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Khalid Aziz

Khalid Aziz
Title:Otto N Miller Professor Emeritus
Primary Affiliation:Department of Energy Resources Engineering
Office Location:Green Earth Sci.  68
Research Group:Smart Fields
Research Lab:Reservoir Simulation
Phone:650-723-9116
Fax:650-725-2099
E-mail:aziz@stanford.edu

Biographical Information

I was born in Pakistan and came to the U.S. in 1952 to study engineering. Since then I have spent most of my life in Canada and the U.S.A. working both in academia and industry. I have also worked in Pakistan for the Karachi Gas Company. I have also founded the Computer Modelling Group (CMG) and co-founded Neotechnology Consultants. While I am no longer formally associated with these companies, they have been highly successful in their respective fields.

Research

The overall goal of my research is the development of robust and reliable models for predicting performance of hydrocarbon reservoirs (including shale oil and gas)  and CO2 sequestration operations. Over the years I have been involved with the development of four different industrial consortia dealing with different aspects of this problem. The first was on reservoir simulation (SUPRI-B), the second on data integration (SCRF), the third on advanced wells (SUPRI-HW), and the most recent one on Smart Fields (SFC). Underlying my research is the desire to understand mechanisms involved during the flow of complex mixtures in porous rocks and in pipes, and efficient modeling of these processes on computers. While I am no longer directly involved with SCRF and we have merged SUPRI-HW with other programs, I co-direct the other two consortia. All are highly successful and have led to a number of developments and innovations that have found important applications in industry.

Teaching

While I have been extensively involved in teaching in the past, I am slowly winding down my activities in this area. I still give lectures in some courses but I do not teach any full courses. I do participate in a summer short course on reservoir simulation that we offer each year for industry people. My main current activity at Stanford is research.

Professional Activities

In 2008 I was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) from the University of Calgary for my contribution to that university before moving to Stanford. In 2006 I received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Petroleum Society of Canada and in 2005 I received the Blaise Pascal Medal in Earth Sciences of the European Academy of Sciences. In previous years I have received numerous national and international awards. I serve on the Advisory Board of several universities in Pakistan and have been particularly active in developing a new School of Science and Engineering at LUMS in Lahore. This school admitted its first undergraduate class of about 160 outstanding freshmen in 2008. I am a member of the national Academy of Engineering.

Education

  • 2008 | Doctor of Laws (Honorary), , University of Calgary
  • 1966 | Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Rice University
  • 1961 | M.Sc., Petroleum Engineering, University of Alberta

Professional Experience

  • 2009 – Present | Otto N. Miller Professorship Emeritus, School of Earth Sciences,  Stanford University
  • 2006 – 2009 | Professor of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University
  • 2006 – Present | Professor, LUMS School of Science and Engineering, Lahore, Pakistan
  • 1989 | Visiting Professor, Mining University, Leoben, Austria
  • 1982 – 2006 | Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University
  • 1977 – 1982 | Manager and Director, Computer Modelling Group, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • 1970 – 1982 | Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • 1967 – 1970 | Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • 1965 – 1967 | Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • 1962 – 1963 | Chief Engineer, Karachi Gas Company, Karachi, Pakistan
  • 1961 – 1962 | Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
  • 1960 – 1961 | Instructor, Petroleum Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
  • 1958 – 1959 | Distribution Engineer, Karachi Gas Company, Karachi, Pakistan
  • 1955 – 1956 | Junior Design Engineer, Massey-Ferguson, Detroit, Michigan

Honors & Awards

  • 2008 | Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Calgary
  • 2006 | Lifetime Achievement Award, Petroleum Society, Canada
  • 2005 | Blaise Pascal Medal in Earth Sciences, European Academy of Sciences
  • 2004 | Gold Medal of Honor of Albert Einstein, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 | Member, European Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 – 2004 | SPE Distinguished Lecturer
  • 1998 | Master Advisor, Stanford University
  • 1996 | SPE Honorary Member Award
  • 1996 | Member, National Academy of Engineering
  • 1996 | Foreign Member, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
  • 1996 | Peter the Great Medal, Russia
  • 1996 | Kapitsa Medal, Russia
  • 1995 | Honorary Member Award, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME)
  • 1994 – 2001 | Honorary Professor, University of Calgary
  • 1991 | Diploma of Honor, Pi Epsilon Tau, National Petroleum Engineering Honor Society
  • 1990 | SPE Distinguished Faculty Award
  • 1989 – 2009 | Otto N. Miller Professorship in Earth Sciences, Stanford University
  • 1988 | SPE Lester C. Uren Award
  • 1987 | SPE Reservoir Engineering Award
  • 1983 | SPE Distinguished Member
  • 1979 | SPE Ferguson Award
  • 1977 | Killam Resident Fellow, University of Calgary
  • 1975 | Distinguished Service Award, Petroleum Society of Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
  • 1974 | Fellow, Chemical Institute of Canada
  • 1970 | Technical Paper Award, Canadian Natural Gas Processing Association

University Service

  • 1983 – Present | Co-Director, Stanford Reservoir Simulation Industrial Affiliates Program (SUPRI-B)
  • 2006 – Present | Co-Director, Stanford Consortium on Smart Fields
  • 1995 – 2010 | Co-Director, Stanford Project on the Productivity and Injectivity of Horizontal Wells (SUPRI-HW)
  • 2004 – 2007 | Member, MAP/Ming Visiting Professorship Committee
  • 2002 | Chair, Jef Caers Reappointment Committee
  • 2002 – 2003 | Chair, MAP/Ming Visiting Professorship Committee
  • 2001 – 2008 | International Advisory Editor, The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
  • 1998 – 2006 | Member, Earth Sciences Council
  • 1998 – 2002 | Chair, Search Committee, Petroleum Engineering Faculty
  • 1997 – 1998 | Member, Search Committee, Ocean Margins Initiative
  • 1997 – 1998 | Member, Graduate Admission Committee, Petroleum Engineering
  • 1997 – 1998 | Member, Search Committee, Research Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • 1996 – 1998 | Freshman/Sophomore Adviser
  • 1994 – 1995 | Chair of Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University
  • 1987 – 1995 | Associate Editor, In-Situ
  • 1986 – 1991 | Chair, Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University

Professional Activities

  • 2011 - present | member, Advisory Board of the Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi
  • 2011 - Member | Program Committe for Joint SEG/SPE/AAPG Summer Research Workshop on New Advances in Integrated Reservoir Surveillance, June 2012
  • 2010 - 2011| Member, SPE ATW on Norne Field, June 2011, Trondheim, Norway
  • 2011-Present| Member, Program Committee, 8th International Conference on Integrated Operations in the Oil Industry, Trondheim, Norway
  • 2010-2011| Member, Program Committee, 7th International Conference on Integrated Operations in the Oil Industry, Trondheim, Norway
  • 2007- present | member, IO Center Technical Committee, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
  • 2010-2011 | Member, Steering Commiitee, SPE Adavnced Technology Workshop, Trondheim, Norway
  • 2010 | Distinguished Lecturer, Texas A&M University at Qatar
  • 2007 – 2010 | Member, SPE Talent Council
  • 2007 – Present | Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology
  • 2007 – 2009 | Member, Organizing Committee, SPE WR 2009 Meeting
  • 2007 – 2009 | Chair Program Committe, SPE WR 2009 Meeting
  • 2007 – Present | Member International Advisory Board, National University of Sciences & Technology, Pakistan
  • 2007 – 2008 | Chair AIME Mineral Industry Education Award Committee
  • 2006 – 2007 | Member Program Committee, SPE Summit on Talent and Technology
  • 2005 | Member Search Committee, Delft University chair Reservoir Systems & Control
  • 2005 – 2006 | Evaluation committee for PhD candidate Jarle HaukÂs, University of Bergan, Norway
  • 2005 – Present | Member, Advisory Board, School of Science & Engineering, LUMS, Pakistan
  • 2005 | Invited speaker, International Petroleum Technology Conference, Doha, UAE
  • 2004 | PhD Examination Committee for Roald Brouwer, Delft University
  • 2004 – 2007 | Member AIME Mineral Industry Education Award Committee
  • 2004 | SPE Distinguished lecturer in Socorro, New Mexico; Bartlesville and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma , Zagreb, Croatia; Budapest, Hungary; Krakow, Poland; London, England; Trondheim, Norway , Sana'a, Yemen Arab Republic; Awali, Bahrain; Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; Kuwait City, Kuwait; Cairo, Egypt; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Islamabad, Pakistan, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Rio de Janeiro, MacaÈ, and Salvador, Brazil; Lima, Peru
  • 2004 | Invited Speaker, Schlumberger Cambridge Laboratory, Cambridge, U.K.
  • 2004 | External Examiner, PhD Thesis of D. R. Brouwer, Technische Universitiet Delft
  • 2004 | Invited Speaker, ExxonMobil, Houston
  • 2004 | Invited Speaker, ENI, Milan, Italy
  • 2004 – 2005 | Member organizing committee for SPE Applied technology Workshop on Modeling and Optimizing Smart Wells, Huntington Beach, California, 25-26 April 2005
  • 2004 – 2005 | Member SPE organizing committee for Forum on Understanding and Modeling the Near Wellbore, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 4-9 September, 2005
  • 2003 – 2005 | Co-Chair, 8th International Forum on Reservoir Simulation, Stresa, Italy, 20-24 June 2005
  • 2003 – 2004 | Co-Organizer, Delft-Stanford Workshop on Closed-Loop Reservoir Management
  • 2003 | SPE Distinguished Lecturer, Beijing, Tianjin, and Dongying, People's Republic of China; Seoul, South Korea
  • 2003 | Invited speaker, Stanford/Heriot-Watt Forum
  • 2003 | Invited Speaker, Iberoamerican University, Mexico City, Mexico
  • 2003 | Member, Program Committee, 17th Society of Petroleum Engineers Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Houston, Texas
  • 2002 – 2003 | Member, Organizing Committee, SPE Forum on Reservoir Simulation -- A New Era.
  • 2002 | Invited speaker, Rotary Club of Santa Cruz
  • 2002 | Invited speaker, Petroleum Institute of Pakistan
  • 2001 – 2008 | International Advisory Editor, The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
  • 2001 | Evaluator for Norwegian Centers of Excellence Programs
  • 2001 | Session Chair, SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium
  • 2001 | Member, SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium Program Committee
  • 2001 | Session chair, Stanford/Heriot-Watt Forum
  • 2001 | Invited speaker, Petroleum Institute of Pakistan and SPE Pakistan Section
  • 2001 | Keynote speaker, First National Meeting on Reservoir Simulation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 2001 | Invited speaker, SPE Angola Section
  • 2001 | Invited speaker, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
  • 2001 | Invited speaker, Stanford/Heriot-Watt Forum
  • 2001 | Invited speaker, SPE Forum Series in North America
  • 2001 | Invited speaker, Stanford Women's Club, San Francisco
  • 2001 | Invited speaker, W.E.B. Jubilee Symposium, Stanford University
  • 2001 – 2004 | Member National Academy of Engineering Peer Review Committee
  • 2001 | Lecturer, Stanford Travel/Study Program, Saudi Arabia
  • 2000 – 2010 | Member Science and Engineering Advisory Committee of the Alberta Ingenuity Fund
  • 2000 | Invited speaker, Schlumberger Doll Research, Ridgefield, CT
  • 2000 | Invited speaker, The Lynam Handy Colloquium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2000 | Invited speaker, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2000 | Invited speaker, SPE Asia Pacific Conference, Yokohama, Japan
  • 2000 | Invited speaker, International Petroleum Seminar, Vitoria, Brazil
  • 2000 | Invited speaker, SPE Western Regional Meeting, Long Beach, CA
  • 2000 | Invited speaker, California Independent Petroleum Association, Newport Beach, CA
  • 1999 | Invited speaker, SIAM Conference
  • 1999 | Conducted an Evaluation of Kuwait University M.Sc. program in Petroleum Engineering
  • 1999 | Invited speaker, SPE Kuwait Section
  • 1999 | Reservoir Simulation Short Course for Chevron
  • 1998 – 2001 | Member, SPE Honorary Member Award Committee
  • 1998 | Steering Committee of SPE Foundation on History of Petroleum Engineering
  • 1998 | Invited speaker, Professor T. David Hellums Retirement Symposium, Rice University
  • 1998 | Invited speaker, Pakistan Institute of Petroleum, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • 1998 | Invited speaker, Schlumberger, Paris, France
  • 1998 | Invited speaker, Saga Petroleum, Oslo, Norway
  • 1998 | Invited speaker, Norsk-Hydro, Oslo, Norway
  • 1998 | Invited speaker, Japan Petroleum Institute, Tokyo, Japan
  • 1997 – 2000 | Director, Society of Petroleum Engineers
  • 1997 – 2000 | Member, SPE Board Committee on Technical Publications
  • 1997 | Invited speaker, School of Engineering, Distinguished Lecture Series, Rice University, Houston, Texas
  • 1997 | Invited speaker, SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur, Malasia
  • 1997 | Invited faculty member, 22nd International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • 1997 | Lecturer, Stanford Travel/Study Program's Arabia Coast College
  • 1997 | Invited speaker, BP's Reservoir Management Meeting, United Kingdom
  • 1997 | Invited speaker, Norsk Hydro Meeting on Simulation While Drilling, Bergen, Norway
  • 1997 | Speaker, IEA Workshop and Symposium on Enhanced Oil Recovery, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 1997 | Speaker, SPE Western Regional Meeting, Long Beach, California
  • 1996 | Invited speaker, Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Texas, Austin
  • 1996 | Invited speaker, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas, Austin
  • 1996 | Invited speaker, Norsk Hydro, Bergen, Norway
  • 1996 | Invited speaker, Wasada University, Japan
  • 1996 | Inivted speaker, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Tokyo, Japan
  • 1996 | Invited speaker, Japan National Oil Corp., Chiba, Japan
  • 1996 | Invited speaker, RIPED, Beijing, China
  • 1996 | Invited speaker, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
  • 1996 | Invited faculty member, 21st Nathiagali Summer College, Nathiagali, Pakistan
  • 1996 – 2006 | Short course of Reservoir Simulation, Petroleum Engineering Dept., Stanford University
  • 1996 – 1997 | Member, Technical Program Committee, SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium
  • 1995 – 2001 | Member, Visiting Committee, Colorado School of Mines, Petroleum Engineering Department
  • 1995 – 2004 | Session coordinator, Heriot-Watt and Stanford Forum on Reservoir Description and Modeling
  • 1995 – 1997 | Executive Editor, SPE Journal
  • 1995 – 1998 | Member, Editorial Board of the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS)
  • 1994 – 1997 | Member, SPE Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal Committee (Chair, 1996-1997)
  • 1992 – 1995 | Member, Research Advisory Council, Petronas, Malaysia
  • 1992 – Present | Member, Advisory Board, Gulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Pakistan
  • 1990 – 2004 | Member, ASME Multiphase Flow Technical Committee
  • 1988 – 2007 | Co-organizer and Co-chair, International Forums on Reservoir Simulation
  • 1987 – 1995 | Associate Editor, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • 1983 – 2011 | Member, U.S. National Committee for World Petroleum Congresses
  • 1982 – 2004 | Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Computer Modelling Group, Calgary, Canada

Courses Taught

  • 2009 (Fall) | ENERGY 224 Advanced Reservoir Simulation [Enrolled 9]
  • 2008 (Fall) | ENERGY 224 Advanced Reservoir Simulation [Enrolled 12]
  • 2007 (Fall) | ENERGY224 Advanced Reservoir Simulation [Enrolled 6]
  • 2007 (Fall) | ENERGY 363 DOC RES PET ENGR [Enrolled 1]
  • 2007 (Summer) | ENERGY 355 PH D INDUSTRY TRAINING [Enrolled 1]
  • 2007 (Spring) | ENERGY 363 DOC RES PET ENG [Enrolled 1]
  • 2007 (Winter) | ENERGY 363 DOC RES PET ENGR [Enrolled 1]
  • 2007 (Winter) | ENERGY 361 MSTRS RES PET ENGR [Enrolled 1]
  • 2006 (Fall) | ENERGY 363 Doctoral Research Petroleum Engineering [Enrolled 1]
  • 2006 (Fall) | ENERGY 361 Masters Research Petroleum Engineering [Enrolled 1]
  • 2006 (Summer) | PETENG 802 TGR Dissertation [Enrolled 1]
  • 2006 (Summer) | PETENG 255 MS Energy Industry Training [Enrolled 2]
  • 2006 (Spring) | PETENG 801 TGR Project [Enrolled 1]
  • 2005 (Summer) | PetE 801 TGR Project [Enrolled 1]
  • 2005 (Winter) | PETENG 363 Doctoral Research Petroleum Engineering [Enrolled 2]
  • 2005 (Winter) | PETENG 361 Masters Research Petroleum Engineering [Enrolled 1]
  • 2005 (Fall) | PetE 224 Advanced Reservoir Simulation (with, Durlofsky, Juanes, Tchelepi) [Enrolled 9]
  • 2005 (Fall) | PetE 246 Reservoir Charact & Flow Model (with Graham, Journel) [Enrolled 18]
  • 2004 | PetE 223 Reservoir Simulation (Durlofsky, Gerritsen) [Enrolled 27]
  • 2004 | PetE 224 Advanced Reservoir Simulation ( Durlofsky, Juanes, Tchelepi) [Enrolled 10]
  • 2004 | PetE 224 Advanced Reservoir Simulation (Durlofsky, Tchelepi) [Enrolled 9]
  • 2004 | PetE 246 Reservoir Character & Flow Model (Graham, Journel) [Enrolled 21]
  • 2004 (Fall) | PetE 246 Reservoir Character & Flow Model ( Graham, Journel) [Enrolled 3]
  • 2004 | PetE 246 Reservoir Character & Flow Model (Graham, Journel) [Enrolled 17]
  • 2003 | PetE 801 TGR Project [Enrolled 1]
  • 2003 | PetE 361 Mstrs Res Pet Engr [Enrolled 5]
  • 2003 | PetE 802 TGR Dissertation [Enrolled 2]
  • 2003 | PetE 363 Doctoral Research Petroleum Engineering [Enrolled 4]
  • 2003 | PetE 246 Res. Characterization & Flow Modeling (with Graham, Journel) [Enrolled 17]
  • 2003 | PetE 224 Advanced Reservoir Simulation (with Durlofsky, Tchelepi) [Enrolled 9]
  • 2002 | PetE 802 TGR Dissertation [Enrolled 10]
  • 2002 | PetE 365 Special Research Petroleum Engineering [Enrolled 1]
  • 2002 | PetE 363 Doctoral Research Petroleum Engineering [Enrolled 9]
  • 2002 | PetE 361 Masters Research Petroleum Engineering [Enrolled 6]
  • 2002 | PetE 360 Advanced Petroleum Engineering [Enrolled 3]
  • 2002 | PetE 355 Ph.D. Industry Training [Enrolled 1]
  • 2002 | PetE 246 Res. Characterization & Flow Modeling (with Graham, Journel) [Enrolled 22]
  • 2001 | PetE 223 Reservoir Simulation (with Durlofsky, Gerritsen) [Enrolled 17]
  • 2001 | PetE 221 Multiphase Flow (with Horne) [Enrolled 21]
  • 2001 | PetE 801 TGR Project [Enrolled 1]
  • 2001 | PetE 363 Doctoral Research Petroleum Engineering [Enrolled 13]
  • 2001 | PetE 361 Masters Research Petroleum Engineering [Enrolled 4]
  • 2001 | PetE 360 Advanced Petroleum Engineering [Enrolled 3]
  • 2001 | PetE 355 Ph.D. Industry Training [Enrolled 2]
  • 2001 | PetE 255 MS Industry Training [Enrolled 1]
  • 2001 | PetE 246 Res. Characterization Flow and Modeling [Enrolled 9]
  • 2001 | PetE 180/280 Production Engineering [Enrolled 3]
  • 2000 | PetE 801/2 TGR Project/Dissertation [Enrolled 3]
  • 2000 | PetE 360-65 Petroleum Engineering Research [Enrolled 13]
  • 2000 | PetE 255/355 Industry Training [Enrolled 3]
  • 2000 | PetE 285 Research Seminar [Enrolled 1]
  • 2000 | PetE 280 Offshore Oil [Enrolled 11]
  • 2000 | PetE 223 Reservoir Simulation [Enrolled 9]
  • 2000 | PetE 246 Res. Characterization Flow and Modeling [Enrolled 5]
  • 1999 | PetE 802 Ph.D. TGR Dissertation [Enrolled 3]
  • 1999 | PetE360-65 Petroleum Engineering Research [Enrolled 18]
  • 1999 | PetE 359 Teaching Experience [Enrolled 1]
  • 1999 | PetE 272 Special Topics [Enrolled 2]
  • 1999 | PetE 272 Gas Engineering [Enrolled 8]
  • 1999 | PetE 223 Reservoir Simulation [Enrolled 6]
  • 1999 | PetE 246 Res. Characterization Flow and Modeling [Enrolled 20]
  • 1998 | PetE 802 Ph.D. TGR Dissertation [Enrolled 5]
  • 1998 | PetE 801 M.S. TGR Project Report [Enrolled 1]
  • 1998 | PetE 360-65 Petroleum Engineering Research [Enrolled 16]
  • 1998 | PetE 273 Special Topics Seminar [Enrolled 4]
  • 1998 | PetE 255 Energy Industry Training [Enrolled 1]
  • 1998 | PetE 223 Reservoir Simulation [Enrolled 15]

Publications

  • In press* | Zheng, W., Durlofsky, L.J., Van Roy, B., Aziz, K. Approximate dynamic programming for optimizing oil production. To appear in Reinforcement Learning and Approximate Dynamic Programming for Feedback Control, F. Lewis, D. Liu, eds., John Wiley & Sons
  • 2010 | Semenova, A., Livescu, S., Durlofsky, L.J., Aziz, K., Modeling of Multisegmented Thermal Wells in Reservoir Simulation, SPE 130371, SPE EUROPEC/EAGE Annula Conference and Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain, June 14-17.
  • 2010 | Bukhamsin, A. Y., Farshi, M. M., Aziz, K., Optimization of Multilateral Well Design and Location in a Real Field Using a Continuous Genetic Algorithm, SPE 136944, Presented at the 2010 SPE/DGS Annual Technical Symposium and Exhibition, Al-Khobar, Saudi Ar
  • 2010* | Livescu, S., Durlofsky, L. J., Aziz, K. and Ginestra, J.C. A fully-Coupled multiphase wellbore flow model suitable for use in reservoir simulation, Journal Petroleum Science and Engineering, 71, 138-145
  • 2009 | Livescu, S., Aziz, K., Durlofsky, L.J. Development and application of a fully-coupled thermal compositional wellbore flow model. SPE paper 121306, presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, San Jose, CA, March 24-26
  • 2008 | Onwunalu, J., Litvak, M., Durlofsky, L.J., Aziz, K. Application of statistical proxies to speed up field development optimization procedures. SPE paper 117323, presented at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, N
  • 2008 | Livescu, S., Durlofsky, L.J., Aziz, K., Ginestra, J.C. Application of a new fully-coupled thermal multiphase wellbore flow model. SPE paper 113215, presented at the SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, April 19-23
  • 2008 | Livescu, S., Durlofsky, L.J., Aziz, K. A semianalytical thermal multiphase wellbore flow model for use in reservoir simulation. SPE paper 115796, presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, Sept. 21-24
  • 2008* | Sarma, P., Durlofsky, L.J., Aziz, K. Kernel principal component analysis for efficient, differentiable parameterization of multipoint geostatistics. Mathematical Geosciences, 40, 3-32
  • 2008* | Sarma, P., Durlofsky, L.J., Aziz, K. Computational techniques for closed-loop reservoir modeling with application to a realistic reservoir. Petroleum Science and Technology, 26, 1120-1140
  • 2008* | Sarma, P., Chen, W.H., Durlofsky, L.J., Aziz, K. Production optimization with adjoint models under nonlinear control-state path inequality constraints. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, 11, 326-339
  • 2007 | Younis, Y.M., Aziz, K., "Parallel Automatically Differentiable Data-types for Next Generation Simulator Development", presentation at the 2007 SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium held in Houston, Texas, U.S.A., 26-28 February.
  • 2007 | Sarma, P., Durlofsky, L.J., Aziz, K., Chen, W., "A New Approach to Automatic History Matching using Kernel PCA", presentation at the 2007 SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium held in Houston, Texas, U.S.A., 26ñ28 February.
  • 2006 | Artus V., Durlofsky, L.J., Onwunalu, J., Aziz, K. "Optimization of Nonconventional Wells Under Uncertainty Using Statistical Proxies" Computational Geosciences (2006)
  • 2005 | R. Sablok, K. Aziz, "Upscaling and Discretization Errors in Reservoir Simulation" Source SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, 31 January-2 Feburary, The Woodlands, Texas. Society of Petroleum Engineers Inc.
  • 2005 | A. Settari, D.A. Walters, D.H. Stright, Jr., K. Aziz Numerical techniques used for predicting subsidence due to gas extraction in the northern Adriatic. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Land Subsidence, Shanghai, China (October 23 ñ 28, 2005)
  • 2005 | D.H. Stright, Jr., A. Settari, D.A. Walters, K. Aziz Characterization of Pliocene gas reservoir aquifers for predicting subsidence on Revenna Coast. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Land Subsidence, Shanghai, China (October 23 ñ 28, 2005)
  • 2005 | Tchelepi, H. A. and Aziz, K.: Advances in Reservoir Simulation," Proceedings of the 8th International Forum on Reservoir Simulation, Stresa, Italy (June 20-24, 2005).
  • 2005 | Pallav Sarma, Khalid Aziz and Louis J. Durlofsky, ìImplementation of Adjoint Solution for Optimal Control of Smart Wellsî SPE 92864, Proceedings of the 2005 SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium held in Houston, Texas U.S.A., 31 January 2005 ñ 2 February 200
  • 2005 | Pallav Sarma, Louis J. Durlofsky and Khalid Aziz Efficient Closed-loop Production Optimization Under Uncertaintyî Proceeding of the 14th Europec Biennial Conference held in Madrid, Spain, 13-16 June 2005 | 2004 | Aitokhuehi, I., Durlofsky, L.J., Artus, V., Yeten B., Aziz, K. Optimization of advanced well type and performance. Proceedings, 9th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, Cannes, France, Aug. 30 - Sept. 2.
  • 2004 | Khalid Aziz and Louis Durlofsky ìModeling and Optimization of Oil and Gas Producing Wellsî Proceedings of Gubkin Workshop, Moscow 2004.
  • 2004* | Pallav Sarma and Khalid Aziz ìNew Transfer Functions for Simulation of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs with Dual Porosity Modelsî Proceeding of the 2004 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 26-29 September, Houston, Texas. Accepted for publicati
  • 2004 | Khalid Aziz and Antonin Settari ìPetroleum reservoir Simulationî New translations in Russian and Chinese, book originally published in 1979 by Applied Science Publishers
  • 2004 | Shi, H., Holmes, J. A., Diaz, L. R. Durlofsky, L. J. Aziz, K. Drift-Flux Parameters for Three-Phase Steady-State Flow in Wellbores, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
  • 2004 | Shi, H., Holmes, J.A., Diaz, L.R., Durlofsky, L.J., Aziz, K. Drift-flux Parameters for Three-phase Steady-state Flow in Wellbores. SPE 89836. Proceedings, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, Sept. 26-29.
  • 2004* | Yeten, B., Brouwer, D.R., Durlofsky, L.J., Aziz, K. Decision Analysis Under Uncertainty for Smart Well Deployment. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v. 43, 183-199.
  • 2004* | Karimi-Fard, M., Durlofsky, L.J., Aziz, K. An Efficient Discrete Fracture Model Applicable for General Purpose Reservoir Simulators. SPE 79699. SPE Journal, v. 9, 227-236, (June).
  • 2003 | Denney, D. Optimizing Production Operations. Journal of Petroleum Technology (March). Synopsis of SPE 77658. Wang, P., Litvak, M. and Aziz, K. Optimization of Production Operations in Petroleum Fields. Proceedings, SPE Annual Technical Conference and E
  • 2003* | Yeten, B., Durlofsky, L. J., and Aziz, K. Optimization of Nonconventional Well Type, Location and Trajectory. SPE 77565. SPE Journal, v. 8, 200-210.
  • 2003* | Wolfsteiner, C., Durlofsky, L. J., and Aziz, K. Calculation of Well Index for Nonconventional Wells on Arbitrary Grids, Computational Geosciences, v. 7, pp. 61-82.
  • 2003 | Wan, J., Durlofsky, L. J., Hughes, T. J. R., and Aziz, K. Stabilized Finite Element Methods for Coupled Geomechanics - Reser Flow Simulations. SPE 79694. SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Houston, Texas, February 3-5.
  • 2003 | Shi, H., Alkaya, B., Holmes, J. A., Durlofsky, L. J., Aziz, K., and Oddie, G. Drift-Flux Modeling of Multiphase Flow in Wellbores. SPE 84228. Proceedings, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, October 5-8.
  • 2003 | Karimi-Fard, M., Durlofsky, L. J., and Aziz, K. An Efficient Discrete Fracture Model Applicable for General Purpose Reservoir Simulators. SPE 79699. Proceedings, SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Houston, Texas, February 3-5.
  • 2003* | Oddie, G., Shi, H., Durlofsky, L. J., Aziz, K., Pfeffer, B., and Holmes, J. A. Experimental Study of Two and Three Phase Flows in Large Diameter Inclined Pipes, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, v. 29, 527-558.
  • 2003* | Valvatne, P. H., Serve, J. Durlofsky, L. J., Aziz, K. Efficient Modeling of Nonconventional Wells with Downhole Inflow Control Devices, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v. 39, 99-116.
  • 2003 | Yeten, B., Durlofsky, L. J., and Aziz, K. Optimization of Intelligent Well Control, World Oil, v. 224, 35-40 (March).
  • 2002 | Wang, P., Litvak, M. L., Aziz, K. Optimization of Production Operations in Petroleum Fields. SPE 77658. Proceedings, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, September 29-October 2.
  • 2002 | Aziz, K., Heinemann, Z., Wolfsteiner, C., and Mlacnik, M. The Changing World of Reservoir Simulation, J. Pet. Tech., February 2002.
  • 2002 | Yeten, B., Durlofsky, L. J., and Aziz, K. Optimization of Smart Well Control. SPE 79031. Proceedings, SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Novemb
  • 2002 | Yeten, B., Durlofsky, L. J., and Aziz, K. Optimization of Production Operations in Petroleum Fields. SPE 77658. Proceedings, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, September 29-October 2.
  • 2002 | Cao, H., and Aziz, K. Performance of IMPSAT and IMPSAT-AIM Models in Compositional Simulation. SPE 77720. Proceedings, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, September 29-October 2.
  • 2002 | Wang, P., Litvak, M. L., and Aziz, K. Optimization of Production form Mature Fields. Proceedings, 17th World Petroleum Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 1-5.
  • 2002* | Ouyang, L.-B., and Aziz, K. A Michanistic Model for Gas-Liquid Flow in Horizontal Wells with Radial Influx or Outflux, Petroleum Science and Technology, 20(1&2), 191-222.
  • 2002* | Ouyang, L.-B., Aziz, K. Solution Nonuniqueness for Separated Gas-Liquid Flow in Pipes and Wells - II. Analysis, Petroleum Science and Technology, 20(1&2), 173-190.
  • 2002* | Ouyang, L.-B., and Aziz, K. Solution Nonuniqueness for Separated Gas-Liquid Flow in Pipes and Wells - I. Occurrence, Petroleum Science and Technology, 20 (1&2), 143-171.
  • 2001* | Aziz, K. and Ouyang, L.-B. Productivity of Horizontal and Multilateral Wells. Petroleum Science and Technology, 19(7&8), pp. 1007-1023.
  • 2001* | Ouyang, L.-B. and Aziz, K. Transient Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow in Pipes with Radial Influx or Outflux. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v. 30, pp. 167-179.
  • 2001 | Valvatne, P. H., Durlofsky, L. J., and Aziz, K. Semi-Analytical Modeling of the Performance of Intelligent Well Completions. SPE 66368. Proceedings, SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Houston, Texas, February 11-14.
  • 2001* | Ouyang, L.-B. and Aziz, K. A General Single-Phase Wellbore/Reservoir Coupling Model for Multilateral Wells. SPE 72467 (48936 Revised). Society of Petroleum Engineers Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, August, pp. 327-335.
  • 2001 | Wolfsteiner, C., Aziz, K. and Durlofsky, L. J. Modeling Conventional and Non-Conventional Wells. Proceedings, Sixth International Forum on Reservoir Simulation, Hof/Salzburg, Austria, September 3-7. Also presented, Proceedings, IEA Symposium on Enhanced O
  • 2000* | Petalas, N. and Aziz, K. A Mechanistic Model For Multiphase Flow in Pipes. CIM98-39. Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, v. 39, no. 6, pp. 43-55.
  • 2000 | Aziz, K. Productivity and Injectivity of Horizontal Wells, Final Report for the Period March 10, 1993 to May 30, 1998, DOE Contract No. DE-FG22-93BC14862, March.
  • 2000* | Ouyang, L.-B. and Aziz, K. A Homogeneous Model for Gas--Liquid Flow in Horizontal Wells. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, no. 27, March, pp. 119-128.
  • 2000* | Wan, J., Penmatcha, V.R., Arbabi, S. and Aziz, K. Effects of Grid Systems on Predicting Horizontal Well Productivity. SPE 46228 (Revised). SPE Journal, v. 5, no. 3, September, pp. 309-314.
  • 2000* | Wolfsteiner, C., Durlofsky, L.J. and Aziz, K. An Approximate Model for the Productivity of Nonconventional Wells in Heterogeneous Reservoirs. SPE 56754. SPE Journal, v. 5, no. 2, June, pp. 218-226.
  • 2000 | Yeten, B., Wolfsteiner, C., Durlofsky, L.J. and Aziz, K. Approximate Finite Difference Modeling of the Performance of Horizontal Wells in Heterogeneous Reservoirs. SPE 62555. Proceedings, SPE Western Regional Meeting, Long Beach, CA, June 19-23.
  • 2000 | Wolfsteiner, C., Durlofsky, L.J. and Aziz, K. Efficient Estimation of the Effects of Wellbore Hydraulics and Reservoir Heterogeneity on the Productivity of Non-Conventional Wells. SPE 59399. Proceedings, SPE Asia Pacific Conference on Integrated Modellin
  • 1999 | Cao, H. and Aziz, K. Evaluation of Pseudofunctions. SPE 54589. Proceedings, SPE Western Regional Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, May 26-27.
  • 1999 | Wan, J. and Aziz, K. Multiple Hydraulic Fractures in Horizontal Wells. SPE 54627. Proceedings, SPE Western Regional Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, May 26-27.
  • 1999* | Penmatcha, V.R. and Aziz, K. A Comprehensive Reservoir/Wellbore Model for Horizontal Wells. SPE 57194 (formerly SPE 39521). SPE Journal, v. 4, no. 3, September, pp. 224-234.
  • 1999* | Guzman, R.E., Giordano, D., Fayers, F.J., Godi, A. and Aziz, K. Evaluation of Dynamic Pseudo Functions for Reservoir Simulation. SPE 35157. SPE Journal, v. 4, no. 1, March, pp. 37-46.
  • 1999* | Penmatcha, V.R., Arbabi, S. and Aziz, K. Effects of Pressure Drop in Horizontal Wells and Optimum Well Length. SPE 57193 (formerly SPE 37494). SPE Journal, v. 4, no. 3, September, pp. 215-223.
  • 1999 | Ouyang, L.-B. and Aziz, K. A Mechanistic Model for Gas-Liquid Flow in Pipes with Radial Influx or Outflux. SPE 56525. Proceedings, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, October 3-6.
  • 1999 | Edwards, M.G., Li, B. and Aziz, K. Modular Mesh Generation With Embedded Streamline Potential Grids. SPE 51911. Proceedings, SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Houston, Texas, February 14-17.
  • 1999 | Byer, T.J., Edwards, M.G. and Aziz, K. A Preconditioned Adaptive Implicit Method for Reservoirs with Surface Facilities. SPE 51895. Proceedings, SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Houston, Texas, February 14-17.
  • 1999* | Aziz, K., Arbabi, S. and Deutsch, C. Why Is It So Difficult to Predict the Performance of Non-Conventional Wells? SPE 37048 and CIM 96-13. Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, v. 38, no. 10, October, pp. 37-45.
  • 1998 | Ouyang, L.-B., Arbabi, S. and Aziz, K. A Single-Phase Wellbore-Flow Model for Horizontal, Vertical, and Slanted Wells. SPE 36608. SPE Journal, June, pp. 124-133.
  • 1998* | Ouyang, L.-B., Arbabi, S. and Aziz, K. General wellbore flow model for horizontal, vertical, and slanted well completions. SPE 36608. SPE Journal, June, pp. 124-133.
  • 1998* | Schiozer, D.J. and Aziz, K. Effect of chokes on simultaneous simulation of reservoir and surface facilities. SPE 26308. Informacion Tecnologica CIT, v. 9, no. 1, pp. 25-32.
  • 1998* | Souza, A.L.S., Arbabi, S. and Aziz, K. Practical procedure to predict cresting behavior in horizontal wells. SPE 39063. SPE Journal, v. 3, no. 4, December, pp. 382-392.
  • 1998 | Wan, J., Penmatcha, V.R., Arbabi, S. and Aziz, K. Effects of grid systems on predicting horizontal well productivity. SPE 46228. Proceedings, SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, CA, May 10-13.
  • 1998 | Penmatcha, V.R. and Aziz, K. A comprehensive reservoir/wellbore model for horizontal wells. SPE 39521. Proceedings, SPE India Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, New Delhi, India, April 7-9.
  • 1998 | Aziz, K. and Ouyang, L.-B. Productivity of horizontal and multilateral wells. Proceedings, 10th International Conference on Horizontal Well Technology and Applications, Houston, Texas, August 24-26.
  • 1998 | Petalas, N. and Aziz, K. A mechanistic model for multiphase flow in pipes. CIM 98-39. Proceedings, 49th Annual Technical Meeting of the Petroleum Society of the CIM, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 8-10.
  • 1998 | Edwards, M.G., Agut, R. and Aziz, K. Quasi K-orthogonal streamline grids: gridding and discretization. SPE 49072. Proceedings, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 27-30.
  • 1998 | Byer, T.J., Edwards, M.G. and Aziz, K. Preconditioning methods for coupled reservoir and facility models. Proceedings, 6th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery (ECMOR), Edinburgh, Scotland, September 8-11.
  • 1998 | Ouyang, L.-B., Petalas, N., Arbabi, S., Schroeder, D.E. and Aziz, K. Experimental study of single phase and two-phase fluid flow in horizontal wells. SPE 46221. Proceedings, SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, CA, May 10-13.
  • 1998 | Byer, T.J., Edwards, M.G. and Aziz, K. Preconditioned newton methods for fully coupled reservoir and surface facility models. SPE 49001. Proceedings, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 27-30.
  • 1998 | Ouyang, L.-B. and Aziz, K. A simplified approach to couple wellbore flow and reservoir inflow for arbitrary well configurations. SPE 48936. Proceedings, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 27-30.
  • 1998 | Agut, R., Edwards, M.G., Verma, S. and Aziz, K. Flexible streamline-potential grids with discretization on highly distorted cells. Proceedings, 6th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery (ECMOR), Edinburgh, Scotland, September 8-11.
  • 1997 | Penmatcha, V. R., Arbabi, S. and Aziz, K. Effects of pressure drop in horizontal wells and optimum well length. SPE 37494. Proceedings, SPE Production Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, March 9-11.
  • 1997 | Ouyang, L.-B., Thomas, L. K., Evans, C. E. and Aziz, K. Simple but accurate equations for wellbore pressure drawdown calculation. SPE 38314. Proceedings, SPE Western Regional Meeting, Long Beach, California, June 25-27.
  • 1997 | Verma, S. and Aziz, K. A control volume scheme for flexible grids in reservoir simulation. SPE 37999. Proceedings, SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Dallas, Texas, June 8-11.
  • 1997* | Wattenbarger, R. C., Aziz, K. and Orr, F. M., Jr. High-throughput TVD-based simulation of tracer flow. SPE 29097. Proceedings, 13th SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, San Antonio, Texas, February 12-15, 1995. Published in SPE Journal, v. 2, no. 3, pp. 25
  • 1997 | Aziz, K., Arbabi, S. and Penmatcha, V.R. Modelling the behavior of horizontal wells. Proceedings, IEA Workshop and Symposium on EOR, Copenhagen, Denmark, August31-September 3.

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    2011 Rami Mustafa Younis, PhD

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