Professor
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Office: RICH 501F
- Phone: 979-845-2208
- Email: john-lee@tamu.edu
![W. John Lee](../../_files/_images/_content-images/lee_john_2012.jpg)
George J. Moridis
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Robert L. Whiting Chair in Petroleum Engineering
- Office: RICH 407L
- Phone: 979-458-4470
- Email: moridis@tamu.edu
![George J. Moridis](../../_files/_images/_content-images/moridis_george_10-2016_.jpg)
Hadi Nasrabadi
- Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Aghorn Energy Career Development Professor
- Affiliated Faculty, Multidisciplinary Engineering
- Office: RICH 501M
- Phone: 979-862-6483
- Email: hadi.nasrabadi@tamu.edu
![Hadi Nasrabadi](../../_files/_images/_profile-images/Nasrabadi_Hadi.jpg)
Rita Esuru Okoroafor
- Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Office: RICH 501P
- Phone: 979-458-3273
- Email: ritaok@tamu.edu
![Rita Esuru Okoroafor](../../_files/_images/_profile-images/okoroafor-rita-profile-22aug2022.jpg)