Publications
Formation Damage, Hydraulic Fracturing, Water Blocking in Low Permeability Gas Sands
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S. Agrawal and M. M. Sharma, “Liquid Loading within Hydraulic Fractures and its Impact on Unconventional Reservoir Productivity”, in Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., August 12-14, 2013: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2013. doi: ttp://dx.doi.org/10.1190/URTEC2013-115.
Hydraulic Fracturing, Proppant Placement
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S. Malhotra, E. R. Lehman, and M. M. Sharma, “Proppant Placement Using Alternate-Slug Fracturing”, in SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., February 4-6, 2013: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2013. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/163851-MS.
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Y. Liu, P. B. Gadde, and M. M. Sharma, “Proppant Placement Using Reverse-Hybrid Fracs”, SPE Producation & Operations, vol. 22, no. 03, pp. 348–356, 2007, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/99580-PA.
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Y. Liu, P. B. Gadde, and M. M. Sharma, “Proppant Placement Using Reverse-Hybrid Fracs”, in SPE Gas Technology Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 15-17, 2006: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2006. doi: 10.2118/99580-MS.
Hydraulic Fracturing, Re-fracturing
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N. P. Roussel and M. M. Sharma, “Selecting Candidate Wells for Refracturing Using Production Data”, SPE Producation & Operations, vol. 28, no. 01, pp. 36–45, 2013, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/146103-PA.
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N. P. Roussel and M. M. Sharma, “Selecting Candidate Wells for Refracturing Using Production Data”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., October 30-November 2, 2011: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2011. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/146103-MS.
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Z. Zhai and M. M. Sharma, “Estimating Fracture Reorientation due to Long Term Fluid Injection / Production”, in Productions and Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.A., March 31-April 3, 2007: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2007. doi: 10.2118/106387-MS.
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.
Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracture modeling, Energized fracturing
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L. H. Ribeiro and M. M. Sharma, “A New Three-Dimensional, Compositional, Model for Hydraulic Fracturing with Energized Fluids”, 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/10.2118/159812-MS.
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L. H. Ribeiro and M. M. Sharma, “Multi-Phase Fluid-Loss Properties and Return permeability of Energized Fracturing Fluids”, in SPE Hydraulics Fracturing Technology Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., January 24-26, 2011: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2011. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/139622-MS.
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K. E. Friehauf and M. M. Sharma, “A New Compositional Model for Hydraulic Fracturing With Energized Fluids”, SPE Producation & Operations, vol. 24, no. 04, pp. 562–572, 2009, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/115750-PA.
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K. E. Friehauf, M. M. Sharma, and R. B. Sullivan, “Application of a New Compositional Model for Hydraulic Fracturing with Energized Fluids: A South Texas Case Study”, in SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., January 19-21, 2009: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2009. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/119265-MS.
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K. E. Friehauf and M. M. Sharma, “A New Compositional Model for Hydraulic Fracturing With Energized Fluids”, 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/10.2118/115750-MS.
Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracture Diagnostics, Fracture modeling
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R. Manchanda, N. P. Roussel, and M. M. Sharma, “Factors Influencing Fracture Trajectories and Fracturing Pressure Data in a Horizontal Completion”, 46th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium held in Chicago, IL, USA, 24-27 June 2012. 2012.
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N. P. Roussel, R. Manchanda, and M. M. Sharma, “Implications of Fracturing Pressure Data Recorded during a Horizontal Completion on Stage Spacing Design”, in SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., February 6-8, 2012: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2012. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/152631-MS.
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M. M. Sharma et al., “Slick Water and Hybrid Fracturing Treatments: Some Lessons Learnt”, Journal of Petroleum Technology, vol. 57, no. 03, pp. 38–40, 2005. doi: 10.2118/0305-0038-JPT.
Formation Damage, Hydraulic Fracturing, Energized fracturing
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L. H. Ribeiro and M. M. Sharma, “Multi-Phase Fluid-Loss Properties and Return Permeability of Energized Fracturing Fluids”, SPE Production & Operations, vol. 27, no. 03, pp. 265–277, 2012, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/139622-PA.
Hydraulic Fracturing, Re-fracturing, Fracture modeling
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N. P. Roussel and M. M. Sharma, “Role of Stress Reorientation in the Success of Refracture Treatments in Tight Gas Sands”, SPE Production and Operations, vol. Vol. 27, no. 04, pp. 346–355, 2012, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/134491-PA.
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N. P. Roussel and M. M. Sharma, “Quantifying Transient Effects in Altered-Stress Refracturing of Vertical Wells”, in SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., January 19-21, 2009: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2009. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/119522-MS.
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V. Singh, N. P. Roussel, and M. M. Sharma, “Stress Reorientation and Fracture Treatments in Horizontal Wells”, 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/10.2118/116092-MS.
Hydraulic Fracturing, Proppant Placement, Particle Transport, Fracture modeling
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S. Malhotra and M. M. Sharma, “A General Correlation for Proppant Settling in VES Fluids”, in SPE Hydraulics Fracturing Technology Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., January 24-26, 2011: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2011. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/139581-MS.
Oilfield water handling, Water Injection / Injector Performance / Fractured Injectors, Hydraulic Fracturing
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K. Lee, C. Huh, and M. M. Sharma, “Impact of Fracture Growth on Well Injectivity and Reservoir Sweep during Waterflood and Chemical EOR Processes”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., October 30-November 2, 2011: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2011. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/146778-MS.
Hydraulic Fracturing, Frac-Packing, Fracture modeling
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K. Agarwal and M. M. Sharma, “Modeling Fracture Propagation in Unconsolidated Sands”, in 45th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, U.S.A., June 26-29, 2011: American Rock Mechanics Association, 2011.
Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracture modeling
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N. P. Roussel and M. M. Sharma, “Optimizing Fracture Spacing and Sequencing in Horizontal-Well Fracturing”, SPE Production & Operations, vol. 26, no. 02, pp. 173–184, 2011, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/127986-PA.
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N. P. Roussel and M. M. Sharma, “Strategies to Minimize Frac Spacing and Stimulate Natural Fractures in Horizontal Completions”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., October 30-November 2, 2011: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2011. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/146104-MS.
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K. E. Friehauf, A. Suri, and M. M. Sharma, “A Simple and Accurate Model for Well Productivity for Hydraulically Fractured Wells”, SPE Producation & Operations, vol. 25, no. 04, pp. 453–460, 2010, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/119264-PA.
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K. E. Friehauf, A. Suri, and M. M. Sharma, “A Simple and Accurate Model for Well Productivity for Hydraulically Fractured Wells”, in SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., January 19-21, 2009: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2009. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/119264-MS.
Hydraulic Fracturing, Energized fracturing
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K. E. Friehauf and M. M. Sharma, “Fluid Selection for Energized Hydraulic Fractures”, Journal of Petroleum Technology, vol. 62, no. 03, pp. 42–44, 2010, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/0310-0042-JPT.
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K. E. Friehauf and M. M. Sharma, “Fluid Selection for Energized Hydraulic Fractures”, 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/10.2118/124361-MS.
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.
Formation Damage, Hydraulic Fracturing, Condensate Banking / Productivity of Gas Condensate Wells
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J. Mohan, M. M. Sharma, and G. A. Pope, “Optimization of Fracture Length in Gas/Condensate Reservoirs”, in SPE Gas Technology Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 15-17, 2006: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2006. doi: 10.2118/100543-MS.
Hydraulic Fracturing
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M. M. Sharma, P. B. Gadde, Y. Liu, J. Mahadevan, and R. B. Sullivan, “Selecting Strategies for Improving Fracture Performance in Tight Gas Sands”, GasTIPS, vol. 11, pp. 8–11, 2005.
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.
Proppant Placement, Improved oil recovery
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S. Malhotra, M. M. Sharma, and E. R. Lehman, “Experimental Study of the Growth of Mixing Zone in Miscible Viscous Fingering”, Physics of Fluids, vol. 27, 2015, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4905581.
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.
Water Injection / Injector Performance / Fractured Injectors, Profile Control and Polymer Injection, Improved oil recovery
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S. K. Choi, M. M. Sharma, S. L. Bryant, and C. Huh, “pH-Sensitive Polymers for Novel Conformance-Control and Polymer-Flood Applications”, SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, vol. 13, no. 06, pp. 926–939, 2010, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/121686-PA.
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C. Huh, S. L. Bryant, M. M. Sharma, and S. K. Choi, “pH Sensitive Polymers for Novel Conformance Control and Polymerflood Applications”, in SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., April 20-22, 2009: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2009. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/121686-MS.
Condensate Banking / Productivity of Gas Condensate Wells, Improved oil recovery
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V. Bang, G. A. Pope, and M. M. Sharma, “Phase-Behavior Study of Hydrocarbon/Water/Methanol Mixtures at Reservoir Conditions”, SPE Journal, vol. 15, no. 04, pp. 952–962, 2010, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/102100-PA.
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.
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.
Drilling Induced Damage, Multi-phase flow in wellbore
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S. M. Wilson, A. S. Nagoo, and M. M. Sharma, “Analysis of Potential Bridging Scenarios During Blowout Events”, in SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, March 5-7, 2013: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2013. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/163438-MS.
Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracture modeling, Natural fractures
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S. Agrawal, K. Shrivastava, and M. M. Sharma, “Effect of Shear Slippage on the Interaction of Hydraulic Fractures with Natural Fractures”, in SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference & Exhibition, The Woodlands, TX, U.S.A., February 5-7, 2019: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2019. doi: https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/10.2118/194361-MS.
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K. Shrivastava, J. Hwang, and M. M. Sharma, “Formation of Complex Fracture Networks in the Wolfcamp Shale: Calibrating Model Predictions with Core Measurements from the Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A., September 24-26, 2018: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2018.
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K. Shrivastava and M. M. Sharma, “Mechanisms for the Formation of Complex Fracture Networks in Naturally Fractured Rocks”, in SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., January 23-25, 2018: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/189864-MS.
Hydraulic Fracturing, Natural fractures
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K. Shrivastava and M. M. Sharma, “3-D Interactions of Hydraulic Fractures with Natural Fractures”, in SPE International Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference & Exhibition, Muscat, Oman, October 16-18, 2018: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2018.
Oilfield water handling, Water Filtration and Desalination
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S. Kasemset, A. Lee, D. J. Miller, B. D. Freeman, and M. M. Sharma, “Effect of polydopamine deposition conditions on fouling resistance, physical properties, and permeation properties of reverse osmosis membranes in oil/water separation”, Journal of Membrane Science, vol. Volumes 425–426, 2013, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2012.08.049.