Publications

G. Kienberger et al., “Optimizing Water Injection in a Shallow Off-Shore Reservoir”, in SPE Europec featured at 78th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, Vienna, Austria, May 30 - June 2, 2016: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2016. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/180143-MS.

R. Manchanda, P. Cardiff, D. Lee, E. C. Bryant, and M. M. Sharma, “Strategies for Effectively Stimulating Multiple Perforation Clusters in Horizontal Wells”, in SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., February 9-11, 2016: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2016. doi: 10.2118/179126-MS.

M. W. McClure, H. Jung, D. D. Cramer, and M. M. Sharma, “The Fracture-Compliance Method for Picking Closure Pressure From Diagnostic Fracture-Injection Tests”, SPE Journal, vol. 21, no. 04, pp. 1321–1339, 2016, doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/179725-PA.

M. W. McClure, H. Jung, D. D. Cramer, and M. M. Sharma, “The Fracture-Compliance Method for Picking Closure Pressure From Diagnostic Fracture-Injection Tests”, SPE Journal, vol. 21, no. 04, pp. 1321–1339, 2016, doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/179725-PA.

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.

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.

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.

H. Ouchi, A. Katiyar, J. York, J. T. Foster, and M. M. Sharma, “A fully coupled porous flow and geomechanics model for fluid driven cracks: a peridynamics approach”, Computational Mechanics, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 561–576, 2015, doi: DOI 10.1007/s00466-015-1123-8.

H. Ouchi, A. Katiyar, J. York, J. T. Foster, and M. M. Sharma, “A fully coupled porous flow and geomechanics model for fluid driven cracks: a peridynamics approach”, Computational Mechanics, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 561–576, 2015, doi: DOI 10.1007/s00466-015-1123-8.

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.

D. Lee, P. Cardiff, E. C. Bryant, R. Manchanda, H. Wang, and M. M. Sharma, “A New Model for Hydraulic Fracture Growth in Unconsolidated Sands with Plasticity and Leak-Off”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, U.S.A., 28-30 September 2015: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2015. doi: 10.2118/174818-MS.

D. Lee, P. Cardiff, E. C. Bryant, R. Manchanda, H. Wang, and M. M. Sharma, “A New Model for Hydraulic Fracture Growth in Unconsolidated Sands with Plasticity and Leak-Off”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, U.S.A., 28-30 September 2015: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2015. doi: 10.2118/174818-MS.

H. Ouchi, A. Katiyar, J. T. Foster, and M. M. Sharma, “A Peridynamic Model for Hydraulic Fracture”, 13th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics. U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics, San Diego, California, U.S.A., July 27-30, 2015, 2015. [Online]. Available: http://13.usnccm.org/

H. Ouchi, A. Katiyar, J. T. Foster, and M. M. Sharma, “A Peridynamic Model for Hydraulic Fracture”, 13th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics. U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics, San Diego, California, U.S.A., July 27-30, 2015, 2015. [Online]. Available: http://13.usnccm.org/

H. Ouchi, A. Katiyar, J. T. Foster, and M. M. Sharma, “A Peridynamics Model for the Propagation of Hydraulic Fractures in Heterogeneous, Naturally Fractured Reservoirs”, in SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., February 3-5, 2015: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2015. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/173361-MS.

H. Ouchi, A. Katiyar, J. T. Foster, and M. M. Sharma, “A Peridynamics Model for the Propagation of Hydraulic Fractures in Heterogeneous, Naturally Fractured Reservoirs”, in SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., February 3-5, 2015: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2015. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/173361-MS.

W. Wu and M. M. Sharma, “Acid Fracturing Shales: Effect of Dilute Acid on Properties and Pore Structure of Shale”, in SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., February 3-5, 2015: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2015. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/173390-MS.

M. A. Carey and M. M. Sharma, “Analysis of Water Hammer Signatures for Fracture Diagnostics”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, U.S.A., 28-30 September 2015: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2015. doi: 10.2118/174866-MS.

E. C. Bryant, J. Hwang, and M. M. Sharma, “Arbitrary Fracture Propagation in Heterogeneous Poroelastic Formations Using a Finite Volume-Based Cohesive Zone Model”, in SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., February 3-5, 2015: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2015. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/173374-MS.

A. Mimouni, N. Kuzmyak, E. van Oort, M. M. Sharma, and L. Katz, “Compatibility of Hydraulic Fracturing Additives with High Salt Concentrations for Flowback Water Reuse”, 2015 World Environmental & Water Resources Congress. American Society of Civil Engineers, May 17-21, 2015, Austin, Texas, U.S.A., pp. 496–509, 2015. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784479162.045.

A. Mimouni, N. Kuzmyak, E. van Oort, M. M. Sharma, and L. Katz, “Compatibility of Hydraulic Fracturing Additives with High Salt Concentrations for Flowback Water Reuse”, 2015 World Environmental & Water Resources Congress. American Society of Civil Engineers, May 17-21, 2015, Austin, Texas, U.S.A., pp. 496–509, 2015. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784479162.045.

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.

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.

K. Zhang et al., “Particle-Size-Distribution Measurement Techniques and Their Relevance or Irrelevance to Wire-Wrap-Standalone-Screen Selection for Gradual-Formation-Failure Conditions”, SPE Drilling & Completions, vol. 30, no. 02, pp. 164–174, 2015, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/168152-PA.

T. Clemens et al., “Reservoir Management of a low Permeability off-shore Reservoir Utilizing Water Injection into a Watered-out Horizontal Well under Fracturing Conditions”, in EUROPEC 2015, Madrid Spain, June 1-4, 2015: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2015. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/174352-MS.

M. Zechner, T. Clemens, A. Suri, and M. M. Sharma, “Simulation of Polymer Injection Under Fracturing Conditions—An Injectivity Pilot in the Matzen Field, Austria”, SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, vol. 18, no. 02, pp. 236–249, 2015, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/169043-PA.

M. Zechner, T. Clemens, A. Suri, and M. M. Sharma, “Simulation of Polymer Injection Under Fracturing Conditions—An Injectivity Pilot in the Matzen Field, Austria”, SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, vol. 18, no. 02, pp. 236–249, 2015, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/169043-PA.

J. Hwang, E. C. Bryant, and M. M. Sharma, “Stress Reorientation in Waterflooded Reservoirs”, in SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Houston, Texas, U.S.A., 23-25 February 2015: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2015. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/173220-MS.

J. Hwang, E. C. Bryant, and M. M. Sharma, “Stress Reorientation in Waterflooded Reservoirs”, in SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Houston, Texas, U.S.A., 23-25 February 2015: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2015. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/173220-MS.

R. Manchanda and M. M. Sharma, “The Role of Induced Un-propped (IU) Fractures in Unconventional Oil and Gas Wells”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, U.S.A., 28-30 September 2015: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2015. doi: 10.2118/174946-MS.

R. Manchanda and M. M. Sharma, “The Role of Induced Un-propped (IU) Fractures in Unconventional Oil and Gas Wells”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, U.S.A., 28-30 September 2015: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2015. doi: 10.2118/174946-MS.

S. Basu and M. M. Sharma, “A New Method for Fracture Diagnostics Using Low Frequency Electromagnetic Induction”, 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/10.2118/168606-MS.

S. Basu and M. M. Sharma, “A New Method for Fracture Diagnostics Using Low Frequency Electromagnetic Induction”, 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/10.2118/168606-MS.

A. Katiyar, J. T. Foster, H. Ouchi, and M. M. Sharma, “A Peridynamic Formulation of Pressure Driven Convective Fluid Transport in Porous Media”, Journal of Computational Physics, vol. 261, pp. 209–229, 2014.

A. Katiyar, J. T. Foster, H. Ouchi, and M. M. Sharma, “A Peridynamic Formulation of Pressure Driven Convective Fluid Transport in Porous Media”, Journal of Computational Physics, vol. 261, pp. 209–229, 2014.

J. W. Pedlow and M. M. Sharma, “Changes in Shale Fracture Conductivity due to Interactions with Water-Based Fluids”, in SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., February 4-6, 2014: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2014. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/168586-MS.

J. P. Gips, H. Daigle, and M. M. Sharma, “Characterization of Free and Bound Fluids in Hydrocarbon Bearing Shales Using NMR and Py-GC-MS”, in SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, August 25-27, 2014: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2014. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2014-1917686.

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”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October 27-29, 2014: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2014. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/170935-MS.

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.

J. J. McAndrew, R. Fan, M. M. Sharma, and L. H. Ribeiro, “Extending the Application of Foam Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids”, in SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, August 25-27, 2014: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2014. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2014-1926561.

J. J. McAndrew, R. Fan, M. M. Sharma, and L. H. Ribeiro, “Extending the Application of Foam Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids”, in SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, August 25-27, 2014: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2014. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2014-1926561.

D. Shin and M. M. Sharma, “Factors Controlling the Simultaneous Propagation of Multiple Competing Fractures in a Horizontal Well”, 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/10.2118/168599-MS.

D. Shin and M. M. Sharma, “Factors Controlling the Simultaneous Propagation of Multiple Competing Fractures in a Horizontal Well”, 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/10.2118/168599-MS.

J. Hwang and M. M. Sharma, “Filtration in Frac Packs and its Impact on Injector Performance”, SPE Producation & Operations, vol. 29, no. 03, pp. 204–215, 2014, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/168135-PA.

J. Hwang, S. Lehardi, and M. M. Sharma, “Filtration in Frac-Packs and its Impact on Injector Performance”, in SPE International Symposium and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA, February 26-28, 2014: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2014. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/168135-MS.

J. Hwang, S. Lehardi, and M. M. Sharma, “Filtration in Frac-Packs and its Impact on Injector Performance”, in SPE International Symposium and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA, February 26-28, 2014: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2014. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/168135-MS.

R. Manchanda and M. M. Sharma, “Impact of Completion Design on Fracture Complexity in Horizontal Shale Wells”, SPE Drilling & Completions, vol. 29, no. 01, pp. 78–87, 2014, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/159899-PA.

R. Manchanda and M. M. Sharma, “Impact of Completion Design on Fracture Complexity in Horizontal Shale Wells”, SPE Drilling & Completions, vol. 29, no. 01, pp. 78–87, 2014, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/159899-PA.

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.

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.