Research
Advanced drilling technologies provide access to hydrocarbon resources that would remain out of reach via traditional methods. Advanced well completion technologies improve the production of hydrocarbons through a wellbore or well site.
Focus Areas
Specialties include:
- Applied drilling
- Downhole diagnostic measurements
- Dual gradient drilling
- Horizontal drilling
- Intelligent completions
- Offshore drilling risks
- Optimized drilling performance
- Well control
- Wellbore modeling
Faculty Researchers
Below is a list of petroleum engineering faculty members who perform research in one or more specialties in this area.
Eduardo Gildin
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- L.F. Peterson '36 Professor
- Office:RICH 401J
- Phone:979-862-4578
- Email:egildin@tamu.edu
A. Rashid Hasan
- Research Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Affiliated Faculty, Chemical Engineering
- Office:RICH 501E
- Phone:979-847-8564
- Email:rhasan@tamu.edu
A. Daniel Hill
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Noble Chair
- Regents Professor
- Office:RICH 1012
- Phone:979-845-2244
- Email:danhill@tamu.edu
Jihoon Kim
- Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Larry A. Cress '76 Faculty Fellow
- Office:RICH 501L
- Phone:979-845-2205
- Email:jihoon.kim@tamu.edu
Sam Noynaert
- Associate Professor of Engineering Practice, Petroleum Engineering
- Affiliated Faculty, Multidisciplinary Engineering
- Office:RICH 501J
- Phone:979-845-6164
- Email:noynaert@tamu.edu
Rita Esuru Okoroafor
- Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Office:RICH 501P
- Phone:979-458-3273
- Email:ritaok@tamu.edu
Ding Zhu
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- McCain Engineering Chair
- Office:RICH 1011
- Phone:979-458-4522
- Email:dingzhu@tamu.edu
