Research
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) involves using complex and expensive methods to recover oil and gas from a conventional or unconventional reservoir that still has much to give but has issues, such as pressure depletion, that make hydrocarbon recovery difficult.
Focus Areas
Specialties include:
- Experimental studies
- Modeling
- Regulation and reporting for EOR projects
- Scale-up and design of enhanced oil recovery processes
- Screening
Faculty Researchers
Below is a list of petroleum engineering faculty members who perform research in one or more EOR 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 401G
- Phone: 979-847-9030
- Email: datta-gupta@tamu.edu
Berna Hascakir
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Michael and Heidi Gatens Professor
- Office: RICH 401N
- Phone: 979-845-6614
- Email: hascakir@tamu.edu
Jihoon Kim
- Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Larry A. Cress '76 Faculty Fellow
- Office: RICH 407K
- Phone: 979-845-2205
- Email: jihoon.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
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
Rita Esuru Okoroafor
- Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Chevron Faculty Fellow
- Office: RICH 501P
- Phone: 979-458-3273
- Email: ritaok@tamu.edu
