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
Akhil Datta-Gupta
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- L.F. Peterson '36 Chair I
- University Distinguished Professor
- Regents Professor
- Affiliated Faculty, Chemical Engineering
- Office: RICH 507
- Phone: 979-845-2268
- Email: datta-gupta@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 501L
- Phone: 979-845-2205
- Email: jihoon.kim@tamu.edu
Kiseok Kim
- Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Office: RICH 401J
- Phone: 979-458-7674
- Email: k.kim@tamu.edu
Michael King
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- LeSuer Chair in Reservoir Management
- Affiliated Faculty, Multidisciplinary Engineering
- Office: RICH 401E
- Phone: 979-845-1488
- Email: mike.king@tamu.edu
W. John Lee
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Kelly L. '87 and William D. '87 Von Gonten, Jr. DVG Chair in Petroleum Engineering
- Regents Professor
- Office: RICH 501F
- Phone: 979-845-2208
- Email: john-lee@tamu.edu
D. Nathan Meehan
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Office: RICH 709
- Phone: 979-862-6416
- Email: meehan@tamu.edu
George J. Moridis
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Robert L. Whiting Chair in Petroleum Engineering
- Office: RICH 407L
- Phone: 979-458-4470
- Email: moridis@tamu.edu
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
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
- Office: RICH 501P
- Phone: 979-458-3273
- Email: ritaok@tamu.edu
Hamidreza Samouei
- Research Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Office: RICH 407J
- Email: samouei@tamu.edu
Kan Wu
- Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Class of ’75 DVG Associate Professor
- Chancellor EDGES Fellow
- Office: RICH 501Q
- Phone: 979-862-7654
- Email: kan.wu@tamu.edu
Ding Zhu
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- McCain Engineering Chair
- Office: RICH 1011
- Phone: 979-458-4522
- Email: dingzhu@tamu.edu
