Research
Just as reservoirs change during production processes, so do well conditions. Operators constantly diagnose how wells and production methods affect subsurface conditions and adjust both to keep conditions at an optimum for recovery processes.
Focus Areas
Specialties include:
- Fiber optic sensing for fracture diagnosis
- Pressure transient analysis and new reservoir diagnostic practices, such as fracture injection tests
- Rate transient analysis
Faculty Researchers
Below is a list of petroleum engineering faculty members who perform research in one or more of these focus areas.
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
Michael King
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- LeSuer Chair in Reservoir Management
- Office: RICH 401E
- Phone: 979-845-1488
- Email: mike.king@tamu.edu
D. Nathan Meehan
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Office: RICH 709
- Phone: 979-862-6416
- Email: meehan@tamu.edu
Kan Wu
- Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Class of ’75 DVG Associate Professor
- 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
