Publications
Acid fracturing, Proppant conductivity, Fracturing experiments
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W. Wu, M. Szabian, and M. M. Sharma, “Effect of Acid Etching on Surface Topography, Mechanical Properties, and Fracture Conductivity in Shale”, in Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Austin, Texas, U.S.A., July 20-22, 2020: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3177.
Acid fracturing, Fracturing experiments
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W. Wu, R. T. Russell, and M. M. Sharma, “Non-Uniform Etching — The Key for an Effective Acid Fracturing in Shale: An Experimental Study”, in Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Austin, Texas, U.S.A., July 20-22, 2020: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-3172.
Acid fracturing
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W. Wu and M. M. Sharma, “Acid Fracturing in Shales: Effect of Dilute Acid on Properties and Pore Structure of Shale”, SPE Production & Operations, vol. 32, no. 01, pp. 51–63, 2017, doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/173390-PA.
Formation Damage, Acoustic Cleaning
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P. M. Roberts, A. Venkitaraman, and M. M. Sharma, “Ultrasonic Removal of Organic Deposits and Polymer-Induced Formation Damage”, SPE Drilling & Completion, vol. 15, no. 01, pp. 19–24, 2000, doi: 10.2118/62046-PA.
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A. Venkitaraman, P. M. Roberts, and M. M. Sharma, “Ultrasonic Removal of Near Wellbore Damage Caused by Fines and Mud Solids”, SPE Drilling & Completio, vol. 10, no. 03, pp. 193–197, 1995, doi: 10.2118/27388-PA.
Petrophysics and Formation Evaluation, Acoustic Properties
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A. N. Tutuncu, A. L. Podio, and M. M. Sharma, “An Experimental Investigation of Factors Influencing Compressional and Shear Wave Velocities and Attenuations in Tight Gas Sandstones”, Geophysics, vol. 59, no. 01, pp. 77–86, 1994, doi: 10.1190/1.1443536.
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M. M. Sharma, A. N. Tutuncu, and A. L. Podio, “Grain Contact Adhesion Hysteresis: A Mechanism for Attenuation of Seismic Waves in Sedimentary Granular Media”, in SEG Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., October 23-28, 1994: Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 1994. [Online]. Available: https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/SEG-1994-1077
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A. N. Tutuncu and M. M. Sharma, “The Influence of Fluids on Grain Contact Stiffness and Frame Moduli in Sedimentary Rocks”, Geophysics, vol. 57, 1992.
Artificial Lift, Multi-phase flow in wellbore
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A. S. Nagoo and M. M. Sharma, “Finer Theoretical Aspects of the Drift Flux Family of Equations for Simulating Averaed Volume Fraction in Multiphase Flows”, International Journal of Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements, vol. 06, no. 02, pp. 240–250, 2018, doi: 10.2495/CMEM-V6-N2-240-250.
Artificial Lift
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A. S. Nagoo, J. Saponja, T. Wall, K. Eike, and M. M. Sharma, “Multiphase Flow Simulation of Horizontal Well Artificial Lift and Life-of-Well Field Case Histories: HEAL System Modeled in PipeFractionalFlow”, in Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Austin, Texas, U.S.A., July 24-26, 2017, 2017.
Formation Damage, Bacterial Adhesion / Plugging
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A. Razatos et al., “Force Measurements between Bacteria and Poly(ethylene glycol)-Coated Surfaces”, Langmuir, vol. 16, no. 24, pp. 9155–9158, 2000, doi: 10.1021/la000818y.
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Y.-L. Ong, A. Razatos, G. Georgiou, and M. M. Sharma, “Adhesion Forces Between E. coli Bacteria and Biomaterial Surfaces”, Langmuir, vol. 15, no. 08, pp. 2719–2725, 1999, doi: 10.1021/la981104e.
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B. C. Hoskins, L. Fevang, P. Majors, M. M. Sharma, and G. Georgiou, “Selective Imaging of Biofilms in Porous Media by NMR Relaxation”, Journal of Magnetic Resonance, vol. 139, no. 01, pp. 67–73, 1999, doi: 10.1006/jmre.1999.1747.
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A. Razatos, Y.-L. Ong, M. M. Sharma, and G. Georgiou, “Molecular Determinants of Bacterial Adhesion Monitored by Atomic Force Microscopy”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Applied Biological Sciences, vol. 95, pp. 11059–11064, 1998, [Online]. Available: http://www.pnas.org/content/95/19/11059.full.pdf
Formation Damage, Basic Surface and Colloid Science, Colloid Transport, Bacterial Adhesion / Plugging
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G. Georgiou, A. Sarkar, and M. M. Sharma, “Transport of Bacteria in Porous Media. Part I: An Experimental Investigation”, Biotechnology & Bioengineering Journal, vol. 44, no. 04, pp. 489–497, 1994, doi: 10.1002/bit.260440412.
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A. Sarkar, G. Georgiou, and M. M. Sharma, “Transport of Bacteria in Porous Media. Part II: A Model for Convective Transport and Growth”, Biotechnology & Bioengineering Journal, vol. 44, no. 04, pp. 499–508, 1994, doi: 10.1002/bit.260440413.
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G. Georgiou, A. Sarkar, and M. M. Sharma, “Transport of Bacteria in Porous Media. Part I: An Experimental Investigation”, Biotechnology & Bioengineering Journal, vol. 44, no. 04, pp. 489–497, 1994, doi: 10.1002/bit.260440412.
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A. Sarkar, G. Georgiou, and M. M. Sharma, “Transport of Bacteria in Porous Media. Part II: A Model for Convective Transport and Growth”, Biotechnology & Bioengineering Journal, vol. 44, no. 04, pp. 499–508, 1994, doi: 10.1002/bit.260440413.
Basic Surface and Colloid Science, Wettability and Thin Films, Surface Forces, Thin Films, Improved oil recovery
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B. Gao and M. M. Sharma, “A New Family of Anionic Surfactants for Enhanced-Oil-Recovery Applications”, SPE Journal, vol. 18, no. 05, pp. 829–840, 2013, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/159700-PA.
Basic Surface and Colloid Science, Improved oil recovery
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M. M. Sharma and B. Gao, “SALT-TOLERANT ANIONIC SURFACTANT COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (EOR) APPLICATIONS”, 13/963460 , 2013 [Online]. Available: http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220140096967%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20140096967&RS=DN/20140096967
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B. Gao and M. M. Sharma, “A New Family of Anionic Surfactants for EOR Applications”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A., October 8-10, 2012: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2012. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/159700-MS.
Basic Surface and Colloid Science, Colloid Transport
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S. Malhotra and M. M. Sharma, “Settling of Spherical Particles in Unbounded and Confined Surfactant-based Shear Thinning Viscoelastic fluids: An Experimental Study”, Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 84, 2013.
Basic Surface and Colloid Science, Thin Films, Hydrates
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D. Ramaswamy and M. M. Sharma, “The Effect of Surfactants on Kinetics of Hydrate Formation”, in SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., April 11-13, 2011: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2011. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/141226-MS.
Basic Surface and Colloid Science, Wettability and Thin Films, Surface Forces, Thin Films, Electrical Properties, Petrophysics and Formation Evaluation
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R. Knight et al., “Geophysics at the Interface: Response of Geophysical Properties to Solid-Fluid, Fluid-Fluid, and Solid-Solid Interfaces”, Reviews of Geophysics, vol. 48, no. 04, 2010, doi: 10.1029/2007RG000242.
Water Filtration and Desalination, Basic Surface and Colloid Science
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E. M. Van Wagner, B. D. Freeman, and M. M. Sharma, “Surface Modification to Enhance the Fouling Resistance of Commercial Reverse Osmosis Membranes”, 2008 AlChE Annual Meeting. AlChE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., November 15-21, 2008, 2008.
Formation Damage, Basic Surface and Colloid Science, Wettability and Thin Films, Surface Forces, Thin Films, Water Blocking in Low Permeability Gas Sands
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J. Mahadevan, M. M. Sharma, and Y. C. Yortsos, “Capillary Wicking in Gas Wells”, SPE Journal, vol. 12, no. 04, pp. 429–437, 2007, doi: 10.2118/103229-PA.
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J. Mahadevan, M. M. Sharma, and Y. C. Yortsos, “Water Removal from Porous Media by Gas Injection: Experiments and Simulation”, Transport in Porous Media Journal, vol. 66, 2007.
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J. Mahadevan, M. M. Sharma, and Y. C. Yortsos, “Flow-Through Drying of Porous Media”, AIChE Journal, vol. 52, 2006.
Basic Surface and Colloid Science, Wettability and Thin Films, Surface Forces, Thin Films, Water Blocking in Low Permeability Gas Sands
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J. Mahadevan, M. M. Sharma, and Y. C. Yortsos, “Evaporative Clean-up of Water-Blocks in Gas Wells”, SPE Journal, vol. 12, no. 02, pp. 209–216, 2007, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/94215-PA.
Basic Surface and Colloid Science, Wettability and Thin Films, Surface Forces, Thin Films, Petrophysics and Formation Evaluation, Flow Properties
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M. Gladkikh, V. Jain, S. L. Bryant, and M. M. Sharma, “Experimental and Theoretical Basis for a Wettability-Interfacial Area-Relative Permeability Relationship”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., October 5-8, 2003: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2003. doi: 10.2118/84544-MS.
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V. Jain, S. L. Bryant, and M. M. Sharma, “Influence of Wettability and Saturation on Liquid – Liquid Interfacial Area in Porous Media”, Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 584–591, 2003, doi: 10.1021/es020550s.
Formation Damage, Basic Surface and Colloid Science, Wettability and Thin Films, Surface Forces, Thin Films, Petrophysics and Formation Evaluation, Flow Properties, Wettability Alteration
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S. Chattopadhyay, V. Jain, and M. M. Sharma, “Effect of Capillary Pressure, Salinity, and Aging on Wettability Alteration in Sandstones and Limestones”, in SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A., April 13-17, 2002: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2002. doi: 10.2118/75189-MS.
Formation Damage, Basic Surface and Colloid Science, Wettability and Thin Films, Surface Forces, Thin Films, Fines Migration
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A. M. Freitas and M. M. Sharma, “Detachment of Particles from Surfaces: An AFM Study”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 233, no. 01, pp. 73–82, 2001, doi: 10.1006/jcis.2000.7218.
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A. M. Freitas and M. M. Sharma, “Effect of Surface Hydrophobicity on the Hydrodynamic Detachment of Particles from Surfaces”, Langmuir, vol. 15, no. 07, pp. 2466–2476, 1999, doi: 10.1021/la9807107.
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S. K. Das, R. S. Schechter, and M. M. Sharma, “The Role of Surface Roughness and Contact Deformation on the Hydrodynamic Detachment of Particles From Surfaces”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 164, no. 01, pp. 63–77, 1994, doi: 10.1006/jcis.1994.1144.
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M. M. Sharma, H. Chamoun, D. S. R. Sarma, and R. S. Schechter, “Factors Controlling the Hydrodynamic Detachment of Particles from Surfaces”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 149, no. 01, pp. 121–134, 1992, doi: 10.1016/0021-9797(92)90398-6.
Formation Damage, Basic Surface and Colloid Science, Colloid Transport, Drilling Induced Damage
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A. Suri and M. M. Sharma, “Strategies for Sizing Particles in Drilling and Completion Fluids”, in SPE European Formation Damage Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, May 21-22, 2001: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2001. doi: 10.2118/68964-MS.
Formation Damage, Basic Surface and Colloid Science, Wettability and Thin Films, Surface Forces, Thin Films, Wettability Alteration
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P. R. Filoco and M. M. Sharma, “Effect of Brine Salinity and Crude Oil Properties on Relative Permeabilities and Residual Saturations”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., September 27-30, 1998: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 1998. doi: 10.2118/49320-MS.
Basic Surface and Colloid Science, Wettability and Thin Films, Surface Forces, Thin Films
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S. Basu and M. M. Sharma, “Characterization of Mixed Wettability States in Oil Reservoirs by Atomic Force Microscopy”, SPE Journal, vol. 2, no. 04, pp. 427–435, 1997, doi: 10.2118/35572-PA.
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S. Basu and M. M. Sharma, “Measurement of Critical Disjoining Pressure for Dewetting of Solid Surfaces”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 181, no. 02, pp. 443–455, 1996, doi: 10.1006/jcis.1996.0401.
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S. K. Das, M. M. Sharma, and R. S. Schechter, “Solvation Force in Confined Molecular Fluid Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation”, Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 100, no. 17, pp. 7122–7129, 1996, [Online]. Available: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/jp952281g
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S. Basu and M. M. Sharma, “Effect of Dielectric Saturation on Disjoining Pressure in Thin Films of Aqueous Electrolytes”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 165, no. 02, pp. 355–366, 1994, doi: 10.1006/jcis.1994.1241.
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V. S. Mitlin and M. M. Sharma, “A Local Gradient Theory for Structural Forces in Thin Fluid Films”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 157, no. 02, pp. 447–464, 1993, doi: 10.1006/jcis.1993.1208.
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A. Gupta and M. M. Sharma, “Stability of Thin Aqueous Films on Solid Surfaces, Part I: Ellipsometric Measurement of Disjoining Pressure Isotherms for Aqueous Films Bounded by Glass and Mercury”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 149, no. 02, pp. 392–406, 1992, doi: 10.1016/0021-9797(92)90430-T.
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A. Gupta and M. M. Sharma, “Stability of Thin Aqueous Films on Solid Surfaces, Part II: A Model for Aqueous Films Bounded by Charge Regulating Surfaces”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 149, no. 02, pp. 407–424, 1992, doi: 10.1016/0021-9797(92)90431-K.
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D. E. Tambe and M. M. Sharma, “Hydrodynamics of Thin Liquid Films Bounded by Viscoelastic Interfaces”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 147, 1991.
Oilfield water handling, Formation Damage, Water Filtration and Desalination, Basic Surface and Colloid Science, Colloid Transport
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S. Vitthal and M. M. Sharma, “A Stokesian Dynamics Model for Particle Deposition and Buildup in Granular Media”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 153, no. 02, pp. 314–336, 1992, doi: 10.1016/0021-9797(92)90325-G.
Formation Damage, Basic Surface and Colloid Science, Colloid Transport, Inorganic Precipitation
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D. A. Allaga, G. Wu, M. M. Sharma, and L. W. Lake, “Barium and Calcium Sulfate Precipitation, Dissolution and Migration in Sandpacks”, SPE Formation Evaluation, vol. 7, no. 01, pp. 79–86, 1992, doi: 10.2118/19765-PA.
Oilfield water handling, Formation Damage, Water Filtration and Desalination, Basic Surface and Colloid Science, Colloid Transport, Inorganic Precipitation
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G. Wu and M. M. Sharma, “A Model for Precipitation and Dissolution Processes with Precipitate Migration”, AIChE Journal, vol. 35, 1989.
Formation Damage, Basic Surface and Colloid Science, Colloid Transport, Fines Migration
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S. Vitthal, A. Gupta, and M. M. Sharma, “A Rule Based System for Estimating Clay Distribution, Morphology and Formation Damage in Reservoir Rocks”, SPE Formation Evaluation, vol. 4, 1989.