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Mukul M. Sharma, PhD
Fellow of the W.A.(Tex) Moncrief Jr. Centennial Chair
Dept. of Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering


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Office: CPE 5.118A Mailing Address:
Phone: (512) 471-3257 The University of Texas at Austin
Fax: (512) 471-9605 Petroleum & Geosys Eng
Email: msharma@mail.utexas.edu 1 University Station C0300
UT Mail: C0300 Austin, TX 78712-0231

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Presentation made to prospective graduate students 2005

Educational Qualifications:
Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, University of Southern California, 1985
M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1981
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 1980.

Research:

FORMATION DAMAGE

  • Cleanup of Wall Building Filter Cakes and Perforations
  • Sizing Solids in Drill-In and Completion Fluids
  • Perforation Cleanup
  • Incorporating Chemical Effects in Wellbore Stability Models

INJECTION WATER MANAGEMENT

  • Injectivity Decline in Fractured Injection Wells
  • Combining Single Well Models with Reservoir Simulators
  • Injectivity Decline due of Oily Water Injection
  • Waste Injection into Soft Sands / Drill Cuttings Reinjection

IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY / WETTABILITY

  • Role of Wettability and Spreading in Oil Recovery
  • SAFT models for Phase Behavior of Associating Molecules
  • Effect of Crude Oil Composition on Wettability Alteration
  • Interfacial Tracers

PRODUCTIVITY OF GAS CONDENSATE WELLS

  • Simulation of Fractured Gas Condensate Well Productivity
  • Experimental Measurement of Gas Condensate Rel Perms
  • Use of Solvents to Stimulate Gas Condensate Wells

Selected Publications

  • “Chemical-Mechanical Wellbore Instability Model In Shales”, Journal of Petroleum Science & Technology, September 2002, M. Yu, M. Chenevert, and M.M. Sharma.
  • “A Study Of Wellbore Stability In Shales Including Poroelastic, Chemical, And Thermal Effects”, Journal of Petroleum Science & Technology, September 2002, G. Chen, M. Chenevert, M. M. Sharma, and M. Yu
  • “Evaluation of pH-Sensitive Polymer for Gravel-Packing Operations”, SPE Drilling & Completion, March 2002, H. Al-Anazi, M.M. Sharma.
  • “Mechanisms of Mud Cake Removal During Flowback,” SPE Drilling & Completion, December 2001, Z. Zain, A. Suri, M. Sharma.
  • “Detachment of Particles from Surfaces: An AFM Study,” J. of Colloid and Interface Science, 233, pp. 73-82, 2001, A. Freitas, M. Sharma.
  • “Modeling Non-Equilibrium Mass-Transfer Effects for A Gas Condensate Field”, In Situ, Vol. 24, pp. 139-162, 2000, Wu, W.; Wang, P.; Delshad, M.; Wang, C.; Pope, G.; Sharma, M.
  • "Force Measurements between Bacteria and Poly(ethylene glycol)-Coated Surfaces", Langmuir 2000, 16, pp. 9155-9158, Razatos, A.; Ong, Y.L.; Boulay, F.; Elbert, D.; Hubbell, J. A.; Sharma, M. M.; Georgiou, G.
  • "Effect of Brine Salinity and Crude Oil Properties on Relative Permeabilities and Residual Saturations", SPE Journal, (5), pp.293-300, SPE 49320, September 2000, Filoco, P.; Sharma, M.
  • “Injectivity Decline in Water Injection Wells: An Offshore Gulf of Mexico Case Study,” SPE Production & Facilities, 15(1), pp. 6-14, February 2000, Sharma, M.; Pang, S.; Wennberg, K.E
  • "Modeling Relative Permeability Effects in Gas-Condensate Reservoirs With a New Trapping Model," SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering 3 (2), pp. 171-178, April 2000, Pope, G.A.; Wu, W.; Narayanaswamy, G.; Delshad, M.; Sharma, M.; Wang, P.
  • “Modeling Injection Well Performance during Deep-well Injection of Liquid Wastes,” J. of Hydrology, 227(2000), pp. 41-55, K.P. Saripalli; M.M. Sharma; S. Bryant.
  • "The Role of Osmotic Effects in Fluid Flow Through Shales", J. Pet. Sci. Engr., Vol. 25, pp. 25-35, 2000, R. Lomba; Chenevert, M.E.; Sharma, M.
  • "The Ion-Selective Behavior of Native Shales", J. Pet. Sci. Engr., Vol. 25, pp. 9-23, 2000, R. Lomba; Chenevert, M.E.; Sharma, M.
  • “Distribution of Mud Induced Damage Around Horizontal Wellbores”, in press, SPE Production & Facilities, SPE 39468, 2000, Thomas, B.; Sharma, M.M.
  • "Ultrasonic Removal of Organic Deposits and Polymer Induced Formation Damage", SPE Drilling & Completion, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 571-578, SPE 31129, March 2000, Roberts, P. M.; Venkitaraman, A.; Sharma, M. M.

 

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