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I. YUCEL AKKUTLU Associate Professor of Petroleum Engineering Flotek Industries, Inc. Career Development Professor College of Engineering William Keeler Faculty Fellow Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering Texas A&M University 619 Richardson Building, College Station TX 77843-3116 Phone: 979-845-4069 | Fax: 979-862-1272

EDUCATION 2002 Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA 1995 M.S. Petroleum Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA 1992 B.S. Chemical Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey EXPERIENCE Texas A&M University, College Station, USA Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering January 1, 2013-present, tenured associate professor of petroleum engineering University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering, MPGE July 1, 2011-December 2012, tenured associate professor of petroleum engineering July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2011, tenure-track assistant professor of petroleum engineering University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering Department April 1, 2004 – July 1, 2007, tenure-track assistant professor of petroleum engineering National Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Fluid Dynamics Laboratory May 19 – August 30, 2002, visiting scholar Reaction wave sequences in porous media University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA Chemical Engineering Department 1999 – 2002, Research assistant, Dynamics of in-situ combustion fronts Supervisor: Yannis C. Yortsos 1996 – 1998, Research assistant, Solute transport in heterogeneous porous media Supervisor: Iraj Ershaghi 1994 – 1996, Research assistant, Reservoir engineering analysis using field performance data Supervisor: Lyman Lee Handy Shell Nederland Reffinaderij, Pernis, Rotterdam, Holland Advising Technologist Department September 3 – November 22, 1993, Intern, Numerical simulation and process optimization of a multi-phase fluid reactor using Aspen Plus. Supervisor: Jan Harmsen


TEACHING DATA

a. List of the Courses Taught Starting fall 2004 semester, Dr. Akkutlu has been teaching a series of undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in petroleum reservoir engineering and applied mathematics. The following is a complete list of the courses he taught and student enrollment in each course. Texas A&M University: Course Number Course Title Enrollment Fall 2016: PETE689 RESOURCE SHALE PETROPHYSICS 12 Spring 2016: PETE 311 RESERVOIR PETROPHYSICS 78 Fall 2015: PETE632 PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF ROCK 15 Spring 2015: PETE 311 RESERVOIR PETROPHYSICS 84 Fall 2014: PETE632 PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF ROCK 25 Spring 2014: PETE 311 RESERVOIR PETROPHYSICS 23 Fall 2013: PETE632 PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF ROCK 20 Spring 2013: PETE 311 RESERVOIR PETROPHYSICS 72 University of Oklahoma: Summer 2012: PE 4543-025 IMPROVED RECOVERY TECHNIQUES 11 (ITBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) Fall 2011: PE 4521-001/…/005 RESERVOIR FLUID MECHANICS LAB 84 PE 5563-001 MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION MODELS 12 Summer 2011: PE 4543-900 IMPROVED RECOVERY TECHNIQUES 5 (Leticia, Colombia) Spring 2011: PE 3513-001/002 RESERVOIR ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS 104 Fall 2010: PE 3723-900 NUMERICAL METHODS FOR ENG COMPUTING 45 PE 4521-001/002/003 RESERVOIR FLUID MECHANICS LAB 94 Spring 2010: PE 3513-001/002 RESERVOIR ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS 109 PE 4543-900 IMPROVED RECOVERY TECHNIQUES 40 Fall 2009: PE 4521-001/002/003 RESERVOIR FLUID MECHANICS LAB 67 PE 5563-001 MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION MODELS 28


Spring 2009: PE 3513-001/002 RESERVOIR ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS 83 PE 3980-004 HONORS RESEARCH 2 PE 4543-900 IMPROVED RECOVERY TECHNIQUES 38

Fall 2008: PE 4521-001/002/003 RESERVOIR FLUID MECHANICS LAB 69 PE 6583-001 ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY 17 Spring 2008: PE 3513-001/002 RESERVOIR ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS 70 PE 4543-900 IMPROVED RECOVERY TECHNIQUES 29 Fall 2007: Excused from teaching University of Alberta: Course Number Course Title Enrollment Spring 2007: PETE 644 FLUID MECHANICS OF NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION 15 Fall 2006: PETE 362 PETROLEUM RESERVOIR FLUIDS 51 PETE 444 NATURAL GAS ENGINEERING 46 Spring 2006: PETE 644 FLUID MECHANICS OF NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION 8 Fall 2005: PETE 362 PETROLEUM RESERVOIR FLUIDS 36 PETE 444 NATURAL GAS ENGINEERING 32 Spring 2005: PETE 644 FLUID MECHANICS OF NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION 5 Fall 2004: PETE 362 PETROLEUM RESERVOIR FLUIDS 28

b. Graduate Student Advising Dr Akkutlu is currently thesis advisor (committee chair) of ten graduate students. Name of the currently supervised and previously supervised graduate students are as follows: CURRENTLY SUPERVISED 1. Jeremey Adams 2. Saad Alafnan 3. Dahiyana Christancho-Albarracin 4. Seunghwan Baek 5. Riza Elputranto 6. Vena Eveline 7. Feng Feng 8. Brice Kim 9. Bo Li 10. Olufemi Olorode

PREVIOUSLY SUPERVISED 11. Ginger Parker


M.Eng. in Petroleum Engineering Fast-paced Deal Evaluation in the Eagle Ford Defended on November 7, 2016

12. François Jumeau M.Eng. in Petroleum Engineering, TAMU/IFP A Study of Gas Flow in Nanopores Defended on November 7, 2016

13. Laura Pelaez Soni M.S. in Petroleum Engineering Shale Gas Well Fracture Surface Area Calculation Re-visited for Dynamic Formation Permeability Defended on October 20, 2016

14. Rui Kou M.S. in Petroleum Engineering Supercritical Methane Storage and Transport in Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes Defended on May 13, 2016 PhD Student, Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University

15. Christopher Villarreal M.S. in Petroleum Engineering Source Rock Overpressure Prediction and Its Relation to Kerogen Maturity Defended on May 5, 2016 Petroleum Engineer, Matador Oil Company, Dallas

16. Xinyang Wu M.S. in Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University Petrophysical Characterization of Deep, Low-permeability Carbonate Formations in Tarim Oilfield. Defended on October 9, 2015 PhD Student, Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University

17. Asana Wasaki M.S. in Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University Organic-rich Shale Permeability Defended on May 8, 2015 Reservoir Engineer, Japan Petroleum Exploration Company, Tokyo

18. Sansarng Riewchotisakul M.S. in Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University Effect of Adsorption on Molecular Transport in Nanotube Defended on March 9, 2015 Reservoir engineer, project evaluation, PTTEP, Bangkok, Thailand

19. Behnaz Rahmani Didar M.S. in Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University Phase Behavior of Alkanes in Shale Nanopores Defended on March 2, 2015 PhD Student, Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University

20. Christos Kassinis M.Eng. in Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University Solutions for Off-shore Stranded Gas Defended in April 10, 2015 Petroleum Engineer, Cyprus


21. Matthieu Hughes Marie De Cointet de Fillan M.Eng. in Petroleum Engineering, TAMU/IFP Multi-component Gas Transport and Selective Adsorption in Organic-rich Shale: A New Apparent Permeability Model Defended November 7, 2014 Reservoir engineer, Perenco, Gabon

22. Jared Tooley M.Eng. in Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University The Significance of Nanopores in Organic-rich Shales Defended November 6, 2014

23. Emanuel Ozuna Vargas M.Eng. in Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University CO2 injection for Enhanced Shale Gas and Oil Recovery Defended November 4, 2014 Reservoir engineer for a consulting company in Texas

24. Brice Kim M.S. in Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University Phase Equilibria Studies in Water-Methane System: Impact of Structural Memory Effect of Water on Hydrate Reformation Defended October 16, 2014 PhD Student at Texas A&M University

25. Ronald Trigo Cuellar M.S. Student in Natural Gas Engineering and Management, University of Oklahoma Laboratory Measurement of Pore Compressibility on Organic-rich Shales Defended December 7, 2012 Production engineer, Anadarko, Woodlands, Texas

26. Carol Peña Montenegro M.S. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Oklahoma Capillarity and Interfacial Tension in Nano-capillaries Defended on Aug 15, 2012 Petroleum engineer, Schlumberger, Bogota, Colombia

27. Berrin Er M.S. in Geological Engineering, University of Oklahoma Analytical Solutions for Gas Uptake Measurement and Permeability Prediction using Crushed Shale Particles Defended on June 29, 2012 Petrophysicist, Turkish Petroleum (TPAO), Ankara, Turkey

28. José M. Santos Rueda M.S. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Oklahoma Gas Sorption Measurements under Effective Stress and Adsorption Layer Effect Defended on June 8, 2012 Reservoir engineer, Computer Modeling Group (CMG), Bogotá, Colombia

29. Raymond Ambrose Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Oklahoma Micro-structure of Gas Shales and its Effect on Gas Storage and Production Performance Defended on August 3, 2011 Senior Director, Petroleum Engineering and Subsurface, NRG, Houston, Texas


30. Adesida Adelola M.S. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Oklahoma Kerogen Micropore Size Distribution of Barnett Shale Using Adsorption Porosimetry Graduated November 6, 2011 Production engineer, Baker Hughes, Houston, USA

31. Seung Mo Kang M.S. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Oklahoma Carbon dioxide Storage Capacity of Organic Shales Defended on July 7, 2011 Manager E&P New Venture Team, STX Energy, Seoul, South Korea

32. Ayse Ezgi Özen M.S. in Geological Engineering, University of Oklahoma Comparisons of T1 and T2 NMR Relaxations on Fluids Saturated Shale Cuttings Defended on June 16, 2011 Petrophysicist, Turkish Petroleum (TPAO), Ankara, Turkey

33. Mery Diaz Campos M.S. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Oklahoma Uncertainties in Shale Gas In-place Calculations: Molecular Simulation Approach Defended on December 3, 2010 Reservoir engineer, Schlumberger, Houston, USA

34. Oluwadara (Dara) Koleowo M.S. in Natural Gas Engineering and Management, University of Oklahoma Gas Storage Capacity of Coal as an Elastic Medium Defended on October 29, 2010 Petrophysicist, well logging, Weatherford, Oklahoma City, USA

35. Ebrahim Fathi Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Oklahoma Matrix Heterogeneity Effects on Fluid Transport in Porous Medium using Perturbation Theory. Defended on October 26, 2010 Assistant Professor at the University of West Virginia, Morgantown, USA

36. G. Derya Adagulu-Demirdal M.S. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Alberta Role of Catalytic Agents on Combustion Front Propagation in Porous Media Graduated in December 2, 2006 Reservoir engineer, EnCana, Calgary, Canada

37. Jun Yi Ph.D. in Mining Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology Natural Gas Transport in Coal Seams Co-supervision by Mining Engineering Professor Clayton V. Deutsch Mining and petroleum engineering professor, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing, China

Dr Akkutlu has served in thesis committees of many other MS and PhD students who studied at Texas A&M University, at the University of Oklahoma and at the University of Alberta. In addition, he has been invited to other universities to serve as external examiner of PhD committees:


PhD Thesis Committee of Dr. Yudong Yuan Flow Simulation in Multi-scale Porous Structure and Estimation of Apparent Gas Permeability of Shale University of New South Wales, School of Petroleum Engineering, Sydney, Australia Chair/Supervisor: Professor Sheik Rahman Date of Defense: November 2016

PhD Thesis Committee of Dr. Mostafa Feali Characterization of 3-phase Fluid Distribution in a Porous Rock using Micro-CT University of New South Wales, School of Petroleum Engineering, Kensington, Australia Chair/Supervisor: Professors Yildiray Cinar and Val Pinczewski Date of Defense: May 2013

PhD Thesis Committee of Dr. Karim Ghesmat Interfacial Instability of Reactive and Anisotropic Dispersive Miscible Flow Displacement University of Calgary, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department, Calgary, Canada Chair/Supervisor: Professor Jalel Azaiez Date of Defense: Nov. 22, 2007

PhD Thesis Committee of Dr. Ningyu Liu Acoustic Methods for Identification and Measurement of Fluid-fluid Interface in Porous Medium for CO2 Sequestration University of Regina, Electronic Systems Engineering Department, Regina, Canada Chair/Supervisor: Professor Raman Paranjape Date of Defense: April, 5 2006

c. Special Efforts Undergraduate Student Advising

William Zane Wilson B.S. in Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University Gas Transport in Nano-capillaries Summer 2016 Internship, Honor’s Research Supervision Expected graduation date May 2018

Alwin Zhen Ng B.S. in Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University Gas Transport in Nano-capillaries Summer 2016 Internship, Honor’s Research Supervision Expected graduation date May 2018

Luke Weissler B.S. in Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University Nano-scale confinement effect on fluid transport Summer 2015 Internship, Honor’s Research Supervision Expected graduation date May 2017

Abrar Alshaikh B.S. in Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University Nano-scale confinement effect on fluid transport Summer 2015 Internship, Honor’s Research Supervision Expected graduation date May 2017

Jeremiah Benner B.S. in Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University


CO2 Injection Operations for EOR Summer 2014 Internship Graduated May 2015

Scott D. Brown B.S. in Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University CO2 Injection Operations for EOR Summer 2014 Internship Graduated May 2015

Chao S. Diep B.S. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Oklahoma Wettability studies in Gas-Water and Shale System Graduated May 2009, now with Halliburton

Honor’s Research Supervision

Candice A. Gillies B.S. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Oklahoma Quantification of Shale Gas Transport Mechanisms using Lattice Boltzmann Method Honor’s Research Supervision Graduation December 2012, now with Chesapeak Energy, Oklahoma City, USA

Sakeen Konyrbayev B.S. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Oklahoma Contact Angle Measurement of CO2, Water and Shale System Graduated May 2009, now with ExxonMobil, The Woodlands, TX, USA

Damilola E. Olusola B.S. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Oklahoma Introduction to Single-phase Multi-dimensional Reservoir Flow Simulation Honor’s Research Supervision Graduated in May 2009, now with Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Nigeria

Gerritt R. Verbeek B.S. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Oklahoma Determination of Pressure Support in a Prudhoe Bay Reservoir, BP Alaska Honor’s Research Supervision Graduated in May 2011, and became OU graduate student

Danielle D. Wright B.S. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Oklahoma CO2 Miscible Flooding: Principles and Current Research Honor’s Research Supervision Graduated in May 2009, now with SandRidge Energy, Oklahoma City, USA

RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY DATA a. Publications/Performances

Peer Reviewed Journals 1. Ilgen, A.G., Heath, J.E., Akkutlu, I.Y., Bryndzia, L.T., Cole, D., Kharaka, Y., Kneafsy, T., Milliken,

K., Pyrak-Nolte, L., and Suarez-Rivera, R. 2016. Shales at all Scales: Exploring Coupled Processes in Mudrocks. Accepted for publication in Earth-Science Reviews, November 20, 2016.


2. Eveline V.F., Akkutlu, I.Y. and Moridis, G.J. 2016. Numerical Simulation of Hydraulic Fracturing Water Effects on Shale Gas Permeability Alteration. Accepted for publication in the J. Transport in Porous Media, November 16, 2016.

3. Rui, K., Alafnan, S.F.K. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2016. Multi-scale Analysis of Gas Transport in Kerogen, accepted for publication in the Journal of Transport in Porous Media, October 28, 2016.

4. Bui, K., Akkutlu, I.Y. 2015. Hydrocarbons Recovery from Kerogen. Accepted for publication in SPE Journal, Oct 12, 2016.

5. Akkutlu, I.Y., Efendiev, Y. and Vasilyeva, M. 2016 Multi-scale model reduction for shale gas transport in fractured media. Computational Geosciences, Volume 20 (5) 953-973.

6. Riewchotisakul, S. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2016. Adsorption Enhanced Transport of Hydrocarbons in Organic Nanopores. SPE-175107, accepted for publication in SPE Journal, May 11, 2016.

7. Bui, K. and Akkutlu, I.Y., Silas, J., Zelenev, A., H. Saboowala, and Gilles, J.R. 2016. Insights into Mobilization of Shale Oil using Microemulsions. SPE Journal, Volume 21 (2): 613-620.

8. Wasaki, A. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2015. Permeability of Organic-rich Shale. SPE Journal, Volume 20 (6), 1384-1396.

9. Bui, K., Akkutlu, I.Y. 2015. Nanopore Wall Effect on Surface Tension of Methane. Journal of Molecular Physics, Volume 113 (22), 3506-3513.

10. Akkutlu, I.Y. Efendiev, Y. and Savatorova, V. 2015. Multi-scale Asymptotic Analysis of Gas Transport in Shale Matrix. Journal of Transport in Porous Media. Volume 107 (1), 235-260.

11. Fathi E. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2014. Multi-component Gas Transport and Adsorption Effects during CO2 Injection and Enhanced Shale Gas Recovery. International Journal of Coal Geology, Special Issue on Adsorption and Transport Phenomena in Gas Shale and Their Effects on Production and Storage. Volume 123 52-61.

12. Santos, J.M. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2013. Laboratory Measurement of Sorption Isotherm under Confining Stress with Pore Volume Effects. SPE Journal, Volume 18 (5) 924-931.

13. Sigal, R.F., Akkutlu, I.Y., Kang, S.M., Diaz-Campos, M. and Ambrose, R.J. 2013. The Laboratory Measurement of Gas Storage Capacity of Organic Shales. J. of Petrophysics, Volume 54 (3).

14. Akkutlu, I.Y. 2013. A Brief Conversation with Henry Carey of Philadelphia. SPE Journal Executive Summary, Volume 18 (2) 194-195.

15. Fathi E. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2013. Lattice Boltzmann Method for Simulation of Shale Gas Transport in Kerogen. SPE Journal, Volume 18 (1), 27-37.

16. Akkutlu, I.Y. and Fathi E. 2012. Multi-scale Gas Transport in Shales with Local Kerogen Heterogeneities. SPE Journal, Volume 17 (4), 1002-1011.

17. Fathi E., Tinni, A. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2012. Correction to Klinkenberg Slip Theory for Gas Flow in Nano-capillaries. Int. Journal of Coal Geology, special issue on Shale, Vol. 103, 51-59.

18. Ambrose, R.J., Hartman, R.C., Diaz-Campos, M., Akkutlu, I.Y., and Sondergeld, C.H. 2012. Shale Gas in-place Calculations Part I - New Pore-scale Considerations. SPE Journal. Volume 17 (1) 219-229.

19. Fathi E. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2012. Mass Transport of Adsorbed-phase in Stochastic Porous Medium with Fluctuating Porosity Field and Nonlinear Gas Adsorption Kinetics. Journal of Transport in Porous Media, Volume 91 (1) 5-33.

20. Kang S., Fathi, E., Ambrose, R.J., Akkutlu, I.Y., and Sigal, R.F. 2011. Carbon Dioxide Storage Capacity of Organic-rich Shales. SPE Journal, Volume 16 (4), 842-855.

21. Barajas, P. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2011. Non-thermal Heavy Oil Recovery. Exploration and Production: Oil and Gas Review, Volume 9 (2) 40-43.

22. Kang S., Fathi, E., Ambrose, R.J., Akkutlu, I.Y., and Sigal, R.F. 2011. CO2 Applications. Carbon Dioxide Storage Capacity of Organic-rich Shales. J. of Petroleum Tech. Volume 63 (7), 114.


23. Akkutlu, I.Y., Yortsos Y.C., and Demirdal G.D. 2010. Dual Role of Catalytic Agents on In-situ Combustion Process. SPE Journal, 15 (1) 137-145.

24. Fathi E. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2009. Matrix Heterogeneity Effects on Gas Transport and Adsorption in Coalbed and Shale Gas Reservoirs. J. of Transport in Porous Media, Volume 80 (2), 281-304.

25. Yi J., Akkutlu, I.Y., Karacan C.O. and Clarkson C. 2009. Gas Sorption and Transport in Coals: A Poroelastic Medium Approach. Int. Journal of Coal Geology, Volume 77, Issue 1-2, 137-144.

26. Yi J., Akkutlu, I.Y., and Deutsch C.V. 2008. Gas Transport in Bidisperse Coal Particles: Investigation for an Effective Diffusion Coefficient in Coalbeds. Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, Volume 47 No 10, 20-26, October.

27. Adagulu, G.D., Akkutlu, I.Y. and Yortsos Y.C. 2008. Role of Catalytic Agents on Combustion Front Propagation in Porous Media. Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, Volume 47 No 1, 10-12, January.

28. Adagulu, G.D. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2007. Influence of In-situ Fuel Deposition on Air Injection and Combustion Processes. J. of Canadian Petroleum Technology, Volume 46 No 4, 54-61, April.

29. De Souza, A.J., Akkutlu, I.Y. and Marchesin, D. 2006. Wave Sequences for Solid Fuel Adiabatic In-situ Combustion in Porous Media. Computational & Applied Math, Vol 25, No. 1, 27-54.

30. Akkutlu, I.Y. and Yortsos Y.C. 2005. The Effect of Heterogeneity on In-situ Combustion: the Propagation of Combustion Fronts in Layered Porous Media. SPE Journal, 10 (4) 394-404.

31. Akkutlu, I.Y. and Yortsos Y.C. 2003. Dynamics of In-situ Combustion Fronts in Porous Media. Journal of Combustion and Flame, Volume 134 (3), 229-246.

32. Akkutlu, I.Y. and Yortsos Y.C. 2002. The Effect of Heterogeneity on In-situ Combustion, Journal of Petroleum Technology, Volume 54 (6) 56.

Conference Proceedings 33. Pelaez-Soni, L., Akkutlu, I.Y. and Maggard B. 2017. Shale Gas Well Total Fracture Surface Area

Calculation Re-visited for a Dynamic Formation Permeability. SPE-185809 to be presented at the SPE EUROPEC featured at 79th EAGE Conf. and Exhibition, Paris, France, June 12-15, 2017.

34. Li, B., Bui, K. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2017. Capillary Pressure in Nanopores: Deviation of Young- Laplace Equation. SPE-185801 to be presented at the SPE EUROPEC featured at 79th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, Paris, France, June 12-15, 2017.

35. Olorode, O.M., Akkutlu, I.Y. and Efendiev Y. 2017. A Compositional Model for CO2 Storage in Deformable Organic-rich Shales. SPE-180112 to be presented at the SPE EUROPEC featured at 79th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, Paris, France, June 12-15, 2017.

36. Bui, K.M., Akkutlu, I.Y., Silas, J., Zelenev, A Y. 2017. Understanding Penetration Behavior of Microemulsions in Shale Nanopores. SPE-185787 to be presented at the SPE EUROPEC featured at 79th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, Paris, France, June 12-15, 2017.

37. Olorode, O.M., Akkutlu, I.Y. and Efendiev Y. 2017. Modeling of Compositional Gas Transport in Shale as a Deformable Porous Medium, paper presented at the ASCE 6th Biot Conference on Poromechanics (A Tribute to Olivier Coussy) held in Paris, France, 9-13 July 2017.

38. Olorode, O.M., Akkutlu, I.Y. and Efendiev Y. 2017Compositional Reservoir Flow Simulation for Organic-rich Gas Shale. SPE 182667, paper presented at the SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium held in The Woodlands, 21-23 February 2017.

39. Kim, B.Y. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2017. A New Laboratory Setup for Phase Equilibria Studies of Methane Hydrate in Porous Media. International Workshop on Advances in Multi-physical Laboratory Testing & Modelling of Soils and Shales (ATMSS), to be held in Villars, Switzerland, 18-20, 2017.


40. Eveline V.F., Akkutlu, I.Y. and Moridis, G.J. 2016. Impact of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Damage on Shale Gas Well Production Performance. SPE-181677, paper presented during the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Dubai, UAE, September 26-28.

41. Cristancho, D., Akkutlu, I.Y., Criscenti, L. and Wang, Y. 2016. Influence of Kerogen Pore Surface Heterogeneities on Methane Storage. SPE-180112 to be presented at the SPE EUROPEC featured at 78th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, Vienna, Austria 30 May-2 June.

42. Rui, K. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2016. Molecular Dynamics Simulation Approach in Estimating Organic-rich Shale Permeability. SPE-180112 to be presented at the SPE EUROPEC featured at 78th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, Vienna, Austria 30 May-2 June.

43. Feng, F. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2015. Flow of Hydrocarbons in Nanocapillary: A Non-Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics Study. SPE-177005, paper presented at the SPE Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources and Exhibition held in Brisbane, Australia, November 9-11.

44. Riewchotisakul, S. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2015. Adsorption Enhanced Transport of Hydrocarbons in Organic Nanopores. SPE-175107, paper presented during the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Houston, Texas, September 28-30.

45. Wasaki, A. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2015. Dynamics of Fracture-matrix coupling during Shale Gas Production: Pore Compressibility and Molecular Transport Effects. SPE-175033, paper presented during the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Houston, Texas, September 28-30.

46. Akkutlu, I.Y. and Rahmani Didar, B. 2015. Confinement Effects on Hydrocarbon Mixture Phase Behavior in Organic Nanopore. URTeC-2151854, paper presented at the 2015 Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) in San Antonio, Texas, 20-22 July.

47. Bui, K., Akkutlu, I.Y., Silas, J., Zelenev, A., and H. Saboowala, and Gilles, J.R. 2015. New Insights into Mobilization of Shale Oil using Microemulsion. URTeC-2154925, paper presented at the 2015 Unconventional Resources Tech. Conference (URTeC) in San Antonio, Texas, 20-22 July.

48. Wasaki, A. and Akkutlu, I.Y., 2014. Permeability of Organic-rich Shale. SPE-170830, paper presented during the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, October 27-29.

49. Kang, S.M., Shinn, Y.J., and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2014. Gas Storage Capacity of Iljik and Hasandong Shales in Gyongsang Basin, South Korea. URTeC-1922165, paper presented at the Unconventional Resources Technology Conf held in Denver, Colorado, USA, 25-27 August.

50. Rahmani Didar, B. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2013. Pore-size Dependence of Fluid Phase Behavior and Properties in Organic-rich Shale Reservoirs. SPE-164099, paper presented at the Unconventional Resources Tech. Conference (URTeC) Denver, Colorado, USA, 12–14 August.

51. Rahmani Didar, B. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2013. Pore-size Dependence of Fluid Phase Behavior and Properties in Organic-rich Shale Reservoirs. SPE-164099, paper presented at the SPE Int. Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry held in Woodlands, Texas, USA, 8–10 April.

52. Santos, J.M. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2012. Laboratory Measurement of Sorption Isotherm under Confining Stress and Sorbed-phase Effect. SPE-162595, paper presented at the 2012 SPE Canadian Unconventional Resources Conf held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Oct 30-Nov 1.

53. Ousseini Tinni, A., Fathi, E., Agarwal, R., Sondergeld, C., Akkutlu, I.Y., and Rai, C.S. 2012. Shale Permeability Measurements on Plugs and Crushed Samples. SPE-162235, paper presented at the 2012 SPE Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 30-November 1.

54. Fathi, E., Ousseini Tinni, A. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2012. Shale Gas Correction to Klinkenberg Slip Theory, SPE-154977, paper presented during the 2012 Americas Unconventional Resources Conference to be held 5-7 June in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.


55. Adesida A., Akkutlu, I.Y. and Resasco D. 2011. Kerogen Pore Size Distribution of Barnett Shale using DFT Analysis and Monte Carlo Simulations. SPE-147397, paper presented during the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Denver Colorado, Oct 30—Nov 2.

56. Fathi E. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2011. Lattice Boltzmann Method for Simulation of Shale Gas Transport in Kerogen. SPE-146821, paper presented during the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Denver Colorado, October 30—November 2.

57. Hartman, R.C., Ambrose, R.J., Akkutlu, I.Y. and C.R. Clarkson 2011. Shale Gas in-place Calculations Part II ─ Multi-component Gas Adsorption Effects. SPE-144097 paper presented at the SPE North American Unconventional Gas Conference and Exhibition in Woodlands, Texas, June 14-16.

58. Ambrose, R.J., Hartman, R.C. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2011. Multi-component Sorbed-phase Considerations for Shale Gas in-place Calculations. SPE-141416 paper presented during the SPE Production and Operation Symposium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, March 27-29.

59. Sigal, R.F., Akkutlu, I.Y., Kang, S.K. and Ambrose R.J. 2010. A New Core Measurement Methodology to Quantify Total Gas Storage. AAPG/SEG/SPE Hedberg Conference Critical Assessment of Shale Resource Plays, Austin TX, December 5-10.

60. Kang S., Fathi, E., Ambrose, R.J., Akkutlu, I.Y. and Sigal, R.F. 2010. CO2 Storage Capacity of Organic-rich Shales. SPE-134583, paper presented during the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Florence, Italy, September 20-22.

61. Ambrose, R.J., Hartman, R.C., Diaz-Campos, M., Akkutlu, I.Y. and Sondergeld, C.H. 2010. New Pore-scale Considerations in Shale Gas in-place Calculations. SPE-131772, paper presented during the SPE Unconventional Gas Conference held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Feb 23-25.

62. Diaz-Campos, M., Akkutlu, I.Y. and Sigal, R.F. 2009. A Molecular Dynamics Study on Natural Gas Solubility Enhancement in Water Confined to Small Pores. SPE-124491, paper presented during SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in New Orleans, October 4-7.

63. Fathi E. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2009. Nonlinear Sorption Kinetics and Surface Diffusion Effects on Gas Transport in Low-permeability Formations. SPE-124478, paper presented during the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in New Orleans, October 4-7.

64. Fathi E. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2009. Macro-kinetics of Matrix Gas Release and its Influence on Coalbed Methane Flow and Production. SPE-121756, paper presented during the SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Eng Conference in Cartagena, Colombia, May 31-June 3.

65. Fathi E. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2008. Counter Diffusion and Competitive Adsorption Effects during CO2 Injection and Coalbed Methane Production. SPE-115482, paper presented during the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Denver, September 21-24.

66. Akkutlu, I.Y. and Yortsos Y.C. 2008. Dual Role of Water-soluble Additives on Modifying In-situ Combustion Performance using Large Activation Energy Asymptotics. SPE-115506, paper presented during the SPE Annual Tech. Conf. and Exhibition held in Denver, Sept 21-24.

67. Fathi E., Akkutlu, I.Y. and Cunha L.B. 2007. Effects of Material and Porosity Fluctuations on Gas Transport Phenomena and Sorption Kinetics in Coalbeds. CIPC07-179, paper presented during the 58th Canadian Int. Petroleum Conf. held in Calgary, Alberta, June 12-14.

68. Yi J., Akkutlu, I.Y. and Deutsch C.V. 2007. Gas Sorption and Transport in Poroelastic Coals. SPE-103180, paper presented at the SPE Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Technology Symposium held in Denver Colorado, April 16-18.

69. Adagulu, G.D., Akkutlu, I.Y. and Yortsos Y.C. 2006. Role of Catalytic Agents on Combustion Front Propagation in Porous Media. CIPC06-112, paper presented during the 57th Canadian international petroleum conference held in Calgary, Alberta, June 13-15.


70. Yi J., Akkutlu, I.Y. and Deutsch C.V. 2006. Gas Adsorption and Diffusion in Bidisperse Coal Particles: Investigation of Effective Diffusion Coefficient in Coalbeds. CIPC06-111, paper presented during the 57th Canadian Int. Petroleum Conf. held in Calgary, Alberta, June 13-15.

71. Adagulu, G.D. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2006. Combustion Front Behavior in Porous Media with Catalytic Agents. SPE-99635, paper presented during the SPE/DOE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 22-26.

72. Akkutlu, I.Y., Lu, C., and Yortsos Y.C. 2005. Insights into in-situ combustion by analytical and pore-network modeling. SPE-97927, paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium (ITOHOS) held in Calgary, AB, Canada, November 1.

73. Adagulu, G.D. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2005. Influence of in-situ fuel deposition on air injection and combustion processes, CIPC05-221 paper presented at the 56th Canadian international petroleum conference held in Calgary, Alberta, June 7-9.

74. Akkutlu, I.Y. and Yortsos Y.C. 2004. Steady-state Propagation of In-situ Combustion Fronts with Sequential Reactions. SPE-91957, paper presented at the SPE international petroleum conference held in Puebla, Mexico, November 8-9.

75. Akkutlu, I.Y. and Yortsos Y.C. 2000. The Dynamics of Combustion Fronts in Porous Media. SPE-63225, paper presented during the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Dallas, Texas 1-4 October.

76. Akkutlu, I.Y., Handy L.L., and Ershaghi, I. 1997. Conceptual Model of Fault Block IIA, Wilmington Field, from Well Performance Data. SPE-38309, paper presented during SPE western regional meeting held in Long Beach, CA 25-27 June.

77. Akkutlu, I.Y., Öncü A., Koçum C., Arca M., Arca E. and Yildiz A., 1994. Temperature and Frequency Dependence of Polypyrrole Conductivity. Paper presented during the 8th. National Chem. and Chem. Eng. Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey.

Conference Abstracts 78. Baek S. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2017 Oil Recovery Potential from Organic Nanopores in Source

Rocks. AAPG- Annual Convention and Exhibition, Houston, TX, April 2-5. 79. Bui, K. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2016. Natural Gas Recovery from Kerogen Nanopores. Session 173

Phase Behavior and Flow of Reservoir Fluids, AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 13-18 November.

80. Bui, K., Akkutlu, I.Y., Zelenev, A., and Silas J. 2016. Utilizing Solubilized Solvent for Surfactant Based Enhanced Oil Recovery. Session 590 Interfacial Aspects of Oil/Gas Recovery and Remediation, AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 13-18 November.

81. Cristancho, D., Akkutlu, I.Y. Criscenti, L. and Wang, Y. 2016. Gas Storage in Model Kerogen Pores with Surface Heterogeneities. ACS 251th National Meeting, Geochemistry Division, in San Diego, California, March 13-17.

82. Rui, K. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2016. Molecular Dynamics Simulation Approach in Estimating Organic-rich Shale Permeability. ACS 251th National Meeting, Geochemistry Division, in San Diego, California, March 13-17.

83. Ho, T.A., Criscenti, L.J., Wang, Y. and Akkutlu, I.Y. 2016 Molecular Modeling of Adsorption and Transport of Methane within Over-mature Kerogen. ACS 251th National Meeting, Geochemistry Division, in San Diego, California, March 13-17.

84. Christancho, D., Akkutlu, I.Y., Criscenti, L. and Wang, Y. 2016. Methane Storage in model Kerogen Pores with surface Heterogeneities. AAPG- SEG International Conference and Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain, April 3-6.


85. Riewchotisakul, S. and Akkutlu, I. Y. 2015. Nanopore Wall Effect on Surface Tension of Methane. Presented at the ACS 246th National Meeting, Geochemistry Division, in Denver, Colorado, March 22-26.

86. Bui, K. and Akkutlu, I. Y. 2015. Adsorption-Enhanced Mass Transport in Carbon Nanotube. Presented ACS 246th Nat. Meeting, Geochem Division, in Denver, Colorado, March 22-26.

87. Akkutlu, I.Y., Bui, K., Silas, J., Zelenev, A., and H. Saboowala. Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Adsorption from Microemulsions and Surfactant Micellar Solutions at Solid-Liquid and Liquid-Liquid Interfaces. TechConnect World Conference held in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S.A, June 16-18, 2014

88. Akkutlu, I.Y., and Yannis C. Yortsos. Nonlinear Dynamics of Combustion Front Propagation in Porous Media. The Fourth International Conference on Porous Media and Annual Meeting of the Int. Society for Porous Media held on May 14-16, 2012 at Purdue University, Indiana, USA.

89. Sigal, R.F., Akkutlu, I.Y., Kang, S.K., and Ray Ambrose R.J. A New Core Measurement Methodology to Quantify Total Gas Storage. AAPG/SEG/SPE Hedberg Conference Critical Assessment of Shale Resource Plays, Austin TX, December 5-10, 2010.

90. Akkutlu, I.Y. 2002. Macro-dispersion and Reaction in Porous Media using Spectral Theory, paper presented during the 2nd. Symposium on Computational Modeling of Multi-scale Phenomena, held in Laboratorio Nacional de Computação Cientifica, Petropólis, Brazil, August 5-9.

Reports & Book Chapters 91. A New Laboratory Setup for Phase Equilibria Studies of Methane Hydrate in Porous Media.

2017 Proceedings of the International Workshop on Advances in Multi-physical Laboratory

Testing & Modelling of Soils and Shales.

92. Fracture-Matrix Interactions during Production from Shale Reservoirs. Subsurface Science

and Engineering of Shale. Edited by Thomas Dewers, Marcelo Sanchez, Jason Heath, Wiley

and Sons publication, publication date January 2016.

93. New Considerations and Future Trends in Reservoir Technologies for Unconventional Resources Development. Baker-Hughes Book on Unconventional Resources Exploitation and Development, Chapter 24, 17 pages, publication date December 2014.

94. Methane Solubility Enhancement in Water Confined to Nano-scale Pores. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Handbook: Chemistry, Physics and Life Science Principles, Volume II, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group, publication date September 21, 2011

95. Non-adiabatic Effects on Combustion Front Propagation in Porous Media: Multiplicity of Steady States, DOE/BC/15211-17, Publication date March 11, 2002

96. The Effect of Heterogeneity on In-situ Combustion: The propagation of Combustion Fronts in Layered Porous Media, DOE/BC/15211-19, Publication date June 11, 2002

97. The Dynamics of Combustion Fronts in Porous Media, DOE/BC/15211-6, Publication date June 15, 2000

98. Linear Stability Analysis of Miscible Displacement Fronts with Adsorption in Porous Media using Eikonal Relation, unpublished internal Report at USC, prepared for DOE Contract DE-AC26-99BC15211, December 2000

99. Streamline-based Numerical Modeling for the Investigation of Tracer Flow Behavior in Random and Fractal Permeability Fields, unpublished internal report at USC prepared for DOE, August 1998


b. Grants and Contracts In total, Dr. Akkutlu’s research funds add up to more than 3 million US dollars over a ten year period:

Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Simulation and Experiments of Strongly Coupled Geomechanics and Flow for Gas Hydrate Deposits: Validation and Field Application Date: Aug 2016-Aug 2019

Flotek Chemistry, Houston, Texas Title: Behavior of Complex Nano-Fluid in Model Nanopore Networks using Molecular Dynamics Date: November 1, 2016-October 31, 2018

Halliburton, Houston, Texas Upscaling Fluid Phase Behavior and Transport in Matrix for Effective Shale Reservoir Simulation Date: October 2014-February 2016

Crisman Institute for Petroleum Research Confinement Effects on Phase Behavior in Nano-scale Capillaries Co-Principal Investigator (50%) Date: September 2014-September 2015

DOE Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico Nano-scale Characterization of Organic-rich Shales Date: September 2014-September 2017

Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology-MIT Center for Research, Education and Innovation (CREI) Advanced Computational and Numerical Modeling Techniques for Hydrocarbon Recovery, Moscow, Russia Date: January 2015-March 2016

Crisman Institute for Petroleum Research Nanopore Confinement Effects on Multi-component Phase Behavior in Wet-gas Shale Date: September 2013-September 2014

Crisman Institute for Petroleum Research Multi-phase flow in Nano-capillaries using Non-Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics Date: September 2013-September 2015

CESI Chemical, The Woodlands, Texas Title: Atomistic Modeling of Complex Nanofluids at Water-Oil Interfaces and Numerical Prediction of the Interfacial Tension Date: July 1, 2013-July 30, 2015


PetroChina, Tarim, China Title: Optimizing Stimulation Treatments for PetroChina Tarim Oilfield Company Date: May 2013-May 2015

Korean Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Seoul, South Korea Title: CO2 Storage Capacity of Selected Shale Samples Date: September 2012-May 2013

OU Shale Gas and Unconventional Reservoir Research Cooperative, Norman, Oklahoma Date: May 2011-December 2013

Ecopetrol, Bogota, Colombia Date: September 2012

ANIDE, Cuernavaca, Mexico Date: Summer 2012

Equion Energia (BP), Bogota, Colombia Date: November 2011-May 2012

Ecopetrol/ICP, Bucaramanga, Colombia Date: December 2011-December 2012

Devon Energy, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Title: Molecular Theory of Capillarity in Kerogen Date: July 2010-July 2012

Devon Energy, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Title: Multi-scale Characterization of Trans. Phenomena in Shales for Improved Gas Recovery Date: July 2009-July 2010

Indian Exploration Company, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Title: Monte Carlo Simulation of Cimarron Field Production Forecast and Evaluation Date: Summer 2008

Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Ottawa, Canada Title: Theoretical Investigation of Fluid Interfaces for In-situ Heavy Oil Recovery. Date: 2005-2008

c. Special Efforts

Invited Technical Talks 2005-2014

Stanford University, School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences, October 17, 2016

Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers, ACIPET, Bogota, September 24, 2016

Flotek Lecture Series, September 4, 2016

PetroChina (CNPC RIPED), Beijing July 27, 2016

Sinopec Research Institute for Petroleum Engineering, SRIPE, Beijing, July 24, 2016


TAMU Geology, April 13, 2016

Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, November 24, 2015

QEP Resources, Denver, Colorado, October 29, 2015

Flotek Investors Meeting, New Year City, Modern Art Museum, August 1, 2015

China University of Petroleum, Beijing, June 19, 2015

Sinopec Research Institute for Petroleum Engineering, SRIPE, Beijing, June 18, 2015

Sandia DOE National Laboratories’ Shales at All Scales Workshop, June 9-11, 2015

Halliburton Technology Center, Houston, TX, May 20, 2015

TAMU high-performance Research Computing, Annual User’s Meeting, May 6, 2015

Canada-China Unconventional Oil and Gas Summit, Beijing, October 23, 2014

China Key Laboratory for Unconventional Resources, Langfang, October 22, 2014

SEG/SPE/AAPG/SPWLA/EAGE Summer Research Workshop, San Diego, California, Aug 7, 2014

Osinergmin (Organismo Supervisor de la Inversión en Energía y Minería), Lima, Peru, July 21, 2014

Devon Energy, Oklahoma City, June 16, 2014

The 15th International Conference on Petroleum Phase Behavior and Fouling (PetroPhase 2014) in Galveston, Texas, June 8-12, 2014

Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 12, 2014

Completion Optimization – Unconventionals, a conference organized by Hanson Wade, Houston April 29, 2014

ENAP, Punta Arenas, Chile, March 12, 2014

SPE Forum Discussion Leader on “Numerical Modeling on Unconventional Reservoirs,” in Newport Beach California, February 23-28,2014

Texas A&M University, January 14, 2014

EON Ruhrgas, Sonatrach/ALNAFT, Algiers, December 5, 2013

Panel Discussion on Upscaling Issues in Mudrock Reservoirs and Future of Pore-scale Imaging Applications. Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts, SPWLA, 54th Annual Meeting New Orleans, June 23, 2013

Multi-scale Discussions on Fluid Behavior under Confinement: Can Molecules in Nano-pores Influence Shale Oil and Gas Recoveries? o Houston Geological Society, February 17-18, 2014 o Baker Hughes, CTI, Houston Texas, September 24, 2013 o ExxonMobil, Houston, June 26, 2013 o 2nd Annual Utica Shale Congress, April 30, 2013, Columbus, Ohio

SPE Applied Technology Workshop: Production Decline in Oil and Gas Shale Reservoirs: What Can We Do to Improve the Performance? 27 February, 1 March 2013, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Multi-scale discussions on Gas Storage and Transport in Organic-rich Shale o Louisiana State University, EPI Computational Seminar Series, January 16, 2015 o SPE Midwest Gas Storage Section, Pontiac, Illinois, January 14, 2015 o SPE Bartlesville Section, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, January 13, 2015 o SPE Philippine Section, September 24, 2014 o SPE Chengdu Section, September 22, 2014 o SPE Beijing China Section (CNPC RIPED), September 19, 2014 o SPE Northern China International Section, September 18, 2014 o SPE Daqing Section, September 17, 2014 o Texas A&M University, College Station, February 12, 2013 o Colombian Petroleum Institute (Ecopetrol), Bucaramanga, December 3, 2012


o University of Calgary , Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Dept, October 31, 2012 o ConocoPhillips Research Center, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Aug 13, 2012 o Ion Geosciences, Houston, August 7, 2012 o Texas A&M University, Petroleum Engineering Dept., College Station, June 18, 2012 o 4th International Conference on Porous Media and Annual Meeting of the International

Society for Porous Media (InterPore) held at Purdue University, Indiana, May 14-16, 2012. o Universidad Surcolombiana, Neiva, Hulia, Colombia, May 9, 2012 o Encana Oil and Gas (USA) Inc., Denver, April 13, 2012 o Shell International E & P Inc., Bellaire, Houston Texas, April 5, 2012 o 12 AIChE Spring Meeting, Houston Texas, Shale Gas Technology Session April 4, 2012 o Colorado School of Mines, March 9, 2012 o National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) of Colombia, Bogotá, March 1, 2012 o University of Tulsa, February 17, 2012 o Schlumberger - Doll Research Center, Cambridge Massachusetts, January 27, 2012 o University of Kansas, Lawrence, December 6, 2011 o Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, UNI, Lima, Peru, November 12, 2011 o Instituto Technológico de Buenos Aires, ITBA, Argentina, May 11, 2011 o Colombian Assoc. of Petr. Geologists and Geophysicists, ACGGP, Bogotá, May 19, 2011 o Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, March 18, 2011 o University of Southern California, March 10, 2011 o Video Conference broadcasted at the Shale Gas Workshop in Pandit Deendayal Petroleum

University (PDPU), India, January 7, 2011.

CO2 Storage Capacity of Shale Gas Reservoirs, University of Wyoming, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department, Laramie, October 18, 2010

Natural Gas Storage and Transport in Organic-rich Shale, Universidad Industrial de Santander, School of Petroleum Engineering, Bucaramanga, Colombia, August 14, 2010

Uncertainties in Unconventional Gas In-place and Mass Transport Calculations. Gordon Research Conference, Flow and Transport in Permeable Media, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, July 11-16, 2010

Solving Unconventional Problems with Simulation. SPE Forum Series, Frontiers of Technology. Reservoir Simulation – Beyond Tomorrow. Langkawi, Malaysia, May 10-14, 2010

Single and Multiple-well Pressure Transient Testing, Video Conference broadcasted simultaneously at four universities located in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, Sept 24, 2009

Applied Water Technology for Upstream Petroleum Industry. ENAEP, Quito, Ecuador, September 9-10, 2009

Combustion Front Propagation in Porous Media. University of Calgary, Canada, Nov 5, 2008

Role of Catalytic Agents on In-situ Combustion Front Propagation. University of Oklahoma, School of Chemical Biological and Materials Engineering, September 27, 2007

Enhancing Recovery from Mature Fields: Air Injection Potential. RPSEA Problem Identification Forum, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, November 29, 2006.

Nonlinear Dynamics of Reaction Fronts in Heterogeneous Heavy Oil Reservoirs. Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems, MITACS, 6th Annual Conference at the University of Calgary, May 11 2005

d. Honors

TAMU- The Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award- Individual Student Relationship, April 25, 2016


Flotek Industries, Inc. Career Development Professor, February 22, 2016

SPE Editorial Review Committee 2015 Award of Appreciation.

TAMU Petroleum Engineering Department, Karen and Larry Cress Excellence in Teaching Faculty Award , September 2015

TAMU College of Engineering William Keeler Faculty Fellow Award, May 4, 2015

AIME Rossiter W. Raymond Memorial Award, 2015

TAMU Petroleum Engineering Department Award for Excellence in Teaching, May 9, 2014

George & Joan Voneiff Career Development Professor, March 19, 2014

SPE Distinguished Lecturer Award, 2014-15

SPE “A Peer Apart” Honorary Award, 2012

SPE Mid-Continent North America Region Faculty Travel Award, 2010

SPE Outstanding Service Award, 2010



University of Southern California, School of Engineering Outstanding Service Award, 1997

Petroleum Engineering Honor Society, , Distinguished Service Award, 1996

University of Southern California, Jackling Engineering Award, 1994

Woodruff Petroleum Scholarship, 1994

Kallam-Floyd Petroleum Engineering Grant, 1994

SERVICE DATA

Unit Service Internal Administrative Services at Texas A&M University:

TAMU Petroleum Engineering Dept. Graduate Advisor, September 2013-2016 TAMU Petroleum Engineering Dept. Tenure and Promotion Committee, Sept. 2013-present TAMU Petroleum Engineering Dept. Graduate Admissions Committee, January 2013-2016 TAMU Petroleum Engineering Dept. New Building Committee, May 2013-2016 MPGE Committee A, October 2011-2013 MPGE Graduate Liaison, September 2008-September 2010 Member of the MPGE Graduate Committee, August 2007-May 2012 Member of the MPGE Undergraduate Committee, August 2007-November 2008

Internal Administrative Services at the University of Alberta: Departmental committee member on Infrastructure, June 2006-June 2007 Departmental committee member on External Affairs, January 2005-June 2006

College Service Dwight Look College of Engineering, Center for Infrastructure Renewal committee, 2015 Dwight Look College of Engineering Graduate Marshall, 2014 MCEE Academic Appeals Board, September 2010-2013 MCEE Scholarship Committee, March 2011-2013 MCEE Academic Misconduct Committee, April 2011-2013

University Service

Graduate Milestones and Academic Integrity at the University

The Office of Graduate and Professional Studies (OGAPS) and the Aggie Honor System

Office of Texas A&M University created a task force aimed at reviewing and improving

how the University’s rules related to academic integrity could better support academic

honesty and respond to academic misconduct affiliated with non-course milestones.


This group provided final recommendations to Faculty Senate, the Graduate Operations

Committee, the Aggie Honor System Advisory Committee, and the Provost by the end of

the Fall 2016 semester.

The Association of Former Students University-level Distinguished Achievement

Awards 2016-2017 Selection Committee

The Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Awards was established

by the Board of Directors of The Association of Former Students and was first presented

in 1955. The awards are funded by the Association to honor TAMU faculty and staff

members in the areas of teaching, research, student relations, and graduate mentoring.

Texas A&M University Disciplinary Appeals Panel (UDAP) October 2013-prersent The University Disciplinary Appeals Panel reports directly to the President of Texas A&M University and is the final appeal authority for all disciplinary decisions adjudicated through the Student Conduct System in which a student has been placed on deferred suspension, suspension, dismissal, or expulsion. This panel is charged with the responsibility of hearing the final appeals on these cases on behalf of the President and rendering fair and just decisions within the context of the policies, procedures and expectations of Texas A&M University.

OU Graduate Enrollment Management (GrEM) Pilot Project The project involves collaborating with other graduate programs to effectively manage graduate student enrollment such that a number of nationally competitive graduate students can be recruited and provided with a high quality graduate study experience, graduated in a timely fashion, and supported to locate jobs consistent with their career goals. I was involved with this project as the MPGE Graduate Liaison, 2008-2010.

Professional Service

Associate Editor, SPE Journal, January 2016-present

Executive Editor, SPE Journal, January 2012-December 2015

Associate Editor, SPE Journal, May 1, 2007-2012

Technical Review Committee Member for Nanotech & Cleantech for Oil & Gas Symposium at the TechConnect World Innovation November 2014-present

Serves to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) as a member of the materials and chemical engineering committee, 2011-present

Serves as reviewer to the Journal of Reservoir Engineering and Evaluation (SPERE&E), the Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology (JCPT), the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal (AIChEJ), the Journal of Chemical Engineering Communications (CEC), the Journal of Energy and Fuels, the Journal of Environmental Science & Technology

Technical session chairperson at the 252nd ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 21-25, 2016 Session title: Chemistry under nano-confinement

Technical session chairperson at the Interpore Conference at Purdue University May14-16, 2012. Session title: Multi-scale non-Darcy Flow

Member of SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) Recovery Mechanisms and Flow in Porous Media (RMFPM) committee, 2007-2010

o ATCE Technical Session Chairperson, Anaheim, 2007 Session title: Flow in Porous Media

o ATCE Technical Session Chairperson, Denver, 2008 Session title: Flow in Porous Media

o ATCE Technical Session Chairperson, New Orleans, 2009


Session title: Flow in Porous Media o ATCE Technical Session Chairperson, New Orleans, 2009

Session title: Chemical EOR o SPE-LACPEC Technical Session Chairperson, Cartagena, Colombia , 2009

Session Title: Non-thermal Heavy Oil Recovery o ATCE Technical Session Chairperson, Florence, Italy, 2010

Session Title: Thermal Heavy Oil Recovery

SPE Forum Discussion Chair SPE Forum Series, Frontiers of Technology. Reservoir Simulation – Beyond Tomorrow Langkawi, Malaysia, May 10-14, 2010 Discussion Title: Solving Unconventional Problems with Simulation Part I.

Registered professional engineer, the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA). Registration date and Number: April 30, 2007, M87432.

Invited to give seminar at the following universities around the world: University of Southern California (USC) Los Angeles; University of Tulsa; University of Oklahoma, Norman; University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; University of Regina, Canada; Istanbul Technical University, Turkey; Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey; National Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics, IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador; Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Guayaquil, Ecuador; Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Medellin, UNALMED, Colombia; Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia; Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), Bucaramanga, Colombia; University of Wyoming, Laramie; Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU), India; Instituto Technológico de Buenos Aires, ITBA, Argentina, University of Kansas, Lawrence; Colorado School of Mines, Golden; Universidad Surcolombiana, Neiva, Colombia, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, China University of Petroleum, Beijing.

Serves Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and American Chemical Society (ACS) reviewing proposals related to upstream petroleum research.

Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers SPE, American Chemical Society (ACS), Canadian Petroleum Society CIMMP, Canadian Society for Unconventional Gas CSUG, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics SIAM, American Inst. of Chemical Engineers AIChE,

Petroleum Engineering Honor Society Pi Epsilon Tau () and American Society for Engineering Education ASEE

Short Courses for Oil and Gas Industry: Dr. Akkutlu has developed the following courses for the industry to train more than hundred professionals to improve their skills and knowledge needed for technically-advanced petroleum reservoir development.

Applied Petroleum Reservoir Engineering and Simulation

Enhanced Oil Recovery: Techniques, Practices and Simulation

Geological Characterization and Engineering of Resource Shales (collaboration with Professor. Roger Slatt)

Reservoir Engineering for Shale Gas and Oil Resources

Enhanced Oil Recovery using Carbon Dioxide (collaboration with Prof. Ebrahim Fathi) Dr. Akkutlu currently teaches courses for Nautilus in North America (USA and Canada), Petrogroup in South America (Colombia), and for Bauerberg Klein in Argentina. These courses are offered mainly during the academic holidays and in the summer.

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