Publications

Oilfield water handling, Formation Damage, Water Filtration and Desalination, Basic Surface and Colloid Science, Colloid Transport

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M. M. Sharma and Y. C. Yortsos, “A Network Model for Deep Bed Filtration Processes”, AIChE Journal, vol. 33, 1987.
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M. M. Sharma and Y. C. Yortsos, “Transport of Particulate Suspensions in Porous Media. Model Formulation”, AIChE Journal, vol. 33, 1987.
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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.
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M. M. Sharma and Y. C. Yortsos, “A Network Model for Deep Bed Filtration Processes”, AIChE Journal, vol. 33, 1987.
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M. M. Sharma and Y. C. Yortsos, “Transport of Particulate Suspensions in Porous Media. Model Formulation”, AIChE Journal, vol. 33, 1987.

Formation Damage, Basic Surface and Colloid Science, Colloid Transport, Fines Migration

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M. M. Sharma and Y. C. Yortsos, “Fines Migration in Porous Media”, AIChE Journal, vol. 33, 1987.
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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.
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M. M. Sharma and Y. C. Yortsos, “Fines Migration in Porous Media”, AIChE Journal, vol. 33, 1987.

Basic Surface and Colloid Science, Colloid Transport

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M. M. Sharma, Y. Chang, and T. Yen, “Reversible and Irreversible Surface Charge Modification of Bacteria for Facilitating Transport through Porous Media”, Colloids and Surfaces, vol. 16, 1985.
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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.
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M. M. Sharma, Y. Chang, and T. Yen, “Reversible and Irreversible Surface Charge Modification of Bacteria for Facilitating Transport through Porous Media”, Colloids and Surfaces, vol. 16, 1985.

Hydraulic Fracturing, Cementing / Perforating / Gravel Packing, Fracture modeling

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R. Manchanda, M. M. Sharma, and S. Holzhauser, “Time Dependent Fracture Interference Effects in Pad Wells”, in SPE Unconventional Resources Conference-USA, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., April 10-12, 2013: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2013. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/164534-MS.
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R. Manchanda and M. M. Sharma, “Impact of Completion Design on Fracture Complexity in Horizontal Wells”, 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/10.2118/159899-MS.

Formation Damage, Drilling Induced Damage, Cementing / Perforating / Gravel Packing

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A. Suri and M. M. Sharma, “Cleanup of Water-Based Kill-Pills in Laboratory-Simulated Perforation Tunnels During Flowback”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A., September 24-27, 2006: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2006. doi: 10.2118/102177-MS.

Formation Damage, Wellbore Stability, Cementing / Perforating / Gravel Packing

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G. Chen, M. E. Chenevert, M. M. Sharma, and M. Yu, “A Study of Wellbore Stability in Shales including Poroelastic, Chemical, and Thermal Effects”, Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering, vol. 38, no. 3-4, pp. 167–176, 2003, doi: 10.1016/S0920-4105(03)00030-5.
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M. Yu, M. E. Chenevert, and M. M. Sharma, “Chemical-Mechanical Wellbore Instability Model for Shales: Accounting for Solute Diffusion”, Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering, vol. 38, pp. 131–143, 2003, doi: 10.1016/S0920-4105(03)00027-5.

Formation Damage, Cementing / Perforating / Gravel Packing

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H. A. Al-Anazi and M. M. Sharma, “Evaluation of pH-Sensitive Polymer for Gravel-Packing Operations”, SPE Drilling & Completion, vol. 17, no. 01, pp. 27–35, 2002, doi: 10.2118/76813-PA.
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D. S. Arora and M. M. Sharma, “The Nature of the Compacted Zone around Perforation Tunnels”, in SPE International Symposium on Formation Damage Control, Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.A., February 23-24, 2000: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2000. doi: 10.2118/58720-MS.
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X. Yang and M. M. Sharma, “Formation Damage due to Cement Filtrates in Sandstone Cores”, SPE Prodcution Engineering, vol. 6, no. 04, pp. 399–405, 1991, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/19305-PA.

Chemical Well Stimulation: Solvents and Surfactants, Improved oil recovery, Fracture modeling

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D. P. Gala and M. M. Sharma, “Compositional and Geomechanical Effects in Huff-n-Puff Gas Injection IOR in Tight Oil Reservoirs”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A., September 24-26, 2018: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2018.

Chemical Well Stimulation: Solvents and Surfactants, Condensate Banking / Productivity of Gas Condensate Wells

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M. Ahmadi, M. M. Sharma, G. A. Pope, D. E. Torres, C. A. McCulley, and H. C. Linnemeyer, “Chemical Treatment to Mitigate Condensate and Water Blocking in Gas Wells in Carbonate Reservoirs”, SPE Production and Operations, vol. 26, no. 01, pp. 67–74, 2011, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/133591-PA.
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V. Bang, M. M. Sharma, and G. A. Pope, “METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE PRODUCTIVITY OF OIL PRODUCING WELLS”, 12745405, 2011 [Online]. Available: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8261825.PN.&OS=PN/8261825&RS=PN/8261825
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V. Bang, G. A. Pope, M. M. Sharma, J. R. Baran Jr., and M. Ahmadi, “A New Solution to Restore Productivity of Gas Wells with Condensate and Water Blocks”, SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, vol. 13, no. 02, pp. 323–331, 2010, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/116711-PA.
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M. Ahmadi, M. M. Sharma, G. A. Pope, D. E. Torres, C. A. McCulley, and H. C. Linnemeyer, “Chemical Treatment to Mitigate Condensate and Water Blocking in Gas Wells in Carbonate Reservoirs”, in SPE Western Regional Meeting, Anaheim, California, U.S.A., May 27-29, 2010: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2010. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/133591-MS.
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H. A. Al-Anazi, J. G. Walker, G. A. Pope, M. M. Sharma, and D. F. Hackney, “A Successful Methanol Treatment in a Gas/Condensate Reservoir: Field Application”, SPE Production & Facilities, vol. 20, no. 01, pp. 60–69, 2005, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/80901-PA.

Chemical Well Stimulation: Solvents and Surfactants, Condensate Banking / Productivity of Gas Condensate Wells, Water Blocking in Low Permeability Gas Sands

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C. Yuan, M. Ahmadi, G. A. Pope, and M. M. Sharma, “The Modeling of Solvents Flow-Back in the Chemical Treatment to Remove Liquid Block”, in International Petroleum Technology Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, November 15-17, 2011: International Petroleum Technology Conference, 2011. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2523/IPTC-15219-MS.
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M. Butler, J. B. Trueblood, G. A. Pope, M. M. Sharma, J. R. Baran Jr., and D. Johnson, “A Field Demonstration of a New Chemical Stimulation Treatment for Fluid-Blocked Gas Wells”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., October 4-7, 2009: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2009. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/125077-MS.
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V. Bang, G. A. Pope, M. M. Sharma, J. R. Baran Jr., and M. Ahmadi, “A New Solution to Restore Productivity of Gas Wells with Condensate and Water Blocks”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., September 21-24, 2008: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2008. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/116711-MS.
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J. R. Baran Jr. et al., “Chemical Stimulation of Gas Condensate Wells”, in International Petroleum Technology Conference, Dubai, U.A.E., December 4-6, 2007: International Petroleum Technology Conference, 2007. doi: 10.2523/11648-MS.
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G. A. Pope, V. Bang, and M. M. Sharma, “METHOD FOR TREATING A FRACTURED FORMATION WITH A NON-IONIC FLUORINATED POLYMERIC SURFACTANT”, 12532689, 2007 [Online]. Available: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8043998.PN.&OS=PN/8043998&RS=PN/8043998
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V. Kumar, V. Bang, G. A. Pope, M. M. Sharma, P. S. Ayyalasomayajula, and J. Kamath, “Chemical Stimulation of Gas/Condensate Reservoirs”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A., September 24-27, 2006: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2006. doi: 10.2118/102669-MS.

Chemical Well Stimulation: Solvents and Surfactants

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V. Bang, G. A. Pope, M. M. Sharma, and J. R. Baran Jr., “Development of a Successful Chemical Treatment for Gas Wells with Water and Condensate Blocking Damage”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., October 4-7, 2009: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2009. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/124977-MS.
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J. R. Baran Jr. et al., “New Developments in Chemical Stimulation of Gas Condensate Wells”, SPE Congreso Colombiano del Petróleo. 2007.

Hydraulic Fracturing, Chemical Well Stimulation: Solvents and Surfactants, Condensate Banking / Productivity of Gas Condensate Wells

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V. Bang et al., “Improving Productivity of Hydraulically Fractured Gas Condensate Wells by Chemical Treatment”, in Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, U.S.A., May 5-8, 2008: Offshore Technology Conference, 2008. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4043/19599-MS.

Chemical Well Stimulation: Solvents and Surfactants, Condensate Banking / Productivity of Gas Condensate Wells, Water Blocking in Low Permeability Gas Sands, Wettability Alteration

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X. Xie, Y. Liu, M. M. Sharma, and W. W. Weiss, “Wettability Alteration to Increase Deliverability of Gas Production Wells”, in SPE Eastern Regional/AAPG Eastern Section Joint Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., October 11-15, 2008: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2008. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/117353-MS.

Chemical Well Stimulation: Solvents and Surfactants, Condensate Banking / Productivity of Gas Condensate Wells, Shale Characterization

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V. Kumar, G. A. Pope, and M. M. Sharma, “Improving the Gas and Condensate Relative Permeability Using Chemical Treatments”, in SPE Gas Technology Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 15-17, 2006: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2006. doi: 10.2118/100529-MS.

Formation Damage, Chemical Well Stimulation: Solvents and Surfactants, Condensate Banking / Productivity of Gas Condensate Wells

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V. Bang, G. A. Pope, and M. M. Sharma, “Phase Behavior Study of Hydrocarbon/Water/Methanol Mixtures at Reservoir Conditions”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A., September 24-27, 2006: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2006. doi: 10.2118/102100-MS.

Proppant Placement, Choke-Management, Frac-Packing, Fracture modeling

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E. Karantinos, M. M. Sharma, J. A. Ayoub, M. Parlar, and R. A. Chanpura, “Choke-Management Strategies for Hydraulically Fractured Wells and Frac-Pack Completions in Vertical Wells”, SPE Production & Operations, 2018, doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/178973-PA.

Hydraulic Fracturing, Choke-Management, Fracture modeling, Fracture flowback

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A. Kumar, P. Seth, K. Shrivastava, and M. M. Sharma, “Optimizing Drawdown Strategies in Wells Producing from Complex Fracture Networks”, in SPE International Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference & Exhibition, Muscat, Oman, October 16-18, 2018: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2018.

Choke-Management

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E. Karantinos, M. M. Sharma, J. A. Ayoub, M. Parlar, and R. A. Chanpura, “A General Method for the Selection of an Optimum Choke-Management Strategy”, SPE Production & Operations, vol. 32, no. 02, pp. 137–147, 2017, doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/174196-PA.
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E. Karantinos and M. M. Sharma, “Choke Management Under Wellbore, Completion and Reservoir Constraints”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, October 9-11, 2017: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2017.
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E. Karantinos, M. M. Sharma, J. A. Ayoub, M. Parlar, and R. A. Chanpura, “A General Method for the Selection of an Optimum Choke-Management Strategy”, SPE Production & Operations, 2016, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/174196-PA.
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E. Karantinos, M. M. Sharma, J. A. Ayoub, M. Parlar, and R. A. Chanpura, “A General Method for the Selection of an Optimum Choke Management Strategy”, in SPE European Formation Damage Conference and Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary, June 03-05, 2015: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2015. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/174196-MS.

Proppant Placement, Choke-Management, Frac-Packing

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E. Karantinos, M. M. Sharma, J. A. Ayoub, and M. Parlar, “Choke Management Strategies for Hydraulically Fractured Wells and Frac-Pack Completions in Vertical Wells”, in SPE International Conference and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control, Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.A., February 24-26, 2016: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2016.

Hydraulic Fracturing, Proppant Placement, Choke-Management

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R. J. Shor and M. M. Sharma, “Reducing Proppant Flowback From Fractures: Factors Affecting the Maximum Flowback Rate”, in 2014 Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., February 4-6, 2014: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2014. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/168649-MS.

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, 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.

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.