Team

PhD Theses

2024 

• Chuanyao Zhong | LinkedIn

Analysis of Downhole Temperature-Strain Responses in Multiscale Fractured Reservoirs Using Coupled Geomechanical-Flow-Thermal Simulations and Fiber Optic Data Modelling

• Xinfang (Sissi) Zhang | LinkedIn

Novel Artificial Neural Network Model for Predicting Failure Pressure of Thin-Walled Pipes Containing Axially-oriented Surface Cracking Subjected to Internal Pressure (co-supervised with S. Adeeb)

• Haisheng Yu | LinkedIn

Pore-Scale Modeling for Interphase Mass Transfer during the VAPEX Process

• Elena Andriianova | LinkedIn

Statistical Upscaling Workflow for Warm Solvent Injection Processes

• Hossein Izadi | LinkedIn

Inflow and Outflow Rate Control in SAGD Wells: An Integrated Approach of Data-Driven and Physical Analysis

• Ganxing Zhang | LinkedIn

Integrating Salinity of Flowback Fluid and Flow Data for Fracture Characterization and Production Forecast in Unconventional Reservoirs

• Yadong Qin | LinkedIn

A Robust Model for Integration of Sand-Arch Stability and Fractal Wormhole Network in CHOPS and post-CHOPS Process Simulation

2023

• Jiahui Chen

Development and Application of Hydraulic Fracturing Simulation for Analysis of Fracture Interference and Distributed Acoustic Sensing Characterization

2022

• Francis Nwabia | LinkedIn

Novel Probabilistic-based Framework for Improved History Matching of Shale Gas Reservoirs

2019

• Xinkui Wang | LinkedIn         

Evaluation of Geomechanical Dilation and Its Effects on SAGD Performance (co-supervised with R. Chalaturnyk)

• Jingwen Zheng | LinkedIn

Data-Driven Approaches to Estimate the Impact and Presence of Shale Barriers in SAGD Reservoirs

2017

• Zhiwei (Martin) Ma | LinkedIn 

Practical Integration of Data-Driven Models for Production Analysis and Inference of Reservoir Heterogeneities in SAGD Operations

• Vikrant Vishal | LinkedIn 

Analyzing Scaling Characteristics of Transport Properties Using Particle-Tracking Based Techniques

2014

• Siavash Nejadi | LinkedIn

History Matching and Characterization of Unconventional Reservoirs using Ensemble Kalman Filter (Alberta Ingenuity Graduate Scholar co-supervised with J. Trivedi)

Master of Science (MSc) Theses

2025

• Hongxuan Liu (co-supervised with D. Niu) 

A Multispectral Benchmark for Deep Methane Emission Detection

2023

• Jeffrey Bian | LinkedIn

Integrating Data Analytics and Mass Balance Approaches to Estimate and Understand Regional Methane Emissions: A Study in the Permian Basin

2021

• Israel Mayo Molina | LinkedIn

Multi-Objective Optimization of the Steam Alternating Solvent (SAS) Process using Pareto-based Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms

• Seyide Hunyinbo | LinkedIn

Application of Data-Driven Techniques to SAGD and Solvent-Aided Methods

• Ziming Xu | LinkedIn

Analyzing the Impacts of Discretization and Meshing in Numerical Simulation of Unconventional Reservoirs

2020

• Xinfang (Sissi) Zhang | LinkedIn

Failure Pressure Prediction of Cracks in Corrosion Defects in Pipelines using eXtended Finite Element Method (co-supervised with S. Adeeb)

• Chang Gao

Techniques for Fast Screening of 3D Heterogeneous Shale Barrier Configurations and Their Impacts on SAGD Production Behavior

• Luis Eduardo Coimbra Paniagua | LinkedIn

A Multi-Objective Optimization Workflow for Steam-Alternating-Solvent Heavy Oil Recovery Process Design

2019

• Tong Chen

Analysis of Non-Equilibrium Foamy Oil Behavior in Pressure Depletion Processes

• Pedro Mateo Villanueva | LinkedIn

Discrete Fracture Network Model for Numerical Analysis of Unconventional Tight Reservoirs          

• Chuanyao Zhong | LinkedIn

Numerical Simulation of Shale Gas Production and Fracturing Fluid Distribution: Integration of Apparent Permeability and Secondary Fracture Network Modeling

2018

• Haisheng Yu | LinkedIn

A Geomechanically-Constrained Dynamic Fractal Wormhole Growth Model for Simulating Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS)

2017

• Juan Jose Martinez Gamboa | LinkedIn

Scale-up of Solvent Injection Processes in Post-CHOPS Applications

• Yongzan Liu | LinkedIn

Modeling of Recovery and In-Situ Distribution of Fracturing Fluid in Shale Gas Reservoirs Due to Fracture Closure, Proppant Distribution and Gravity Segregation (co-supervised with R. Chalaturnyk) - Current position: Professor, China University of Petroleum (East China)                        

2016

• Min Yue 

Numerical Investigation of Transient Flow Responses in Fractured Tight Oil Wells (co-supervised with H. Dehghanpour)

• Mingyuan Wang | LinkedIn

Numerical Investigation of Water Loss Mechanisms During Hydraulic Fracturing Flow-Back Operation in Tight Oil Reservoirs

2015

• Cui Wang

Characterizing the Impacts of Shale Barriers and Lean Zones on SAGD Performance with Data-Driven Modeling Techniques

2014

• Ehsan Amirian | LinkedIn    

Data-Driven Proxy Modeling during SAGD Operations in Heterogeneous Reservoirs

• Jindong Shi | LinkedIn

Semi-Analytical Proxy for Vapex Process Modeling

2013

• Abdallah, Kais Ben  

Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD): Influence of Geomechanical Processes On Absolute Permeability (co-supervised with R. Chalaturnyk)

2012

• Mohammed Hamoud

Influence of Geomechanical Processes on Relative Permeability (co-supervised with R. Chalaturnyk)               

• Samuel Ojagbohunmi 

Coupling of Stress Dependent Relative Permeability and Reservoir Simulation (co-supervised with R. Chalaturnyk)    

• Muhammad Algosayir | LinkedIn

Optimization of Steam/Solvent Injection Methods: Application of Hybrid Techniques with Improved Algorithm Configuration (co-supervised with T. Babadagli)

Master of Engineering (MEng) Reports

 2023

• Jose Carlos Cabello Hiza | LinkedIn

CO2 Sequestration Coupled with Enhanced Shale Gas Recovery

2015

• Trina Ginigeme

Effects of Heterogeneity on Mixing in Polymer Flooding (co-supervised with S. Kresta)

2014

• Yaqi Liu 

Data-Driven Modeling for SAGD Production Analysis

2013

• Tian Huang

Production Performance Prediction from Light Tight Oil Reservoirs       

• Syed Asher

Modeling and Analysis of Heated Vapex Processes     

• Javid Huseynov

Compositional Simulations of Vapex Process with Various Solvent Combinations

2012

• Din Islam

Prediction of Volumetric Sand Production Through Numerical Simulation (co-supervised with S. Adeeb)

• Damir Kyzyr

Design and Modeling of Vapex Heavy Oil Recovery Process in Heterogeneous Reservoirs

2011

• Mukashev, Alibek   

Estimation of Recovery Factor Accounting for Multi-Scale Heterogeneity

• Ahmad, Wasim       

Sensitivity Analysis of Natural Fracture Properties in Tight Gas Well Tests

• Alimzhan Tynysbay

Scaling Characteristics of Dispersion in Porous Media

• Yi Shang                

Impacts of Sub-Scale Variability in Continuous Time Random Walk (CTRW) Modeling

Undergraduate Students

2024

• Gourav Patthak | LinkedIn

• Ram Kandalkar | LinkedIn

2023

• Héla Idriss | LinkedIn

2022

• Thanh Nguyen | LinkedIn

• Bhautik Agrawal | LinkedIn

2021

• Qihe Zhou

• Rohit Radhakrishnan

• Jeswin Joy

2019

• Zimu Lan

• Khouloud Baccara

• Ziming Xu

2018

• Jinyuan (Jacky) Zhang

2017

• Shivendra Rajpoot

2013

• Philip Wong

2011

• Tao Guo

Visiting Scholars

• Ganghua Tian (2023-2024)

• Seoyoon Kwon (2022-2024) | LinkedIn

• Sun Ke (2021-2022)

• Weifang Wang (2021-2022)

• Jearson Apaza Churqui (2019-2020) | LinkedIn

• Yufei Chen (2019-2020) - Current Position: Assistant Professor, Southwest Petroleum University (China) | LinkedIn

• Dr. Shaobin Hu (2015-2016) - Professor, Northeast Petroleum University (China) 

• Lingling Guo (2015-2016)