![male petroleum engineering student at Texas A&M University connecting a small-diameter metal gas line to a foot-long cylindrical metal and glass gas hydrate testing chamber](../../_files/_images/_content-images/pete-header-unconventional-energy-research-area-4aug2023.jpg)
Research
From the frozen gasses hidden in continental ocean shelves to the oil, gasses and heat locked in subsurface rock formations, unconventional hydrocarbon and thermal resources are as vast as their energy potential is challenging to produce.
Focus Areas
Research specialties in these resources include:
- Fluid flow in ultra-low permeability reservoirs
- Gas hydrates
- Geothermal systems
- Hydrogen separation and storage
- Nano-scale rock and fluid properties and interactions
- Produced water studies
- Regulation and reporting
- Reserves estimation
- Well completion optimization in tight or shale formations
Faculty Researchers
Below is a list of petroleum engineering faculty members who perform research in one or more of these 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)
A. Daniel Hill
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Noble Chair
- Regents Professor
- Office: RICH 1012
- Phone: 979-845-2244
- Email: danhill@tamu.edu
![A. Daniel Hill](../../_files/_images/_profile-images/hill-dan-profile-05may2019.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)
Kiseok Kim
- Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Office: RICH 401P
- Phone: 979-458-7674
- Email: k.kim@tamu.edu
![Kiseok Kim](../../_files/_images/_profile-images/kim-kiseok-profile-jul2023.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)
D. Nathan Meehan
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Office: RICH 709
- Phone: 979-862-6416
- Email: meehan@tamu.edu
![D. Nathan Meehan](../../_files/_images/_profile-images/meehan-nathan-profile-5-2023.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)
Sam Noynaert
- Associate Professor of Practice, Petroleum Engineering
- Affiliated Faculty, Multidisciplinary Engineering
- Office: RICH 501J
- Phone: 979-845-6164
- Email: noynaert@tamu.edu
![Sam Noynaert](../../_files/_images/_profile-images/noynaert-sam-profile-26oct2023.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)
Hamidreza Samouei
- Research Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Office: RICH 407J
- Email: samouei@tamu.edu
![Hamidreza Samouei](../../_files/_images/_profile-images/samouei-hamidreza-profile-28jul2023.jpg)
Kan Wu
- Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Class of ’75 DVG Associate Professor
- Office: RICH 501Q
- Phone: 979-862-7654
- Email: kan.wu@tamu.edu
![Kan Wu](../../_files/_images/_profile-images/Wu-Kan-profile-21oct2022.jpg)
![Rami Younis](../../_files/_images/_profile-images/younis-rami-profile-23aug2023.jpg)
Ding Zhu
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- McCain Engineering Chair
- Office: RICH 1011
- Phone: 979-458-4522
- Email: dingzhu@tamu.edu
![Ding Zhu](../../_files/_images/_profile-images/zhu-ding-profile-23feb2022.jpg)