• Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
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Educational Background

  • M.B.A., Finance, University of Houston – 2002
  • Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University – 1992
  • M.Sc., Petroleum Engineering, The University of Alabama – 1987
  • B.Sc., Petroleum Engineering, The Technical University of Istanbul – 1984

Research Interests


    • Gas storage and CO2 sequestration 
    • Machine learning and data analytics applications in Petroleum Engineering problems 
    • PVT and phase behavior of hydrocarbon fluids (experimental/upscaling and numerical modeling) 
    • Enhanced oil recovery (EOR)/Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) 
    • Interaction of phase behavior and flow in porous media 
    • Field scale modeling, scale-up and reservoir/field performance management 
    • Geothermal reservoirs 
    • Tight gas liquid rich reservoirs 
    • Compositional simulation 

Certifications & Memberships

  • Member of Science Council – Chief Scientist of Reservoir Physics, Shell
  • The Cougar Chairs Leadership Academy (CCLA) Program, University of Houston – 2020-2021
  • Consulting Professor, Stanford University – 2013-Present
  • Distinguished Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers – 2017
  • Distinguished Lecturer, Society of Petroleum Engineers – 2010-2011
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Gas Engineering and Journal of Geoenergy Science and Engineering
  • Member of SPE Board, Technical Director of Management and Information
  • Editor in Chief, Elsevier's Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering (JPSE) – 2008-2014
  • Editor in Chief, Elsevier's Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering (JNGSE) – 2017-2021

Awards & Honors

  • Editor in Chief for all Society of Petroleum Engineers Journals – Present
  • Shell Executive Vice President Award (EVP Award) – 2008
  • Lester C. Uren Award, Society of Petroleum Engineers – 2014
  • Cedric K. Ferguson Medal, Society of Petroleum Engineers – 1994
  • Distinguished Researcher, Texas Governor's University Research Initiative (GURI) – 2024
  • Honorary Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers – 2023
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering (NAE) – 2017
  • Member, National Academy of Inventors (NAI) – 2025
  • Teaching Excellence Award, University of Houston – 2024-2025

Selected Publications

  • Johns, R. T., Dindoruk, B., and F. M. Orr. "Analytical Theory of Combined Condensing/Vaporizing Gas Drives." SPE Advanced Technology Series 1 (1993): 7–16. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/24112-PA
  • Dindoruk, Birol, and Peter G. Christman. "PVT Properties and Viscosity Correlations for Gulf of Mexico Oils." SPE Res Eval & Eng 7 (2004): 427–437. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/89030-PA
  • Ratnakar, Ram R., and Birol Dindoruk. "A New Technique for Simultaneous Measurement of Nanodarcy-Range Permeability and Adsorption Isotherms of Tight Rocks Using Magnetic Suspension Balance." SPE J. 24 (2019): 2482–2503. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/191504-PA
  • Dindoruk, Birol , Johns, Russell , and Franklin M. Orr. "Measurement and Modeling of Minimum Miscibility Pressure: A State-of-the-Art Review." SPE Res Eval & Eng 24 (2021): 367–389. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/200462-PA
  • Sinha, Utkarsh, Gautam, Sandarbh, Dindoruk, Birol, and Abdulrahman Abdulwarith. "Machine Learning-Enhanced Forecasting for Efficient Water-Flooded Reservoir Management." Paper presented at the SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, April 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/218258-MS
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