Publications

A. M. Oleas, C. E. Osuji, M. E. Chenevert, and M. M. Sharma, “Entrance Pressure of Oil-Based Mud Into Shale: Effect of Shale, Water Activity, and Mud Properties”, 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/10.2118/116364-MS.

J. Zhang, T. M. Al-Bazali, M. E. Chenevert, and M. M. Sharma, “Factors Controlling the Membrane Efficiency of Shales When Interacting with Water-Based and Oil-Based Muds”, SPE Drilling & Completion, vol. 23, no. 02, pp. 150–158, 2008, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/100735-PA.

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.

R.-S. Rocke, M. M. Sharma, V. Bang, M. Ahmadi, and H. C. Linnemeyer, “Improving Well Productivity in Gas Condensate Reservoirs via Chemical Treatment”, in Tobago Gas Technology Conference, Lowlands, Tobago, October 7-10, 2008: The University of Trindad and Tobago, 2008.

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.

E. M. Van Wagner, B. D. Freeman, and M. M. Sharma, “Surface Modification to Enhance the Fouling Resistance of Commercial Reverse Osmosis Membranes”, 2008 AlChE Annual Meeting. AlChE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., November 15-21, 2008, 2008.

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.

A. Suri and M. M. Sharma, “A Model for Water Injection into Frac-Packed Wells”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Anaheim, California, U.S.A., November 11-14, 2007: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2007. doi: 10.2118/110084-MS.

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”, SPE Drilling & Completion, vol. 22, no. 03, pp. 205–216, 2007, doi: 10.2118/96098-PA.

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.

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.

I. Benson, L. Nghiem, S. L. Bryant, M. M. Sharma, and C. Huh, “Development and Use of a Simulation Model for Mobility/Conformance Control Using a pH-Sensitive Polymer”, 2007 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 2007.

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.

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.

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

J. R. Baran Jr. et al., “New Developments in Chemical Stimulation of Gas Condensate Wells”, SPE Congreso Colombiano del Petróleo. 2007.

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.

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.

J. Mahadevan, M. M. Sharma, and Y. C. Yortsos, “Capillary Wicking in Gas Wells”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A., September 24-27, 2006: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2006. doi: 10.2118/103229-MS.

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.

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.

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.

J. Mohan, G. A. Pope, and M. M. Sharma, “Effect of Non-Darcy Flow on Well Productivity in a Hydraulically Fractured Gas-Condensate Well”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A., September 24-27, 2006: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2006. doi: 10.2118/103025-MS.

M. M. Sharma, “Effective Oilfield Water Management Through Fractured Injectors for Mature Fields”, Technical Strategies for Marginal and Mature Fields Development conference. 2006.

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.

J. Mahadevan, M. M. Sharma, and Y. C. Yortsos, “Flow-Through Drying of Porous Media”, AIChE Journal, vol. 52, 2006.

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.

J. Zhang et al., “Ion Movement and Laboratory Technique to Control Wellbore Stability”, AADE 2006 Fluids Conference. 2006.

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.

Z. Zhai and M. M. Sharma, “Modeling Hydraulic Fractures in Unconsolidated Sands”, Journal of Petroleum Technology, 2006.

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.

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.

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.

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.

H. Ju et al., “Synthesis and Characterization of Surface Coated Ultrafiltration Membranes to enhanced Oil/Water Fouling Resistance”, ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, vol. 95. American Chemical Society, San Francisco, California, U.S.A., September 10-14, 2006, p. 68, 2006.

S. K. Choi, Y. M. Ermel, S. L. Bryant, C. Huh, and M. M. Sharma, “Transport of a pH-Sensitive Polymer in Porous Media for Novel Mobility-Control Applications”, in SPE/DOE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A., April 22-26, 2006: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2006. doi: 10.2118/99656-MS.

Z. Zhai and M. M. Sharma, “A New Approach to Modeling Hydraulic Fractures in Unconsolidated Sands”, 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/10.2118/96246-MS.

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.

C. Huh, S. K. Choi, and M. M. Sharma, “A Rheological Model for pH Sensitive Ionic Polymer Solutions for Optimal Mobility Control Applications”, 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/10.2118/96914-MS.

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.

Y. Liu and M. M. Sharma, “Effect of Fracture Width and Fluid Rheology on Proppant Settling and Retardation: An Experimental Study”, 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/10.2118/96208-MS.

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.

J. Mahadevan, Y. C. Yortsos, and M. M. Sharma, “Evaporative Clean-up of Water-Blocks in Gas Wells”, in SPE Production and Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.A., April 16-19, 2005: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2005. doi: 10.2118/94215-MS.

J. Mahadevan and M. M. Sharma, “Factors Affecting Clean-up of Water Blocks: A Laboratory Investigation”, SPE Journal, vol. 10, no. 03, pp. 238–246, 2005, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/84216-PA.

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.

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.

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.

M. M. Sharma and P. B. Gadde, “The Impact of Proppant Retardation on Propped Fracture Lengths”, in 2005 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/10.2118/97106-MS.

Z. Zhai and M. M. Sharma, “The Mechanics of Hydraulic Fractures in Unconsolidated Sands”, in Canadian International Petroleum Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 7 - 9, 2005: Petroleum Society, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum, 2005.

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.