Publications
Wellbore Stability, Electrical Properties, Petrophysics and Formation Evaluation, Shale Characterization, Shale-fluid interactions
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J. Zhang et al., “Compressive Strength and Acoustic Properties Changes in Shales with Exposure to Water-Based Fluids”, in Golden Rocks 2006, The 41st U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS), Golden, Colorado, U.S.A., June17-21, 2006: American Rock Mechanics Association, 2006.
Wellbore Stability, Shale Characterization, Shale-fluid interactions
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T. M. Al-Bazali, J. Zhang, M. E. Chenevert, and M. M. Sharma, “Factors Controlling the Membrane Efficiency of Shales when Interacting with Water-Based and Oil-Based Muds”, in International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Beijing, China, December 5-7, 2006: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2006. doi: 10.2118/100735-MS.
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J. Zhang et al., “Ion Movement and Laboratory Technique to Control Wellbore Stability”, AADE 2006 Fluids Conference. 2006.
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M. Yu, M. M. Sharma, M. E. Chenevert, R. Ewy, and G. Chen, “Factors Controlling Pore Pressure Propagation in Shales: A Comparison of Simulations with Experiments”, SPE Journal, 2004.
Wellbore Stability, Shale-fluid interactions
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J. Zhang et al., “Maintaining the Stability of Deviated and Horizontal Wells: Effects of Mechanical, Chemical and Thermal Phenomena on Well Designs”, in International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Beijing, China, December 5-7, 2006: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2006. doi: 10.2118/100202-MS.
Wellbore Stability
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T. M. Al-Bazali, J. Zhang, M. E. Chenevert, and M. M. Sharma, “A Rapid, Rig-Site Deployable, Electrochemical Test for Evaluating the Membrane Potential of Shales”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A., October 9-12, 2005: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2005. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/96098-MS.
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J. Zhang, S. Ong, T. M. Al-Bazali, M. E. Chenevert, M. M. Sharma, and Y. Xianjie, “Effects of Strain Rate on Failure Characteristics of Shales”, in 40th US Symposium on Rock Mechanics: Rock Mechanics for Energy, Mineral and Infrastructure Development, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A., June 25-29, 2005: American Rock Mechanics Association, 2005.
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J. Zhang, M. E. Chenevert, T. M. Al-Bazali, and M. M. Sharma, “A New Gravimetric – Swelling Test for Evaluating Water and Ion Uptake in Shales”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, U.S.A., September 26-29, 2004: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2004. doi: 10.2118/89831-MS.
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M. Yu, G. Chen, M. E. Chenevert, and M. M. Sharma, “Chemical and Thermal Effects on Wellbore Stability of Shale Formations”, 2001 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 2001.
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G. Chen, M. E. Chenevert, M. M. Sharma, and M. Yu, “Poroelastic, Chemical, and Thermal Effect on Wellbore Stability in Shales”, in 38th U. S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., July 7-10, 2001: American Rock Mechanics Association, 2001. [Online]. Available: https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/ARMA-01-0011
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G. Chen, M. E. Chenevert, M. M. Sharma, and M. Yu, “Thermal and Chemical Effects on Shale Stability”, Geonics 2001 Mining Society of Moravia and Silesia and ISRM Sponsored International Symposium. 2001.
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R. F. Lomba, M. E. Chenevert, and M. M. Sharma, “The Ion-Selective Behavior of Native Shales”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, vol. 25, no. 1-2, pp. 9–23, 2000, doi: 10.1016/S0920-4105(99)00028-5.
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R. F. Lomba, M. E. Chenevert, and M. M. Sharma, “The Role of Osmotic Effects in Fluid Flow Through Shales”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, vol. 25, no. 1-2, pp. 25–35, 2000, doi: 10.1016/S0920-4105(99)00029-7.
Wellbore Stability, Petrophysics and Formation Evaluation, Flow Properties, Shale Characterization, Shale-fluid interactions
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T. M. Al-Bazali, J. Zhang, M. E. Chenevert, and M. M. Sharma, “Measurement of the Sealing Capacity of Shale Cap-rocks”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A., October 9-12, 2005: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2005. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/96100-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.
Condensate Banking / Productivity of Gas Condensate Wells, Wettability Alteration
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S. F. Gilani, M. M. Sharma, D. E. Torres, M. Ahmadi, G. A. Pope, and H. C. Linnemeyer, “Correlating Wettability Alteration with Changes in Relative Permeability in Gas Condensate Reservoirs”, 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/10.2118/141419-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.
Condensate Banking / Productivity of Gas Condensate Wells, Flow Properties, Wettability Alteration, Proppant conductivity
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V. Bang, V. Kumar, P. S. Ayyalasomayajula, G. A. Pope, and M. M. Sharma, “Relative Permeability of Gas/Condensate Fluids: A General Correlation”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A., September 24-27, 2006: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2006. doi: 10.2118/102741-MS.
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.
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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, Wettability Alteration
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S. Basu and M. M. Sharma, “Investigating the Role of Crude-Oil Components on Wettability Alteration Using Atomic Force Microscopy”, SPE Journal, vol. 4, no. 03, pp. 235–241, 1999, doi: 10.2118/57466-PA.
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J. Yan, J. Menezes, and M. M. Sharma, “Wettability Alteration Caused by Oil-Based Muds and Mud Components”, SPE Drilling and Completion, vol. 8, no. 01, pp. 35–44, 1993, doi: 10.2118/18162-PA.
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J. Menezes, J. Yan, and M. M. Sharma, “The Mechanism of Alteration of Macroscopic Contact Angles by the Adsorption of Surfactants”, Colloids and Surfaces, vol. 38, 1989.
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M. M. Sharma and R. Wunderlich, “The Alteration of Rock Properties Due to Interactions with Drilling Fluid Components”, 60th Annual Meeting of SPE. 1985.
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.
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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.
Formation Damage, Coring, Wettability Alteration
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J. Yan and M. M. Sharma, “Wettability Alteration and Restoration for Cores Contaminated with Oil Based Muds”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, vol. 2, 1989.
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, 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.
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, 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.
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.