Publications
Novemebr 2024 | Abu Dhabi, UAE
Noufal, A., El Wazir, Z., Al Madani, N., Shinde, A. L., Benmamar, S., Perumalla, S., Aldin, M., Govindarajan, S., and Gokaraju, D.
"Advanced Rock Mechanical Characterization of Giant Cretaceous Carbonate Sequence for Reservoir Development"
October 3-5, 2023 | Delft, the Netherlands
Elnur, M., Alshibli, K., Dygert, N., Lanzirotti, A., Newville, M., Zhang, R., Lu, H., and Govindarajan, S.
“Geochemical Interaction between CO2 and caprock for safe carbon se-questration”
January 2023 | Virtual
Govindarajan, S., Aldin, M., Thombare, A., Abdulbaki, O., Gokaraju, D., Mitra, A., and Patterson, R.
“Integrated thermo-poro-mechanical characterization for CO2 Sequestration at deep aquifer conditions.”
November 2020 | Virtual
Thombare, A., Gokaraju, D., Mitra, A., Govindarajan, S., Guedez, A., and Aldin, M.
“Mitigation of Sand Production and Estimation of In-Situ Stress Orientation-An Experimental Investigation”
July 20-22, 2020 | Austin, TX, USA
Mitra, A., Kessler, J., Govindarajan, S., Gokaraju, D., Thombare, A., Guedez, A., and Aldin, M.
"A Coupled Laboratory Measurement–Machine Learning Workflow to Predict Elastic Anisotropy by Lithotype in Shale" (URTEC: 2806)
July 20-22, 2020 | Austin, TX, USA
Guedez, A., Govindarajan, S., Lambert, D., Keyes, S., Patterson, R., Mickelson, W., Mitra, A., Aldin, S., Gokaraju, D., Thombare, A., and Aldin, M.
“An Integrated Geomechanical, Petrophysical and Petrographical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of a Plug Cleaning Technique for Ultra-Low Permeability Rocks" (URTeC: 2918)
June 2021 | Virtual
Govindarajan, S., Aldin, M., Guedez, A., Thombare, A., Gokaraju, D., Mitra, A., and Patterson, R.
“Experimental Investigation for Selection of Unloading Criterion in Multistage Triaxial Testing”
July 2021 | Houston, Texas, USA
Gokaraju, D., Djordjevic, O., Mitra, A., Hathon, L., Guedez, A., Patterson, R., Simone, A., Aldin, M., Aldin, S., Thombare, A., and Govindarajan, S.
“Direct Measurement of Permeability and its Evolution with Stress” (URTEC-2021-5335-MS)
June 2024 | Golden, Colorado, USA
Adisornsupawat, K., Sangnimnuan, A., Rabiabpo, P., Govindarajan, S., Thombare, A., Gokaraju, D., and Aldin, M.
“Evaluation of Caprock Integrity with Laboratory Scale In-Situ CO2 Injection Test”
January 13-15, 2020 | Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Gokaraju, D., Thombare, A., Govindarajan, S., Mitra, A., Guedez, A., and Aldin, M.
“Laboratory Investigation and Characterization of the Poroelastic Response of Ultra-tight Formations"
July 22-24, 2019 | Denver, Colorado, USA
Guedez, A, Mickelson, W., Aldin, S., Gokaraju, D., Mitra, A., Thombare, A., Patterson, R. and Aldin, M.
“A Novel Non-destructive and Rapid Cleaning Method for Intact Ultra-low Permeability Rocks”
July 22-24, 2019 | Denver, Colorado, USA
Y Wang, L Zhao, D Han, A Mitra, H Li, S Aldin
“A Novel Non-destructive and Rapid Cleaning Method for Intact Ultra-low Permeability Rocks”
May 6-10, 2019 | Bucaramanga, Colombia
8 Simposio Internacional de Geomechanica
Thombare, A., Aldin, M., Gokaraju, D., Guedez, A, Govindarajan, S. and Mitra, A.
“Determining P-wave 45 degrees Laboratory Acoustic Measurement using a Vertically Drilled Plug”
March 5-7, 2019 | The Hague, Netherlands
R. Olvera, P. Panchmatia, M. Juenger, M. Aldin and E. van Oort
“Long-term Oil Well Zonal Isolation Control Using Geopolymers: An Analysis of Shrinkage Behavior"
2018
Y. Wang, D. Han, S. Aldin, M. Aldin and X. Qin
“Static and dynamic Young’s moduli and Poisson’s ratios of Eagle Ford shale under triaxial tests"
July 22-24, 2019 | Denver, Colorado, USA
Wang, Y., Han, D-H, Zhao, L., Mitra, A. and Aldin, S.
“An Experimental Investigation of the Anisotropic Dynamic and Static Properties of Eagle Ford Shales”
June 23, 2019 | New York City, New York, USA
Govindarajan, S., Gokaraju, D., Mitra, A., Thombare, A., Guedez, A. and Ghoneim, T.
“Utilization of Sidewall Plugs for Enhancing Rock Characterization”
November 2019 | Abu Dhabi, UAE
Noufal, A., El Wazir, Z., Al Madani, N., Shinde, A., Perumalla, S., Aldin, M., Govindrajan, S., and Gokaraju, D.
“Laboratory Based Geomechanical Investigation of Mechanical Response to Depletion and Injection for Reservoir Management."
July 22-24, 2019 | Denver, Colorado, USA
Guedez, A, Mickelson, W., Aldin, S., Gokaraju, D., Mitra, A., Thombare, A., Patterson, R. and Aldin, M.
“A Novel Non-destructive and Rapid Cleaning Method for Intact Ultra-low Permeability Rocks”
2018, Pages 175-188
Guedez, M. Mokhtari, A Seibi and A. Mitra
“Developing correlations for velocity models in vertical transverse isotropic media: Bakken case study”
June 25-28, 2017 | San Francisco, California, USA
N.B. Nagel, D. Gokaraju, A. Mitra and M. A. Sanchez-Nagel
“Consideration of Stress Shadows in Stacked Plays”
June 25-28, 2017 | San Francisco, California, USA
D. Gokaraju, S. Govindarajan. A. Mitra, R. Patterson and M. Aldin
“Evaluation of Fracture Toughness and Its impact on Hydraulic Fracturing”
June 25-28, 2017 | San Francisco, California, USA
S. Govindarajan, D. Gokaraju, A. Mitra, R. Patterson and M. Aldin
“Evaluation of Fracability Index for Reservoir Rock – A Laboratory Study”
January 20, 2017 | Pages 228-243
O. Razavi, A. Karimi Vajargah, E. van Oort and M. Aldin,
“Comprehensive analysis of initiation and propagation pressures in drilling induced fractures”
2016 | Pages 836-850
O. Razavi, A. Karimi Vajargah, E. van Oort, M. Aldin and S. Govindarajan
“Optimum particle size distribution design for lost circulation control and wellbore strengthening”
June 26-29, 2016 | Houston, Texas, USA
A. Mitra, T. Engelder, M. Aldin and S. Govindarajan
“Ultrasonic Velocity Measurement of Sidewall Cores for Different Stress Paths”
June 26-29, 2016 | Houston, Texas, USA
A. Mitra, S. Govindarajan, M. PaiAngle and M. Aldin
“Measurement of Grain Compressibility of Fine-Grained Rock”
June 26-29, 2016 | Houston, Texas, USA
O. Razavi, A. Karimi Vajargah, E. van Oort, M. Aldin and S. Govindarajan
“Initiation and Propagation of Drilling Induced Fractures"ation and Propagation of Drilling Induced Fractures”
May 23-26, 2016 | Anchorage,Alaska, USA
O. Razavi, A. Karimi Vajargah, E. van Oort, M. Aldin and S. Govindarajan
“Optimization of Wellbore Strengthening Treatment in Permeable Formations”
April 12-13, 2016 | Houston, Texas, USA
E. van Oort, B. Hoxha, A. Hale, M. Aldin and R. Patterson
“How to Test Fluids for Shale Compatibility”
September 28-30, 2015 | Houston, Texas, USA
O. Razavi, A. Karimi Vajargah, E. van Oort, M. Aldin and R. Patterson
“How to Effectively Strengthen Wellbores in Narrow Drilling Margin Wells: An Experimental Investigation”
June 28-1 July, 2015 | San Francisco, CA, USA
49th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium (ARMA 15- 767)
M. E. Alsalman, M. T. Myers and M. H. Sharf-Aldin
"Comparison of Multistage to Single Stage Triaxial Tests”
March 11, 2015 | Houston, Texas, USA
Houston Geomechanics Discussion Group
M. Sharf-Aldin
“Impact of Heterogeneity on In-situ Stress of Unconventional Shale Formation”
May 11-14, 2014 | Dubai, UAE
EAGE Workshop on Geomechanics in the Oil & Gas Industry
S. Narasimhan, M. Sharf-Aldin, S. Perumalla, H. Singh, P. Mishra and R. Husain
“Effective Experimental Methods to Validate Anisotropic Geomechanical Model for Shale Gas Reservoir Evaluation”
April 1-3, 2014 | The Woodlands, Texas, USA
SPE-168965 SPE Unconventional Resources Conference
R. Rosen, B. Mickelson, M. Sharf-Aldin, B. Kurtoglu, T. Kosanke, M. PaiAngle, R. Patterson, F. Mir, S. Narasimhan and A. Amini
“Impact of Experimental Studies on Unconventional Reservoir Mechanisms”
July 23-25, 2018 | Houston, Texas, USA
D. Gokaraju, M. Aldin, A. Thombare, A. Mitra, S. Govindarajan and R. Patterson
“A Novel Method for Experimental Characterization of the Poroelastic Constants in Unconventional Formations”
May 11-14, 2014 | Dubai, UAE
EAGE Workshop on Geomechanics in the Oil & Gas Industry
S. Narasimhan, M. Sharf-Aldin and T. Bagasrawala
“Comparison among Models Which Estimate Minimum Horizontal Stress and its Methodology”
May 7-8, 1998 | The Woodlands, Texas, USA
SPE Applied Technology Workshop on Risk Based Design of Well Casing and Tubing (SPE 48333)
M.H. Aldin, K. Logan, C.V. Burres and R.M. McGill
“A System for Comprehensive Measurement of Pipe Wall Thickness and Diameter in Support of Risk-Based Tubulars Design"
June 23-26, 2013 | San Francisco, CA, USA
47th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium
M. Sharf-Aldin, R. Rosen, S. Narasimhan and M. PaiAngle
“Experience Using a Novel 45 Degree Transducer to Develop a General Unconventional Shale Geomechanical Model”
September 10-12, 2007 | Calgary, Canada
International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts (SCA2007-41)
R. Rosen, B. Mickelson, J. Fry, G. Hill, B. Knabe and M. H. Sharf-Aldin
"Recent Experience with Unconsolidated Core Analysis”