Publications
Hydraulic Fracturing, Proppant Placement, Re-fracturing, Fracture modeling
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S. S. Yi, C.-H. Wu, and M. M. Sharma, “Proppant Distribution Among Multiple Perforation Clusters in Plug-and-Perforate Stages”, SPE Production & Operations, vol. 33, no. 04, pp. 654–665, 2018, doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/184861-PA.
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S. S. Yi and M. M. Sharma, “A new method to calculate slurry distribution among multiple fractures during fracturing and refracturing”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, vol. 170, pp. 304–314, 2018, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2018.06.048.
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S. S. Yi, C.-H. Wu, and M. M. Sharma, “Proppant Distribution Among Multiple Perforation Clusters in Plug-and-Perforate Stages”, SPE Production & Operations, vol. 33, no. 04, pp. 654–665, 2018, doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/184861-PA.
Hydraulic Fracturing, Proppant Placement, Fracture modeling
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K. Shrivastava and M. M. Sharma, “Proppant Transport in Complex Fracture Networks”, in SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., January 23-25, 2018: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2018.
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C.-H. Wu, S. S. Yi, and M. M. Sharma, “Proppant Distribution Among Multiple PerforationClusters in a Horizontal Wellbore”, in SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., January 24-28, 2017: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2017. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/184861-MS.
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C. A. J. Blyton, D. P. Gala, and M. M. Sharma, “A Comprehensive Study of Proppant Transport in a Hydraulic Fracture”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, U.S.A., 28-30 September 2015: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2015. doi: 10.2118/174973-MS.
Hydraulic Fracturing, Proppant Placement, Proppant conductivity
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W. Wu, P. Kakkar, J. Zhou, R. T. Russell, and M. M. Sharma, “An Experimental Investigation of the Conductivity of Unpropped Fractures in Shales”, in SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., January 24-28, 2017: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2017. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/184858-MS.
Hydraulic Fracturing, Proppant Placement, Frac-Packing, Fracture modeling
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D. Lee, K. Shrivastava, and M. M. Sharma, “Effect of Fluid Rheology on Proppant Transport In Hydraulic Fractures in Soft Sands”, in 51st US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A., June 25-28, 2017: Amreican Rock Mechanics Association, 2017.
Proppant Placement, Re-fracturing
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S. S. Yi and M. M. Sharma, “A Model for Refracturing Operations in Horizontal Wells Employing Diverting Agents”, in SPE Asia Pacific Hydraulic Fracturing Conference, Beijing, China, August 24-26, 2016: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2016. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/181795-MS.
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S. S. Yi and M. M. Sharma, “A Model for Refracturing Operations in Horizontal Wells Employing Diverting Agents”, in SPE Asia Pacific Hydraulic Fracturing Conference, Beijing, China, August 24-26, 2016: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2016. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/181795-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.
Proppant Placement, Particle Transport
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S. Mondal, C.-H. Wu, and M. M. Sharma, “Coupled CFD-DEM simulation of hydrodynamic bridging at constrictions”, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, vol. Volume 84, pp. 245–263, 2016, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2016.05.001.
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C.-H. Wu and M. M. Sharma, “Effect of Perforation Geometry and Orientation on Proppant Placement in Perforation Clusters in a Horizontal Well”, in SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., February 9-11, 2016: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2016. doi: 10.2118/179117-MS.
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S. Mondal and M. M. Sharma, “Role of flying buttresses in the jamming of granular matter through multiple rectangular outlets”, Journal of Granular Matter, vol. Volume 16, pp. pp 125–132, 2014, doi: 10.1007/s10035-013-0461-5.
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S. Malhotra and M. M. Sharma, “Experimental Study of Settling of Spherical Particles in Unbounded and Confined Shear Thinning Viscoelastic Fluids”, 65th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Mechanics. American Physical Society Division of Fluid Mechanics, San Diego, California, U.S.A., November 18-20, 2016, 2012.
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.
Proppant Placement
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S. Malhotra and M. M. Sharma, “Experimental Measurement of Settling Velocity of Spherical Particles in Unconfined and Confined Surfactant-Based Shear Thinning Viscoelastic Fluids”, Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2014, doi: 10.3791/50749.
Profile Control and Polymer Injection, Proppant Placement
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S. Malhotra and M. M. Sharma, “Impact of Fluid Elasticity on Miscible Viscous Fingering”, Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 117, pp. 125–135, 2014, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2014.06.023.
Hydraulic Fracturing, Proppant Placement
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S. Malhotra, E. R. Lehman, and M. M. Sharma, “Proppant Placement Using Alternate-Slug Fracturing”, SPE Journal, vol. 19, no. 05, pp. 974–985, 2014, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/163851-PA.
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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, 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.
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.
Hydraulic Fracturing, Proppant Placement, Re-fracturing
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S. S. Yi, R. Manchanda, M. M. Sharma, and N. P. Roussel, “Preventing Heel Dominated Fractures in Horizontal Well Refracturing”, in SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference & Exhibition, The Woodlands, TX, U.S.A., February 5-7, 2019: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2019. doi: 10.2118/194341-MS.
Hydraulic Fracturing, Re-fracturing, Fracture modeling
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D. P. Gala, R. Manchanda, and M. M. Sharma, “Modeling of Fluid Injection in Depleted Parent Wells to Minimize Damage due to Frac-Hits”, in Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, TX, U.S.A., July 23-25, 2018: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) , 2018. doi: 10.15530/urtec-2018-2881265.
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D. P. Gala and M. M. Sharma, “Effect of Fluid Type and Composition on Changes in Reservoir Stresses due to Production: Implications for Refracturing”, in 51st U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A., June 25-28, 2017: Amreican Rock Mechanics Association, 2017.
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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, 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.
Sand production
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H. Wang and M. M. Sharma, “Effect of Fluid Type and Multiphase Flow on Sand Production in Oil and Gas Wells”, SPE Journal, vol. 24, no. 02, pp. 733–743, 2019, doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/187117-PA.
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H. Wang and M. M. Sharma, “The Role of Elasto-Plasticity in Cavity Shape and Sand Production in Oil and Gas Wells”, SPE Journal, vol. 24, no. 02, pp. 744–756, 2019, doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/187225-PA.
Sand Screens / Sand Control, Sand production
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C.-H. Wu, M. M. Sharma, M. J. Fuller, and S. Mathis, “Estimating Sand Production Through Gravel Packs”, in SPE International Conference and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control, Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.A., February 7-9, 2018: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/189481-MS.
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H. Wang, X. Yang, W. Zhang, and M. M. Sharma, “Predicting Sand Production in HPHT Wells in the Tarim Basin”, 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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H. Wang, D. P. Gala, and M. M. Sharma, “Effect of Fluid Type and Multi-Phase Flow on Sand Production in Oil and Gas Wells”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, October 9-11, 2017: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2017.
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H. Wang, P. Cardiff, and M. M. Sharma, “A 3-D Poro-Elasto-Plastic Model for Sand Production around Open-Hole and Cased & Perforated Wellbores”, in 50th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, U.S.A. June 26-29, 2016: American Rock Mechanics Association, 2016.
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C.-H. Wu, M. M. Sharma, M. J. Fuller, and S. Mathis, “Estimating Sand Production Through Gravel Packs”, in SPE International Conference and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control, Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.A., February 7-9, 2018: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/189481-MS.
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H. Wang, X. Yang, W. Zhang, and M. M. Sharma, “Predicting Sand Production in HPHT Wells in the Tarim Basin”, 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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H. Wang, D. P. Gala, and M. M. Sharma, “Effect of Fluid Type and Multi-Phase Flow on Sand Production in Oil and Gas Wells”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, October 9-11, 2017: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2017.
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H. Wang, P. Cardiff, and M. M. Sharma, “A 3-D Poro-Elasto-Plastic Model for Sand Production around Open-Hole and Cased & Perforated Wellbores”, in 50th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, U.S.A. June 26-29, 2016: American Rock Mechanics Association, 2016.
Sand Screens / Sand Control, Water hammer, Sand production
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H. Wang, J. Hwang, and M. M. Sharma, “Sand Production Caused by Water Hammer Events: Implications for Shut-In Protocols and Design of Water Injection Wells”, in SPE International Conference and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control, Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.A., February 7-9, 2018: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/189568-MS.
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H. Wang, J. Hwang, and M. M. Sharma, “Sand Production Caused by Water Hammer Events: Implications for Shut-In Protocols and Design of Water Injection Wells”, in SPE International Conference and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control, Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.A., February 7-9, 2018: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/189568-MS.
Sand Screens / Sand Control, Frac-Packing
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J. Hwang, H. Wang, and M. M. Sharma, “Wellbore Integrity and Sand Failure Mechanisms of Frac-Packed Wells in Unconsolidated Sand Formations”, in 52nd US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium, Seattle, WA, U.S.A., June 17-20, 2018: American Rock Mechanics Association, 2018.
Sand Screens / Sand Control
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C.-H. Wu, M. M. Sharma, R. A. Chanpura, M. Parlar, and J. A. Ayoub, “Factors Governing the Predicted Performance of Multilayered Metal-Mesh Screens”, SPE Drilling & Completion, vol. 32, no. 03, pp. 141–152, 2017, doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/178955-PA.
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H. Wang and M. M. Sharma, “The Role of Elasto-Plasticity in Cavity Shape and Sand Production in Oil and Gas Wells”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, October 9-11, 2017: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2017.
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H. Wang and M. M. Sharma, “A Fully 3-D, Multi-Phase, Poro-Elasto-Plastic Model for Sand Production”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dubai, UAE, September 26–28, 2016: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2016. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/181566-MS.
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S. Mondal, C.-H. Wu, M. M. Sharma, R. A. Chanpura, M. Parlar, and J. A. Ayoub, “Characterizing, Designing, and Selecting Metal Mesh Screens for Standalone-Screen Applications”, SPE Drilling & Completion, vol. 31, no. 02, pp. 85–94, 2016, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/170935-PA.